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\u201cCanada\u2019s airports have worked to build a strong, cooperative relationship with Minister Garneau over the last four years,\u201d said Daniel-Robert Gooch, president of the Canadian Airports Council. \u201cWelcome back, Minister Garneau.\u00c2\u00a0 We look forward to continuing our work with you to improve the prospects for Canada\u2019s aviation sector and our travelers, communities and industry partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As locally managed and controlled organizations, Canada\u2019s\nairports are responsible members of the community, with active strategies for\ncommunity engagement and sustainability. Fourteen Canadian airports are members\nof the global Airports Council International (ACI)\u2019s Airports Carbon\nAccreditation program and pursuing meaningful carbon mitigation and reduction\nstrategies to reduce environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safety and security is always the top priority, and Canada\u2019s airports anticipate working with the federal government on a range of issues.\u00c2\u00a0 These include a comprehensive plan to ensure Canada has the proper legislative, regulatory and enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure the safe, secure integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS\/\u201ddrones\u201d) into our communities and airspace, through adoption of recommendations outlined in the bi-national Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CAC\u2019s \u201cSeven Point Plan for the Traveler\u201d outlines much of the proactive work the CAC will seek to engage on with government, including work well underway.\u00c2\u00a0 This includes continued reform and innovation in passenger processing, such as greater use of technology to enhance security and safety.\u00c2\u00a0 It also includes improving the competitiveness of Canada\u2019s airports as international transit hubs through visa policy reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CAC will work to ensure small airports have access to\nsufficient infrastructure funding to implement the latest safety, security and\naccessibility regulations. One important\nprogram, the Airports Capital Assistance Program (ACAP) has not seen a funding\nincrease in 20 years, despite inflation in construction and equipment costs.\nThe CAC is working with regional aviation groups from around the country to see\nthis increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile for larger airports, many seek increased federal\ninvestments in public transit and regional ground connectivity overall amidst\nthe strong growth in our cities and air traffic we expect in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe real winners of the work we can do together will be travelers and communities,\u201d Mr. Gooch explained. \u201cSince 1992, locally-managed airport authorities have invested over $27 billion to improve their infrastructure. Canada\u2019s airports are proud to have made these contributions to ensure that Canadians have safe, secure and efficient access to affordable efficient travel and that communities can benefit from the new employment and economic opportunities that our airports provide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canada\u2019s airports look forward to a seamless collaboration with government, with the news that the Honorable Marc Garneau will be returning to the Transport portfolio. \u201cCanada\u2019s airports have worked to build a strong, cooperative relationship with Minister Garneau over the last four years,\u201d said Daniel-Robert Gooch, president of the Canadian Airports Council. \u201cWelcome back, Minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14313,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14311\/revisions\/14313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}