Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here to address the committee's expressed interest in learning more about the passenger protect program. I am joined by Brion Brandt, who is our director of Security Policy. As you are aware, for decades terrorist groups have targeted civil aviat

Public Safety committee  The Aeronautics Act was amended by the Public Safety Act in May 2004, giving us the enabling authority to make such a list.

Public Safety committee  We will use regulations, and the regulations were published in the Canada Gazette part I at the end of October. We are now in the process of analyzing the comments and preparing to move for representation in the Canada Gazette part II.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  If I may, I'll start with the second one. I'm not sure I quite understand it, but let me try this. There is somebody at the airport for whom we will not issue an emergency direction, and we tell the airline this person is clear to go and the airline still doesn't board that per

Public Safety committee  No, no. We will make up our mind. If we tell the air carrier this person is not the same person as the name on the list appears to be, this is a green light. But if the air carrier still refuses to bring that person on board, there's nothing we can do. It is not because of this p

Public Safety committee  By default, that's what it is. But a green light--

Public Safety committee  We will have people on my staff seven days a week, 24 hours a day, answering calls from the airline and verifying that the person is or is not the person who's on the list. If we tell the air carrier we have verified the information they gave us, and this is not the person on the

Public Safety committee  We will make a decision.

Public Safety committee  But we will. Why would we not make a decision? We will make a decision in each and every case. But that's not a guarantee.

Public Safety committee  We will make a decision. If we are not sure, we may make a decision for you not to board.

Public Safety committee  If we're not sure, yes.

Public Safety committee  If we're not sure and we think there is a security threat for the flight, we will issue a security directive, an emergency directive.

Public Safety committee  Yes, but that's a purely theoretical question.