Federal budget reveals Carney government is considering privatizing airports

Not great.

With that said, flying getting more expensive wouldn't be bad for the climate. But that's a lame silver lining if any. The fact that they're looking into privatization to begin with is a bad sign not just for the airports but for other public services too.

Gotta make everyday canadians sacrifice for the rich.

Yeah that worked so well when Nova Scotia Power was privatized.

This is a bad strategy for a nation connected by a single road. If this doesn't pair with rail or road expansion I'd say it's an outright blunder.

Yikes. Enshittification every turn of the way huh.

I'm sure people have counter talking points that point fingers at government run companies that are money pits, yet there are many that have historically run a profit only to get used as a government piggy bank during con/neo-liberal years and then left to die. ICBC in BC is a prime example.

If privatization always ran a profit, then why can't the Canadian government make it happen? What makes private capital human beings so capable that our collective powers can't? Something stinks.

Have to pay for the corporate tax cuts somehow. Like how “automatic filing for low income Canadians” is branded as a way to restrict grants to them rather than helping people who can’t afford an accountant.