Robert Libman: Airline passengers' wings have been clipped in Canada

Mechanical failures, ineffectual passenger rights legislation and limited competition keep us grounded.

Last year, reeling after a year of aviation travel chaos in the country and an ever-increasing backlog of complaints, the federal government proposed legislation to strengthen the rights of airline passengers. It was one of the last hapless initiatives of then-transport minister Omar Alghabra, who left his portfolio shortly thereafter and announced he won’t be running again. Alghabra had called the legislation the “toughest in the world." Read More