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Finance committee What I would say very briefly is that, first, as we've put in our submission, the 50 plus 1%, in effect, it's recognizing that—as the Income Tax Act does for these assets—as the threshold for business use. What was put in place was 90%, which is a higher threshold than the Income
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee The way to frame it is that, for every aircraft that we lose, it's approximately 7.1 jobs, so seven jobs. This is, again, $116,000. We pay $3 billion in wages, and this is just direct aviation operations and manufacturing, and this is the impact. From just one of our manufacture
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee That is the total for industry to date, but we estimate that, with the luxury tax, it was far greater than the 20 jobs. I think 2,000 jobs was from the HEC study that was undertaken with our colleagues, so that was $149 million in wages and, I think, $30-odd million in taxes. J
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee It's one year.
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Yes.
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Of course, fuel is the number-one expense, whether you're in an airline or in business aviation operations. Jurisdictionally, provinces are enacting low-fuel standards, and this adds costs to that fuel per litre. Yes, whether it's related to a carbon tax, the airport operations o
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Thank you for the question. It's an important area. Quebec leads in terms of our business aviation operations and manufacturing. It's a province that employs the most number of Canadians and has over 13,600 employees. The luxury tax, itself, whether empowering business to move
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Thank you for the question. This is an important area. This is what I mentioned with the six pillars of the strategy, about the role of government. What role does government play in terms of the regulations and incentives that are applicable to our industry—broadly and not just
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee We do see that. Right now there are decisions being taken in the market, everything from acquiring and retaining older aircraft, which is both a safety and environmental opportunity, to using foreign operators to accomplish what would otherwise be flown in Canada in an attempt to
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Absolutely. In the end, it keeps Canadians employed. It keeps us moving, both individuals coast to coast to coast and businesses across the country and the globe.
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee The way I would frame the luxury tax is that it's important to first recognize the work of this committee. This committee understood that aviation should be separate and studied, but that did not happen. There's still an opportunity. The luxury tax triggers at $100,000. Any airc
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Finance committee Good morning, Mr. Chair. Thank you. My name is Anthony Norejko. On behalf of the Canadian Business Aviation Association, I am here to discuss key considerations for the upcoming 2024 pre-budget consultation. By way of a quick background, our association is the voice for busines
November 16th, 2023Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Transport committee Very early on in the pandemic we pushed very hard to have those take-home test kits. To that question from the member, very specifically, it's just the way that things get done. From our airports, we're creating that back flow of travellers. I would suggest working with a vendo
May 16th, 2022Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Transport committee What I've seen with respect to international crew members, number one, is that it's one thing to understand Canada's regulations, but it's another to say the international members who are coming into Canada face.... There is no exemption for crew members, let's say, on the vaccin
May 16th, 2022Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko
Transport committee Perhaps I can just add a quick comment. That statistic was alarming. It's out of 170 countries that we are 107th on price competitiveness, and the biggest challenge, of course, is the next one, which is being 40th in terms of promotion of travel and tourism. This was before COVID
May 16th, 2022Committee meeting
Anthony Norejko