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Transport committee Yes, we shared it with Transport Canada and it went into the minister's hands.
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee There are a number of screening models that combine various systems. One of them utilizes a full-body scan but also does a trace. A passenger pushes a bar, and it detects that, and thre's a vapour down at shoe level to determine whether there are any explosives carried in their s
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee The full-body scanner, do you mean? Yes, it's generally a more reliable machine. But as with any kind of technology, you're going to have the bleeding edge of technology at which new developments are going to have their problems, and we need to work through them. I would point
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee Annex 17 sets out a number of parameters you have to qualify for. On top of that, ICAO does an audit from time to time to determine whether countries comply with it. Canada was audited. The results have been kept secret, but I am told that there we're in substantial compliance wi
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee I appreciate what the background of your question is. We don't think that behavioural analysis will play a significant role. There is potentially a place for identification of clear signs to note, and there is a trial program under way today in Canada. We believe more strongly, t
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee One area that is questionable in which we could redeploy resources, both funding and personnel, is the non-passenger screening that we have at Canadian airports. As the testimony of John McKenna indicated, Israel and the United States don't have it. That doesn't stop the American
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee Let me talk about the behavioural analysis, to begin with. I know that the standing committee heard from a witness a short time ago who obviously was advocating an entirely different course for Canada. I would caution the standing committee that the gentleman is a salesman and th
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee They were flying as passengers.
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee In the case of the Fort Hood incident, there were clear indications that the individual was having some difficulties.
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee The pre-screening would have to have a feedback system built into it, but if the person had applied for a NEXUS card, there may have been information on file that would have indicated that there were possible security problems, and he would have been denied it in those circumstan
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee It would depend. For example, he was under review by the U.S. Army. If a person had had contact, as it would appear that they had, with individuals who were suspected al-Qaeda members, that would probably come up through a CSIS background check. As I understand it, there's a terr
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee One of the things that perturbs passengers is a lack of consistency Canada-wide. You'll have a computer swabbed down for explosive trace in one location and not in another. There is an advantage to unpredictability, and it's certainly not with the law-abiding travelling public, b
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee To date, Transport Canada has managed CATSA through a measure called a security screening order, and we have had an opportunity to be consulted on it when there are significant changes. There was a study with regard to Canada's aviation security and CATSA in particular. I believe
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee I don't think ATAC has produced a single report or recommendation, but we have made numerous recommendations in the past. It would only be a matter of compiling them and presenting them, and we'd be happy to do that.
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica
Transport committee Yes.
April 29th, 2010Committee meeting
Michael Skrobica