Thank you Mr. Chair.
Thanks very much to the witnesses here and online.
I'm sorry that Mr. Davidson is not here. I wanted to say to him that we really appreciate his passion on the topic of emissions, and I did feel that I needed to remind him that Canada has the third-lowest gas tax regime in all the OECD nations. Canadians are the highest tailpipe emitters in the world, and we all need to do better.
We've heard from witnesses today about the challenges that we're facing: inflation due to the pandemic and war; the cost of capital similarly related; mergers; the shortages of skilled labour, be they pilots or on the ground; foreign ownership within Canada; and availability of capital. There are a number of headwinds that the industry is facing right now.
Government is certainly doing its part. We want to know more about what else we can be doing.
The standout in the testimony so far for me this morning has been the role of industry partners and what partners can do.
Mr. Kendall, we heard you speak about alternative runway materials, as an example.
I wonder if the witnesses would care to opine on what the role of industry partners might be in helping to face the headwinds that lie ahead in a broad sense.
Mr. Wright, you mentioned in particular the development of a new aircraft.
Could we hear about the role of industry in solving these problems?