Taylor Bachrach at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On February 16th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 16th, 2021 / 6:05 p.m.

NDP

Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to ask some questions stemming from my recent Order Paper question and the response that I received from Transport Canada.

In it, your department indicated that.... We know the Lion Air crash occurred on October 9, and that nine days following the crash, there was a telephone call between the FAA and Transport Canada in which the FAA told Transport Canada that the MCAS caused the Lion Air crash and that a software fix would be forthcoming soon. Why, with that information in hand, did Transport Canada not move to immediately ground the aircraft until there was a fix in place?

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