I was pleased to join Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Deborah Flint, President & CEO Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Rechie Valdez MP, Iqwinder S. Gaheer MP, Maninder Sidhu MP to announce new funding for Toronto Pearson International Airport of more than $142 million from Transport Canada’s Airport Critical Infrastructure Program to:

-rehabilitate airfield pavement;

-develop and install new check-in, boarding and border clearance systems;

-enable COVID-19 testing and screening of passengers and employees; and

-carry out technical studies and concept design work for a proposed connection between the airport and the future extension of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit line.