Ottawa says it will give the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) nearly $76 million in additional funding over the next three years in a bid to help clear a large passenger complaint backlog.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the new funding worth a total of $75.9 million on March 14 during a press conference at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Alghabra’s department said in a news release that the new funding is also intended to strengthen the federal transportation network’s operability and enable the CTA to “efficiently deliver on its mandate for Canadians.”
The CTA is an independent, quasi-judicial regulator and tribunal whose mandate is to help ensure that Canada’s federal transportation system “runs efficiently, smoothly and is accessible in the interests of all Canadians.”…