Time to reform air passenger screening funding, delivered in Canada

Significant work remains to improve one of the biggest challenges in the air traveller experience today: long waits at security screening checkpoints, which is run by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, a government Crown corporation.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian marketplace by increasing foreign ownership of air carriers, among other initiatives.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH

July 10, 2017

OTTAWA—Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian marketplace by increasing foreign ownership of air carriers, among other initiatives. While these devel...

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