Canadians pay much higher airport taxes (fees) than Americans. Largely because US airports are operated by their Federal government and subsidized. In Canada we prefer to have the traveler pay most of the cost. As a traveler I am not thrilled about paying for it but I can get my head around it. What I can't support is the notion that a for-profit company would run a public transportation hub. That will certainly drive up the cost for no other reason than making some shareholder richer. We need look no further than Ontario's Highway 407 for which the Ontario government has given an ironclad, 99 year lease to a consortium of foreign and domestic companies to run it as a profit. A complete disaster for Ontario's 905 region commuters.