I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 40 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee is meeting to study air passenger protection regulations.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Members of the committee, appearing before us today we have, as an individual, Mr. John Gradek, faculty lecturer and academic programs coordinator of the School of Continuing Studies at McGill University. He is appearing by video conference. From Air Passenger Rights, we have Mr. Gábor Lukács, president.
We also have with us Mr. Jacob Charbonneau, president and chief executive officer of Late Flight Claim Canada Inc., as well as Ms. Sylvie De Bellefeuille, lawyer, budget and legal advisor at Option consommateurs.
Finally, from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, we have Mr. John Lawford, executive director and general counsel.
I'd like to take this opportunity to inform members that all of today's video conference witness participants have completed the necessary audiovisual checks. I'm going to look over to our interpreters right now to get a big thumbs-up and make sure everything's good. Perfect.
We will now begin the opening remarks with Mr. John Gradek for five minutes.
Sir, the floor is yours.