MPs, advocates urge more government action to combat ‘pandemic of anti-Asian racism’
Justin Kong, executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council’s Toronto chapter, doesn’t want focus paid to his own experiences of racism, which he says most racialized people have experienced, instead emphasizing the importance of the country coming together to make things better. He, along with several Members of Parliament and advocacy groups, have called […]
Liberal delay in moving on Bill C-19 ‘puzzling’ given election posturing, says NDP’s Blaikie
Tabled at the end of the fall sitting, Bill C-19, which proposes changes to the Canada Elections Act aimed at mitigating risks if an election is held during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been all but stagnant since—a lack of legislative progress NDP MP Daniel Blaikie calls “surprising,” given continued speculation of a snap election call. […]
Canada’s herd immunity goal could rise to 90 per cent amid COVID-19 variant surge, official says
Health officials are tweaking their estimates of herd immunity targets in Canada to up to 90 per cent in the face of emerging COVID-19 variants, members of the House Health Committee heard Monday. Typically, herd immunity to a virus sits anywhere between 50 and 90 per cent of a population, said Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief […]
Experts, stakeholders worried about pandemic’s impact on aviation workforce
Experts and stakeholders say they’re worried that the COVID-19 pandemic will do lasting damage to Canada’s aviation industry, exacerbating a labour shortage in the sector and preventing pilots from keeping their skills sharp. “We’re past the time of workers losing their jobs,” said Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Mindapore, Alta.), her party’s critic for transportation, […]
Pandemic driving urban transportation transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended the way that people move around Canadian cities. The past 12 months have seen the most sudden and deepest shock to urban travel in a century. As cities have locked down and residents are implored to socially distance, transit ridership and fare box revenue have been decimated. Working from […]
Liberals need to ramp up vaccinations, detail recovery plans in ‘most important budget of a generation’ to regain lost political capital, say politicos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals need to ramp up the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to stem the loss of public goodwill for the government and should outline the specific details of the recovery phase in the upcoming federal budget, which will be the “most important budget of a generation,” say political insiders. “Canadians have been […]
A new era for working from home
With COVID-19 lockdowns restricting our mobility, working from home (i.e., telecommuting) has become a ‘norm’ for many sectors. We’ve been trying to figure out this “new” normal, and what it will look like going forward. Telecommuting has had many positive outcomes, at least from the transportation point of view. This includes reduced traffic congestion and […]
Feds’ failure to support aviation sector will have long-lasting impact
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 demand. Despite this, there has been minimal sector specific […]
Can the aviation sector recover without enough employees?
Before the pandemic, the air transport sector was booming. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had projected international aviation would double annual flights between 2019 and 2026. The world was facing a looming shortage of aviation professionals (pilots, cabin crew, and maintenance engineers, among others) as training organizations struggled to meet demand. Today, airlines around […]
Reduced emissions in Canadian cities during the pandemic: from temporary to permanent
The global outbreak of COVID-19 had a significant impact on transportation in urban areas. The positive impacts of the pandemic on fuel consumption, road congestion, vehicle emissions, and air quality have been observed in many Canadian cities. The pandemic provided us with an opportunity to conduct analyses of various transportation scenarios, as well as their […]
