David James Varnes

          DAVID VARNES "Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come." Victor Hugo, French storyteller 1802-1885             David knows how to tell a story and command an audience!      You have great ideas. Now you need to communicate those ideas with powerful words. Well-chosen words can tell a story and command an audience. David Varnes will help.       Candidates seeking elected office need competent, sensitive speechwriters. Speechwriters understand a diverse electorate. You need the right words and stories all the time, every time. Well-crafted words and stories win elections.     David is an excellent storyteller, a exceptional writer, and an accomplished public speaker. He crafts those electrifying phrases that gets an audience out of its chairs and paying attention.     David brings time-management deadline skills from the airline industry perfected to the second, and secretary-treasurer budgetary competency accountable to the penny, to you

       Air Canada B737MAX aircraft have been stored at Vancouver for months awaiting the return of       airline travelers.  David Varnes photo.   IS THERE A FUTURE FOR AIRLINES IN CANADA? '...It's been the darkest period in the aviation industry that I have ever seen...' Fred Hospes interview March 06, 2021                                                         Fred Hospes has been representing  unionized working people in air transport in Canada for three decades as an elected officer in the Machinists Union. District Lodge 140 represents ground employees with Air Canada, Air Transat and Sunwings Airlines.  In a frank March 06, 2021 interview, Fred discusses the many changes that have taken place within Canadian air transport, and the uncertain future for people who still have jobs in this vital industry.                                                                                                                                  Fred Hospes, President and Directing Ge

        Vancouver International Airport (YVR) January 23, 2021 at 2:46 PM, and there is not an airplane  in sight.       Photo by David Varnes      Is the Vancouver Airport in peril?      'We have cancelled or deferred 60 per cent of our capital projects.'            YVRAA CEO Tamara Vrooman, interview on January 25, 2021        The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the revenues of the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The Operating Authority's (YVRAA) new CEO, Tamara Vrooman, has had to revisit the 2037 Airport Master Plan and either cancel or reassess $9.7 billion in capital projects scheduled over the next three years.       In March 2020, the world was alerted to a new virus in China, later to be categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and designated COVID-19. The pandemic spread world-wide, and air travel became restricted as a consequence. Throughout 2020, airports and airlines began to cut services, reduce schedules, defer investment, and impl