Fiasco at Pearson airport reveals long-standing cracks in the system

The government needs to decide whether air travel is as important as it says it is to Canada’s reputation, its interconnectedness, and its national unity.
Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra takes part in a press conference on June 14, 2022, to outline the lifting of vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, transportation workers, and federal employees.
Air travel is an essential service for Canadian connectivity and national unity in a country as geographically sprawled as ours. And yet, the industry is struggling in every way imaginable. It ends up being consumers who bear the brunt of this, forced to deal with unim...

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