I've never been a fan of subsidies, but the Quebec program is interesting. It is a way to keep regional costs affordable. Quite frankly, if we address some of the other issues such as the interline issue that was brought up by the Pascan gentleman, I think we would have a much easier time competing without subsidies.
I would like to point out on that matter that this very committee, in 2000, I believe, made a recommendation. It was recommendation number 12, report number one of the TRAN committee. Recommendation 12 says, “The government require, as a condition of approval”—this is when Air Canada was going to gobble up Canadian—“that a dominant carrier negotiate interline agreements under commercially reasonable terms and conditions with all new entrants and existing carriers in the domestic market wanting such agreements.”
This recommendation was never acted upon, and we've been advocating for just that, mandatory interline agreements between all carriers in Canada.