Finance committee  Yes. It's similar to Mr. Vanagas. The government provided funding to Canadian airports through COVID relief measures. YVR did not tap into any of that, but we have accessed funds through the national trade corridors fund to help support our investment in scaling up our south-side

Finance committee  Yes, and since the cost of jet fuel has the highest impact on the cost of your flight, it is a critical issue. Where we are looking for government support is on that demand side, providing the incentives in the early days that will bring the cost differential down and allow us to

Finance committee  I would defer that to the airlines. As the airport, we don't get involved in that. However, it is very clear that access to skilled workers is a problem across many industries, and aviation is not insulated from that. We see that with air traffic controllers. We see that with pil

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. I think I could probably present about 10 or 15 asks to this committee, so I did try to scale it down to two. When it comes to infrastructure, yes, Canadian airports.... A significant amount of our annual budget, our capital expenditure, is basically just

Finance committee  No, it currently is not. Canadian airports are funded in three ways. There are the fees that we charge airlines—aeronautical fees—and there's non-aeronautical revenue, such as when folks spend money in the terminal, as well as our land assets. We own 50% of the designer outlet ce

Finance committee  Sustainable aviation fuel is a drop-in fuel, which means it can be commingled with traditional fossil jet fuel, which is used in aircraft today. It's produced from renewable sources, and it reduces the GHG impact by about 80% on a per-mile basis. There are various feedstocks th

Finance committee  We do not currently, no. There is technology and there are producers here locally in the Lower Mainland—Parkland Corporation refinery. There is a refinery up north, but the name escapes me at the moment. It is capable of producing small quantities, but what we're looking at is sc

Finance committee  There are really two things. Right now the biggest issue—and this is an issue that will impact affordability if sustainable aviation fuel is not treated with the proper financial and public policy support—is that the price differential between traditional jet fuel and sustainable

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you for this opportunity to appear before the committee. YVR exists to serve our community and the economy that supports it. As Canada's gateway to the Indo-Pacific, we are also a critical economic engine. By connecting people with places and cargo with

Transport committee  We have invested significantly in YVR in our entire operation. On our passenger side, we launched a digital twin in 2021, which is helping us with our passenger terminal. On the cargo side, you'd be forgiven if you came to YVR's cargo village.... I am disappointed that the commi

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Schiefke. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today. I am joining you today from Vancouver International Airport, which is located on the traditional, unceded and continuously occupied territory of the Musqueam Indian

International Trade committee  I won't speculate, but I'll go back to the data. Certainly at the beginning of the pandemic, when we didn't have another way to verify, or when the border agents didn't and were doing it on paper, as officials from the Public Health Agency were, it was slower at the air border.

International Trade committee  I think there will be a lot of lessons learned about how the application was rolled out. It was rolled out rather quickly through a pandemic, so maybe some of the testing that would normally have been done didn't happen. Certainly there's a great discussion to be had about how we

International Trade committee  I appreciate the compliments, but I'm an avatar for the more than 24,000 people who work at YVR every day and directly contribute to a positive experience for our travellers. Thank you for that on behalf of everybody. In terms of trade, historically for the airport, cargo genera

International Trade committee  Ms. Pasher, maybe I can go first, if you want to go next.