Transport committee  On airport privatization, our members actually have a variety of views on that. They're communicating directly with government and with the public on where they sit on that. As a council, as a result of that, we haven't taken a position on that particular file.

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. I will try to answer in English. We don't question CATSA's commitment or ability to be effective in security screening, but on the travellers' side, we have travellers who are waiting over an hour at peak times. They're paying a fairly high air trave

Transport committee  The information that we have is just for the earlier fiscal year. We understand that the difference was about $110 million, and that varies, but traveller numbers are going up. As a result of that, the air traveller security charge revenue is going up, but the funding is not keep

Transport committee  Yes. My colleagues from CATSA are here, of course, so I'm sure they can elaborate on funding. Minister Garneau made some important commitments in the Transportation 2030 plan, and we really appreciate that. The commitments to look at service-level standards for screening and bei

Transport committee  Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the committee, good morning. The safety and security of our passengers and workers is the number one priority of airports, which is why we thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today on a topic that is extremely important to air

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Casey. We certainly appreciate your support and the support of your colleagues, as I said at the outset. The projects fall into two sets of categories, and certainly the ones you're referring to from 2010 were more of the trade-enabling infrastruc

Finance committee  Many of these airports have smaller traffic volumes today, so anything that improves the cost structure for industry is an improvement for everyone across the board. Our members today actually don't include some of those airports you referred to. We have small airports like Sudb

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. I will answer in English. As a point of clarification, when you refer to a “regional airport”, what category or size are you talking about? Can you give me some examples?

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I'm sorry to hear that. The team at CATSA and the team at CBSA have some fantastic people, and they are working very hard to protect our country. We're seeing strains at both groups, CATSA and CBSA. I'd say it's fair to say that CBSA has been a little bit slower. It's happening m

Finance committee  We're talking about air gateways into their communities. Prince George is about an eight- to 10-hour drive from Vancouver as I understand it. I've never done it. I might be really wrong, but it's a long drive. Charlottetown, the only air gateway in Prince Edward Island, is a majo

Finance committee  I have a minor correction: airports are actually private today, since they were transferred to local airport authorities starting in 1992. They are private businesses, but they operate on a not-for-profit basis. There was a recommendation in the Emerson report, which came out ea

Finance committee  The recommendations are being reviewed. I'm not sure what the government is considering, but there were recommendations in the report and Transport and Finance are evaluating those. I can't speak to the government's mindset, but certainly the topic is being reviewed, yes.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today as part of the pre-budget consultations. The Canadian Airports Council appreciates the committee's support in the recommendations last year and the opportunity to appear before you today. Th

Finance committee  As I was saying, almost entirely through self-financing, that is, through travellers. This approach has enabled Canada to develop an airport infrastructure that is recognized as the best in the world. Air travel is essential in a country such as Canada. The number of passengers