The expected suspension is part of an effort to ease hours-long custom wait-times, missed connections and cancelled flights overwhelming major airports in Canada
The Federal government will temporarily suspend its random COVID-19 testing at airports in an effort to ease one of the bottlenecks leading to hours-long custom wait-times, missed connections and cancelled flights.
As of July 1, a separate senior source said that all COVID-19 testing that is happening at the airports will be moved off-site. The government requires unvaccinated travellers returning to Canada to be tested in addition to the random testing of vaccinated travellers. The change is expected to be announced in a joint statement from Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault.
On Thursday, The Globe reported that Air Canada cancelled almost 10 per cent of its scheduled flights at Toronto Pearson in the first seven days of June, as staffing shortages and a surge in passengers continue to overwhelm Canada’s busiest airport.
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