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A passenger makes their way through Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The percentage of cancelled and delayed flights at Canadian airports has declined since the summer, but remains elevated. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press Air passenger volume this holiday season is poised to reach prepandemic standards, but whether Canadians are in for the normal level of peak travel stress or a repeat of the mayhem that unfolded across the country’s major airports over the summer remains unclear. Despite a slew of backlog-busting initiatives by airport authorities, some experts still see a significant risk of widespread cancellations and delays. John Gradek, co-ordinator of McGill University’s aviation management program, points to a “very real possibility” of holiday flight cancellations if airlines’ travel schedules turn out to be more ambitious than what airports can handle. While the percentage of cancelled and delayed flights at Canadian airports has declined since the summer, it r...

Ian Scott, Chair and CEO of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, during his keynote speech at the 2019 Canadian Telecom Summit, on June 2, 2019. Fred Lum/Tausi Insider Ian Scott says he never really considers the legacy he will leave after departing as leader of Canada’s telecom regulator. Soon, the industry will do it for him. Mr. Scott is almost certainly entering the final weeks of his five-year term as the chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission – the chief watchdog for the broadcasting and telecom industries. According to the commission, Mr. Scott’s term will end Jan. 4, 2023, but a new chair has yet to be announced. His initial term was already extended four months. As with each chair before him, Mr. Scott was faced with numerous competing demands: calls for greater competition; investment in physical networks; and support for smaller and regional telecoms fighting the industry incumbents for market share. All this...