Finance committee  It's a timely question. Thank you so much for your question. Really key, at the top of the list, we asked for cash. We were told that cash isn't going to happen, so I would say elimination of ground lease rent. That doesn't help all airports, but most importantly, we're looking

Finance committee  Thank you for your question, Sean. It's nice to see you. For sure, as you know, historically Halifax Stanfield has played a significant role in the tourism industry in Nova Scotia. Two out of every three tourists who come to Nova Scotia come by way of the Halifax Stanfield airpo

Finance committee  The airport improvement fee is a key one that may get passed on. As we know, that's paid directly today by travellers. That is paid for the capital improvements at airports. When you look at the airports across Canada and they model out their financial stability over the next fiv

Finance committee  For sure, when you think about travel, even between provinces right now, one of the main things that has to happen before that can happen is that the provinces have to open up their borders when it is safe to do so. When you look in the Atlantic region, you see those borders are

Finance committee  Certainly, from a domestic perspective, we expect air travel to start to open up towards the end of this summer. From an international perspective, it's going to be much longer. Certainly to your point, and thank you for summarizing it so well, the social distancing is going to b

Finance committee  Thank you for that. I appreciate your comments very much. Certainly, from a Canadian Airports Council perspective, the emergency wage subsidy is very helpful, as I mentioned. All except 12 airports, as we understand, qualify because of the municipal consideration. Although we're

Finance committee  Perhaps I'll start, and then I will get RJ, as the chair of our small airports, to speak specifically to your question. Before I do, I just want to add one thing about the Canada emergency wage subsidy. The recovery for the aviation business is going to be extremely long. Whil

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I very much appreciate it. The situation you described exactly mirrors all of the airports across Canada. The significant drop in revenue because of the loss of passengers is exactly as you've described, including at the Winnipeg airport. The Canada

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. As was mentioned, my name is Joyce Carter. I'm the chair of the Canadian Airports Council, but I'm also president and CEO of Halifax International Airport Authority. I'm joined today by R