Trans Canada Airlines to Air Canada to Our Canada Air?   
      
   At least areas of Canada that aren't 'profitable' would be protected for   
   having air services.  We already own an inter-provincial oil pipeline.  We   
   know that's a white elephant even before it's completed.     
      
   But what about having ownership in airlines that service not only Canadian   
   routes, but intercontinental routes?  In times of war or insurgencies that   
   cause mass migrations of people, it would be handy to have govt-owned aircraft   
   ready.  But what happens    
   during times of crises - like the current pandemic - do they keep flying or   
   will 'profits' not be the driving force that continues to carry people between   
   infected and not-so-infected countries?   
      
   I personally feel that ANY industry that gets government (our tax dollars)   
   financial help or bailouts should have government people sitting in their   
   managements.  Every move, every expenditure, every salary increase to be open   
   and visible to the    
   government/tax payers through every directors' meeting or vote.   
      
   I'm tired of having my money, as a tax payer, being used and abused by 'for   
   profit' private enterprises.  They make it on their own - or they fold.    
   That's what private ownership is all about.  This 'we're a private company,   
   but we need government money    
   to help us through rough times' bullshit has got to stop.   
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   CTVNews.ca  - Sunday, October 18, 2020    
      
   Canada isn't ruling out taking a stake in Canadian airlines: Leblanc   
      
   OTTAWA -- The Canadian government isn't ruling out the possibility of taking a   
   stake in Canadian airlines, like WestJet and Air Canada, as ministers consider   
   how to help the sector in its struggles amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
   Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc confirmed the possibility   
   during an interview with CTV Question Period Host Evan Solomon, airing Sunday.   
      
   During the interview, Solomon pointed out that in a bid to save their own   
   airlines, Germany took at 20-per-cent stake in Lufthansa. When he asked   
   Leblanc if Canada is considering taking such a step here, Leblanc said the   
   government "is very much    
   discussing that."   
      
   https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-isn-t-ruling-out-taking-a   
   stake-in-canadian-airlines-leblanc-1.5148841   
      
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