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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

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

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  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

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 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 want to thank my colleagues for reminding Canadians of how many countries have put together a mandate to protect the health and safety of travellers and those who work in the travel sector. Everything we have done so far is intended to protect the health of Canadia

April 26th, 2022House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

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

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, I am aware of the situation that my hon. colleague is talking about. I know Flair has made an application to Transport Canada and that application is being reviewed. However, I have a question for my colleague. Why is she against providing support to Canadian workers

April 25th, 2022House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague needs to be honest with Canadians. Is she against subsidies for Canadian workers? Was she against providing support during the height of COVID to Canadian workers? She needs to tell Canadians where she stands on this issue.

April 25th, 2022House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, we must protect our official languages. This situation is unacceptable. CN Rail is well aware that we find the situation unacceptable and has assured us that the matter will be resolved in the coming months, during the next round of board appointments. We are worki

April 25th, 2022House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal