Ottawa has decided to start selling off Canadian airports. This includes airports located in Canada’s major urban centers: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.
It seems that the Government of Canada is now complicit in allowing private companies to dictate how critical infrastructure is to be used.
The Canadian Nationalist Party believes that privatizing our airports is not only a bad idea, but is being done in an attempt to control international travel. Dissident citizens (those who object to the “post-nationalization” of Canada) will likely face increased scrutiny if they try to use these airports for out-of-country travel, with these extra security measures being enforced under the guise of “combatting hate”.
Canada is not in a position of such financial necessity to justify the sale of our most important airports.
The benefits from this privatization will not be passed down to the average Canadian person. Disproportionately, the proceeds and operations of these private airports will enrich their owners at the public’s expense.
Under section 6 of the Charter, every Canadian has the right to travel internationally, but that right will mean less when control of our airports is in the hands of private enterprise.