Industry committee  It's very good question. The answer is no, not at this time. The only way that we did it pre-pandemic was with overtime, and as I mentioned in my opening remarks, Nav Canada's overtime bill for the previous year was close to $100 million, certainly not all for us, but I would sa

Industry committee  I would say at this point that we've been left out of most processes. We haven't gone public with anything since probably the early 2000s. Now we feel like we're a whistle-blower, and it's quite a position to be in. It's certainly not enviable—I can tell you that; and no, we don'

Industry committee  Madam Chair, I don't know what to say. I haven't really heard very many responses with regard to our issues with the safety. Never in a million years did I ever think I'd be here not with Nav Canada, but more or less opposing what's happening. I thought we'd be here together lob

Industry committee  The answer to the question I believe is currently about 19%.

Industry committee  Yes, I can tell you a little bit about what we do. We're responsible for the safe, orderly, expeditious flow of air traffic. We're stationed in air control centres and control towers. We monitor aircraft position, speed and altitude in their assigned airspace, visually and by rad

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, I'll step up first, ahead of Mr. Bohn. We're very worried. We're very worried about the over 100 who have layoff or vulnerability letters right now. We already have several who are looking to work in Europe. Now the United States is also looking. Around t

Industry committee  Mr. Masse, I can't stress enough the fact that layoffs and service reduction go hand in hand. It's beyond me right now as far as some of the requests that have been made by our members regarding the safety study. I believe we did provide this all to you before committee today. I

Industry committee  Madam Chair, I will be very quick. Absolutely. In the testimony I had at the transportation committee.... We call it the brain drain. We're already losing some of our members who have received layoff notices. We're losing them to Europe and to other areas. The United States is a

Industry committee  It's very difficult to speak about the training. We've attempted, I would say over the last 20, 30 years, to increase our success rates. We've tried many ways to do many things. We continue to reinvent the wheel. I don't have any suggestions right now, if that's what you're aski

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members. On behalf of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, we truly appreciate the invitation and opportunity to appear before your committee this morning. CATCA is a Unifor local trade union representing now less than 1,800 air tra

Transport committee  Yes, from time to time, obviously, Nav Canada does make some decisions that are financially based. Obviously, they do their own risk analysis with regard to the safety management system. That's an internal system that's overseen by people at Transport Canada. But yes, I'm sure,

Transport committee  It's difficult to comment on a Transportation Safety Board brief that did come.... Especially when it's over mid-air, it's always very sensitive to us. I can certainly talk about other mid-airs, such as down in Windsor. That's why they still have a tower down there. It's because

Transport committee  I believe there needs to be some kind of a reconciliation of some of the issues that are currently going on at Nav Canada, of course. To be very blunt—as you were with regard to that question—I would say yes.

Transport committee  Yes, Nav Canada is a cost-recovery business. Is there some sort of change to the act? Probably. It's our idea that somewhere down the road something has to happen. Nav Canada doesn't really have the ability right now to save very much money. They have a rate stabilization fund. T

Transport committee  The minister, through some of his aides, did respond to some of our concerns. We had subsequent meetings; however, there has obviously been no resolution to date.