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Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
Pictured: the Ottawa International Airport. In the face of concerns from the House Transport Committee about a matter as important as aviation safety, the 'cavalier attitude' of Transport Minister Marc Garneau is 'startling,' but not surprising, writes Greg McConnell, national chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, which represents the licensed pilots who work at Transport Canada as aviation inspectors. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
Pictured: the Ottawa International Airport. In the face of concerns from the House Transport Committee about a matter as important as aviation safety, the 'cavalier attitude' of Transport Minister Marc Garneau is 'startling,' but not surprising, writes Greg McConnell, national chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, which represents the licensed pilots who work at Transport Canada as aviation inspectors. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council