Queues at airports: Ottawa promises to do more, but announces nothing

There are some to be announced soonagain by the Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, on Wednesday afternoon.

Pressed questions to indicate when he expected a complete resolution to the situation, he did not move forward.

Minutes earlier, his ministry published a joint declaration with his colleagues in Public Security, Marco Mendicino, in Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, as well as in Tourism, Randy Boissonnault.

It places a promise simplify services for incoming and outgoing passengers, so that Canadians can travel safely and safely as the industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemicbut did not announce further measures to end queues at airports.

Alghabra defended the work of Ottawa

Called, in scrum, to respond to travelers who may have failed in the absence of new actions announced, Mr. Alghabra defended the work of Ottawa. He recalled that 865 people were notably received by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), nationwide.

That’s a huge success in a few weekshe begged.

We work with airports, airlines, baggage handlers and other partners to implement solutions to reduce delays as the peak summer season approaches.will also be read in a joint statement on Wednesday.

Both Mr. Alghabra and Mr. Mendicino asserted that delays of more than 30 minutes were reported to be experienced by only 3% of passengers at Toronto Pearson Airport and Vancouver International Airport.

But we know that there is still work. And that is exactly why the government will focus on working withCBSA [Administration canadienne de la sûreté du transport aérien] and industry to increase efficiency [auprès] travelersaid Minister Mendicino.