History 2814F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Air Canada, Canadian Nationalism, Grant Mcconachie
5 Sep 2021
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Even so, the business prospects of the many bush flying companies was uncertain. It turned out that there was little demand for the services of these pilots and certainly not enough demand to keep most of the bush flying operations in business. As a result, by the end of the decade, there was a trend toward consolidation in the industry and a fear that american interests would take over canadian aviation. These fears led to demands that the federal government step in to protect aviation companies in canada. These demands were taking place within the context of larger questions of what should be done with aviation in canada. Memories of overbuilding of railroads in the nineteenth century, as well as the bankruptcies of many of these rail companies remained fresh in the government"s mind. It thus was skeptical that private entities could make aviation profitable at least in the short term.
