It's an important investment. Last year there was $240 million, but there is another $355.7 million investment in CATSA.
When it comes to security, we take it very seriously. With regard to security at our airports, we're going to have to invest in the best of technologies to make sure we don't fall behind our international counterparts. It's absolutely critical that we keep pace.
A lot of this $355.7 million is invested in new technology to get us where we need to go. There are 125 new multi-view X-ray scanners to make sure that luggage and carry-on luggage is dealt with using the best of equipment. We have added dozens of new screening lines across the country so we increase the flow and make sure we not only have state-of-the-art technology but we're not holding up traffic.
We have 10 portable security units for the Olympics, to make sure the Olympics are about the athletes and not about any kind of a threat. We are prepared for what's going to happen in the Olympics and we are very proud of where CATSA is going with regard to investing these dollars. We're also putting many Canadians to work at the same time, because it's very labour-intensive work that CATSA does. It's not only high-cost equipment, but there are a lot of dollars being spent on employment. This is indeed a stimulus, but it's more about security than stimulus when it comes to CATSA.