The law offers bumped passengers up to $2,400, and those whose luggage is lost up to $2,100. Major airlines—including Air Canada and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents about 290 airlines—are challenging the law in court, arguing it breaches Canada’s international obligations. Advocacy group Air Passenger Rights said the law doesn’t go far enough. (The Logic)

Talking point: The IATA unsuccessfully attempted a similar challenge at the European Court of Justice when Europe’s air-passenger-rights legislation came into effect in 2005. In both cases, the IATA argued that different legal regimes across jurisdictions will cause confusion for passengers. Regardless of what happens with the legal case, the airlines have largely avoided the same kind of regime as Europe’s, which offers more protections for passengers. In Canada, airlines won’t have to pay if they say delays were due to maintenance issues discovered during a pre-flight check. The new rules also allow airlines to hold passengers on the tarmac for three hours and 45 minutes, up from one hour and 30 minutes under the previous Canadian law.