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International Trade committee  I would like to add one thing quickly as well. From an airport perspective we do a lot of field trips in China, and the number one complaint is the time that it takes to get a Canadian visa for tourism. They would not know whether the visa was granted three days before the depar

February 16th, 2015Committee meeting

Stephan Poirier

International Trade committee  You are more than welcome.

February 16th, 2015Committee meeting

Stephan Poirier

International Trade committee  In terms of tonnage it is low, but in terms of value it is not. It represents close to 40% of the value by air but less than 1% in terms of tonnage. It's very difficult to ship inexpensive goods in a very expensive mode of transport, so the only way to grow this is to grow the ec

February 16th, 2015Committee meeting

Stephan Poirier

International Trade committee  I think it's related to two things, but in the interest of time, I would just say this. We are spending $200 million to put in a very elaborate system of corridors to ease the flow of connecting traffic, while CATSA, in the spirit of saving a few dollars on staffing, will not sta

February 16th, 2015Committee meeting

Stephan Poirier

International Trade committee  Thank you, members of the committee. We're very grateful to be able to address the committee with our feedback and our perspective from Calgary. The first thing I'd like to say is that I echo Mr. Gooch's comment regarding the blue sky policy framework, which we believe has worke

February 16th, 2015Committee meeting

Stephan Poirier