NDP MP Tables Private Member’s Bill to Fine Airlines up to $250,000 for Failing to Compensate Travellers for Flight Delays

A WestJet flight and an Air Canada flight cross paths on a runway at the Lester B. Pearson airport in Toronto, in a file photo. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A New Democrat MP has tabled a private member’s bill in the House of Commons proposing to increase compensation for travellers impacted by delayed or cancelled flights, raising the maximum fine from $25,000 to $250,000.

B.C. MP Taylor Bachrach sponsored Bill C-327, An Act to Amend the Canada Transportation Act, stating at a March 20 news conference that air travellers need more protection.