Thank you very much.
I would just like to add a little on a couple of issues. The first one is CATSA, which is a crown corporation that looks after airport security.
Our government's commitment to airport security is absolutely unequivocal. On December 25 we changed airport security, not only here in Canada, but around the world. The United States implemented very strict restrictions regarding baggage as well as security of passengers. Within the following few days, over 200 flights were cancelled as we tried to react to that incident.
There is no question that the full-body scanners have been very well accepted. We have 14 of them in operation today. The rest, the other 30, will be moved into operation in the next few weeks.
I was just in Mexico City as well as in Japan. The international community, not only in South American countries, but as well in Mexico, is very concerned about signing a unilateral agreement on standards of security. In Japan, with the Asia-Pacific, it's the same thing. I just got back on the weekend.
So the international community is very concerned about this and about making sure that when you get on a plane, it doesn't matter where in the world, you have a standard of security so that the passengers can feel very comfortable that all the security measures have been taken and that they are going to land safely.
Full-body scanners are being very well accepted by the users. I can report that.
I also want to tell you that we are doing something that is very much of concern, not only to Canadians but also to our international communities, on the cargo side of airport security. In this budget, we have added $37.9 million to be able to deal with air cargo screening. This is something we know a considerable amount about because of a terrorist attack we've had in our country, the Air India attack. It certainly will go a long way in addressing some of the concerns we have, not only here in Canada but internationally, as other countries are moving to the same concerns and are trying to address these issues. We will be having state-of-the-art equipment with the additional funds that are being put into airport security.
I'd like to talk a little bit about Marine Atlantic, which is also something we are very concerned about. We want to make sure that umbilical cord--as some people call it--to Newfoundland, that corridor that is so important to Newfoundland and Labrador and Atlantic Canada, is dealt with in an appropriate way. We have significant problems. Two years ago, the on-time service was 10%. That's totally unacceptable.
Last summer we put on a new vessel, Atlantic Vision. We've been monitoring this vessel's performance over the last year. It is performing reasonably well. Our on-time service this last summer was around 50%. So we have improved considerably.
There is $175 million to renew the fleet and to deal with onshore deficiencies in Budget 2010. Together with the $416 million, that's almost $600 million that, as a government, we've put into Marine Atlantic in the last couple of years. This is no small amount of money. It is very important for them to be able to revitalize their fleet and be able to accomplish what needs to be done, which is to have a service that is respectable for that area of the country. There's another $28 million in the budget to support the other ferry systems in eastern Canada as well.
With that, I think I'll turn it back to my colleague for closing remarks.