Industry committee  I'm assuming that was directed at me. I didn't hear the front end of it. Certainly we believe the process we have in place is the appropriate one to review these issues. We will continue with that, engage with stakeholders and make the right decisions, because safety is our busi

Industry committee  You asked the question about support as well. From our perspective, establishing targets for opening travel—with the appropriate science-backed safeguards, obviously, such as rapid testing and appropriate isolation time frames—would mitigate risk and could make a big difference.

Industry committee  We would welcome the opportunity to have such a discussion, so please reach out.

Industry committee  We have certainly consulted extensively in our aeronautical studies leading up to our conclusions and recommendations, which have yet to be formulated. As I mentioned earlier, we will be adding an additional step to the process to communicate the findings and allow stakeholders t

Industry committee  I'm going to ask Jonathan Bagg, who is responsible for the level of service initiative, to respond to that.

Industry committee  Let me take a moment to talk about our aeronautical studies and the process to evaluate our service. We understand that they can generate a lot of concern by stakeholders. That's why our stakeholder input, which is central to our process, is so extremely important. In order to f

Industry committee  Certainly we would look at any government funding, by way of a grant, as something to consider as we look at plotting our future within the organization and determining our financial plan. On the issue of what you referred to as bonuses, I want to clarify a few things. Managemen

Industry committee  From our perspective, certainly we believe that we have the appropriate consultation with all stakeholders in terms of system development at Nav Canada, with our largest customers and other stakeholders, and we'll continue to do so. The governance structure that has been set out

Industry committee  Certainly I can comment on that. We understand that CATCA is concerned about potential job loss. Changes to our workforce are always a very difficult decision, but the fact of the matter is that our safety culture permeates not only our air traffic controller employees but all t

Industry committee  Good morning. I'd like to start by thanking the chair, vice-chairs and members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology for the invitation to appear here today. I am Ray Bohn, president and CEO of Nav Canada. I am joined today by Ben Girard, VP and chief of o

Transport committee  We are certainly expecting significant reductions in air travel in the foreseeable future. However, all our plans...including looking at what would be the optimal mix of overtime and regular pay is factored into how we determine our staffing levels going forward, to ensure that w

Transport committee  I believe it was Ms. Marshall who made that comment about six to seven years. I will say that our current forecast—although we're reviewing it in light of recent government announcements—is that we would not see traffic return to 2019 levels until 2023-24. However, that is like

Transport committee  I just want to highlight again that management employees, I think, were the hardest hit in terms of our workforce adjustment and definitely in terms of their compensation, both from a salary perspective and, as I mentioned earlier, a pension perspective. In terms of how many fac

Transport committee  The decisions that we're making with respect to air traffic control towers are based on air traffic that we saw prior to the pandemic and that we anticipate we will see post-pandemic. Those changes are not being made based on where we're at today in terms of air traffic levels, s

Transport committee  Yes, air traffic controllers would have worked overtime, or many of them would have worked overtime. Overtime is used as a way to balance supply and demand with respect to our services, given that we're a 24-7 operation. We have used overtime to deal with staff shortages in some