Transport committee  Absolutely. In fact, we just put a control tower in Fort McMurray, because it was a flight service station. It grew up through 60,000 movements, and we put a control tower in last year.

Transport committee  First of all—

Transport committee  The taxpayers are not subsidizing the difference. Nav Canada does not get a dollar of public money and never has. Those who are subsidizing the difference, if you want to put it that way, are other airlines, in their fees, including foreign carriers as well as domestic Canadian c

Transport committee  The fees vary with the weight of the aircraft. Very small airplanes weigh hardly anything. The training aircraft are on a flat annual fee of $70, and they can go anywhere they want in the country. It all depends on the weight of the aircraft. But that's not the issue. The issue

Transport committee  Yes. Air traffic control provides positive control. The controller's main job is to keep aircraft separated so that they do not run into each other, in essence, and on the manoeuvring surface of the airport to make sure they're not going to run into a snowplow or some other vehic

Transport committee  It's $500,000.

Transport committee  I'll have to get back to you with precise figures, but it's roughly $750,000 a year versus $1.25 million—in that order of magnitude.

Transport committee  We charge terminal fees at airports where we have staffed facilities, either an air control tower or a flight service station. However, the charging formula is national. It's based on aircraft weight; it isn't based on the airport's specific costs. We have a flat national fee tha

Transport committee  It's strictly for the services that we provide.

Transport committee  Ours are based on a national formula. That's a practice that has long been established. It's to try to avoid discriminatory treatment throughout the country. I think it's one that has worked well. The alternative model is site-specific charging. The problem with it is that it's

Transport committee  Mr. Laframboise, Nav Canada's charges are in the lowest 10% among any countries in the world. They are considerably lower than the charges people are paying at Toulouse and considerably lower than the charges that people are paying through various taxes in the U.S.—even if our ch

Transport committee  We are reviewing any and all specific concerns. I think you're referring to Bombardier, which is the main manufacturer at the site, and Bell Helicopter. In fact, before we changed to a flight service station, at the request of Bell Helicopter we did change some airspace to make

Transport committee  I need to answer a couple of things that you've raised there. To your last point, we will be meeting with them in an ongoing effort to understand what their specific requirements are, how they may create a safety risk and, if that is a legitimate safety risk, what we can do abo

Transport committee  Let me get back to you. We're not sure that there are, but I would draw the committee's attention to the last page in our handout. Just because an airport has fewer than 60,000 movements doesn't automatically mean that it loses the tower service. We also look at other factors. O

Transport committee  We do an aeronautical study, and that is a study that's all about safety. It's a hazard and risk analysis. It is very open and consultative with all of the stakeholders, including the operators, and it's primarily directed at safety. Once we've done that, if that study indicate