Halt expansion of YVR air capacity. Develop high-end videoconferencing facilities instead.
Air travel is a major greenhouse gas contributor, also produces fine particulate pollution and noise that land on Vancouverites. Still YVR expands air capacity and encourages flying. City of Vancouver appoints a director to YVR board of directors. As an alternative, videoconferencing is one way to reduce air travel, but high-end facilities and connections that provide "telepresence" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence) are still rare. Vancouver could facilitate creation of a facility for teleconferencing that would be available for rent to businesses.
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YVR is under Federal jurisdiction and not located within City of Vancouver limits.