Feds’ failure to support aviation sector will have long-lasting impact

The federal government did not keep its promise to provide sector support for our aviation sector and the result is that we now are in desperate need for a recovery plan.

The time to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the aviation sector has passed and we must start looking forward at how we can repair the damage that has been done to the industry, writes Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP STEPHANIE KUSIE

February 22, 2021

For almost a year now the government has promised that it would provide the aviation sector with a plan to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. The aviation sector has been one of those hardest hit by the pandemic due to the extensive travel restrictions and decreased de...

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