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Jet Lag, Canadian Style: The Case for Airline Deregulation

Canada doesn’t have a functioning airline market. It has a rent-seeking duopoly.
Jet Lag, Canadian Style: The Case for Airline Deregulation
A plane taxis at the Vancouver Airport in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Commentary

By all measures, Canada ought to be a country with a thriving airline industry. We boast a modern, wealthy economy heavily dependent on trade and with a long and proud history of aircraft design and manufacture. Flying is the quickest and most efficient way of moving around the country—and yet the skies of Canada have never been very friendly for flyers.

Simon Michell
Simon Michell
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Simon Michell is a second-year student in McGill University’s joint Economics/Mathematics honours undergraduate program.