I think, Mr. Morrison, it's a fair response. I accept that, first of all, some companies are more profitable than others, and that the airline sector as a whole went through an incredibly challenging period coming out of the pandemic, but the question still stands, because it's about transparency and the fact that you have private companies, in some cases publicly traded companies, but there's not a lot of transparency in terms of how pricing is set. I don't see where the incentive lies to lower prices in the absence of competition.
The challenge we're seeing in these regional and rural markets is that, first of all, the market isn't big enough to sustain two airlines. Secondly, when a little upstart local company comes on the scene, they face seemingly predatory behaviour from the bigger airlines. We have story after story of being forced out of these smaller markets.
Maybe it's a rhetorical question, because I'm not sure there's a clear answer, but there has to be a quid pro quo that, if the Canadian public subsidizes the sector and helps these companies become more viable and profitable, there has to be some assurance that those savings are passed on to customers in rural communities, like the ones I represent.
I bet the chair is telling me my time's up. I see red.