Public Accounts committee  I understand that and we share your frustration because the first time we were asked to appear at this committee, the notice from the clerk of the committee asked for an official. We go to many parliamentary committees when there is a request. If they say officials are invited

Transport committee  Yes. There are also other activities to consider, for instance persons assigned to baggage handling, and the CATSA employees who monitor travellers and their luggage. There are also funds invested to solve potential international security issues. Other costs are included in the

Transport committee  I have the answer to your question concerning rail safety inspectors.

Transport committee  At the end of fiscal year 2015-2016, we had 135 rail inspectors. At the beginning of the year there were 122. Afterwards we hired 13 other people.

Transport committee  Often, the additional work that is required relates to the baggage. As Angus mentioned, there's the pre-board screening that the passengers go through, and then there's the baggage screening. For many of the domestic flights you're talking about, there's no baggage at all: it get

Transport committee  Presently, it's the federal government that is paying. It's the amount that Mr. Watt spoke about earlier, the non-passenger screening, because that is for the workers. As of this point, it's the Government of Canada.

Transport committee  We continue, throughout the year, to hire inspectors for the rail network, and also for the transportation of dangerous materials. This goes on all through the year. I think I could give you the most recent figures now, if you'll just give me a minute.

Transport committee  Very well. I appreciate that.

Transport committee  You are talking about the rail sector?

Transport committee  We just added it, but not in this budget. It is in supplementary estimates (B) or (C).

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  We don't have a plan for how long. It depends on how much money we have to deal with them. We do have a lot of obligations that are also in remote areas of the country. We have some in the north. When you're trying to remediate an airport site that we used to own in northern Ca

Transport committee  It depends on the site. For example, if it was a site that we transferred as part of an airport to a municipality, we kept the residual obligation to decontaminate the site, and the airport was transferred earlier, then that land is already municipal land. We're cleaning it up an

Transport committee  No, there is not.

Transport committee  It's in the supplementary estimates (A) because it's a renewal for a year. It's bridge funding while we adjust our reference levels to look at which elements of these costs could be cost recovered from the tankers that we are inspecting. It's a one-year extension to existing fund