Avoiding the Maple Syrup Solution:

Comments on the Restructuring of Canada’s Airline Industry

by Thomas W. Ross and W.T. Stanbury

Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• The Central Problem
• Focusing on a Few, Vital Objectives
• Importance of Barriers to Entry
• Does Foreign Ownership Really Matter?
• Why the Ban on Foreign Ownership and Control?
• The Case for Unilateral Action on Cabotage
• Protecting Jobs is Both Inefficient and Unfair
• A Possible Alternative to a Domestic Monopoly
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References

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