According to this article in the Montreal Gazette, Montreal is being used as the gateway for all evacuees coming out of Lebanon. Toronto would have probably sounded more likely, being a bigger airport, but it’s actually more problematic because it’s so much busier than Trudeau airport.

So far they’ve set up stations with telephones to contact family or friends upon arrival, they’ve fed and even clothed people with help from the Red Cross, and they’ve offered up social workers to those in need.

After feeling a little frustrated over what I considered to be a bit of a debacle with Canada’s inital setup for rescuing Canadian citizens, I’m proud to know that my city is the meet and greet for our country’s people coming home.

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