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House Hansard - 291

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.)
  • Mar/19/24 10:13:11 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to present yet another petition in regard to Canada's airline service between Canada and India. As members know, our Indo-Canadian community has grown significantly over the last decade. It is arguably the fastest-growing community in Canada today. At the end of the day, with that growth and the demand for international flights even from individuals of non-Indo-Canadian heritage, it is believed that having more direct flights from Canada to India would be a positive thing. From a personal perspective, they are really emphasizing that flights from the city of Winnipeg to New Delhi or Amritsar would be a nice thing to see.
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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Mar/19/24 3:18:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, Flair cancelled one of its flights back to Canada and left over 100 passengers stranded in another country: no communication with them, no food provided and no re-booking on other airlines. They had to find their own way back to this country. If this sounds like deja vu, it is because the exact same thing happened two years ago and the Liberals promised to stand up to the big airline CEOs. To the minister, will he tell these passengers why his supposedly new and improved air passenger rights let them down so badly?
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Context: House Hansard - 291 - Mar/19/24
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/19/24 3:18:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will always stand up for Canadians and always stand up for passengers' rights. There was nothing before we came in. We are in touch with Flair and with other airline companies to see what we can do. We will always side with our air passengers.
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