Mr. Chair, I remain focused on ensuring that we have a competitive, accessible and safe air transportation system in Canada. We saw challenges that occurred last summer that exposed some vulnerabilities in our system. Our system is based on a user-pay model. We know, based on the challenges that we saw, that CATSA needs investment. We have not seen new investments in CATSA, in fact—an increase in these fees—since 2010. We know that CATSA needs to be modernized and needs to be improved in order to expedite and improve the passenger experience. This is a necessary investment to modernize CATSA to ensure that it's more efficient and that it's faster. We will continue to work with CATSA and the airline sector to have a competitive and safe air transportation sector.
On April 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.