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Transportation Mr. Speaker, I share my hon. colleague's concern about several communities in rural parts of our country that have been lacking access to intercity bus service. Our government is very much concerned with this reality. As I shared with my colleague, the issue is a provincial respo
April 7th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Rail Transportation Mr. Speaker, our thoughts continue to be with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in that tragic accident. We thank the Transportation Safety Board of Canada for completing a thorough investigation. Its investigation report was released today. We are going to e
March 31st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, for every policy we take, we keep in mind that we want to protect the health and safety of Canadians, including travellers, those who work in the travel industry and those who work in the tourism sector. We are regularly consulting our experts, a
March 28th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Transportation Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of the pandemic, we made a commitment to Canadians and Canadian businesses that we will do whatever it takes to protect their health and safety. We have put in place a system of measures to ensure that we protect travellers, protect workers and pro
March 28th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a devastating impact on the industry. I want to stand here to thank all those who work in the aviation sector, and all those who work in the tourism sector, who stepped up, cared for each other and did the right thing, which was to get va
March 24th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, I really want to ask my colleague to remind Canadians that vaccination is not a punishment. Vaccines have saved lives, communities, our economy and jobs. I understand there are questions about when these mandates will be lifted. We will continue to follow science a
March 24th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, Transport Canada does not have information on this, as the Canadian Transportation Agency is the authorizing body. The Canadian Transportation Agency is unaware of the proposed intermodal terminal project for the storage and transshipment of propane gas. The agency c
March 21st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Rail Transportation Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. Our government is not privatizing Via. Let me also be very clear that this is the largest infrastructure project in Canada's history and we are inviting all potential partners to help us do it right. For generations, governments have talked abou
March 21st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Rail Transportation Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for giving me the opportunity to stand here today and talk about the great news that I helped announce just last week. Our government is committed to moving forward with the investment in the high-frequency rail along the busiest corridor i
March 21st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Labour Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for this important question. Our supply chains are critical to our economy. I want to thank the workers of CP, CN and other organizations who have done the hard work during the pandemic and during climate events and who were there for Ca
March 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, our government stands with Ukraine and Ukrainian people. We will not let the Russian aggression go unpunished. That is why our government took swift and decisive action to ban Russian flights from entering Canadian airspace. That is why our government took decisive
March 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, as we have said all along, our government will continue to follow the advice of scientists and public health experts. The good news is that yesterday we eased our border measures. That is great news for travellers, the tourism sector, our aviation sector and commun
March 1st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, Canadians support doing everything we can at our borders to protect the health and safety of Canadians, and also to protect our economy. Prior to yesterday, we were testing all arriving non-U.S. travellers to make sure that incomers were fully vaccinated and not carr
March 1st, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for giving me the opportunity to share with him, all members of the House and all Canadians the great announcement that my colleagues and I made today. Today, based on the science and the public health advice we received, we eased ou
February 15th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, I know my hon. colleague knows that vaccines save lives. I do not know if the hon. member can point out a single doctor who can say that the pandemic is over. I do not know if my hon. colleague can point to a single scientist who says that the pandemic is over. We wi
February 14th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal