It's an essential service. Even if there is a road, even if there is a train that can get there, air service is still essential. Let me explain why.
I'm the mayor of Gaspé, which is 700 km from Quebec City and nearly 1,000 km from Montreal. As I said earlier, I drove 13 hours to get here today. Why did I drive here? Because there's no train from Gaspé and the bus service is totally inadequate. In any case, on a bus, it might have taken me 48 hours to get here, which makes no sense.
Air service is not available. That's why people have to drive. It's an essential service for people in the regions to get to urban centres and for our economic players so that they can develop the economy in our regions. It's an essential service that makes it possible for our people to receive services.
It's an essential service when people live a certain distance from urban centres.