Transport committee  In fact, we have already observed that these choices make a large difference in the prices paid by Canadian and American consumers. The sums required by airline carriers—

Transport committee  Airport taxes, surcharges and other things of that type can contribute to increasing the cost of an airline ticket by 20%, 30% or 40%. These are very important elements.

Transport committee  Obviously, air and the north are great priorities to start with. I think the report, as a starting point, whatever one's views of the recommendations are, should provide the government with a road map to the challenges that stakeholders have identified. We tried through our work

Transport committee  As a panel, we were—I think the best word would be—gobsmacked, when we were told by aviation stakeholders that this was their number one pressing issue. When we met with airports, airlines, user groups, consumers groups, the thing that shocked us—and this is a sector that can bar

Transport committee  The quickest fix is money, but I don't think that the monetary solution is actually going to result in any lasting fix. That's the problem. The way the current system works, any time you have an increase in passenger traffic, more money is required. I would say that the quicke

Transport committee  If you don't mind, I will reply in English.

Transport committee  On the issue of privatization of airports, you asked which intervenors supported privatization. It wasn't so much intervenors who came in with a specific model they had in mind. In our consultation with experts and academics looking at models, as you've pointed out, in the United

Transport committee  It's an excellent question, and it's one that we encountered through our work. The one thing that we have to identify as a baseline, though, is that Canada, despite a lot of the challenges we face, benefits from generally high customer service in the airline business. We have not

Transport committee  The figures we used in the report come from the industries that already work in the north, are already working on projects there, and are thinking about improving resource development in the Far North. In studying this file, we made comparisons, such as with the Plan Nord in Que

Transport committee  Yes, it is an optimistic forecast, especially regarding the Far North. What we have is limited by current activities. However, as a northern country, we have to think about investing in a major way in developing the natural resources of the Far North.

Transport committee  Without these investments, the bee will always be limited.

Transport committee  There are certainly lists of projects, especially within the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. We mentioned some projects in our report. They had been chosen by the governments of the northern territories, as well as by the communities. I think that the list of proje

Transport committee  They are strictly additional expenses.

Transport committee  Not to my knowledge.

Transport committee  No, I did not.