CATSA has one Core Responsibility: to deliver effective, efficient and consistent security screening for civil aviation that is in the interest of the travelling public at designated airports, by way of PBS, HBS, NPS, and the RAIC program.
CATSA is an agent Crown corporation with a Board of Directors appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport.
March 24, 2023
Thao Pham
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
Dear Thao Pham:
Please allow me to begin by congratulating you on your appointment as Chair of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA). I am grateful that you have accepted to serve as Chair of this Crown corporation given the important role it plays in the effective delivery of screening services for Canadians.
As an appropriated Crown corporation, CATSA delivers its civil aviation security screening mandate in accordance with the resources it is assigned by the Government of Canada.
Please see Appendix G: Risks and Risks Response for more information on CATSA’s enterprise risks, including definitions of the key corporate risks outlined below.
Despite the positive impacts on staff capacity stemming from the addition of eighty-four full-time equivalent positions, CATSA may face a sustained staff capacity risk over the planning period as a result of dynamic operational pressures, numerous corporate priorities, and labour market conditions, among other factors.
CATSA’s strategic objectives are categorized within three overarching pillars:
CATSA’s annual environmental scan outlines key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges that the organization is facing now and will face over the planning period. CATSA will continue to monitor the evolving landscape and adjust the environmental scan as necessary.
CATSA analyzes its internal and external operating environments in an ongoing effort to plan strategically and adjust operations as necessary to deliver its mandate.
CATSA relies on a highly skilled and diverse workforce at its headquarters and regional offices.
CATSA is an agent Crown corporation, funded by parliamentary appropriations and accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Transport.
CATSA’s mandate is to prevent prohibited items from entering the civil air transportation system through the systematic application of four complementary security services:
As the federal authority responsible for screening at eighty-nine designated airports across Canada, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) remains focused on its mandate of civil aviation security screening.
