Canada: MPs scrum on Air Canada flight delays, CBC president's reappointment, safe sport – June 1, 2023

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MPs speak with reporters on Parliament Hill as they convene for the daily question period in the House of Commons. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and Bloc Québécois transport critic Xavier Barsalou-Duval discuss the system-wide technical issue at Air Canada that has caused flight delays.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez faces questions about the reappointment of Catherine Tait as president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada. Tait was named head of the public broadcaster in April 2018 and began her five-year term in July of that year.
Adam van Koeverden, parliamentary secretary to the minister of health, comments on the government's rollout of the Canada Dental Benefit. The Liberal MP, who is also the parliamentary secretary to the minister of sport, faces questions about the recent letter sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 27 sports organizations that calls for a national public inquiry into what the groups say is the toxic culture of abuse in Canadian sport.
Conservative MP Gérard Deltell, and Liberal MPs Terry Sheehan, Ken Hardie, and Bryan May are asked about the stronger than expected growth of the Canadian economy in the first quarter of 2023.

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