C-52Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in the Transportation System Act
An Act to enact the Air Transportation Accountability Act and to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act
Government bill, introduced in the House of Commons on June 20, 2023
- Status
- Defeated at second reading in the House of Commons
What it does
Creates new air transport rules on information, noise, climate plans and complaints, and changes accessibility and port fee rules.
What it does
- Creates the Air Transportation Accountability Act, which requires airport operators, air carriers and flight-related service providers to give information to the Transport Minister.
- Requires airport operators to help Canada meet international aeronautics obligations, according to directions from the Minister of Transport.
- Lets regulations set service standards for flights and flight-related services, including dispute resolution and public information on compliance.
- Sets requirements for noise management committees, and for notice, consultation and complaints about aircraft noise.
- Requires airport authorities to make climate change and preparedness plans, and to publish information on diversity among directors and senior management.
- Amends the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act to add accessibility information and complaint rules, and new port fee and lease dispute rules.
Who it affects
- Airport operators
- Air carriers
- Flight-related service providers
- Airport authorities
- People with disabilities
- Port authorities
- Port terminal operators
Background
The bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 June 2023 and had first reading. It would enact the Air Transportation Accountability Act and amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Defeated here. Defeated
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Senate
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by a cabinet minister on behalf of the government. Government bills get set time for debate, so they are the most likely to become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
No recorded votes yet
What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
LiberalVance Badawey· October 27, 2023
“I am thankful for this opportunity to speak today with respect to Bill C-52. I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are gathered today on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe peoples.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caConservativeMark Strahl· October 27, 2023
“When, in fact, we get into the details of the bill, no action is actually being taken. The bill was in response to a disastrous summer 2022 travel season overseen by the Liberal government, when we saw unprecedented cancellations, delays and waits in airports.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caBlocGabriel Ste-Marie· October 27, 2023
“From the outset I want to say that the Bloc Québécois will support this bill to have the chance to study it closer in committee and improve it. We know that the bill is trying to resolve various problems that have arisen at our airports since air traffic has resumed.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caNDPBonita Zarrillo· October 27, 2023
“This bill is timely as I stand today to speak on behalf of my community of Port Moody—Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra, as well as Port Coquitlam, which recently petitioned the government with the following ask as it relates to the Vancouver airspace modernization project.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
Read the source
LEGISinfo status: At second reading in the House of Commons. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.