Rachael Thomas at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On May 23rd, 2018. See this statement in context.

May 23rd, 2018 / 4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I understand that this is with ELTs. With all due respect, an ELT is a rather primitive technology. We have much better now.

For example, in the United States, they're starting to move over now to using ADS-B, which of course is a GPS transponder. There's no reason that this device, the GPS transponder, couldn't also have an emergency beacon within it, becoming a device that does both.

Should Canada not be looking to be innovative and use technology that is of the modern day and age in order to make sure we're looking after the safety of our pilots?

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