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Lib. (ON)
Okay, we're going to have to leave it there.
Merci, monsieur Morin.
Thank you very much, Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Darch.
Mr. Darch, I hope the video conferencing experience was great. I know you would have preferred to be here with us.
Thank you both very much for that excellent testimony.
We'll now suspend for a few minutes before our next exciting session.
The meeting is suspended.
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Lib. (ON)
It's 4:30, so we'll resume our committee meeting.
We are going to have the pleasure of hearing from Mr. James Cherry of Aéroports de Montréal, and then Mr. Jerry Staples of the Halifax International Airport Authority.
Mr. Cherry, the floor is yours. You have ten minutes.
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much for that testimony, Mr. Cherry.
Now we will hear from Mr. Jerry Staples of the Halifax International Airport Authority.
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, Mr. Staples.
We will now move to questions. We are going to start with Ms. Liu, who has seven minutes.
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Lib. (ON)
Okay.
I'm sorry, Mr. Cherry, and Ms. Liu, you were almost a minute over, so we'll have to leave it there, but thank you very much.
Now we're going to hear from Mr. Gill.
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Lib. (ON)
I'm sorry, Mr. Staples, we have to leave it there. We've almost hit eight minutes.
Thank you very much, Mr. Gill.
May I again ask the indulgence of my fellow members of the committee to ask a couple of questions on behalf of the Liberal Party?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Chrystia Freeland): I want to start with you in particular, Mr. Cherry.
You used some strong language in your statement—it's okay, you're surrounded by MPs; we like strong language—talking about airports and the airport industry being a cash cow because of the tax regime.
I would love to get you to expand on that, and also to give us a sense of how it would need to change for you to feel that Canadian airports are competitive, particularly with U.S. airports, which are an option for so many Canadian travellers.
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Lib. (ON)
Would that neutral position for you be just not having to pay rent anymore?
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Lib. (ON)
I saw you nodding your head, Mr. Staples. Do you have a ten-second point you would like to add?
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, gentlemen. We're going to have to leave it there, because I have to be extremely strict with myself.
That was just under five minutes, for the benefit of the rest of the committee.
Now we'll have seven minutes of questions from Ms. Grewal, please.
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
We've just gone...almost up to eight minutes. I'd like to ask the committee for their shared view. We agreed last week that at the end of today's meeting we would spend 15 minutes instructing our excellent analysts on the report that they now need to write, or perhaps be instructed by them about it.
We could go ahead and do that now, or we could have a few more questions. What's the view?
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Lib. (ON)
But would we like to do one more round of questioning or go straight to the report?
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Lib. (ON)
Okay. We wouldn't get to me anyway, so that's okay with me too.
Thank you very much, Mr. Cherry and Mr. Staples, for fascinating testimony. We really appreciate your time.
Our meeting is now suspended, and we will go in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, and thank you, Ms. Campbell and Mr. Myers, for some great presentations.
I'd like to start with Ms. Campbell and pick up on your China point. I have two questions about China. What would it take to conclude exactly that sort of bilateral agreement, and to what extent is the lack of a reciprocal 10-year visa deal, like the one the U.S. has with China, an obstacle to Canada doing business?
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Lib. (ON)
Sorry to interrupt, but it's great to have a woman witness. We should make a point of having more of those.
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Lib. (ON)
I saw you nodding, Mr. Myers, as I asked about China. I'd like to give you a chance to pitch in. In particular if Canada were to get to a bilateral agreement with China ahead of the United States would the companies you represent see that as a competitive advantage for them?
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