Transport committee  Thank you for the question. It's essential. I'm from the same part of the world that you are. I'm from the western coast of Newfoundland. My community is Stephenville, which saw steady declines in air service over the years, whereas Deer Lake has had it build up. You can see the

Transport committee  Absolutely. The communities in Atlantic Canada are really hurting, and they want to see the expansion of rapid tests. I am optimistic. We have good engagement with government on a lot of these issues, and there are forums where these conversations are taking place. There are more

Transport committee  I can't really speak to the individual measures that might have been put in place in different European places and whether they were effective. I do know that what we have been calling for is rapid antigen testing before people get onto flights so that travellers can have that ad

Transport committee  I'm certainly not a public health expert. My understanding is that several tests have been approved for Canada and there are others on the way. As I was referring to earlier, some places are administering a more accurate PCR test a couple of days prior to departure and then combi

Transport committee  The $500 million you describe certainly will be very helpful. We've recommended that. In fact, we recommended most of what was in there; it was just not at a level sufficient for our nation's airports to avoid really serious challenges next year. That money will be very valuable

Transport committee  Brian, do you want to take that one first?

Transport committee  Thank you, Ms. Kusie. It's good to see you again. Thank you for all your support.

Transport committee  We are looking to see rapid antigen testing expanded to more airports. I know our member airports are working with provincial health authorities and the federal government to make that happen as quickly as we can. We're really focused on international air travel primarily, but of

Transport committee  There is a great appetite to expand what we've seen in Calgary to other parts of the country. Certainly, our airports and our air carrier partners are ready, willing and able to help.

Transport committee  To conclude, no matter where you live in Canada, the air sector is essential to putting our economy back on track, and airports are a key part of that. We need them to be ready for every journey. Thank you.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today, and for the study. I'm Daniel Gooch. I'm president of the Canadian Airports Council We have 54 members that represent more than 100 airports around the country, including all of the p

Transport committee  Most of us were here at the time. I'll just make a couple of comments and open it to my colleagues. Our understanding is that it's generally well received, and that the transfer was generally perceived to be successful. Certainly, we've seen some changes in Nav Canada over the y

Transport committee  The way the organization is structured today, it is really impeded in its ability to plan long term, which also impacts the organization's ability to invest in the technologies that are being developed in other parts of the world that may be better from a security perspective as

Transport committee  Thank you. We're seeing tremendous growth of airports. It was about 6% nationwide and even higher in some segments over the last year. If you go back several years, it's very strong growth year over year. I also want to speak to an earlier question on the cost of the service.

Transport committee  Certainly the new organization, as the legislation is envisioning it, seems to be set up to be a bit more flexible than CATSA would be, but as you heard from my colleagues, we want to clarify some of that. My colleague from Ottawa is chairing the committee. I'm sure he has some