Kram Calls for Transport Minister to Intervene in Nav Canada Scandal
Kram Calls for Transport Minister to Intervene in Nav Canada Scandal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2021 Regina, SK- Michael Kram, MP for Regina-Wascana, called on federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra to stop the closure of air traffic controller towers in the wake of revelations that Nav Canada has made a potentially unlawful, unilateral, secretive decision to close the towers, including Regina's. Nav Canada, a private-public non-profit that operates Canada's air traffic control towers, had previously announced that it was undertaking a year-long operational review of towers in Whitehorse, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, Regina, Fort McMurray, Prince George and St-Jean in Quebec. At the time, Nav Canada assured stakeholders that no decision had yet been made. However, yesterday, members of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, the union representing air traffic controllers, revealed that their members in all six locations had received notices...