Human Resources committee  Certainly.

Human Resources committee  It's exemption power, right. Okay.

Human Resources committee  I want to thank the member for her question. Let me just preface my answer by saying that as the chair of an independent tribunal, I don't presume to pronounce on policy choices made by the government when it advances legislation or on decisions that Parliament will make on the l

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. The only thing I'll say about exemptions is we actually currently have an exemption power in the law that we have never used. In terms of the regulations, the regulations that we're working on will, as I said, integrate two existing regulations and six voluntary code

Human Resources committee  In respect to transportation, we have a number of areas in Canada where we are clearly ahead of the curve. For example, we were one of the first countries to implement mandatory training requirements in the personnel training regulations that we currently have at the Canadian Tra

Human Resources committee  My very brief answer is that different countries are very successful in different areas. I didn't mean to suggest, Mr. Chair, that Canada isn't a leader in some respects in the area of accessibility, but there certainly are other countries that we can learn from. We can learn f

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I can provide an initial response. The issue of wheelchair services is one that we at the Canadian Transportation Agency have seen crop up again and again. Of all the different issues around which we receive accessibility-related complaints, it's the most comm

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the committee for inviting me here today. It's a pleasure to be here today to provide an overview of the Canadian Transportation Agency's (CTA) accessibility-related responsibilities and activities as part of the committee's hearings into Bill

Transport committee  I'm sorry, but could you clarify your question? What money are you referring to exactly?

Transport committee  Yes, of course. We started the consultation process this week and it will continue for three months. The goal is to finalize the charter and regulations within a few months, and not a few years.

Transport committee  Madam Chair, I thank the member for her question. In order to ensure that we give accurate information, we will get back to the committee with specific figures on the cost of the consultations. The consultation process is a three-month process that involves both online and publi

Transport committee  As things currently stand in the law, we do have in certain circumstances the ability to order compensation for expenses. Some of what you're describing might fall into the category of expenses if somebody had to, for example, stay overnight because they missed a connection, or t

Transport committee  No, we currently have the ability to look at tariffs. If we get a complaint, for example, about an incident, we can look at whether the airline applied its tariff, but we can also look at whether or not the terms of the tariff are reasonable. Under Bill C-49, we'll be making regu

Transport committee  By definition, if the regulation set a level of compensation, for example, that's here and the previous tariff was lower, the regulations would prevail.

Transport committee  At the moment, the legislation, including the act as it would be amended by Bill C-49 , does not give us the authority to go and set standards for or investigate other players in the air travel supply chain. Under the legislation, we are to focus on the airlines and their tariffs