Canada aviation: from laggard to leader in pandemic management

Just a few short weeks ago Canada's aviation sector was eagerly awaiting a reopening plan from the government after months of expressing ire over the government's foot dragging on loosening restrictions enacted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now that Canada is open to all vaccinated travellers and vaccines mandates are becoming widespread, the country has leapfrogged into somewhat of a leadership position in the next phase of the pandemic as variants of the virus continue to emerge.

The government's latest position is now drawing praise from the country's second largest airline, WestJet, which believes that Canada has an opportunity to emerge as one of the safest countries for travel, which obviously bodes well for the country's airlines.