Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
I was listening carefully because I also have an airport in my riding; its volume is relatively small, but large enough to warrant a control tower.
As air travel declined during the pandemic, Nav Canada quickly decided to slash air traffic control services. However, getting a control tower back up and running is very difficult because air traffic controllers are highly trained.
Could my colleague tell us whether it was a good idea to delay making a decision about shutting down control towers until more was known about how the pandemic would play out? Also, does he think, in general, this is a service that should be maintained as much as possible?