Transport Minister Marc Garneau

• Few will be exempted from new COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers, government says

  New travel rules requiring a negative COVID-19 test from passengers before they step on a flight to Canada come into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Jan. 7.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2021
  
• Ottawa won’t support Canadian airlines unless they issue refunds to passengers: Garneau

  Transport Minister Marc Garneau laid out the requirement as he announced that Ottawa is ready to respond to the sector's desperate pleas for federal assistance by launching talks later this week.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2020
  
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• Canada calls on Iran to quickly send black boxes from plane crash to France

  Garneau expressed dismay this week at a council meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization that more than three months have passed since Iran told the council it would give the flight-data and cockpit voice recorders to Ukraine within 14 days.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2020
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• Canadian Transportation Agency opens investigation into air passenger complaints over flight delays

  The inquiry follows reports from Global News alleging that Air Canada is intentionally mis-referencing flights or misrepresenting the cause of delays to avoid paying compensation.

  Consumer

  Feb 13, 2020
• ‘Unacceptable’: Trudeau gov. urged to crack down on airlines denying passengers compensation

  Amid nearly 10,000 complaints filed by airline passengers, critics are calling on the Trudeau government to investigate major air carriers.

  Consumer

  Feb 12, 2020
• ‘A systemic strategy’: Air Canada customers say claims wrongly denied under new passenger rules

  Canadians have filed nearly 10,000 air travel complaints — an "unprecedented volume" — since the new rules came into effect, the Canadian Transportation Agency said.

  Money

  Feb 11, 2020
• Minister of transport announces new rules protecting Canadian air travellers

  Speaking at Pearson Airport outside Toronto, Transport Minister Marc Garneau released an updated version of Air Passenger Protection Regulations, first unveiled last December.

  Canada

  May 24, 2019
• Navigation restrictions lifted for Muskoka

  People are now able to travel on Lake Muskoka, the Moon River and the north and south branches of the Muskoka River due to improved safety conditions.

  Environment

  May 15, 2019
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• Trans Mountain pipeline still top priority for feds despite deadline extension: transport minister

  “It’s probably our number one priority as a government at the moment," said Transport Minister Marc Garneau.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2019
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• New Brunswick-based railway ordered to pay $50,000 for safety violations

  The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the company was sentenced Thursday in Saint John, N.B., provincial court.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2019