NEWS RELEASE
MPP JILL DUNLOP
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MPP Jill Dunlop announced that the Ontario government is investing $390,350 in onetime combined federal-provincial funding to improve and make upgrades to long-term care homes in Simcoe-North.
It’s part of a $100 million investment to install heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, and make retrofits or repairs to fire sprinkler systems, in 95 long-term care homes across the province. These investments will help provide care, comfort and safety to residents.
“This investment will benefit many of the most vulnerable people in our community, providing them with the comfortable and safe living spaces they deserve,” said Jill Dunlop, MPP for Simcoe North. “Our government puts the safety and well-being of long-term care residents at the heart of everything we do.”
The local projects are:
- Trillium Manor Home for the Aged, in the City of Orillia, will receive up to $170,000 to:
- Repair/replace old HVAC system components is to improve air quality in the existing building and to help maximize infection prevention and control.
- This repair is essential to improving air filtration and part of a strategy to mitigate the spread and exposure to bacteria and viruses.
- Spencer House, in the City of Orillia, will receive up to $220,350 to:
- Improve the home’s heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system by replacing five heat pumps, four roof top air handling units and two hot water boiler equipment to improve air quality in the existing building and to help maximize infection prevention and control.
- This project is essential to reduce service outages and improve efficiency and stability of the HVAC system.
“Our government is reversing decades of neglect and underfunding by repairing and rebuilding long-term care in Ontario like never before,” said Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today’s investment in homes across the province is another part of our government’s plan to ensure our loved ones live in comfort and with the safety, dignity and respect they deserve.”
This funding is part of a combined federal-provincial investment of up to $1.05 billion to build or renovate health and safety related projects in long-term care, education and municipalities through the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream (CVRIS) of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).
In addition to helping communities build the necessary infrastructure to keep Ontario’s long-term care residents, families and staff comfortable and safe, this investment will create hundreds of local construction jobs, and support local businesses and suppliers
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