Ottawa ‘not hiding’ from holiday travel chaos fallout, transport minister says – National
Canada’s transport minister denied he was “missing in action” as travellers faced delays and cancellations over the busy holiday season during a sometimes contentious committee hearing Thursday.
Omar Alghabra told the House of Commons Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee he was being briefed multiple times a day by his staff as they spoke with Canada’s major airlines, whose executives also appeared to face questions from MPs over their handling of the disruptions.
Those executives and officials from the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver airport authorities told the committee earlier Thursday they did not hear from Alghabra directly during the holiday season.