Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This past Sunday, it was a beautiful, clear day in the GTA with blue skies and somewhere around 20 degrees. Spring fever was everywhere. People were walking about.
However, this was the situation at Pearson Airport in the departures area of terminal 1. This is the board: Orlando, delayed; Ottawa, delayed; Halifax, delayed; Newark, delayed; Nashville, delayed; Newark, again delayed; Charlottetown, delayed; Montreal, delayed; Quebec City, delayed; Charlotte, delayed; Ottawa, one on time; Sault Ste. Marie, delayed; Winnipeg, delayed; Calgary, delayed.
That was at two o'clock in the afternoon. Those were three of the first 14 flights of the day, so what about the next 14 with already three delays and one cancellation? This is from a constituent who spent five hours on a sunny, bright Sunday afternoon at Pearson Airport waiting on delays.
Toronto's Pearson Airport used to be among the best airports in the world. Now it is the most delayed airport on earth. This has happened under your watch. We've had two emergency meetings of this committee to discuss this, yet this is still happening. When is it going to get fixed?