Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I welcome back to the committee a couple of the witnesses who were here on November 21.
As you articulated, Mr. Lawford, “December happened”, so obviously we're back. We've had a few meetings now on this topic, given what happened in December. We heard this morning from Via Rail, of course, on the fact that they did not hear from the minister until the 11th of January. We heard that he had not contacted airports, and we heard that the airlines were slow in hearing as well.
You've talked about some really urgent things. I'm glad that you articulated them in your testimony and that you've offered to provide more written comments. You talked about ministerial direction. You talked about cabinet powers and, of course, eventually, parliamentary changes to the CTA.
You've also raised the fact that March is coming. Here we are at the end of January. There's really a sense of urgency here to act on this. I noted with some interest that yesterday the minister said, “Mark my words”, and that there are changes coming this spring. Well, “this spring” is after March.
What is the reaction to that, and how can we expedite this?