Transport committee  That's a very good question, Madam Chair. We can go into more detail if you would like, but in general, the bottom line is that the science doesn't change. Fatigue is fatigue, and if you're working, science doesn't change. The fatigue doesn't change. The department has incorpor

Transport committee  I have a quick point on the concept of whether entities have become self regulating. I want to assure you, Madam Chair, and committee members, that is the farthest from the case in our system now. We have more than 10,000 types of activities going on that touch the companies. Th

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  I would obviously need to look at the particular survey and the questions that were asked and what percentage of people were answering, to do that. But I would suggest that it would be more valuable for me to look at how we can work with our employees. If even one or two of our i

Transport committee  Throughout the entire period of restraint, in addressing our budget challenges, we have kept a priority on the mandatory training that is required for our oversight personnel to carry out their delegated duties. That has been a core element at the very top of our budget delegatio

Transport committee  Perhaps I can answer the second question first. I'm not an expert on the passenger bill of rights. That's in our other side of the house, with our policy group. But I think from my personal perspective, the clarity of understanding how types of events will occur and what the righ

Transport committee  Thank you for the question, Madam Chair. As the deputy mentioned previously, Transport Canada went through a fairly difficult year and a half or so of making sure that our actual expenditures were matching our appropriations. We took some decisions during that period as to how t

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to speak with you today. I'm proud to discuss the excellent work that Transport Canada officials perform every day to ensure that our country's air transportation system is safe from coast to coast. The

Public Accounts committee  That was what it was based on at the time. I don't know 100% what their current technology complement is.

Public Accounts committee  In terms of the checked baggage and mutual recognition, the date was January 31 to complete the recommendations. They are fully complete. We have established two measurement indicators and we have established baselines, and they are fully complete.

Public Accounts committee  Can I follow up with the department on that?

Public Accounts committee  The two measures that we looked at were focused on the security, because the original measures had been focused on facilitation, as was noted in the Auditor General's report. By definition the equipment is more secure because it does a better job of detection. The first measure s

Public Accounts committee  Transport Canada has a regulatory role in setting the expectations for technology like this and other technology used at airports and in the aviation system. We work with our international colleagues to set standards and to recognize different types of equipment that meet those s

Public Accounts committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee today. My name is Laureen Kinney, and I am the assistant deputy minister for safety and security at Transport Canada. Today on the beyond the border action plan, I will be speaking specifi

Transport committee  Without wanting to dive into that in depth, there is going to be a challenge as we work out which areas we are talking about that are being addressed. If a bylaw were to be addressing—and, again, I'm not a lawyer—those areas of federal jurisdiction, such as a safe operation, then