Madam Speaker, as a member of the previous Progressive Conservative government, which brought us deregulation and astronomical increases in fares, including for our region, while promising us that this deregulation would promote competition and thus lower fares, the member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik is not worried.
He must know that the basic fare for a flight from Rouyn to Montreal and back is over $600. In addition, does the fact that an American company, namely American Airlines, will indirectly become the owner, and that this will be a quasi-monopoly, or just about, not worry him even more?
He should rise in his place and denounce the Onex proposal, which will have a disastrous impact on a region such as ours.