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What should be done to fix air travel in Canada?

Canada's minister of transport says the country's airline passenger bill of rights will be reworked this spring because of traveller complaints surrounding things such as flight cancellations, stranded passengers and lost luggage. What's your travel story?

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Travellers are seen waiting to speak to an agent at Toronto's Pearson Airport.
Travellers wait on hold as they try and speak with their respective airlines at Toronto Pearson International Airport, as a major winter storm disrupts flights in and out of the airport. (Cole Burston/Canadian Press)
Canada's minister of transport says the country's airline passenger bill of rights will be reworked this spring because of traveller complaints surrounding things such as flight cancellations, stranded passengers and lost luggage. What's your travel story?

Canada's minister of transport says the country's airline passenger bill of rights will be beefed up because of traveller complaints of a flawed system, such as cancelled flights, lost luggage and holiday mayhem.

Omar Alghabra says significant travel disruptions in the summer and over Christmas have made it abundantly clear that changes are needed to better protect passengers from airlines.

Our question this week: What should be done to fix air travel in Canada? What's your travel story?

Plus, this week we will also be talking about the proposed Rogers takeover of Shaw clearing another hurdle

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WATCH | Airline says this couple's luggage was lost. AirTags show otherwise

Air Canada said this couple’s luggage was lost. AirTags showed otherwise

4 months ago
Duration 2:18
A couple says Air Canada donated their luggage to charity just a month after it got lost en route to Toronto's Pearson Airport. They tracked it to a storage locker.

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