Transport committee  There are two things that happen. One is that, at that entry point into the secure area, it is controlled and there is airport access control. They must show their identification. They must show their biometrics to the system—electronically in the larger airports—and they must be

Transport committee  Yes, it's all recorded.

Transport committee  The only exceptions that may occur would be in an actual emergency situation, with uniformed first responders. If the local police of jurisdiction or the firefighters show up and need access, there's provision for them to have rapid access in those circumstances. But if the direc

Transport committee  We have a revalidation every five years, so if someone has had the transportation security clearance, we do a full revalidation every five years. In addition, there is this daily check of every individual against the police database for any new criminal charges or activities.

Transport committee  The everyday check is with the RCMP. It looks at the database that Mr. Oliver just spoke about, which has all this fresh information uploaded daily. If we see that, we take some action and we hold an investigation. In addition to that, on the five-year revalidation, the whole pro

Transport committee  Go ahead, Marie-France.

Transport committee  CATSA is funded by appropriations. Those appropriations include the costs of passenger screening as well as non-passenger or worker screening. That is provided through appropriations. Budget 2017 provided funding that would allow for both of those things. That's where the funding

Transport committee  I think there are certain backlogs. We have been working on those backlogs. Additional funding has been allocated during the past year to help to offset that to some degree within Transport, and we have the same plan in place for this current fiscal year, so additional resources

Transport committee  Yes, the transportation security clearance program was established after Air India in about 1985. I believe we were the first ones in the world to do that. Obviously, it has been continuously improved and enhanced over the years, but it's a very well-developed process, and it's

Transport committee  From Transport Canada's perspective, I am not aware of significant concerns.

Transport committee  Well, if it were to ever occur...I'm not aware that it's ever occurred. Perhaps it....

Transport committee  I would say that, in this particular situation, we're still in the middle of a process. That process allows the employee to present situations that may explain why circumstances arose that caused us to suspend a clearance. It's important that we respect that process and their pri

Transport committee  I would suggest that's largely an airport role in the sense that the airports manage the provision of allowance to the employees. They come through the companies. They generally would have the contracts to do work around them. If something like that were to arise, it would be not

Transport committee  There are a couple of elements involved in that, Madam Chair. One element is that in the perpetual vetting component of the transportation security clearance, every day there is a check against criminal records to make sure that no new charges or new situations have arisen from

Transport committee  Yes.