Government and Democracy

The Honourable Omar Alghabra
Minister of Transport

House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0A6

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Dear Minister Alghabra,

Jennifer Murray, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director

By Angelo DiCaro, Unifor Director of Research

Five years ago, Canada’s free trade pact with Europe came into force. Well, some of it did at least.  

By Kaylie Tiessen

Air travellers are frustrated, and for good reason.  A shortage of workers in the industry has clashed with rapidly returning demand for air travel to create cascading flight delays, lost luggage, cancellations and other disruptions at airports around the world.

These problems have been experienced at airports around the world, but Canada’s airports have been the worst.

TORONTO- Unifor supports federal government moves to address the affordability crisis but calls for more comprehensive solutions to support Canada’s workers.

Bill 124 squashed the wages and bargaining rights of public sector workers for two years in Ontario.

And now, after two years of prep, Bill 124 hearings began on Monday September 12, 2022. The hearings will run Monday-Friday from September 12-23.

Honourable Omar Alghabra, P.C., M.P. Minister of Transport

Dear Minister Alghabra,

I am writing today to discuss the grave situation that continues to unfold at Canada’s airports.

Your deposition at the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on August 19 2022 was eye opening. The narrative of the opposition that nothing has been done to alleviate the issue is simply not true. The government narrative that enough has been done is not true either.