Mr. Speaker, today I have the honour to present a petition on behalf of a hundred or so people from Sherbrooke. The petition concerns the federal government's decision not to give Sherbrooke's airport facilities the necessary security screening services to operate an air service. This would have been beneficial to Sherbrooke's economy. It might have attracted investors and airline business. The Sherbrooke area is the only pool of 200,000 people or more in Canada that is not served by the airlines.
The petitioners are calling on Transport Canada to give the Sherbrooke airport the necessary security screening services to operate an air service with national airlines.