Airport privatization is now on the 'Canada Strong' agenda

Royal Canadian Air Force CC-330 Husky taxies on the apron at YOW Ottawa International Airport, in Ottawa, on Monday, May 26, 2025. Photo by Bryan Passifiume/Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network

Prime Minister Mark Carney has spent the last year and a half asking Canadians to embrace his “Canada Strong” agenda. We’ve all heard the slogans: Build more. Invest more. Approve projects faster. But while much of his plans depend on state action, they also require attracting private capital - and in some cases, trading on the value of public assets currently sitting on the government’s books. Read more