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Supplementary opinion of the Bloc Québécois to the Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) on accessibility for persons with disabilities in air transport.

First, the Bloc Québécois would like to thank all the witnesses who participated in this study. Also, hats off to the clerk of the analysts for having masterfully managed the logistics of the meetings and the drafting of the report. All this while knowing how to trace the testimonies reflecting our discussions during the adoption of the report and our recommendations.

The Bloc Québécois firmly believes that the following two recommendations should have been adopted. These recommendations respond to requests from organizations defending people with disabilities:

1) That the government impose the “one person, one fare” rule on all flights departing from and heading to Quebec and Canada;

2) That the government require airport authorities to have a single person responsible for assisting a passenger with a disability from the moment they enter the terminal until they board the plane and vice versa from the moment they leave the plane until they exit the terminal.

Although we would like to salute the good collaboration that reigned between the parties during the study, we nevertheless deplore that these two recommendations were not adopted even though they are central elements of the demands of the disabled people who came to testify.

We are, of course, in solidarity with people with disabilities who often experience difficult times when they must take a plane. In our opinion, the implementation of these recommendations would have a major impact on the quality of the services offered to them and to which they are entitled to expect.