It strikes me that for the summer, AC believes it travellers between YWG and YOW will be primarily price conscious tourists, and not business people or MPs. This dictates more seats in all-economy configuration, and anyone wishing full service and/or more frequency can get that on the mainline using the YYZ hub. [That's what hubs and spokes are all about.] It doesn't make sense to fly an aircraft with a J cabin on a route that will likely never see a paying J passenger? Particularly when you have a half dozen flights leaving 200-miles away with lots of J seats to be filled.

Maybe Empress should suggest to Aeroplan that for an extra $10, TANGO fliers can get their miles credited as Q-miles, just another add on in the spirit of this carrier.