Flight attendants, mechanics, and pilots deserve to be paid fairly for demanding and highly skilled work. But good public policy requires us to examine not only the benefits of wage increases, but also their full economic and social costs.
If the feds want the fund to serve as a catalyst for domestic investment, then its mandate, governance, and investment architecture must reflect that ambition.
The question is not whether standards should remain high, but whether the systems used to recognize merit are broad enough to capture the full range of available talent.
The Feb. 11 vote in the U.S. Congress shows the free-trade consensus that underpinned the Canada–U.S. relationship is no longer structurally guaranteed.
Countries like Canada could find themselves navigating tighter negotiations and slower access to new therapies.
Ethical consistency is not a moral add-on to foreign policy, but a prerequisite for stability, credibility, and long-term economic outcomes.
Ending Canadian experience requirements nationwide would activate talent that already exists within our borders, requiring no new physical infrastructure, no new recruitment campaigns, and no major public expenditure.
Communities voting around shared interests has helped shape American electoral outcomes for decades, but its potential has not been fully realized in Canada.