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One other observation: even pre COVID, Air Canada and Pearson were a terrible combination that almost made Atlanta seem like a tolerable hub.

And today we have the curl and NWO moustache badge. Priorities.

Knowing that "Oh, if the swell gets too bad when I'm out in my canoe, and they launch a helicopter to save my sorry unfit ass, it's going to cost me $100K" might just deter a few stupid people.

For a planned trip this summer, booked the car, then booked airlines and accommodation....

Make it revenue neutral, and start charging stupid people for saving their lives.

Who is your least favourite child? Which could be a dangerous question to your wife, with an unexpected result, and a claim for you for cardboard signs and markers for "Brugge?"

Airlines did commit to an aggressive flight schedule without sufficient crew in place, particularly when they continue to have elevated workforce absences due to illness. Nobody comes out of this looking good.

I'd take the Navy website with a grain of salt as well (your choice of three oceans for the source of the salt). Unfortunately, the DRR does not give a breakdown of P Res strength by CAF level 1. (https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/dnd-mdn/documents/reports/2021/drr-2020-21.pdf)

The RCN has nowhere near 5K primary reservists and has not in several decades.

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OK, now I feel exceptionally old.

Only one?

Or because the ranking members came up through the nepotistic, criminal regime of Zac, and can't be trusted to lead the institution?

Looking at the list of RCMP commissioners, her current tenure seems to be about average for a commissioner; might she be gently retired to the Senate to clear the deck without ever admitting anyone did anything?

That is not a risk mitigation strategy...