Could Canada’s Airports Go Bankrupt? (And Could That Be the Best Thing for Them?)
"...In addition to its opulent, cavernous new international terminal, control tower, “corporate” centre and other accoutrements, Calgary’s authority also saw fit to install Canada’s longest runway – a 14,000-foot concrete behemoth more suited to U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers or 850-passenger A-380 double-deck aircraft than the Boeing 737s that often use it. Although YYC already had an 8,000-foot second runway that could have been strengthened and lengthened, the airport instead forged ahead with the brand new runway, which also required construction of a nearly $300 million road tunnel running beneath, causing years of delay. Comparing it to the traffic loads and runway counts of much busier airports in Europe raised the question of whether it was even needed – or whether a less costly answer lay in more efficient operations.
YYC spokesperson defends YYC airport's renovations amid its potential for airport bankruptcy.
Academic Prentice sees bleak skies for Calgary Airport, while YYC spokesperson Fiest defends the big 2016 reno.
The entire, lavish project generated so much controversy and delay that it entered service just in time for Calgary’s five-year economic downturn and the pandemic. Complicating matters for Alberta taxpayers today is that YYC’s entire debt is owed to the Alberta Financial Capital Authority, a provincial body that lends to public-sector entities at favourable interest rates. Likewise, Edmonton International Airport owes approximately 85 percent of its $1 billion debt to the AFCA following its own terminal expansion in 2012.
https://c2cjournal.ca/2020/07/could-canadas-airports-go-bankrupt-and-could-that-be-the-best-thing-for-them/
The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal
The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.
Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17
By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon
Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025
Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Yet our cultural ...
University of Alberta law prof placed on leave over Charlie Kirk comments
https://www.junonews.com/p/university-of-alberta-law-prof-placed
