Transport committee  Actually, CATSA, which is the organization, has decided to call the new equipment, or the new process, CATSA Plus. The equipment itself has some improvements, but the difference between CATSA's regular service and the CATSA Plus program is the way the luggage and passengers are h

Transport committee  It happens on two levels. First, we analyze the threat based on the information that Transport Canada, or other law enforcement agencies provide us, because we are not an intelligence agency. Then we assess the vulnerability of our physical facilities, which provides us with a

Transport committee  First, we talk to our partners to find out whether the threat level has immediately changed. If something leads us to believe that the threat level has immediately changed, we have to implement measures to protect ourselves against that threat. If there is no demonstrable threat

Transport committee  No. Mr. Deltell, I would like to point out that we are not responsible for the process and the equipment. It belongs to CATSA. All we can do is put pressure on the federal agency to improve its processes and services. When it comes to CATSA Plus equipment, all we have to provide

Transport committee  When a risk is identified, airports share information, both formally and informally. That does not just happen between airport operators. Police and security forces also communicate with each other, such as the RCMP, Transport Canada and CSIS. They make sure that information is s

Transport committee  You have to see the CALEA system like an ISO system. The commission was established in the United States a number of years ago. It has set standards for police services, law enforcement services, training centres and telecommunications centres, in order to raise the level of prof

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Actually, Transport Canada has inspectors on site seven days a week year round, to make sure that safety practices conform to the regulations. So we do not just have a periodic audit, we also have continuous oversight from Transport Canada.

Transport committee  Actually, the municipal fire station is on the other side of the Dorval roundabout. Firefighters can be on site in three or four minutes if they're at the station.

Transport committee  Indeed, to ensure that our emergency response plan is functional, it is validated on a regular basis through exercises, audited by Transport Canada and verified by CALEA. In fact, our security service is accredited by CALEA, as Mr. Rainville mentioned. Both the exercises and the

Transport committee  The standards for our RESAs, that is, our runway end safety areas, already exceed those of Transport Canada and are in line with those of ICAO. Space isn't a problem for us. In fact, the situation at the end of the runway is not a problem at the Montréal-Trudeau airport.

Transport committee  Our service specializes in runway operations, in other words, all operations related to aircraft. However, if there was an incident in the terminal, which is essentially our livelihood, firefighters would intervene. They are trained and equipped to act in both cases, but their ma

Transport committee  In all cases, both services are called. They work together.

Transport committee  In our case, the problem of communication doesn't exist because the principle of confidentiality among firefighters doesn't exist, unlike the police. Our firefighters and the city firefighters are called to respond to incidents extremely frequently. So they are used to working t

Transport committee  The non-passenger screening program was established in 2014. The process was implemented slowly starting in 2014. Today, regulations require that employees have their identities validated and then undergo a random search. That's the case for permanent pass holders. People waiting