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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 21

Thursday, June 2, 2022, 3:52 p.m. to 5:43 p.m.

Room 315, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Webcast

Presiding

Peter Schiefke, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Xavier Barsalou-Duval

NDP

Taylor Bachrach

Acting Members present

• Joël Godin for Dan Muys (Conservative)

• Bob Zimmer for Melissa Lantsman (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Dana Fan, Analyst

• Geneviève Gosselin, Analyst

• Alexandre Lafrenière, Analyst

Reducing Red Tape and Costs on Rural and Urban Canadian Airports

Witnesses

Air Canada

• David Rheault, Vice President, Government and Community Relations

Air Transat

• Howard Liebman, Senior Director, Government and Community Affairs

Coopérative de transport régional du Québec

• Serge Larivière, Director General, President of Mont-Tremblant International Airport

National Airlines Council of Canada

• Suzanne Acton-Gervais, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer

Town of Smithers

• Gladys Atrill, Mayor

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

• Andy Gibbons, Vice-President, Government and Regulatory Affairs

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee resumed its study of reducing red tape and costs on rural and urban Canadian airports.

Suzanne Acton-Gervais made a statement and, with David Rheault, Howard Liebman, and Andy Gibbons, answered questions.

At 4:55 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:01 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Serge Larivière and Gladys Atrill made statements and answered questions.

At 5:43 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Michael MacPherson

Clerk of the committee