Thank you, Madam Chair.
In going back to the second subject, which is training. We heard from a variety of witnesses that training, whether for pilots, inspectors, or specialized workers in the aerospace industry, is the key to ensuring a safe and secure air transportation service. We should highlight the different recommendations we heard on the importance of training.
As to inspections and SMS, we also heard a great deal of comments about SMS and how it actually helped air safety become safer and safer over the years. The majority of the witnesses agreed that all operators should have a safety management system. There were concerns expressed about the inspections, the quality and types of inspections, the duration in-between inspections, the data collected during the inspections, and also the number of inspectors who are now allocated to doing these inspections.
Although Transport Canada assured us that they were doing proper regulation, oversight and inspections, there seemed to be some questions on this. This should also be reflected in the report, that is, how often the inspections are being done and the number of personnel available to conduct these inspections.
When it came to security in airports, everything we heard during that meeting was really reassuring. All the witnesses had the same opinion, that the system in place is working properly—I'm grateful to say that, because if some incidents occurred a couple of weeks ago, it's because the system in place presently is functioning—and that all agencies involved are working well together. That, too, is important to highlight, in making make our airports secure. Rest assured that it's never enough, because we always have to be ahead of our game when it comes to airport security.
We also heard about the financing of CATSA. That was another criterion.
We look forward to the other comments of the Montreal police.
I think this can give the analysts a good sense of the direction we would like to see the report be drafted in.
Thank you, Madam Chair.