Air Canada planes are parked at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Canada's budget 2025 revealed an openness on the part of the federal government to changing the ownership structure at airports. Photo by Cole Burston / Getty Images

The Canadian government is considering privatizing airports, reigniting an idea that was studied but then shelved nearly decade ago.

Openness to changing the ownership structure of airports across the country, which together are worth billions of dollars, is contained in a single line in Tuesday’s budget , the first from Prime Minister Mark Carney whose federal government is keen to jump-start private investment in nation-building infrastructure projects .

“The government will also consider options for the privatization of airports,” the b

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