Ahh, I see, we're debating the validity of various political systems vis a vis their right to access the canadian market?
Ok, so you go ahead and set the rules of the debate then and change them as you see fit.
So by your standards, there are many other countries by virtue of their lack of canadian style politics that should be restricted from expanding. Care to start a list? Axis of evil?
As for being populated by immigrants, Dubai is 85% expats, but you already knew that didn't you because you lived here. Just slipped your mind I guess.
And the awards to AC you speak of are for North American carriers only, as was mentioned before. So BA, EK, etc were not compared by said customers. EK would have to drag AC up to its level, not down as you said.
Nobody is talking about supplanting the govt of canada with the UAE royal family, just adding some frequency.