Transport committee  Okay.

Transport committee  Okay.

Transport committee  Thank you. I'm curious if that perhaps could fall into the aerospace strategy that has long been awaited and long promised by the innovation minister. I think it was in June 2016 that he said he would table it, and we're still waiting for it. However, I want to clarify something you said earlier with regard to somebody who has 20 years' experience coming into the industry essentially being paid the same as somebody who's brand new to the industry.

Transport committee  Why would they start at year one? Who is paying them as year one? Is it the airline that has made that decision to pay them at year one, or is it through the association...?

Transport committee  [Technical difficulty resolved—Editor] on fuel. I would imagine, then, that it's likely the students who would end up paying for a higher cost on fuel. Can you correct me if I'm wrong? Everybody can weigh in on some of this.

Transport committee  Would a carbon tax, a tax on fuel, increase the cost of a flight school, the cost for a student to attend?

Transport committee  Mr. Gooch, do you have any comments?

Transport committee  Mr. Priestley, would you comment?

Transport committee  It's funny, because we had the minister here last week saying that he hadn't heard from anybody that a carbon tax is detrimental. Just thinking logically, the price of fuel has gone up, so that would then impact the flight schools in terms of the costs of actually flying. I would struggle to think that it wouldn't be a major prohibitive factor in the cost for students to come there.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I was a bit surprised that, in the motion, the member from Kelowna—Lake Country makes no reference to the challenges they're facing to get more women involved in flight training. I know that in Edmonton there's a school or a program called Elevate Aviation, run in partnership with Nav Canada.

Transport committee  Yes, Madam Chair. I will be very brief. We've heard through the grapevine that there is a possibility that the meeting next Thursday with the minister may not be televised. I just wanted to make sure that... It's on his mandate letter; it's not time-sensitive, and we're flexible on the date of the meeting in order for it to be televised.

Transport committee  It's not ideal, but yes.

Transport committee  Well, that's fantastic.

Transport committee  But you're exempting the largest emitters. I believe the parliamentary secretary even admitted, in question period the other day, that it is chasing investments away. How can you sit here today and say that you haven't heard from anybody who's telling you that the carbon tax is making it uncompetitive to do business here in Canada?

Transport committee  I'm glad you follow my political career so closely, Minister.