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Finance committee  First of all, we have to stop increasing these components we have on the price of aviation. They are having a very detrimental effect. The second thing is that the Canada Transportation Act presents an opportunity to review all these taxes and charges that we've put on, and we

October 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Mark Laroche

Finance committee  We don't believe it's an issue, and if it is, it's very minute. Many provinces have already agreed that they don't see that as an issue. We are prepared to roll it out as a pilot in the provinces that will take it, and the provinces that won't will come around very quickly. You

October 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Mark Laroche

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. Canadian airports are not responsible for passenger screening; CATSA is. So we'd certainly encourage CATSA to look at best practices. What they are telling us—CATSA is a crown corporation—is that they're not funded for the growth that we're seeing i

October 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Mark Laroche

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I'm here today as a director representing the Canadian Airports Council, the membership of which includes 45 airport operators. We are a key component of safe and secure travel for more than 90% of the commercial passenger traffic in the

October 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Mark Laroche