Finance committee  What I would say very briefly is that, first, as we've put in our submission, the 50 plus 1%, in effect, it's recognizing that—as the Income Tax Act does for these assets—as the threshold for business use. What was put in place was 90%, which is a higher threshold than the Income

Finance committee  The way to frame it is that, for every aircraft that we lose, it's approximately 7.1 jobs, so seven jobs. This is, again, $116,000. We pay $3 billion in wages, and this is just direct aviation operations and manufacturing, and this is the impact. From just one of our manufacture

Finance committee  That is the total for industry to date, but we estimate that, with the luxury tax, it was far greater than the 20 jobs. I think 2,000 jobs was from the HEC study that was undertaken with our colleagues, so that was $149 million in wages and, I think, $30-odd million in taxes. J

Finance committee  It's one year.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Of course, fuel is the number-one expense, whether you're in an airline or in business aviation operations. Jurisdictionally, provinces are enacting low-fuel standards, and this adds costs to that fuel per litre. Yes, whether it's related to a carbon tax, the airport operations o

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. It's an important area. Quebec leads in terms of our business aviation operations and manufacturing. It's a province that employs the most number of Canadians and has over 13,600 employees. The luxury tax, itself, whether empowering business to move

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. This is an important area. This is what I mentioned with the six pillars of the strategy, about the role of government. What role does government play in terms of the regulations and incentives that are applicable to our industry—broadly and not just

Finance committee  We do see that. Right now there are decisions being taken in the market, everything from acquiring and retaining older aircraft, which is both a safety and environmental opportunity, to using foreign operators to accomplish what would otherwise be flown in Canada in an attempt to

Finance committee  Absolutely. In the end, it keeps Canadians employed. It keeps us moving, both individuals coast to coast to coast and businesses across the country and the globe.

Finance committee  The way I would frame the luxury tax is that it's important to first recognize the work of this committee. This committee understood that aviation should be separate and studied, but that did not happen. There's still an opportunity. The luxury tax triggers at $100,000. Any airc

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. Thank you. My name is Anthony Norejko. On behalf of the Canadian Business Aviation Association, I am here to discuss key considerations for the upcoming 2024 pre-budget consultation. By way of a quick background, our association is the voice for busines

Transport committee  Very early on in the pandemic we pushed very hard to have those take-home test kits. To that question from the member, very specifically, it's just the way that things get done. From our airports, we're creating that back flow of travellers. I would suggest working with a vendo

Transport committee  What I've seen with respect to international crew members, number one, is that it's one thing to understand Canada's regulations, but it's another to say the international members who are coming into Canada face.... There is no exemption for crew members, let's say, on the vaccin

Transport committee  Perhaps I can just add a quick comment. That statistic was alarming. It's out of 170 countries that we are 107th on price competitiveness, and the biggest challenge, of course, is the next one, which is being 40th in terms of promotion of travel and tourism. This was before COVID