Mr. Richard Balnis at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On February 15th, 2011. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2011 / 12:45 p.m.

Senior Officer, Research, Canadian Union of Public Employees

That's from 1995 to 2011.

I don't want to be part of a debate here saying you're being unrealistic, you're being outside international standards, and we heard CATSA say “we're looking for more important things than explosives”. I heard it from Transport Canada, and the same official who was there in 1995 is at ICAO, writing his ICAO rules.

I read the 9/11 commission staff report of what happened on each of those aircraft. We deal with our sister union in the United States, and Mr. Jean is right: I am representing the members. We believe this is a mistake creating an unwarranted loophole, and that we should not be loosening these standards.

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