This is the number one thing that would get me to be interested in COPA. As of yet, I don't feel that they have warranted my dollar since I see very little action here, besides the Banff and Jasper work. There are lots of airports under fire in this country and there is a lot of silence from COPA on the matter. One of the biggest things that put me off of them as an organization is when I've found COPA members working against the GA larger interest in this regard. When you see a COPA flight petition to have an airport closed, something is wrong.5. Small airport closures. COPA worked diligently and sucessfully to fight to keep Banff and Jasper open. They supported financially the successful fight to keep Delta Heritage Airpark open as well. They need to keep it up. It would be great if they could do something to create a national airport plan, with TC's buy-in and active support. But I fear that ship may have already sailed.
One of the things that I really like that AOPA does, is report on who in the government is in favour of aviation and who's against it. So members can effect change directly in the voting process. There is nothing of this sort of information out there in Canada, a who's who of their political stance for or against aviation.