Yes, that's a good example. Everyone in the industry was shocked to see that the government didn't assist Nav Canada, which provides a service that we consider essential. Nav Canada requested government assistance after its revenue fell 90%, but the government told it that, since it was now a private business, it had to make do on its own. Consequently, Nav Canada raised its fees by 29.5%.
All those fee increases, not to mention rising fuel prices, are delaying our industry's recovery and are extremely harmful. So I think the government really should have assisted Nav Canada in the circumstances. At the very least, it could start paying service fees for its aircraft and military aircraft, which it has not yet done. Nav Canada has had to bear all those costs.
I sit on the committee that's examining the privatization of the Canadian Air Transport Security Administration. We wonder how it would fare if it were privatized in the event of another pandemic. Would the government leave us to our own devices?
The government must support businesses that provide an essential service, one for which it establishes the standards.