Yes, from my community's perspective, from my region's perspective, I think we've been enjoying some development, whether it be through mining or other projects. The challenge that we have is that the increase in any time.... For instance, from a regulatory perspective—I'll speak to that just quickly and then go to the duty times—unfortunately, we don't have a lot of opportunities to fly in, fly out. We do have two carriers, I guess, technically, but Air Canada doesn't fly. They've chosen PAL to operate their contract.
You sit in Halifax on the daily flight that happens, and it's a departure at around 10 o'clock in the evening. You're sitting watching your cell phone, waiting for the ding, because you know that there's going to be a delay or that a flight's going to be cancelled, either because of duty time or for some other reason. Most times it's the duty time. Crew unavailability is another one. On what is a very expensive trip already, that adds another $200 or $300 for a taxi and a hotel, so the travel side is difficult. Yes, we are connected by road, but it's a 15‑hour drive to Baie-Comeau. It's a ferry and several hours, 10 or 12 hours to drive to St. John's, so that's difficult.
Anytime you put an additional cost to a fare, whether it be the Nav Canada fees, tax fees or security fees, they just all add up. On top of that, we seem to be nickel-and-dimed lately with baggage cost increases, other seat selection fees and things like that. That really adds up to a fare that's just not reachable for most people, and that's an impairment when you're up here and your family's in the rest of Canada. It's becoming very difficult to entice people to come up. The cost of travel is an impediment. It's really disheartening.