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Health Mr. Speaker, talking down vaccines does not help Canadians, nor does it help our health and safety in Canada. Many Conservative Party members were against vaccines when all doctors were saying vaccines were the right thing for Canadians. In fact—
April 26th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding the Conservatives' noise, I am going to tell members that we are going to continue to do whatever we can to protect the health and safety of Canadians, travellers and those who work in the travel sector. We are always reassessing these decisions. We d
April 26th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been very difficult on Canadians. We have had lockdowns. We have had public health measures. People lost their jobs because of the uncertainty of the pandemic. Governments around the world, provincial governments and municipal governments were
May 2nd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Conservative Party does not agree with our government's decisions when it comes to public health measures. However, talking down vaccines and public health measures is not a wise thing to do to bring Canadians along. We can debate the need for t
May 2nd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, the last two years have been very difficult for Canadians. A once-in-a-hundred-years pandemic has compelled governments around the world and in Canada to put together a range of measures to protect the health and safety of their citizens. Over the last few weeks, ou
May 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague never agreed with any of the public health measures we put in place. He never supported vaccine mandates—
May 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, let me just say that these measures are temporary and we will always consult our public health experts on how to proceed forward. Let me just say to my hon. Conservative colleagues that they cannot, on the one hand, agree that vaccines save lives and, on the other h
May 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Airline Industry Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Brampton North for her advocacy on this issue. I have been hearing from members of Punjabi Canadian communities and colleagues here in the House of Commons about their desire to see more direct flights to India, including flights to
May 3rd, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, as a traveller myself, and I know many of my colleagues here travel regularly, we are experiencing long lines and delays at airports—
May 6th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, Transport Canada officials have been working with CATSA, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, leadership to ensure actions are taken to resolve the staffing issues leading to these delays. I am meeting with the CEO of CATSA on Monday to discuss this. We
May 6th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Marine Transport Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his question and his advocacy on behalf of his constituents. The pandemic has caused a lot of disruptions to many of our marine and other travelling sectors. As we have demonstrated from the beginning to Canadians, we have bee
May 6th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Marine Transport Madam Speaker, my colleague, the Minister of Public Safety, and I are working closely to ensure that we are returning to normal as quickly as possible. We are ensuring that communities are safe and have the resources they need to access the businesses they had. I know it has been
May 6th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Rail Transportation Mr. Speaker, let me share with the hon. colleague and all Canadians the excellent news. We are investing in Via to increase public transportation for Canadians. One of the largest investments in Canada's history is the high-frequency rail that is going to connect Quebec and Ontar
May 9th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, let me start with the good news first. More Canadians are travelling today than in the last two years. It is good for tourism—
May 10th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, the good news is that more Canadians want to travel, want to go on trips and want to visit family, and we are seeing large volumes at airports. We are working on these delays. Yesterday I met with the CEO of CATSA. We struck a working group a few weeks ago to addres
May 10th, 2022House debate
Omar AlghabraLiberal