‘Miserable service’: Poilievre calls on feds to step up on air passenger rights
But Poilievre says Ottawa is not doing enough to see these rights enforced. He pointed to a significant backlog that exists at the Canadian Transportation Agency — the regulatory body charged with enforcing new regulations that came into effect in 2019 that require airlines to compensate passengers for lost or damaged luggage and for delays and cancellations that are within an airline’s control.
He also said the federal government needs tougher and clearer rules to ensure passengers are compensated for ruined vacations.Federal legislation grants the agency’s enforcement officers the power to investigate companies and individuals it believes have broken airline rules and to issue fines of up to $25,000.
The airline said Thursday that it has 40 recovery flights planned this week, with 24 expected to be completed by the end of the day Thursday.
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