Vancouver should be the Canadian juping-off hub for Australia. Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane  (yield factor provided) should all have a route into Vancouver, in my opinion.  (There's a strong connection with Vancouver and Down Under, which probably explains why we have ANZ to Auckla...

Regarding Air Canada Boeing 787 service to Australia, my understanding was that the city in view for that service was Brisbane, and not Sydney, as seems indicated in the article.   What about Brisbane as a direct Vancouver  destination, anyway.  It sounds good to me.  I h...