Transport committee  In our authority here in Vancouver, we have 15 board members.

Transport committee  We have nominating entities from the Vancouver board of trade, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and the Law Society of British Columbia. We have two federal government appointments on our board, a provincial government appointment o

Transport committee  I'm not sure I'm a position to be able to answer that.

Transport committee  I do know, however, that Transport Canada has been doing a governance review of airport authorities.

Transport committee  We started it, but it is a coalition. There are over 40 members. The major railroads—CN, CP, and BNSF—are part of our coalition, as well as the port of Vancouver and the Association of Canadian Port Authorities. It's a very broad-based membership, and it's more than airports. The

Transport committee  It's trade and passenger, correct. It's multimodal, and it involves passengers and goods. That is correct.

Transport committee  That's a tough question. We've been asked that by many people in the past. I don't know. I think there's a spirit of innovation. We have pioneered a lot of new things at our airport. For example, the automated border clearance kiosk that many of you use when you arrive at an in

Transport committee  Yes, you could say that.

Transport committee  Absolutely. As I said, we do sell the kiosks to other airports.

Transport committee  It's the reality of airports. Airplanes make noise. It's been the story of our history in aviation. It's a tough one, and we have tried to do everything we can. We have a noise management committee, which works with the local community. The airlines are on board. Airlines are u

Transport committee  Absolutely. That is something we've been pushing for as airports. A few years ago, when the CTA review was going on, I was commissioned by the Canadian Airports Council to do their submission to the CTA review and I drafted a component on aviation security, which is one of the

Transport committee  There are two things. I want to bring one fact forward that we tend to forget, and it's not highlighted. The ports get a lot of attention because there is a huge volume of cargo traffic, containers, and break-bulk. Globally, air only accounts for 1% of cargo by volume, but over 3

Transport committee  For us there is not a lot of revenue or profit on the cargo side, but we see it as a complete package. We don't separate that when we're looking at an aircraft coming in. Basically, the landing fees they pay are for both the cargo and the passenger loads they are carrying. We don

Transport committee  We work very closely with the City of Richmond. I mean, we are a community-based airport. The City of Richmond appoints someone to our board of directors, as does Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, the provincial government, and the federal government. When we embark on initiatives li

Transport committee  I'll respond through the chair. We do not receive any funding at all. We haven't applied for, we don't believe we are eligible for, any of these funds under the green program. With respect, I think you're talking about the Canada Line that connects to the airport. That is a priva