With Canada’s weak protections failing air passengers, all eyes are on the transport minister

Canada should look to the European Union’s air passenger protections as an example of a system with fewer loopholes and less administrative burden.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, pictured on the Hill. When first introduced in 2019, the Liberals claimed their Air Passenger Protection Regulations would be 'world leading,' but three years and two busy travel seasons marred by delays and cancellations have proven otherwise, writes NDP MP Taylor Bachrach.The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

February 20, 2023

If there is one thing the 2022 holiday travel season made clear it is that Canada’s air passenger protections have utterly failed. With thousands of flights delayed or cancelled and passengers left sleeping on airport floors, the question must be asked: why are air passeng...

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