Lantsman identified one issue to address, including the ArriveCAN app, and most recently, measures for travelers following the seventh wave of COVID-19.
Omar Algabra Transportation The Minister is due to testify by August 19 and explain delays and flight cancellations at major Canadian airports. airport in the last few months.
On Monday, the Transport Commission held an emergency meeting, where Conservative transport commentator Melissa Landmann announced Algabra as one of the committee members. We discussed the request to come forward. It took her less than two hours to answer their questions about confusion at Canadian airports.
Lanzmann recently reintroduced measures for travelers in the wake of the seventh wave of COVID-19, including the ArriveCAN app, among issues to be addressed. imposed.
She also requested that the meeting be televised for all Canadians to see the Minister's testimony.
Liberals on the Commission showed no resistance to the Conservative critics' motion: the fully virtualized meeting was a two-hour It was set to go on, but was postponed after less than 5 minutes.
The Al Ghabra minister is set to testify that airlines and airports are grappling with a surge in travel this summer. federal agency. This has led to flight cancellations, baggage delays and long queues.
In filing the motion, Lantzmann noted that Toronto's Pearson International Airport was recently ranked by the international media as the worst airport in the world for flight delays. He stressed that the federal government was fully aware of this. This "predictable chaos" a long time ago.
“There was Commission testimony warning that passenger numbers would skyrocket this summer. she said. "At this point, I don't think it's acceptable for the government to be caught off guard or keep telling the Canadian public that they are working on it."
"It is our view that the Minister needs to address the serious problems facing the airport and make sure Canadians understand that the government is doing something to fix it. It's a view, don't just wait for peak travel season to abdicate more of their responsibility."
The situation at Toronto Pearson International Airport is It made headlines around the world as data compiled by flight tracking site . FlightAwaresaid more than half (52.5%) of the airport's scheduled flights were delayed between May 26 and July 19. made it clear.
Last week, Transport Canada issued an update on "continued actions and progress" made by the government to reduce wait times and delays at Canadian airports. announced. Improvements to the ArriveCAN App.
The department also provided figures showing progress at Pearson in recent weeks.
For example, passengers reported being screened within 15 minutes by the Canadian Air Transport Security Administration between August 1 and 3, A slight improvement compared to 84% for the week 25-31 of May.
The number of aircraft waiting on Pearson's tarmac has "dropped dramatically" since early May. During the week of 25-31 July, there were 19 aircraft waiting on the tarmac, compared to a 'peak' of 373 during the week of 23-29 May.
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