Conservative inaction on aviation safety is affecting remote and coastal areas as crucial recommendations from the Transportation Safety Board have not been implemented for floatplanes. News1130 from Vancouver has the details.

The Conservative government has been ignoring the TSB’s demands for better transport safety regulations for too long. NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is joining the independent agency in its call to step up efforts to keep travelling and working Canadians safe.

Aviation safety is severely mishandled by the Conservative government, the Auditor-General reported today. Vital air safety inspections are not carried out as there are not enough inspectors. Making things worse: $17 million in cuts for air safety programs and $62 million in slashed funding for the oversight body.

Thousands of Canadians are losing their jobs – with the Conservative government standing by cynically. That they are more interested in covering their top-managment friends instead of helping Canadian aviation workers became clear again when they shut down the Aveos investigation today.

Harper lets Air Canada break federal law and kill 2,600 aviation jobs. Conservative promises made since 1988 – empty talk.

The bankruptcy of Air Canada maintenance service supplier Aveos is about to eliminate 2,600 valuable Canadian jobs – while breaching federal law that aims to keep the airline’s operations in Canada. The federal government has to step in to save a vital part of Canada’s aviation industry.

Conservatives excel at rewarding friends and insiders through lucrative appointments. From Toronto over Oshawa to Québec City – the shady pattern is the same.

Slashing rail, air and marine transport safety programs are irresponsible, NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow warned. Together with Deputy Critic Jamie Nicholls she denounced the cuts that ignore traveller concerns and expert demands for improved safety.

Conservative inaction on transparent airfare advertising since 2007 has failed consumers, NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow deplores. In a move that embarrasses Minister Lebel, major Canadian airlines announced all-in pricing in the absence of government rules.

The Conservative government’s regard for civil liberties is called into question by a new airport security regulation. A new rule forces transgender and transsexual Canadians to produce medical documents to pass pre-boarding checks. NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is urging the ministry to repeal the punitive measure.

Conservatives on the House Transport Committee turned down the NDP’s critic initiative to protect Canadian consumers from misleading, unethical airfare pricing practices. While the US and the EU have regulations in place that mandate full-price advertising by air carriers, Canada is lagging behind – 4.5 years after legislation was passed in Parliament to get the government to act.

Travellers at Toronto Pearson International Airport have to face potential delays starting today as 300 security screening personnel are being laid off or are forced to reduce their work hours. The cuts are mandated by CATSA, the Crown corporation responsible for the security of air travel in Canada.

NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is denouncing the Conservatives’ planned cuts of airport security screeners as a setback for passengers across the country. With the layoff of more than 300 security screeners at Toronto Pearson International alone, Canada’s busiest airport, service delays will be inevitable while security is compromised.

Around 300 security screeners are being laid off at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a move that will likely cause longer lines for passengers while raising questions about safety, The Star writes. Reduced service levels will be a setback for Canada’s busiest airport.

OTTAWA – The government’s plan to sell Transport Canada assets and privatize airports across the country will make rural towns less accessible and hurt families’ pocketbooks