DeLoatch: We're the second largest preclearance location within Canada.
We have 85 CBP officers here to operate between
4:30 in the morning and 20:30 at night.
On an annual basis we process about 2.3 million air passengers.
That includes in transit preclearance,
which is a facility for passengers who travel from foreign
directly into U.S. CBP without going through Canadian Customs.
Within the federal inspection station area of the airport we have 19 APC kiosks.
It allows us to process passengers at a faster rate,
because the administrative burden is at the passenger
who's actually keying the kiosk.
The Marquise airport personnel take a physical picture of the bag
and they scan the barcoded tag and then put the bag into the induction system.
And that travels with the bag until it reaches the aircraft.
The officer scans their electronic device or their boarding pass.
It brings up the image of the bag at the induction point.
The officer then asks the traveler "Is that your bag?"
The traveler can look at the monitor and say,
"Yes, that is the bag that I'm carrying".
The officer then will ask them, you know, what are you declaring?
Do you have any fruits, meats or vegetables?
Any items in the bag that you need to declare?
And the traveler will give his declaration.
If the officer determines that there's no items in the bag,
it's released for travel.
Passengers fly from a foreign destination into Vancouver.
They are not inducted into or go through inspection for Canada.
They come directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
We conduct our admissibility review,
determine that they're admissible into the United States
and they fly domestic direct into the United States.
And it's one of the business models that's been now looked at U.S. airports
as far as a business model to attract faster access to U.S. destinations.