Policy Area
Priority Level
Last Updated
Environment
Medium-Term
January 21, 2024
The Policy
The RPC will create a publicly-owned national airline to facilitate movement of Canadians, first prioritizing the 50 most populated Canadian cities and communities reliant on air travel (i.e., especially Indigenous communities in northern areas), before expanding to serve all of Canada, as necessary.
Until clean air travel technology (e.g., solar, electric, and hydrogen-powered airplanes) has developed far enough to provide a practical replacement for fossil fuel air vehicles, we believe a general policy of limited air travel should be encouraged to limit creation of greenhouse gas emissions that contributing to our imminent climate crisis.
The Research
Our Broader Stance on:
We're long past the point of acknowledging climate change; we now need to commit ourselves to solving the crisis as a united species. By putting green technology research ahead of the profits of the ultra-wealthy, we can protect our planet for generations to come.