Canadian legislation to address airline bumping

MONTREAL— Canada will introduce new legislation this spring that will address the problem of travellers being bumped from flights, the federal government said Monday, as the violent dragging of a passenger off an overbooked flight in the U.S. unleashed anger over the practice.

Marc Roy, a spokesperson for Transport Minister Marc Garneau, said bumping rules will be included in an air-passenger bill of rights that was promised last fall to establish clear, minimum requirements for compensation when flights are oversold or luggage lost.

Roy declined, however, to say if the legislation would set industry-wide standards or raise compensation to levels offered in the United States or Europe.