Trudeau calls party flight to Mexico a slap in the face

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called videos of a enactment connected a caller Sunwing Airlines formation from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico a “slap successful the face” to those who person tried to enactment harmless during the pandemic and said Tuesday that Canada’s hose regulator is investigating.

Videos of the Dec. 30 formation shared connected societal media look to amusement passengers not wearing masks arsenic they stitchery successful adjacent proximity, singing and dancing successful the aisle and connected seats.

In 1 video, a ample vessel of vodka appears to beryllium passed among passengers, and aboriginal a pistillate appears to beryllium smoking an physics cigaret connected the plane.

According to reports, the level had been chartered and immoderate of the passengers were formed members from Quebec world tv shows.

“It’s a slap successful the look to spot radical putting themselves, their chap citizens and hose workers astatine hazard by being wholly irresponsible,” Trudeau said.

“This is simply a concern Transport Canada takes highly earnestly and we are pursuing up.”

Trudeau promised a afloat investigation.

“Like Canadians who person seen those videos, I’m highly frustrated,” Trudeau said.

Transport Canada has contacted the airline, and says passengers who violated the department’s regulations could look fines of up to $5,000 Canadian (US$3,938) per infraction.

Rena Kisfalvi, who heads the national section representing astir 1,000 Sunwing formation attendants, said Sunwing is the lone large Canadian hose that does not connection accelerated tests to compartment crews, a measurement she believes should beryllium mandatory.

Kisfalvi says up to 50% of her colleagues person had to telephone successful sick implicit the past period owed to imaginable COVID-19 symptoms.