Bombardier has announced it will build jetliners at a new facility to be built at Toronto International Airport. It’s a good thing and cynics will no doubt see the hand of controlling owner Airbus in the decision to get down to serious business in Canada’s commercial capital. Then, complaints about Air Canada’s inaccessibility to ordinary passengers. It’s not new. The national carrier has been hiding from ordinary customers since the onset of the Internet Age. Below that, food prices are forecast to rise. Everyone from farmers to distributors to retailers are likely to find a reason. Finally, it is 75 years since Canadian soldiers entered Ravenna on their hard-fought march up the Italian boot against the retreating German army.
