I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 27 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, August 8, 2022, the committee is meeting on the subject of Airport Delays and Cancellations. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House Order of Thursday, June 23, 2022.
For members in the room, if you wish to speak, please raise your hand. For members on Zoom, please use the raise hand function. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this regard.
Members, today appearing before committee we have the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, for the first half of our meeting.
For the second half of the meeting, we have, from the Department of Transport, Michael Keenan, deputy minister; Aaron McCrorie, associate assistant deputy minister, safety and security; Colin Stacey, director general, air policy; and Nicholas Robinson, director general, civil aviation.
From the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, we have Mike Saunders, president and chief executive officer; Nancy Fitchett, vice-president of corporate affairs and chief financial officer; and Neil Parry, vice-president, operations.
From the Canada Border Services Agency, we have Denis Vinette, vice-president, travellers branch.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada, we have Jennifer Lutfallah, vice-president, health security and regional operations branch.
We will now begin with the opening remarks from Minister Alghabra for five minutes.
Minister, thank you for joining us today. I turn the floor over to you.