Transport committee  For the cargo portion, absolutely, yes, it does.

Transport committee  That is the way their mandate has been laid down by Transport Canada, by the Government of Canada, and it is exactly the same situation as you would find in the United States—

Transport committee  —and everywhere else in the world. That's the way it's done today, unless you can tell me differently.

Transport committee  But that's my understanding of the way it's done everywhere.

Transport committee  I think we're pretty typical in that respect. It's in that ballpark, anyway.

Transport committee  First of all, you shouldn't be thinking that there aren't any procedures at all taken by the airlines. The airlines have their own procedures. They screen the cargo. Is it screened by a third party agency? None of it is screened by a third party agency. But I think it's important

Transport committee  They take it very seriously.

Transport committee  I honestly don't know the answer to that, but I could say that--

Transport committee  I couldn't speculate on that, and I don't know that my colleague Mr. Duchesneau could either.

Transport committee  They're not required or expected to. This is a motivation we had ourselves; we went out and sought this. There are a lot of airports in the U.S. that have that certification. It is a U.S.-based organization. Back in 2001-02 we started the steps to try to make our systems more rig

Transport committee  The answer is that you're absolutely right: that is who is responsible for the security of cargo today, according to the rules laid down by Transport Canada. By the way, pretty much everywhere in the world it's treated exactly the same way. The airlines--or the shippers, if it's

Transport committee  Well, let me answer it two ways. Let me say that, first of all, it's been suggested by some that the airlines don't take that seriously. I can assure you—and it's rare that I'm taking the side of the airlines—they take it very seriously. Their assets, their reputation, and their

Transport committee  Yes, indeed.

Transport committee  Yes, indeed. In the numbers for Dorval airport, for Trudeau airport, there's about 150,000 tonnes of cargo carried every year in the belly of passenger airplanes, so about half our overall cargo volume is carried in the belly of passenger airplanes.

Transport committee  I am going to respond to the portion of the question Mr. McGuinty asked with respect to the intrusions that took place in September 2006. Let me begin, if you don't mind, by correcting some of the misperceptions in that event. There were a couple of things that were misstated. F