The Yukon government recommends that Bill C-26 be amended to ensure that passengers travelling on the lifeline route to Yukon's only NAS airport are provided with the same structure of seats sold by fare class as are sold on comparable southern routes.

It would be my intention, certainly, that once the program was set up and running, they would have liaison with provincial police and municipal police, who would be in a better position, in many cases, having responded to incidences of home violence and spousal abuse, to refer individuals to the RCMP.

The Yukon government recommends that Bill C-26 be amended to ensure that the lifeline route to Yukon is provided with a minimum service level of two flights per day with modern jet aircraft at current passenger and cargo capacity.

Just kind of along in that vein, on page 6 you say you need two flights per day on your lifeline route with a modern jet aircraft for both passengers and air cargo.

The fact that a carrier offers lower prices than those offered by other road carriers or the fact that the link in question is already operated by other road carriers shall not in itself constitute justification for rejecting the application.

See Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of the Council on access of Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1893/91, and the amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on action by Member States concerning public service requirements and the award of p ...[+++]ublic service contracts in passenger transport by rail, road and inland waterway (COM(2002) 107 final).