If you're not familiar with Canadian labour laws your input will not be helpful.
I am a contractor located in Alberta(incorporated) and my client base is mostly in the entertainment industry. My number one client has started asking me to travel to other cities recently and I am having trouble with their travel policies. In a lot of cases the travel is close enough that driving is an advantage over flying. When you factor in getting to the airport, parking, checking in etc it's often shorter to just drive to the work site in the other city.
So here's the difference in their travel policy:
Driving. Hourly pay for one way only. Mileage for return trip that's a fair rate.
Flying. Five hours hourly rate each way for a total of 10 hours. Flight paid for. Parking paid for at airport. Taxi from airport to venue/hotel and back.
It's really obvious the client is willing to pay a shitload of money to fly me in rather than driving. Maybe it's a safety thing to discourage contractors like me from driving. No one has ever responded when I ask why the huge difference.Recently a flight got canceled because of covid and I was forced to drive and they wanted to claw back my travel hours.
The easy answer is don't work for them when travel is involved or tell them my travel policy is….. and let them decide. The more difficult question is this legal? Keep in mind I am acting as an incorporated company based in Alberta and the client is headquartered in Ontario so there may be some jurisdiction issues.