Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There are so many questions in that question, but I do appreciate the overall theme of your question.
The fact of the matter is that COVID-19 has been an extraordinary period when governments around the world, provincial governments, municipal governments, including our federal government, did whatever we could to protect the health and safety of Canadians. That included some extraordinary measures that had to be put in place to protect the health and safety of Canadians. Indeed, the air sector has suffered significantly because of the pandemic.
The good news is that we're seeing the air sector recover and recover faster than any of us expected, which is great news. Of course, that brought some challenges and optimism.
As you mentioned last week, I hosted a summit that included 50 industry leaders, including CEOs of airports and airlines and heads of CATSA, Nav Canada, CBSA, provincial governments and other governmental agencies, including the Canadian Transportation Agency.
We all agreed that there are some lessons learned from that period. We need to focus on areas of collaboration, including how we can modernize security screening and how we can support the air sector.
Let me close, Mr. Chair, by saying that during that period of COVID, we provided a total package of $11 billion to the sector to help it recover. Now, there are some lessons learned. We are committed, together, to collaborate and work around them, including governmental agencies, so that we can make sure that the unfortunate and unacceptable frustrations that took place last summer never happen again.