Transport committee  Absolutely. We had to deal with a situation like this last summer, which was more serious than the Christmas storm. This time we had to do perhaps less. I myself was there, during the night, to set up beds. Indeed, in these cases, we set up cots in our conference rooms, we give

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss travel delays and the treatment of air passengers during the recent holiday season. I have been with Aéroports de Montréal for 15 years

Transport committee  I wanted to clarify that, to make sure you understand. To go back to your question, I must say that unloading the baggage is the responsibility of the airlines.

Transport committee  The service is provided to us; we have no choice. In some countries, the airport itself manages it. You are asking if we have any suggestions. If one day we were given the funds and the responsibility, we would try to improve the process, but that is not the case at the moment.

Transport committee  It's the same everywhere, I assure you.

Transport committee  This summer, as I said, it will not be easy. We are investing $8 million in the short term to remove transit passengers from the lineups. We are doing that this summer. It should give us a good boost. In August, we must also manage the arrival of students. That is also complex.

Transport committee  As part of ADM's preliminary budget, about $20 million is earmarked to establish a permanent transit passenger processing centre. We will also be displaying the wait times. For us, I would say that our plan is clear as to what we are going to do. The authorities need to improve

Transport committee  As I said, I'm doing my part. We agreed on a game plan. It is up to the other agencies to do their part and to invest the resources. They said that they would put the resources in place to achieve a reasonable wait time. They hired people for the summer. Everyone has their share

Transport committee  No, it has nothing to do with that. As you know, there are a lot of people involved at an airport, but it is still an airport. Actually, the airlines are the ones unloading the baggage. As the airport administrator, we put the baggage on the plane and run the explosives detectio

Transport committee  Our first concern is the level of service. I'm going to sort of stand up for the other Canadian airports that are really waiting for CATSA Plus in order to increase the level of service. The CATSA Plus program has truly been tested for a long time, and it significantly increases

Transport committee  I do not know. Mr. Pharand, do we have an idea of the costs for Montreal?

Transport committee  Our level is the equivalent of what is found elsewhere, given the risk.

Transport committee  In Montreal, we have a canine unit that can detect explosives.

Transport committee  Correct.

Transport committee  Clearly, we are very involved in managing customs, given that the airport provides physical locations for customs. That being the case, we are working together with the Canada Border Services Agency and we have to coordinate what we do. That is what we did following the incident—