By Benjamin Steeves, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer Canada’s busiest airports could soon become laboratories for a new model of private investment as Prime Minister Mark Carney moves to hand decades-long operating concessions for those airports to private capital—a plan that is sparking questions about customer service, security for airport workers and impacts on municipalities that depend on the country’s largest aviation hubs. In his first budget , Carney hinted his government is considering changes to the ownership structure of airports across the country to “unlock more of the economic potential of Canada’s airports and consider new ways to attract private sector investment”. On September 15, a day after hundreds of protestors voiced opposition to the first-ever Canada Investment Summit and Carney’s focus on attracting private capital, with few
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