Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  No, because they're doing the screening for “bad people” as opposed to the “bad things” approach. They're going through the profiling; they are going through studying the intent of the passenger before they travel.

Transport committee  They're concerned with explosives and people with negative intent.

Transport committee  It appears to be, in their environment. I think it would be appropriate for us to study it more and see what lessons we can learn from there and bring into the Canadian environment that are appropriate for us.

Transport committee  Evolving the products and selling new ones.

Transport committee  I know that a lot of our comments have focused on CATSA, but I think the review would have to look at the screening process in totality. So it would have to involve Transport Canada and the screening philosophy and approach that's used and how that then gets delivered through CAT

Transport committee  Yes, it is true. There are APIS programs--advanced passenger information systems--in place with a number of countries, where we have to provide specific data elements about the passengers. Canada has APIS, so we have to transmit the APIS information at the time of departure of th

Transport committee  A number of charges are added to the cost of the ticket, including taxes, but the airport improvement fee is set by each individual airport. They vary enormously. Some airports do not impose a fee. However, at other airports, the fees are very high. And the security charge is add

Transport committee  -- are much lower.

Transport committee  No, you're right. Also, the lineups are shorter. After December 25, we saw a lot of passengers going to the United States, crossing the border by car and taking a plane from there. Particularly for flights between New Brunswick and Maine, Quebec and Vermont or New York, Ontario a

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  The liquids issue is one that is truly a global approach to a problem. What happens with the Israelis who fly into the U.S. is that they must fly into an international terminal, where they will then go through the customs proceedings. If they want to make a connecting flight, the

Transport committee  I'll kind of turn it around and say that it might be appropriate for the government to survey through the various government contact points. As private carriers, we do not want to be collecting that type of information and doing that type of program.

Transport committee  Yes--on those items where we are in control and can hope to improve the service.

Transport committee  Yes. We would definitely be involved in the development and the questioning of the process.