What is our airport disaster? For some reason, the Trudeau government and its supporters think they can say, "But it's bad elsewhere!"
Is that really a good answer for Canadians?
You shouldn't.
The truth of the matter is that our delay has been going on since the end of March. Airports like Charles de Gaulle in Paris are currently in trouble due to strikes.
On Thursday, Air Canada was the world's most lagging airline, with 74% of flights not arriving and departing on time, according toFlightAware. WestJet is the third late airline in the world, with 59% of flights delayed.
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Is this a global issue or a home issue?
You know the answer, but let me give you some more statistics. Canada has three airports, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, on the list of the 20 most delayed flights departing on Thursday in the world. As Vancouver and Calgary created the list along with the other three, there were five of the top 20 airports with the highest arrival delays.
No airport in the world is the busiest, only the latest, but for some reason government policy is believed to have nothing to do with this. I am.
None of the top 20 airports in the United States have the most delays, but five in Canada. Chinese airports such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hangzhou dominate the list primarily due to their country's COVID zero policy.
"Our policies are so powerful that they are affecting the whole world," said the senior liberal after a recent column that Trudeau's policies are part of the problem. I sent a message.
They have sent a link to an article about airport delays in Amsterdam, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
It's true that traveling by air is a problem elsewhere, and staffing issues, including airlines, are part of that problem, but so is government policy. And to deny it or minimize it is to ignore the problem.
"We did everything we could," said Transport Minister Omar Alghabraearlier this week.
He said problems at the airport were due to issues such as airline schedules and staffing. Passengers are still late for the plane after landing because the customs area is so crowded that it cannot accommodate any more people.
These are issues that the government is directly responsible for, not the airline or airport.
The Trudeau government has extended many COVID travel measures until September 30, including forced use of the ArriveCan app. According to customs officials, the app has increased the time it takes to process passengers by 400%.
Still, Argabra wants you to think that he has done everything he can to mitigate the situation.
We're having problems in countries other than Canada and at other airports, but they're not as long or persistent as we've been dealing with here in Canada. Instead of blaming passengers and airlines as Argabra did, he needs to work with all parties to find a solution.
This includes the government fixing the problem areas that are responsible for Canadian airports.
blilley@postmedia.com
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