This is an incredibly good idea both for airlines and nav canada, as it also means increased traffic through those areas that were previously not radar covered and therefore required procedural control of aircraft instead (which requires much greater seperation between aircraft)
I have a quick question for any nav canada controllers out there though that might be able to answer this... won't this make the job slightly harder since right now, most planes stick to flight planned routes from one nav aid to another, on specific air routes, whereas when planes are able to transmit their locations, they'll be able to go directly from one place to another... won't that make air control more confusing instead of less, with planes no longer sticking to specific routes between locations? (I agree though that even though this might be slightly more chaotic, it greatly increases usable airspace and decreases distances and fuel costs for the airlines, which I guess is the whole purpose of the job... expeditious and safe flow of traffic from point a to point b...)
someone write back and comment on this...