Health committee  Well, I had some dialogue with a number of the executive vice-presidents of Air Canada at a reception they had in Vancouver. I thought I'd better go and try to make some contact. One of them, actually, was allergic to cats, interestingly, but he was in another area of the industry and basically never took planes, so he wasn't exposed.

Health committee  Madam Chair, I agree. The argument I had in a letter back from the CEO of Air Canada was that other international airlines allowed them, and therefore they had to. Well, it turns out that the largest one, British Airways, does not allow it. So I think that's a spurious argument.

Health committee  Yes, I would echo that. In a lot of areas of the country, including for Jill from Saskatchewan, there's very limited choice in terms of flights. It's a great inconvenience if you're going to be hours later because of having to take another flight if you don't have that information ahead of time.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm pleased to be here with the Canadian Lung Association and my colleague Dr. Kovesi. I'm an allergist who personally doesn't have allergies and who has owned both cats and dogs, some of which have travelled with me on planes, but safely in the cargo hold.