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Jet Lag, Canadian Style: The Case for Airline Deregulation

Jet Lag, Canadian Style: The Case for Airline Deregulation

Last updated: March 16, 2026 12:48 pm
By Simon Michell
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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

Simon Michell

3/13/2026|Updated: 3/13/2026

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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.

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