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{
"time": "2022-06-02 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena\u2014Bulkley Valley, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena\u2014Bulkley Valley, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7227499\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227500\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I will ask for my colleagues' forbearance while I ask some questions that are very specific to northwest B.C., but I imagine they would apply also in other areas of Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227501\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In the region I represent, there's a vast discrepancy in the price air passengers pay for flights to the same hub airport. For instance, I had my staff look at the cost of flying in the first week of July, from Terrace to Vancouver, from Smithers to Vancouver and from Prince Rupert to Vancouver. The lowest fare each day to fly from Terrace to Vancouver averaged $198. From Smithers to Vancouver, it was $302, and from Prince Rupert, it was $443. These are the same airplanes, approximately the same distance and yet a dramatically different cost. This is something that has a profound impact on communities that are facing unaffordable airfares.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227502\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ms. Acton-Gervais or Mr. Rheault, I'm curious as to whether you could explain why it costs over double to fly out of Prince Rupert and half as much again to fly out of Smithers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7227499\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci beaucoup, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, et merci \u00e0 nos t\u00e9moins d'\u00eatre ici aujourd'hui. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227500\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je demanderais l'indulgence de mes coll\u00e8gues sur mes questions, qui sont tr\u00e8s propres au nord-ouest de la Colombie-Britannique, mais j'imagine qu'elles peuvent s'appliquer aussi \u00e0 d'autres r\u00e9gions du Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227501\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans la r\u00e9gion que je repr\u00e9sente, il y a un grand \u00e9cart dans les prix que les passagers a\u00e9riens paient pour des vols \u00e0 destination du m\u00eame a\u00e9roport pivot. Par exemple, j'ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 mon personnel de v\u00e9rifier le co\u00fbt d'un vol pour la premi\u00e8re semaine de juillet de Terrace \u00e0 Vancouver, de Smithers \u00e0 Vancouver et de Prince Rupert \u00e0 Vancouver. Le tarif le plus bas pour chaque jour de Terrace \u00e0 Vancouver \u00e9tait en moyenne de 198 $. De Smithers \u00e0 Vancouver, il \u00e9tait de 302 $, et de Prince Rupert \u00e0 Vancouver, il \u00e9tait de 443 $. Il s'agit des m\u00eames avions, d'une distance \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s \u00e9quivalente et pourtant, de prix radicalement diff\u00e9rents. Cela a de profondes r\u00e9percussions sur les collectivit\u00e9s confront\u00e9es \u00e0 des tarifs a\u00e9riens inabordables. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7227502\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame Acton-Gervais ou monsieur Rheault, je serais curieux de savoir si vous pouvez nous expliquer pourquoi il en co\u00fbte plus du double pour prendre l'avion depuis Prince Rupert et une fois et demie plus cher pour prendre l'avion \u00e0 partir de Smithers.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/transport/44-1/21/taylor-bachrach-1/",
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"source_id": "11729752",
"document_url": "/committees/transport/44-1/21/",
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