Government must step in to save aviation industry

The federal government must step in to provide financial assistance for the struggling airline sector and provide an evidence-based plan for a return to the skies. Anything less and the sector will not be able to recover.

It is evident the supports offered to Canadian airlines to date don’t work and won’t compete with the nearly $150-billion in relief provided worldwide to the global aviation industry, writes Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP STEPHANIE KUSIE

April 5, 2021

Travel restrictions to mitigate the risks from COVID-19 have been in place for more than a year. It has also been a year since our pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and other valuable aviation workers have been out of their jobs. On March 24

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