Transport committee  I can talk about awareness. I can give another example of what one company has done. The little system we saw, the one from DJI, comes in quite a small box. The company has put on a large and very visible sticker on the side of the box, informing the purchaser to go to the Trans

Transport committee  I don't know if I'd call them hackers, but there are a few companies in Canada that if you look at the system behind, there's no airworthiness confirmation behind it. These systems have been put together and we haven't really put them up to the rigorous testing we would do for an

Transport committee  You need to make sure when you put these things together that they are airworthy, that they are thoroughly tested. When we implement those rules, from the airworthiness aspect of systems, then we'll see some of these systems disappear, in my opinion.

Transport committee  There are ways to include drones. Take France as an example, where they have beyond visual line of sight flying. Their airspace is structured differently. The country is in charge of everything 1,000 feet and below. Above 1,000 feet, Europe is in charge and things work differentl

Transport committee  Yes. I would like to finish my example. We must not think about drones as we see them today. Twenty or 30 years ago, who would have thought that we would have a computer, a telephone and a camera in our pockets? An entire infrastructure has developed around telephone use. I bel

Transport committee  In the short term, restricted zones are established around the airport in Alma. These are closed so that systems and procedures can be developed. Drones will have to find a way to share the airspace; it is not up to aircraft to get out of their way. So our drones have to be prope

Transport committee  Not necessarily, because the regulations for recreational use and professional use are not exactly the same. I am not talking about little systems like DJI's Inspire drone. We see a little more flexibility with recreational use. However, the people using the systems are not suffi

Transport committee  Training involves a number of aspects, depending on whether the use is recreational or professional. The prequalification centre, where the infrastructure is, focuses on professional use. We want to build a little village to validate systems. The RCMP, the Sûreté du Québec and th

Transport committee  Concerning initiatives, I talked about the strategy in Quebec and I talked about it also in Alberta. There's a move in both of these provinces and other provinces as well. The intent behind this strategy or this cluster that the premier has put forward is to regroup the Quebec co

Transport committee  Good morning, and thank you very much, Madam Chair and committee members. You should have my notes in a little package in front of you as to what the UAS CE is all about, but I'll present it here as well. I'm pleased to present this morning and I would like to thank you very m