Guest Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Two items in the bill of importance to airlines 1. Passenger Bill of Rights 2. Relaxation of foreign ownership of airlines. Senators bow to will of elected government on transport modernization bill The Senate has bowed to the will of the Trudeau government on an omnibus transportation modernization bill. Bill would create a new air passenger bill of rights, prevent rail shipments of grain from getting backlogged The Canadian Press · Posted: May 23, 2018 7:42 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago][ . The Senate transport committee has passed amendments to a government bill to provide more protections for airline passengers. The senators have amended Bill C-49 in order to say air passengers cannot be left stranded on the tarmac for more than 90 minutes and voted to protect the ability of consumer rights advocates to bring public interest complaints. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Senate has bowed to the will of the Trudeau government on an omnibus transportation modernization bill. Senators voted 41-31 Tuesday to drop their insistence on amendments to Bill C-49 — which, among other things, is aimed at preventing rail shipments of grain from getting backlogged again. The bill had been bouncing back and forth between the two houses of Parliament for the past month, much to the frustration of grain farmers. It was passed by the House of Commons in November but the Senate last month sent it back to the elected chamber with 18 amendments. The government accepted two of those amendments and modified three others but rejected the rest. Rather than defer to the will of the elected chamber as is usually the case, Conservative senators joined forces with a handful of independent senators earlier this month to insist on two further amendments and send the bill back to the Commons for a second time — a rare move that was last employed in 2006. The Liberal majority in the Commons voted Tuesday to reject those additional amendments and sent the bill back to the Senate once again, where this time all but Conservative senators agreed to end the standoff.Bill C-49 would financially penalize railways that fail to deliver promised rail cars for grain shipments on time. It would also require railways to publicly report each summer on their abilities to move that year's grain crop, and to publish by Oct. 1 each year a winter contingency plan for keeping shipments moving regardless of bad weather. (Troy Fleece/Canadian Press) Among other things, C-49 would financially penalize railways that fail to deliver promised rail cars for grain shipments on time. It would also require railways to publicly report each summer on their abilities to move that year's grain crop, and to publish by Oct. 1 each year a winter contingency plan for keeping shipments moving regardless of bad weather. The bill would also create a new air passenger bill of rights, relax international ownership restrictions on Canadian airlines and require railways to install voice and video recorders in locomotives. Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald said the amendments rejected Tuesday were aimed at ensuring equitable treatment for the Maritimes when it comes to rail shipments. The fact that some independent senators who supported the amendments earlier this month ultimately "fell in line" with the government proves they're "not really independent," he said. here is a goto to the breakdown of the bill. https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-49/?singlepage=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 To what level are they relaxing foreign ownership restrictions for airlines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 18 minutes ago, conehead said: To what level are they relaxing foreign ownership restrictions for airlines? they said Quote The Trudeau government will boost foreign ownership limits for domestic airlines to 49%, a move that could spark the creation of ultra low-cost domestic carriers But the bill doesn't say how much, it does give them the power to do so. Most current info I can find is: https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/cheap-flights-canada-2018/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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