Speeches and articles

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) commemorates National AccessAbility Week which takes place May 28 to June 3, 2023. It is an opportunity to: celebrate the valuable contributions and leadership of Canadians with disabilities;...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the Committee for the invitation to appear today. With me is Tom Oommen, Director General, Analysis and Outreach, at the Canadian Transportation Agency. The Agency's mandate is based on the Canada...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the committee for the invitation to appear today. As you noted, I am accompanied today by Tom Oommen, director general for analysis and outreach at the agency. The agency has a broad economic...
Chair, I would like to thank the Committee for the invitation to appear today. As you noted, I am accompanied by my colleague, Michelle Greenshields, Director General for Disputer Resolution at the Agency. As a regulator, the Canadian...
Check against delivery Opening Good morning everyone. Thank you for the invitation and the opportunity this gives me to escape my home, actually my dining room table. I hope this will be the first of many "return to normal" meetings! This...
Check against delivery I want to thank the committee for inviting my colleagues and me to appear today. We're living through an unusual and difficult time. I hope all of you and your loved ones have remained healthy and safe over the last nine...
by Scott Streiner, Chair and CEO, Canadian Transportation Agency (Hill Times 2020-11-16) The global collapse of air travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is without precedent in the century since the dawn of international...
Chair and CEO Keynote Address to the IATA Global Accessibility Symposium – October 27, 2020 The air transportation sector is going through its greatest crisis since the first international commercial flight a century ago. That flight was...
Air travel is an essential part of modern life. Nowhere is that more true than in this vast country. Every year, about 160 million travellers get on or off a plane in Canada. The people passing through this and every Canadian airport rely on flights to...
  No Person Left Behind: Working Together to Advance the Accessibility of Air Travel Check against delivery I'd like to thank IATA for inviting me to speak today, and congratulate the organization and each of you for organizing and...