Industry committee  Exactly.

Industry committee  Mr. Stanton, thank you for your question. Actually, in terms of air navigation services, those were privatized in 1996 through the creation of Nav Canada. It is a fully self-sustaining, privately funded organization. We actually fund those charges through what we pay to Nav Cana

Industry committee  In our view, we have no problem with any of those policies. We already have given our share structure in terms of our publicly held companies, the three largest, of course, being Air Transat or the Transat group, Air Canada, and WestJet. There is a huge proportion of foreign owne

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Brison. That's a very timely question, given the debate on climate change and global warming. We, of course, have just as much interest in that issue, especially from the perspective of making sure we have a sustainable environment under which we operate. First, w

Industry committee  Absolutely. I'll give you an example. Out of the greater Toronto area we have two international airports just on the other side of the border, in Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Just this morning, out of Niagara Falls International, there was a $99 U.S. fare to Myrtle Beach and St. P

Industry committee  Thank you, Ms. Nash. I think you can safely say it's a double-edged sword as far as the airlines are concerned. Whether you're driving or flying to the United States or taking the train or the bus, going southbound we have an advantage, of course, as our currency either is at pa

Industry committee  I don't disagree at all, actually. If I understand you correctly, those passengers do give us higher margins in general, because on the type of fares they travel, they usually want the most flexibility in terms of being able to change their ticket or the times of day they travel,

Industry committee  Thank you, Madame Brunelle, for your question. I very much appreciate it. In terms of the composition of our passenger segments, if you will, we have different segments in general. Of course, we have business travellers, who travel on business class fares and/or economy fares. W

Industry committee  Mr. McTeague, could you just elaborate a little bit more in terms of the...?

Industry committee  I think in general terms, where we have restricted supply, our first objective is to meet our schedule, and we will ferry fuel and get fuel wherever we can get it. Especially in British Columbia--the jurisdiction there--the excise taxes are a bit punishing. We would always welcom

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Sam Barone, and I'm the president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of Canada, representing Canada's commercial aviation industry. I would like to first thank the members of this committee for inviti

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. One of the things that are very important for us as national and international carriers is the ability to have multilingual staff. The market does dictate that, especially when we do have carriers based in Quebec, such as Air Transat and Air Canada,

Finance committee  Well, it is a global context, that's correct. However--

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman--

Finance committee  Can you deduct that from my time allocation, please?