The Canadian airline industry deserves to be supported now

When actions are taken in an attempt to protect the population as a whole, but the cost is borne disproportionately by one sector, then it is appropriate to indemnify that sector and spread the cost among all taxpayers.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and government responses to it, have brought the Canadian airline industry to its knees these past six months, writes Michel Kelly-Gagnon, with July passenger numbers still 90 per cent below what they were a year before. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/edk7

Opinion

BY MICHEL KELLY-GAGNON

October 28, 2020

Earlier this month, unions representing Canadian airline workers called on the federal government to provide $7-billion in aid to the hard-hit aviation sector. The plan has the support of the National Air...

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