Mr. Rheault, this has been a problem for five or 10 years. It has been the same issue facing these communities. I met with Air Canada several years ago and was told that because WestJet had entered the Terrace market it had driven down prices, and it was going to be a very temporary situation because there was no way that WestJet was going to be able to sustain those prices.
That was years ago, and still the price is twice as much to fly out of Prince Rupert and half again as much out of Smithers. Why, when you're flying the same airplanes and flying the same distance, are customers in some communities paying so much more? It can't possibly be fair.