Transport committee  I apologize. I wasn't actually on that call, so I'm struggling to provide a very precise answer to that. I'm going to see if any of my colleagues know whether or not. Mr. Chair, I can offer to get back to the committee in answer to that question, but because this is something th

Transport committee  In general, that carve-out is there to cover that case. We'll work with our colleagues from the Public Health Agency and provide that information to the committee.

Transport committee  I'd be happy to so, Mr. Chair.

Transport committee  It's a great question. In fact, the Public Health Agency of Canada did go out with a competitive bid process to hotels. There was a range of criteria. One was that they had to be situated very close to one of the four international airports that can receive international flights.

Transport committee  As the question from the member implies, throughout the process of the review of the proposed purchase of Air Transat by Air Canada, Transport Canada has done extensive analyses and reviewed a lot of documents. A significant chunk of that information is commercially confidential

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. I can only repeat my answer: the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel agencies are a reality that is being taken into consideration in negotiations with airlines. There have been discussions with the independent travel agent industry a

Transport committee  That's a great question, but I think the question has underneath it a key factor that's at play here. That is that the competition commissioner examines the transaction purely from the lens of competition. The government took that assessment into account, and in that assessment t

Transport committee  There has been a series of impacts in terms of the bus industry for a number of years. It actually predates COVID. Greyhound left western Canada and there was a tremendous amount of work done within the federal, provincial and territorial council of ministers of transportation an

Transport committee  I can provide a general answer, but the authority on this is the Public Health Agency of Canada, because the establishment of the arrival testing protocol at the four major airports and the requirement to stay in airport hotels is a program that they're currently rolling out now.

Transport committee  Indeed, the PS752 was a horrific tragedy, just like MH17 a few years before. The objective of the safer skies initiative is to try to prevent these kinds of tragedies that come from civil aviation caught in conflict zones. The strategy is, first, to foster information sharing. I

Transport committee  It's a great question. Transport Canada is working very closely with Fisheries and Oceans, as Minister Jordan is the lead on the blue economy initiative. We focus very much on issues around safety for the environment and safety for Canadians and safety for mariners in terms of o

Transport committee  As the member indicated, the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the travel industry, writ large, and the air travel industry has hit the independent travel agents hard. They're some of the many Canadians who have felt the impact. As the minister said, the government has put in pl

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. It's a very good question. As the minister said that the government is taking a series of actions. There are now various active and intense discussions and negotiations on a package with the airlines. It's really impossible to comment on the details o

Transport committee  As the minister said, he's very keen to see an agreement as soon as possible. Because discussions are under way—they are complex, and the impact on the sector has been very deep—it's really impossible to speculate about exactly when these negotiations will conclude, other than to

Transport committee  Frankly, transportation safety is our number one priority. Of all of the objectives of Transport Canada, it comes first, and we've been watching very carefully because of the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the travel sector. We've been working diligently all year to ensure tha