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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
NDP pharmacare bill gets its moment in the sun
The Liberal government has promised to deliver universal pharmacare, and the opposition New Democrats are giving them a chance to write a pharmacare program into Canadian law. NDP MP Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) has introduced a private member’s bill into the House of Commons that would create what he calls a legal framework for […]
Zero-emission transportation key to a post-COVID recovery
Access to safe, reliable, affordable, zero-emission transportation will be critical to a green recovery and a sustainable economy. Unfortunately, the pandemic has seen our public transit infrastructure weakened, and with parts of it abandoned all together. As we plan for a post-pandemic green recovery, we need bold ideas to tackle issues such as the limited […]
Coming months will be a race to beat the ‘third wave’ of COVID-19, say experts
Experts are sounding the alarm that a ‘third wave’ of the pandemic may be headed our way as variants of the COVID-19 virus have been detected across the country, while some regions are easing lockdown restrictions and Canada’s sluggish vaccine rollout continues to dominate news headlines. Over the next few months the new variants of […]
