Questions and responses 44th Parliament, 1st session November 22, 2021, to January 6, 2025

With regard to the government’s rejection of Sunwing Airlines’ application to hire 63 pilots, as testified by Sunwing Airlines’ president, Len Corrado, at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, on January 12, 2023: (a) what are the details of all discussions or meetings that took place regarding this application; (b) what departments, agencies, offices and individuals were involved in the review and rejection of this application; and (c) what supporting documents exist regarding this application, including, but not limited to, emails, texts, briefing notes, memos and reports, and what are the details of such documents?

With regard to the government’s rejection of Sunwing Airlines’ application to hire pilots, as testified by Sunwing Airlines’ president, Len Corrado, at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, on January 12, 2023: why did the government reject the application?

With regard to government enforcement of the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations: how much has the government fined airlines for violating these regulations, since they came into effect, broken down by (i) year, (ii) airline company, (iii) value of the fine for each violation, (iv) reason for the fine?

With regard to complaints reported by air carriers to Transport Canada, broken down by year, from 2016 to 2024: (a) how many complaints were reported by Air Canada, WestJet, Porter Airlines, Sunwing Airlines and Air Transat, broken down by each type of complaint category, including (i) tarmac delays, (ii) denied boarding (bumping), (iii) issues with seating of children, (iv) lost baggage, (v) delayed baggage, (vi) damaged baggage; (b) what was the monthly total number of complaints for each category listed in (a); and (c) of the complaints listed in (a), how many were resolved by the air carriers, broken down by air carrier (i) Air Canada, (ii) WestJet, (iii) Porter Airlines, (iv) Sunwing Airlines, (v) Air Transat?