Someone really needs to get into the feds and balance the books. Back of the drinks coaster calculating..Aviation injects something like $2billion right back into consolidated revenue every year. GST, Company taxes, Excise and Income Tax...not including fees and charges from AirServices going back to the Fed coffers as a dividend.
For a dieing industry operating below critical mass..the taxman does pretty good out of aviation and gives **** all back...the money is already there, it just needs to be spent in the right places