Alghabra said in response.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/airlines-airport-authorities-and-transport-minister-testifying-today-about-holiday-travel-chaos-1.6226634

Alghabra told reporters during a media event on Thursday that he expects VIA Rail to act on the external review’s recommendations.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9437949/via-rail-transport-committee-meeting/

On Thursday, executives from Canadian airlines, airports and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra will answer to MPs about the travel problems Canadians experienced over the holidays.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/whats-at-stake-for-canadians-as-mps-investigate-holiday-travel-chaos

Other Liberal MPs from the area, including Sukh Dhaliwal, Parm Bains and John Aldag, sent similar letters to Alghabra.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/liberal-mps-decry-vancouver-port-authority-truck-program-in-letters-to-minister-1.6284627

Since then, the backlog has only grown, now sitting at over 40,000, according to Alghabra.

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/low-hanging-fruit-air-passenger-advocate-says-airline-fines-too-small-to-deter-them-from-rule-breaking-1.6314302

Speaking to reporters before question period, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the federal government has been in touch with Air Canada and is encouraging the airline to get its communications system back up and running “as quickly as possible.”

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/air-canada-reports-communications-system-issue-flights-operating-at-reduced-rate-1.6422769