METRO VANCOUVER NEWS
Does Canada need private airports?
Ottawa has confirmed plans to open Canada’s four largest airports to private investment, prompting debate over whether airport privatization can succeed.

Ottawa has confirmed plans to open Canada’s four largest airports to private investment. The move follows Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meetings in Toronto this week with wealthy business leaders, technology executives and financiers, aimed at attracting foreign investment for Canadian projects.
Host Caryn Ceolin speaks with Simon Enoch, a senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, about why privatization efforts in other countries have not been proven successful. She also speaks with Mark McQueen, a former adviser in former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s office, about why Canadians should not dismiss the plans too quickly.