Canada Should Make Air Travel Sustainable

The national transportation project that Canada should pursue

Last week, I explained why high-speed rail (HSR) is wrong for Canada. It's not just that the Alto proposal is badly structured, though it is. It's that HSR itself is a poor fit for the country. It’s wrong for our geography, wrong for our population patterns, and wrong for our expertise and existing industries.

Indeed, it is so wrong that it becomes helpf…