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Hon. Omar Alghabra

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Mississauga Centre
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $149,480.76

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Context: House Hansard - 45 - Mar/24/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/24/22 3:03:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a devastating impact on the industry. I want to stand here to thank all those who work in the aviation sector, and all those who work in the tourism sector, who stepped up, cared for each other and did the right thing, which was to get vaccinated and follow public health advice. Everybody knows that COVID-19 has been unpredictable. We are working together with our scientists to do the right thing, protect Canadians and protect those who work in the aviation sector.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:54:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians support doing everything we can at our borders to protect the health and safety of Canadians, and also to protect our economy. Prior to yesterday, we were testing all arriving non-U.S. travellers to make sure that incomers were fully vaccinated and not carrying the virus. Yesterday we changed these measures. Based on advice we received from public health experts, we no longer test every traveller, and we are now accepting antigen tests for travellers. That is great news for travellers.
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Context: House Hansard - 38 - Mar/1/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/1/22 2:53:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as we have said all along, our government will continue to follow the advice of scientists and public health experts. The good news is that yesterday we eased our border measures. That is great news for travellers, the tourism sector, our aviation sector and communities along the borders.
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Feb/15/22 2:48:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for giving me the opportunity to share with him, all members of the House and all Canadians the great announcement that my colleagues and I made today. Today, based on the science and the public health advice we received, we eased our travel measures, including allowing incoming travellers to use an antigen test instead of the PCR test for the predeparture test.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/22 2:31:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have been following the situation at the Coutts border crossing. We agree with my honourable colleague. There are truckers who are being prevented from doing their jobs, and from delivering goods for Canadians. We ask that this blockade end so those individuals, those truck drivers who are doing their jobs, are able to get home, deliver the goods for Canadians and continue their jobs.
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Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • Dec/13/21 3:05:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I wish Canadians could hear some of the heckles that are going on here in the House of Commons. They would not be happy that members of Parliament here who are supposed to be doing their jobs are spending their time heckling. However, I want to tell my colleagues that we are doing everything we can to ensure that we protect the health and safety of Canadians, and we are applying border measures to protect everyone.
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Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/21 3:04:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to stand in the House of Commons to answer questions. I want to let my colleagues know that the health and safety of Canadians is paramount for our government. We have been working with communities on making sure that we apply health and safety standards at the borders. We are requiring travellers to be fully vaccinated. We are working with stakeholders to make sure that— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:59:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on her appointment as the transport critic and I look forward to working with her on this and other files that are of concern to Canadians. Let me reassure Canadians, first, that we are on top of this. We have acted from day one. Canadians know that we will never stop taking measures to protect their health and safety including testing, vaccination mandates and pre-departure testing. I ask my colleague to work with us on supporting our vaccination mandate and supporting our pre-arrival tests, and making sure that we protect the health and safety of all Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:25:20 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a plan. Canadians have seen our plan over the the last year and half, while we have been doing everything to protect their health and safety. I want to reassure Canadians that there are currently no direct flights from South Africa to Canada. However, I want to ask my hon. colleague where they stand on this. Do they want to open the border or do they want to close the border? Do they want to remove the PCR pre-departure test or do they want to implement PCR tests? I am not sure what they want, but we will take advice from our doctors and experts.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:22:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that our government from day one took decisive action at our borders to protect Canadians and we have put together different measures to protect Canadians. However, forgive me for not taking advice from the Conservative Party. They cannot even ask their own MPs to get vaccinated and they have been asking us to remove PCR testing from pre-departure.
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