OTTAWA –
The chairman of the Home of Commons Transport Committee on Tuesday urged Sunwing Airways and By way of Rail to publicly clarify what prompted the journey nightmare that has plagued hundreds of Canadians on trip.
Liberal MP Peter Schiefke mentioned in a tweet that he plans to name a committee assembly and invite representatives of each corporations to testify.
Schiefke mentioned Canadians deserve responses for “unacceptable delays and cancellations” in the course of the vacation season.
“This will probably be an necessary dialogue,” Transport Minister Omar Alghabra tweeted afterwards. “Canadians deserve solutions.”
A whole lot of individuals have been stranded over the vacations in Mexico after Sunwing canceled its flights, leaving passengers confused and accusing the corporate of not speaking nicely.
Final week, the holiday vacation spot’s airline mentioned it was canceling all flights from Regina and Saskatoon by way of early February because of extenuating circumstances.
By way of Rail had additionally confronted criticism, together with from Alghabra, after passengers have been stranded for hours as a winter storm battered elements of Ontario and Quebec.
Many trains scheduled to run on Christmas Eve have been canceled and the corporate mentioned a CN Rail derailment was responsible for extra cancellations on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Air journey has been the supply of many complaints in 2022 because the business noticed the widespread return of home and worldwide journey following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
Issues at airports, together with misplaced baggage and lengthy delays, have been attributed partially to workers shortages. Added to this have been lengthy waits at passport places of work as Service Canada struggled to compensate for a backlog of purposes that had amassed within the first two years of the pandemic.
Conservative MP Mark Strahl, a member of the Transport Committee, mentioned Tuesday his get together wished Alghabra to answer occasions over the vacation.
“He broke his promise to repair the system and Canadians paid the value,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Chair of the Home of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities right here and plans to handle this vacation’s journey points. No assembly introduced but. #cdnpoli https://t.co/qPSFZNewEp
– Rachel Aiello (@rachaiello) January 3, 2023
This report from The Canadian Press was first printed on January three, 2023.