Transport Minister

• Feds received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to major project reviews

  Ottawa received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to major project reviews, including plans to approve some projects before assessments.

  Canada

  Jul 25
  
• Canada’s air passenger rights will get overhaul to tackle denied claims: minister

  Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says an overhaul of Canada's passenger rights bill is set to be tabled in Parliament this spring.

  Consumer

  Mar 14, 2023
  
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• ‘We have taken over the situation’: Quebec’s transport minister announces new SAAQ measures

  Touring the Henri-Bourassa centre Friday morning, the transport minister said reducing long wait times and stress and getting drivers on the road were her top priorities.

  Traffic

  Mar 10, 2023
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• ‘Miserable service’: Poilievre calls on feds to step up on air passenger rights

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Ottawa must do more to hold airlines accountable for 'breaking their word' to passengers and leaving them stranded in airports.

  Politics

  Dec 30, 2022
• Transport minister calls Sunwing chaos ‘unacceptable’ as passengers remain stranded

  'Canadians are patient when it comes to weather disruptions but they rightly expect their airlines to keep them informed and to manage these disruptions smoothly,' said Alghabra.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022
• ‘No evidence’ ArriveCAN app causing ‘any problems’ at borders: transport minister

  'If we didn't have ArriveCAN, the processing of arrivals would take longer time, because it would have to be done manually,' the transport minister told the committee.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2022
• Quebec drivers who turn 75 no longer need to take physical, eye exam to keep licence

  Previously, drivers who turned 75 had to be cleared by a doctor to drive and had to take an eye exam. Now, they will only have to self-declare that they are able to drive,

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2022
• Future Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge plans don’t include reserved bus lanes

  Plans for the future Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge don’t include a reserved bus lane according to the Quebec Transport Ministry.

  Traffic

  Nov 23, 2021
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• Passenger rail announcement expected in London, Ont. on Wednesday

  Specifics of the transit announcement in London, Ont., will come on the heels of several other transport-related changes and announcements in the region this year.

  Politics

  Jul 20, 2021
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• Transport minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident in Sask.

  Two Canadian National Railway Co. employees were carrying out switching duties at the company's yard in Melville, Sask., on Dec. 22, 2017, when one was fatally injured.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2020