I am convinced that AC doesn't even know about this.
HNL-SYD is fine, YYZ-HNL is fine and YVR-SYD is also fine. It's just the YVR-HNL segment that's unavailable forever.
Rest assured, no nonstop YVR-SYD in the works. There are not enough demand ex-Canada to justify a nonstop service.
I wonder how long it'll be before they realize that the flights are not 100% full but it's 100% empty.
Or they might be thinking of using A320s for that route!