Mr. Speaker, the earlier questions from the Bloc asked for very specific information. Now we have another question which is much more general.
Yes, there will be a loss to the treasury and to various airlines from the reduction in tax. But there would be a much greater loss to the federal treasury if the second carrier in Canada, the one which provides competition and is one of the fundamental components of our competitive air transport policy, was allowed to go down for want of a relatively small amount of tax.
The fact is, if Canadian got into more serious trouble, we would not be collecting those taxes in any event.