Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses who are with us today. It's good to hear your testimony.
I've been around this committee for a number of years now, and I appreciate the many challenges that are facing the aviation industry today. I recall in 2019, prior to COVID, we were studying issues like staff shortages or the pilot shortage, in particular, and meeting with airlines and the airline industry about training the many needed pilots required, particularly in northern Canada and for regional airlines and so on. Some of that we've heard today.
Of course, then COVID struck, and we all know the consequences of that. We've given a lot of financial support to the air sector and to airports, about $11 billion over the course of this pandemic—at least the billion is identified for airports—and recently, another $150 million to the GTAA. I realize that these contributions are significant, and I wonder, during the period of this pandemic for the last couple of years, what federal programs some or all of you were able to get access to and if these programs were helpful in keeping the industry afloat.
Maybe Mr. Priestley could comment on that, and then Ms. Pasher.