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Lib. (ON)
We have 60 seconds left. Ms. Campbell, I was really struck by your emphasis on the U.S. trade relationship and describing it as primordial; great adjective.
You talked about Buy America, which I think is a real issue for a lot of us. I'm happy for Mr. Myers to take this quickly also. What specifically should we be doing to get past that?
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Lib. (ON)
Okay, well thank you very much, Mr. Eng and Ms. McKee, for joining us. I'm the MP for Toronto Centre, so you are incredibly important to my constituents.
Mr. Eng, I hope you're feeling comfortable speaking before this committee because, as it turns out—although neither of us represents Edmonton—your two vice-chairs today both have Edmonton roots.
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Lib. (ON)
So, we all have that in common.
I thought your presentation was terrific and I really was delighted to hear both your ambitions about Pearson being the premier North American airport and the global context in which you see those ambitions. That is terrific, and it's our responsibility to do everything we can to help you.
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Lib. (ON)
I'd like to start with a very specific question. We heard from Calgary airport some concerns about CATSA and real concerns that the airport was building up the infrastructure to move, in a hassle-free and quick way, lots of business travellers, but that CATSA staffing was simply not up to it. We heard real concerns about underfunding of CATSA and, in particular, that we're going to hit a bottleneck in the summer. Does that ring true to your experience?
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Lib. (ON)
Of these bottlenecks that you've referred to, which is the biggest problem for you? What should we be focusing on to try to help fix this for you?
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Lib. (ON)
We have 30 seconds, so a quick question. Given your Hong Kong experience, what can we do to improve especially business connections with China?
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Lib. (ON)
Mr. Chair, could I follow the fine example of Mr. Davies and ask two really short questions?
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Lib. (ON)
Okay, thanks.
Starting with Mr. Gooch, thank you very much for your excellent presentation.
We heard from Mr. Poirier about China being a very important market. What impact does the lack of a U.S.-style, reciprocal, 10-year visa arrangement have? Is that something which we're seeing limiting the amount of tourism and business travel between Canada and China?
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Lib. (ON)
Will we see these witnesses again?
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Lib. (ON)
Can we say thank you?
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you, gentlemen. They were great presentations even though the time was limited.
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you, Mr. Vanstone, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Waugh for coming to speak with us today.
I should inform the committee that I actually work for Mr. Vanstone. He's my constituent in Toronto Centre.
I want to start by asking Mr. Vanstone and Mr. Williams a macro question.
I'd like to hear from you on the two big things we're seeing in the macro environment and what impact the falling Canadian dollar and the falling price of oil are having on your businesses.
Mr. Vanstone, I know that Air Canada in its latest earnings report spoke about the hit it took in the last quarter of the fiscal year because of the Canadian dollar. I imagine that the low price of oil is helping you on the upside.
To help form a picture of where the Canadian economy is, I'd love to hear from both of you about the impact of these two things.
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Lib. (ON)
I have a quick follow-up question.
Do you have any sense right now of how it's netting out? Is it more upside or more downside?
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Lib. (ON)
Mr. Vanstone, are you experiencing the same fall-off in business particularly in western Canada that Mr. Williams spoke about?
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Lib. (ON)
Yes, but not everybody lives in the Okanagan.
Mr. Vanstone, you made a couple of really interesting comments about further liberalization and some of the potential downsides. In particular, you cited the medium-term Australian experience as being negative in that regard. I was really fascinated by that.
Could you expand on that a bit?
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