Yes, that's precisely the concern.
In my operational role, I've had a relationship with my region, because Transport Canada is made of a bunch of regions, and whichever region you operate in as an airline is the region you deal with on an operational level. When it comes to policy, of course, it's Ottawa.
I haven't had too much experience with Ottawa in my role at Summit, but in my role at NATA I've had a significant amount of experience over the years. There's been a marked shift in the relationship and the behaviour of the regulator in the past five to seven years, I would say, in that it seems like there's a dogged determination to implement new regulations and almost ignore the impact of that on northern constituents. That's a bold statement, I realize, but I do feel strongly that that's the case.
It seems like the process of meeting with the operators and the subject matter experts is now a box-checking exercise rather than one that is designed to pursue meaningful input that will drive sensible regulatory change. We know that regulatory change is a requisite. We know that. Every industry has to change and modernize and get safer, but it shouldn't do that while leaving residents of Canada behind fiscally and from a health and safety perspective.
I have a great relationship with Transport Canada. Operationally, I do. I feel like on the regulatory Ottawa side, with my NATA role, it's a little more strained. I feel like there's this dogged sense to just carry on with implementing these new regulatory changes regardless of the impact on northerners.