The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Éric Caire, Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology and Minister Responsible for Access to Information and the Protection of Personal Information and Member of the National Assembly for La Peltrie, are pleased to announce funding of $2,648,100 for the Marie-Victorin library in L'Ancienne-Lorette.
The project will renovate and modernize the building in which the library is currently located. The two floors will be redeveloped to create workspaces and programming areas as well as a space suitable for exhibitions. Users will benefit from an infrastructure adapted to their needs and to new technologies.
For this project, the Government of Canada is investing $1,324,050 through the Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure stream (CCRIS) of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). The Government of Quebec is also investing $1,324,050 through its programme Aide au développement des infrastructures culturelles (PADIC). The municipality of L'Ancienne-Lorette is contributing $1,134,900 to the project.
