Finance committee  Yes. Thank you, Mr. Caron. We could look at the wording and suggest some sort of an amendment over the next few days.

Finance committee  I will answer in English. In terms of the exact language, we hadn't seen it, but as I said, certainly we knew of the issue that drove this proposal to amend the Aeronautics Act. We were aware of the issue in question, and we were given a heads-up that language was coming, but th

Finance committee  I would prefer not to go into what motivated the minister. We were told that there was a concern with private aerodromes generally. There may have been a project or two that were of particular concern, but I really think it's probably best left to the minister's office to testify

Finance committee  The question you've asked is really about a non-physical change to the airport. Again, I don't have the language here, but I don't believe it's covered by that. You've asked about aircraft noise. Those complaints are often related to changes in flight paths. Certainly our airport

Finance committee  I think what's tough is that there is no threshold date. With the aerodromes it's writ large. If this language was intended to deal with just the private aerodromes, we would like to see some language that constrained the airports that were captured by it. We've had lawyers rev

Finance committee  We have. I'm familiar with their concerns. I haven't spoken with them this week, but we are aware that they have issues with this as well.

Finance committee  Our organization was part of that. It was someone on my staff who participated back in February. I understand it included a discussion about some of the examples that were of concern to the department. My understanding of the focus group was that it was about the perceived probl

Finance committee  Our understanding is that is the focus of the department's exercise in this area.

Finance committee  I think it's fair to say that there's a great deal of uneasiness about the powers that have been written into that part of the language. Again, it goes to unintended consequences. As I testified, we don't believe that this minister wants to turn back the clock on the national ai

Finance committee  We certainly will follow up with some actual language to suggest to the committee. Thank you.

Finance committee  As it relates to this particular language, no.

Finance committee  It's subject to being defined, I guess.

Finance committee  It certainly opens the door to repoliticizing it, yes.

Finance committee  The language is pretty broad.

Finance committee  I assume, when you are referring to change, you're referring to the Edmonton International Airport. When our members make major infrastructure development decisions, there is a consultation process in the community, as well as with the users of the airports. Those are designed lo