Mr. Speaker, the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the west and is moving east at the speed of a jet plane.
Today I rise to offer congratulations to Calgary's WestJet Airlines, which has announced that it is going to expand its carefully managed operation eastward.
The WestJet success story began three short years ago with a vision and has already served 1.6 million Canadians. Its consistent down-home, casual approach and friendly western service just keeps bringing the customers back.
As WestJet moves east, Canadians will benefit by having access to this new alternative airline.
To which central Canadian city will it fly? Will it be Hamilton or Montreal, Ottawa or even Toronto?
On behalf of my caucus colleagues and parliamentarians, I can say that if WestJet chooses Ottawa we may see a lot more of each other as we go west or east on WestJet.