As an end-user and as a community leader, I'll have to say no. The reason I say that is I see people having to fundraise for the cost of travel to a medical appointment, making turkey dinners to try to get this for people.
On the other side, I could see an opportunity where a province has upped and gone into the subsidy role in helping people travel between the provinces.
From my perspective, the level of service is critical. It is an essential service when there is no road contact. It's 2024. We can't expect people to stay in our communities and do nothing with no economic development and no things like that.
There is a definite role, and the essential side of things needs to be addressed by government.