Bay of Quinte MP Ryan Williams says while the news of funding for CFB Trenton is good news, he is “cautiously optimistic” about when the investment becomes a reality.
On Friday it was announced that the base would be receiving $850 million in infrastructure and aircraft investment for the base.
Funding will specifically go towards the design of a two-bay hangar for the new fleet of CC-330 refueling, cargo, and passenger planes known as the Husky Fleet.
“It is great to hear the promise of more expansion in Quinte West. CFB Trenton is Canada’s largest Air Force base, and this will benefit Canada as a whole. For quite some time, the Conservative Party has been pushing Ottawa for an investment in our military,” MP Williams said in a statement.
Williams, however, then questioned when the funding would arrive at the base.
He noted a previous announcement made by the Department of National Defense in 2022 of a $415 million construction project for the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit that would include a new ammunition compound.
“That project hasn’t even been started,” Williams said.
“The federal government also promised funding to construct 60 new housing units on the base for our military families, but that project hasn’t happened either, so forgive me if I am skeptical about this recent announcement of funding.”
