Not that he needs any help, given the aid he’s getting from the self-destructing Liberals, but if Pierre Poilievre wants an easy way to win votes, he could please a lot of Canadians by pledging to compel Canada’s airlines to treat their customers with greater respect.

It wouldn’t take much: for instance, a passenger rights bill with actual teeth, that places the onus on airlines rather than passengers and is rigorously enforced. A rights document does exist, but, as so often, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have talked big but delivered small: the backlog of passenger complaints to the Canadian Transportation Agency this year hit 71,000, a new record.