Transport committee  I am not sure that I entirely share in that statement, but I have to agree with you that this is the opinion of some people, and we certainly would like to change that opinion. One of the ways that we think would help in that respect is to have this regulation on an airport secur

Transport committee  The RCMP was pulled out of the airports as airport police, starting in 1996. This varied from airport to airport. It was spread out over a few years. I was in the Quebec region of the department when they were pulled out of the Montreal airport. The armed police now at the Montre

Transport committee  I do not want to get it, but I have to take part of the blame. When the TSA imposes measures on other countries, we must, as a state, ensure that flights to the United States are screened as the Americans require. In this case, we translated the American security measures into C

Transport committee  Every day this winter, as of December 26, we had...

Transport committee  We had teleconferences with people from airline companies and with airports to advise them of changes every day...

Transport committee  Currently, the Internet is our preferred place to post our list of prohibited objects. You can find the list on Transport Canada's website.

Transport committee  I think travel agents are quite well aware and...

Transport committee  Mr. Gaudet, we advise passengers to check with CATSA, which publishes the information on its website. We do so as well, as do airline companies. If you do a quick search on any website, and I personally have consulted a number of them, you will see that all major airlines publish

Transport committee  No. That is not what I am saying--

Transport committee  Yes, I'll be very brief.

Transport committee  No, no...but, Mr. Volpe, let me explain. I'll be very brief. The revenues are going into the fund. The projected revenues--from Finance, that is--over the next five years are $3.2 billion. The forecasted expenditures over the next five years are $3.2 billion. So the projected rev

Transport committee  A few years ago, an expert panel was mandated to undertake a complete review of CATSA. The minister at the time had mandated this group of experts to entirely review the Canadian Air Transport Security Act and CATSA operations in order to make recommendations. This panel made man

Transport committee  Regulations are developed by Transport Canada. The Aeronautics Act grants the minister the power to make regulations and security measures which remain secret. CATSA must comply with all of the regulations we establish and which are based on international standards adopted by the

Transport committee  No. What happened...

Transport committee  In this case, the responsible agency —and I am not sure you can reprimand it—is the Transportation Security Administration in the United States. It is a part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Following the terrorist incident of December 25, that administration