(Ottawa) Transport Minister Omar Alghabra accepts the request of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport and will therefore testify on the disruptions to air flights and train departures that occurred during the holiday holidays.
“He will appear,” confirmed his press secretary, Nadine Ramadan, Monday afternoon.
The elected officials who sit on the parliamentary committee must meet at the end of the afternoon to decide on the complete list of witnesses and the timetable for their work.
PHOTO ALAIN ROBERGE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra
Earlier this year, Conservative and New Democrat MPs called for an emergency committee meeting in response to air and rail disruptions.
Hundreds of travelers have found themselves stranded in Mexico over the holiday season after Sunwing canceled their return flight without giving them information on when they could return home.
VIA Rail passengers were also stranded for hours as a winter storm hit parts of Ontario and Quebec. Many trains scheduled to run on Christmas Eve were cancelled, and VIA Rail said the derailment of a CN train caused further cancellations on Christmas Day and then the next day.
With The Canadian Press