Meeting withVol will have allowed the mayors to present their requests to the Minister.
Eight conditions have been determined by the group of mayors forming the regional air transport working committee within theVol. They include the reimbursement of customers whose flights have been canceled and financial compensation for airports affected by the closure of Air Canada counters.
For example, Air Canada’s departure represents losses of $ 160,000 per month for the Gaspé airport, and results in the loss of virtually all of the revenues at Baie-Comeau airport.
Both François Bonnardel andVol seem to want to work quickly to solve regional air transportation problem in the short term by September.
There are lots of models that are launched
, underlines Daniel Côté, mayor of Gaspé and vice-president of the Union of Quebec municipalities.Canada. It is filling up, and it is all together that we will address the right solutions. The important thing is that things go quickly, and that is what Minister Bonnardel also told us “,” text “:” The table was clear after the passage of AirCanada. It is filling up, and it is all together that we will address the right solutions. The important thing is that things go quickly, and that is what Minister Bonnardel also told us “}}” lang = “en”>The table was clear after the passage of Air Canada. It is filling up, and it is all together that we will address the right solutions. The important thing is that it goes quickly, and that is what Minister Bonnardel also told us, adds Mr. Côté.
Earlier today, François Bonnardel also met with provincial elected officials whose regions are affected by the end of Air Canada’s routes.
Rimouski MP Harold LeBel participated in this hour-long meeting with the Minister.
[Il] was opened, he listened. I think he feels that the situation is very worrying and he wants to find a solution.
According to him, Quebec wants to find a short-term solution to provide air services to these affected regions. However, he insisted on the importance of ensuring the sustainability of regional links.
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, says the MP.
Harold LeBel proposed that a parliamentary committee be held on regional air links in Quebec.
The interim leader of the Parti Québécois and Member of Parliament for Matane-Matapédia, Pascal Bérubé, who also met the minister, observed a change of vision on the part of the Minister of Transport.
[Le ministre] especially reiterated that the Quebec government was going to play a role and that it was going to act quickly. Which is still a major change of course, because his first reaction was to say that it was the federal government that should take responsibility
, indicates Mr. Bérubé.
The specific solutions envisaged by Quebec are not yet known, but a possible return of Air Canada seems less and less to be part of the solution, according to the members.
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