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Hon. Omar Alghabra

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Mississauga Centre
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $149,480.76

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Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Jun/3/22 11:49:40 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as we have committed to Canadians from the beginning of the pandemic, everything we do is based on our desire to protect the health and safety of Canadians. We have been guided by the advice we received from our experts. With respect to our travel measures, we have been lifting some of them and adjusting others, and we will continuously work with our experts. Let me be clear. We are doing everything we can to address delays at airports. We are seeing similar delays around the world—
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/30/22 2:39:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been very difficult on Canadians. The pandemic, a once-in-a-hundred-years event, has caused significant disruptions to our businesses and to our lives. Our government was there helping small businesses and supporting Canadians during a very uncertain period. We will continue to do whatever it takes to protect Canadians. We are glad to see businesses come back to normal. We are glad to see the economy is booming. We are glad to see unemployment at the lowest record in history. We will continue to support Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/30/22 2:37:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know how frustrating delays at airports have been for Canadians and travellers. It is something that we are taking very seriously. We are witnessing similar phenomena across the world. Airports all over the world are experiencing this, but we are taking action. We hired over 400 CATSA employees. We have convened CBSA, CATSA, airports and airlines to work together on bottlenecks to address this. We are investing in resources. We are addressing procedures. We want to make sure that every Canadian is able to travel safely and efficiently.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • May/10/22 2:45:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the good news is that more Canadians want to travel, want to go on trips and want to visit family, and we are seeing large volumes at airports. We are working on these delays. Yesterday I met with the CEO of CATSA. We struck a working group a few weeks ago to address these issues and work quickly to address the surge in demand. We are seeing surges across the entire economy. Our government is responsive. We are working proactively to address these issues as quickly as possible.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/10/22 2:45:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me start with the good news first. More Canadians are travelling today than in the last two years. It is good for tourism— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • May/6/22 11:41:44 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Transport Canada officials have been working with CATSA, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, leadership to ensure actions are taken to resolve the staffing issues leading to these delays. I am meeting with the CEO of CATSA on Monday to discuss this. We are witnessing delays across all sectors of our economy that are a result of increasing demand imbalance in our economy. We are working with our partners to ensure that we respond to all of these delays and ensure that all resources necessary are available. We want to make sure that travellers who want to travel—
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:41:26 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as a traveller myself, and I know many of my colleagues here travel regularly, we are experiencing long lines and delays at airports— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • May/3/22 2:49:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me just say that these measures are temporary and we will always consult our public health experts on how to proceed forward. Let me just say to my hon. Conservative colleagues that they cannot, on the one hand, agree that vaccines save lives and, on the other hand, call them vindictive measures. That does not add up. They have to tell Canadians that they believe vaccines save lives. Do they agree with that or not?
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/3/22 2:48:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague never agreed with any of the public health measures we put in place. He never supported vaccine mandates— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/3/22 2:45:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been very difficult for Canadians. A once-in-a-hundred-years pandemic has compelled governments around the world and in Canada to put together a range of measures to protect the health and safety of their citizens. Over the last few weeks, our federal government has been adjusting these measures. We have removed predeparture tests. We have removed testing at airports. We are now continuing to adjust our measures based on the advice we receive from our public health experts.
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Context: House Hansard - 62 - May/2/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/2/22 2:55:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Conservative Party does not agree with our government's decisions when it comes to public health measures. However, talking down vaccines and public health measures is not a wise thing to do to bring Canadians along. We can debate the need for those measures, but calling them vindictive is unwise. I call on my hon. colleague to realize that we are doing everything we can to protect the health and safety of Canadians. If the Conservatives disagree with us, they can argue that with the health experts.
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Context: House Hansard - 62 - May/2/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • May/2/22 2:54:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been very difficult on Canadians. We have had lockdowns. We have had public health measures. People lost their jobs because of the uncertainty of the pandemic. Governments around the world, provincial governments and municipal governments were all grappling with doing the right things to protect the health and safety of Canadians. Many decisions included vaccination mandates and other public health measures. We are seeing that our government and other governments are slowly adjusting these measures. We will continue to consult our experts as we review those decisions.
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Context: House Hansard - 58 - Apr/26/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • Apr/26/22 3:03:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding the Conservatives' noise, I am going to tell members that we are going to continue to do whatever we can to protect the health and safety of Canadians, travellers and those who work in the travel sector. We are always reassessing these decisions. We do not make these decisions lightly. We know that they are important, and we will continue to be guided by science.
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Context: House Hansard - 58 - Apr/26/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Apr/26/22 3:03:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, talking down vaccines does not help Canadians, nor does it help our health and safety in Canada. Many Conservative Party members were against vaccines when all doctors were saying vaccines were the right thing for Canadians. In fact— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 58 - Apr/26/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Apr/26/22 3:01:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues for reminding Canadians of how many countries have put together a mandate to protect the health and safety of travellers and those who work in the travel sector. Everything we have done so far is intended to protect the health of Canadians, and we have always been guided by the advice we receive from our experts. I am not going to take advice from the Conservatives; I am going to take advice from our scientists and from our doctors, and we will constantly review our policies and do the right thing for Canadians.
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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 - 45 - Mar/24/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Mar/24/22 2:36:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I really want to ask my colleague to remind Canadians that vaccination is not a punishment. Vaccines have saved lives, communities, our economy and jobs. I understand there are questions about when these mandates will be lifted. We will continue to follow science and advice, and I ask the hon. member to avoid partisanship in the face of vaccination and science.
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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 - 30 - Feb/14/22
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/22 2:36:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I know my hon. colleague knows that vaccines save lives. I do not know if the hon. member can point out a single doctor who can say that the pandemic is over. I do not know if my hon. colleague can point to a single scientist who says that the pandemic is over. We will do what it takes to protect the health and safety of Canadians. We will respond to the advice. When the advice is to ease measures, we will ease measures. One thing I can say is that honest leadership tells Canadians that we do not know what the future hold, but we must remain prudent.
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