International Trade committee  From what I've seen in other locations, I think a good example of free trade agreements that have worked particularly well is the arrangement we have with China. It provides equal access for Canadian transport companies—Air Canada and others—to access China, and for Chinese airli

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Members of the committee, on behalf of Aéroports de Montréal I want to thank you for the opportunity to discuss Canada's international trade plan and air transport agreements. Appropriate bilateral air transport agreements are of considerable i

Transport committee  Transport would inspect them as well.

Transport committee  My understanding is they carry out inspections to make sure the airlines have the procedures in place to monitor the security of the cargo.

Transport committee  I can add one very minor thing, Mr. McGuinty. I think, in fairness to the people at Transport Canada and other places, it's a very complex issue, and the airlines agree and acknowledge that it is. If it were an easy issue, it would have been applied a long time ago. In an area, e

Transport committee  That is a very good question. We have not received the results of the investigation. Transport Canada is responsible for conducting an investigation and making the final report public, or at least delivering it to us. We realized that we could take certain measures to improve th

Transport committee  We have not received anything.

Transport committee  We received nothing officially from Transport Canada. But as I said, we had identified some deficiencies ourselves and taken measures to improve the system even before Transport Canada officials began their assessment, or investigation.

Transport committee  Not in my presence.

Transport committee  I appreciate the question, but I'm really not in a position to answer it. I'm not a security expert. I would have to defer to Mr. Duchesneau, who is far more competent in that area. I don't know if he's comfortable answering it, but I couldn't answer that question.

Transport committee  What I find unfortunate in these comments is this: when someone discovers a chink in the airport security system, we rely on that person to help us fix the problem. If the journalist in question had genuinely taken those chinks seriously, he might not have waited three weeks bef

Transport committee  Security is the responsibility of Mr. Boivin, Vice-President of Airport Operations. As I explained in my presentation, this is not a simple issue. Some aspects of security are completely outside our direct purview. For example, criminal activities on the airfield are the respons

Transport committee  Sure. First of all, the main responsibilities are listed in the document that I have here. I'm just looking through it now. They are responsible, for the most part, for the patrol of the perimeter and the application of all the rules with respect to the movement of traffic at t

Transport committee  Following the events, we did of course meet to explain everything and take necessary measures. I don't want to provide you with every detail on the measures we have taken, since this meeting is public and security is always a delicate issue. Transport Canada officials visited al

Transport committee  Indeed.