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Finance committee One hundred and eighty-five.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee I'll send you a list if you want it, sir.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee Sir, we have nothing against CATSA. My words weren't criticizing CATSA here today, not at all.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee Sir, we are concerned that CATSA.... We want to make sure they're efficient. We have no proof of that. We're concerned by what they're doing. We are not criticizing CATSA. We have no grounds to criticize CATSA, because it's not being compared to anything else other than the rate
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee I think I used the word “tax” in my text. Yes, sir.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee I can't answer you with regard to effectiveness or efficiency because we don't have the CATSA data here. We can just compare the charges collected via this tax in various countries. We're waiting. The Minister of Transport has promised a study, a complete review of CATSA activiti
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee It's distinctly higher here than in other countries. If you go to England, you'll see that charges of all kinds represent 30% of the price of a round trip ticket. That's 30%, I should say, in addition to the price of the flight.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee If you look at the price of the ticket, because I'm sure you travel in economy class since you're a responsible man—
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee I would say that the pricing component for a flight to England hasn't changed much in 20 years. What has changed are all the additional taxes and charges.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee We don't at all dispute the need for security. We're asking why the government collects more money than it needs for aviation security.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee It doesn't quite add up, sir. Of course, they bought 44 scanners and they need more personnel to operate them, but scanners cost $250,000 apiece. I don't think that quite mounts up to $300 million.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee Thank you for asking that question, sir. When these charges were introduced, we were assured that all the funds collected would be intended exclusively for airport security and that's why we asked those questions.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee It was in December 2001.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee I would say the government made that promise to us.
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna
Finance committee Absolutely, sir. Air transport finds itself in this situation with regard to all its financing. Financing for improved infrastructure is also borne by users. All financing for air transport comes from users. Nothing comes from the government. For us, this is a net loss, in that
May 12th, 2010Committee meeting
John McKenna