Transport committee  We studied regional airport services, but most of these airports are not a part of the National Airports System.

Transport committee  We focused our efforts on studying the airports that are a part of the network.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  I'm not sure if we had the same group appear before the panel, but we certainly heard similar representations from other interested parties who are looking at starting ultra-low-cost carrier services in Canada.

Transport committee  Again, I'm not sure if we heard from the same group, because it's almost like an echo. We certainly heard from a number of these interested proponents of ultra-low-cost carriers that there was a limited market and appetite in Canada to fund these types of operations, but that the

Transport committee  Absolutely. Because of the deadlines we were given, we were unable to study all of the airports and all of the files we would have liked to look at more in depth.

Transport committee  We didn't specifically look at ultra-low-cost carriers and a managed approach into our market. The one thing we did look at is ultra-low-cost carriers as a whole, as a group. I think it would be fair to say that there have been no examples in which ultra-low-cost carriers would b

Transport committee  Yes, yes, and yes, absolutely. I think you've answered Ms. Young's question better than I could have, in that one thing we as a panel could hope for is exactly what you're talking about. For a country that depends on transportation as much as Canada does because of our geography

Transport committee  That's an excellent point, and we have certainly heard from a number of northern operators who have in fact been, as you pointed out, retrofitting aircraft and really extending the life of aircraft that have been around for quite some time to address the issue of gravel strips in

Transport committee  That's an excellent question, because it's certainly one that was brought up to us by a number of the northern intervenors whom we consulted. In many of these airports, for some of the security requirements that are being imposed, it's a one-size-fits-all approach, so that if it'

Transport committee  Sure.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Absolutely, yes.

Transport committee  I don't want to overplay it, but it was certainly one of the regrets in terms of our committee that we didn't have the time, and we had to limit ourselves to north of the 60th parallel. The minister of the day actually asked us to look specifically at northern transportation, bec

Transport committee  Yes, exactly. It's an area where there's still a tremendous amount that needs to be done. The one thing we found quite interesting is that in many of these northern jurisdictions Canada in fact is already taking either a leadership role or a co-leadership role with other northe