Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport.
In two recent airplane crashes both planes were determined to have not been equipped with emergency locator transmitters. The transportation safety board has now said that all planes should be equipped with ELTs, but the industry has responded by saying that it is going to be too expensive.
Considering that the price of an ELT is about the same price as a one-way ticket from Ottawa to Halifax, will the minister make it a requirement that all planes in Canada be equipped with ELTs so that every time a Canadian gets on a plane they will know the plane is equipped with an ELT?