Toronto Pearson airport delays

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has hired a lobbyist who intends to explore bringing more alcohol, pot and gaming to Pearson.

Gambling in the airport would also make Pearson a global outlier. The barriers to gambling at the airport, though, might be steeper. But she is the only one to list airport gaming on her disclosure form. In her disclosure form, Michaels wrote about a host of possibilities for the airport that are all broadly tied to the vice industries. They still serve alcohol in some of the restaurants and bars. It is relatively easy to open a cannabis store in Ontario, and in theory there’s nothing stopping an airport from having one. [former senior official in Premier Doug Ford’s office](https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/07/15/did-lobbyists-influence-doug-fords-covid-19-decisions-read-the-exclusive-star-series.html), registered to lobby on behalf of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) on July 27. they already sell alcohol in the duty-free stores. There are three open seats on the city’s 11-member council, and Mayor Bonnie Crombie, who supported cannabis stores in 2011, is running for re-election. Michaels cited a host of goals in her lobbying paperwork, including several linked to bringing in more cash to the airport. In 2020 alone, the agency took out $690 million in short-term loans, and officials have made no secret about the air hub’s acute need to attract more revenue. Flight delays at Toronto’s Pearson airport, which at times this summer were the worst in the world, may not be improving very quickly.