Transport committee  Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the committee, thank you for inviting us here today to discuss Transport Canada's supplementary estimates (B) for 2017-18. Transport Canada's focus for the coming year remains the safety and security of our transportation system. At the sam

Transport committee  Thank you. Part of the air travellers security charge that is collected flows back to the department for certain activities, namely, those related to air security. The exact amount that flows back I don't have with me. I can get back to you on that.

Transport committee  Again, for the full collection, I don't have the numbers. This is done—reviewed—by the Department of Finance.

Transport committee  No. I'm afraid I cannot.

Transport committee  Are you talking about the process for the allocation of funds?

Transport committee  This is a known issue. We regularly evaluate the adjustment between the tax rate and the amounts collected. For now, this is something the government is looking at. We have not determined what's next, but it's being studied.

Transport committee  Are you talking about the budget of the Department of Transport?

Transport committee  With regard to aviation safety, budgets generally fluctuate from year to year. Some projects are completed, including research-related ones. All sorts of initiatives are put in place and many investments are made in capital. When these projects come to an end, the allocations wil

Transport committee  The number of resources dedicated to surveillance has increased over time. We also allocate our resources differently. Ms. MacDonald spoke earlier about the reallocation of resources based on risk, something we do on a regular basis. If the risks are higher, we redirect resources

Transport committee  The funding we're requesting here is for the current year for the three Atlantic services: Northumberland Ferries, Bay Ferries, and CTMA. For the longer term, that is still being reviewed.

Transport committee  In terms of capital budgets, we have a yearly base of about $56 million or $57 million for capital renewal and investment. We have a five-year investment plan that is renewed periodically, where we map out our needs and investments and look across the system for what we need to i

Transport committee  In addition to the base budget that we have every year, we've had, as you'll see if you look back, a number of periodic influxes of infrastructure money above and beyond. That permits us to accelerate the renewal or the construction of some of our assets on the ports and airports

Transport committee  I have to say that I'm not familiar with that service. Is it provincial? I'm pretty sure it's not federal.

Transport committee  It is?

Transport committee  Okay. That's news to me.