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Transport committee Absolutely. We believe the Blue Line is the quickest, most efficient and most effective way to move workers. It would definitely bring in workers, with respect to the cargo facilities and the other areas of the airport. We have had strong conversations, and we believe that the B
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee Through the pandemic, our communications with Transport Canada and the minister improved and became much more significant and much more accessible over the course of the pandemic to discuss the issues. At times, when we consulted with respect to various decisions, we had conversa
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee YYC is the only one of the four major airports that doesn't have a direct rail connection between the airport and downtown or a plan to build it. That is a piece of critical infrastructure that we know our catchment area and our city demand. We know there are various projects bei
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee Thank you very much for the question. Certainly, the protection of the personal information of guests and passengers is critically important. and the use of those technologies needs to really address that. We need to partner with those organizations that have been successful in
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee I think I will jump in and just provide one additional piece of context with respect to the rapid return. Similar to the issues that are being faced with respect to passport offices, we at the airports are also facing these issues with respect to our pass offices and the abilit
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee I can provide a little bit of additional perspective. We definitely are seeing stabilization of some of the labour shortage issues that some of our partners were seeing. At the Calgary airport, we are going to be back up to full staffing at U.S. Customs and Border Protection star
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee It's very important to us as the airport authority to provide the best experience for our guests, so we invest in making that experience the best, but we need the support of the government. We do need the Minister of Transport to be participating, to be investing in the infrastru
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee Thank you very much for that question. I'm not surprised when we talk about the fact that the experience involves all partners doing their part. It's a joint accountability that we all have together. To the comments that have been made, whether it's an issue at CATSA or an issue
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee Thank you for the question. Like the Vancouver airport, the Calgary airport did not experience some of the challenges that recently occurred with the surge in passengers. We are very mindful and we have a very strong relationship with our port director for CBSA. As a result, we
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee With respect to Calgary, yes, we are predicting 2024 as well. We were originally predicting 2025, but recovery has come back more quickly. I think it's really important for the committee to appreciate and understand that while Calgary didn't experience the same challenges that M
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Transport committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Carmelle Hunka, and I am a vice-president at the Calgary Airport Authority. I'm very pleased to be before the committee today on behalf of the authority. I want to open by stating that the experience we
September 28th, 2022Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Health committee We are continuing to support the testing program that will be at the airport, and we are actually utilizing the same testing facility that we are using for our employees. We will therefore continue to have that facility available. We have been incredibly resilient in providing fo
April 12th, 2021Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Health committee All indications were that this pilot program was successful, including the Public Health Agency of Canada's acknowledgement of the success of the program. As far as we were concerned, it was a highly successful program, but for consistency with the rest of the country, it was end
April 12th, 2021Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Health committee Thank you.
April 12th, 2021Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka
Health committee Certainly, the airport authorities do support the opening of safe travel corridors and the use of a vaccine passport or some type of notification that could identify vaccines. We feel that vaccine passports, in conjunction with continued testing, would enable the travelling publi
April 12th, 2021Committee meeting
Carmelle Hunka