Mr. Chair, could we just note that this information would be super-valuable for this study? If Mr. Bijimine would be willing to provide it, that would be great.
Yes, certainly the observation is that in communities where a monopoly exists, the airlines seem to be able to charge whatever they figure the maximum is that people would be willing to pay, and we see that the cost of flights in small airplanes for short distances is exorbitant in many cases.
I'm curious. In Transport Canada's view, what is the main approach by which we can achieve affordability for air travellers in rural communities? There are different options, different tools and different approaches. After deregulation, I think the promise was that increased competition was going to deliver this panacea of affordable airfare. It hasn't really done that in very many places in rural Canada.
What are the other options?