Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  That would look like.... In fact, we proposed that our industry be allowed to opt into the output based model that has been made available to stationary emitters, or some other model that would allow us to operate in a manner that is aligned with the international model and would

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  If you examine the data with respect to emission reductions, the data concerning our fuel consumption, which is the fundamental element in our industry, shows that we're hitting diminishing returns in relation to the investments. We are different from other sectors because of the

Environment committee  There is a price on carbon. We're already dealing with a price on carbon. It's 30% of our operating costs. That's our reality. What we're saying is.... You can call a tax a carbon tax. We deal with the cost impact of the new passenger rights regulations in the same way that we wi

Environment committee  We have said repeatedly that as a market-based measure, the carbon tax is not well suited to commercial aviation in general and is particularly ill-suited in the Canadian context. We believe it would exacerbate commercial and emission leakage, curb growth in the visitor economy,

Environment committee  Good afternoon, Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Massimo Bergamini and I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Airlines Council of Canada. With me today are Geoffrey Tauvette, who is the Director, Fuel and Development, with Westjet, as wel

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee My name is Massimo Bergamini and I am the president and chief executive officer of the National Airlines Council of Canada. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to appear before the committee during your pre-budget

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  We haven't heard that that kind of uncertainty has caused a chill in terms of the development of airports. What we do know is that it has brought to a stop meaningful discussion on fixes to the current governance system , which frankly is broken. It's more of a public policy chil

Finance committee  Yes. Thank you very much. One reason we speak about Australia is due to the striking similarities with Canada in terms of territory and population density. Our understanding is that in their system they are operating under what they call literally a “soft touch” regulation regim

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Massimo Bergamini, and I am president and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada. I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear today to provide my organization's perspective on the upcoming federal

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I feel that our carriers' daily experience shows us that the reality of delays.... Please excuse me, but I'm going to answer in the language of Shakespeare so that I can explain myself better. As to delays at the front end—and this is the point tha

Transport committee  I think to your point, more transparency and a greater.... You know the old saying, of course, of buyer beware. A better-educated and better-informed consumer will lead to a more competitive environment. There's no doubt about it. At the end of the day, what is important to als

Transport committee  In terms of changing the system, you can look at the Emerson report. I think we endorse those recommendations. Let's phase out the airport rents. Let's deal with proper funding for this agency so that we eliminate some of the system's bottlenecks that have cascading impacts on