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The Canadian Transportation Agency is launching a string of public events this month including an Ottawa session July 4 to hear what protections passengers want when they fly.

The newly-passed Transportation Modernization Act mandated the agency to come up with regulations on airlines’ obligations when they delay and cancel flights, bump passengers, delay flights on the tarmac, damage or lose baggage, separate kids from parents, move musical instruments and on how they communicate with customers.

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The aim is to have new regulations in place as soon as possible while giving passengers, consumer organizations and airlines multiple ways to give input, CTA chairman and CEO Scott Streiner said.

In-person consultations will be held across the country. There’s also a call-in session July 5 and an online questionnaire at airpassengerprotection.ca.

“We’re committed to ensuring that airlines’ obligations to passengers are clear, transparent, fair, and consistent,” he said.

Consultations wrap up August 28. New regulations need approval from both the CTA and the Governor in Council to come into force.