Public Accounts committee  That will be done very quickly. We're currently designing the new application forms. A very long section was added, where the applicant consents to disclosure of their history of the past five years, including information on their spouse. It goes even further by authorizing the R

Public Accounts committee  According to the standards we have set, it takes 30 days for a new applicant. For someone renewing a pass, it takes 10 days.

Public Accounts committee  I indicated earlier that one of the issues was of privacy of information, and we are now building in a new questionnaire and a new application form, a pretty extensive section, where we would have very explicit consent from the applicant so the information can be used. Another i

Public Accounts committee  I can clarify my part. I have a mandate under the Aeronautics Act. In delivering that mandate, we work with the RCMP. To make it clear, we have an MOU that defines our relationship.

Public Accounts committee  It is Transport Canada. If the information was provided to Transport, we act immediately. If the RCMP has new information, they will provide it to us and we will yank the person out immediately. That's how it works.

Public Accounts committee  We're on the front line. We deliver the clearance. We seek information from the RCMP, CSIS, and Citizenship and Immigration. But we are responsible for issuing the clearance based on the information we have. If we have more information, if a mistake was made, we will act accordin

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure what statement you are referring to.

Public Accounts committee  I understand your question better. We're not involved in the control of narcotics or that kind of thing. Our mandate is quite clearly defined in the Aeronautics Act. It relates to making regulations respecting prevention of unlawful interference with civil aviation. We're always

Public Accounts committee  I can't provide any specific examples.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I would. It's not just lessons learned; it's also things we've done. Two very specific measures were taken. I mentioned one in my introductory remarks: the background checks on airport workers, which is something that was done following and as a result of the Air India accid

Public Accounts committee  We've come a long way. The Auditor General looked at the process we had in place. There was an initial MOU. There were difficulties on both sides, with us having difficulty in sharing private information and the RCMP not being able to access all the databases, but we've come a lo

Public Accounts committee  I do. We provided copies. We do have extra copies.

Public Accounts committee  I understand we did.

Public Accounts committee  My apologies. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to address the comments in the Auditor General's follow-up status report. At the outset, I would like to say that I welcome the opportunity to describe the concrete steps Transport Canada has taken

Transport committee  Marc could add some details.