Passengers’ rights, rail rules approved in Canada’s new Transportation Act

Reuters, Global News; May 23, 2018

Canada on Wednesday approved broad air and freight reforms that will spell out passengers’ rights on planes, mandate the use of voice and video recorders in rail locomotives, while providing more options for shippers with limited transportation choices.

The government announced plans last year to modernize the country’s Transportation Act, which would ensure ticketed passengers could not be hauled off overbooked flights, following incidents like the high-profile case of a United Airlines passenger being dragged off a plane in Chicago in 2017.

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