Mr. Speaker, we have been demanding for a year that the government keep its promise to deliver a sector-specific plan for the airline industry. Its failure to do so has caused the sector irreversible damage. As a result, Canadians are still waiting for refunds for cancelled flights, regional routes are gone and visiting loved ones across Canada is difficult and unaffordable.
Aviation workers are unemployed or displaced to other locations or to lower-paying jobs. Nav Canada does not have the means to provide service at a level of safety and coverage that Canadians expect.
Canada's airlines cannot compete against foreign airlines that have been supported by their governments. Any plan now from the government is too little, too late. Airline workers know it and Canadians know it.
Only a Conservative government can secure both jobs and our economy.