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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Tuesday that $12 million will be spent at 5 Wing Goose Bay to improve infrastructure there. The funding is for the upgrade of the airfield through the replacement of ramps which have reached their life expectancy. A site survey will be carried out this year and work will be completed in 2018.

The government announced in the budget it would spend $200 million improving infrastructure at military sites across the country.