Today, Kevin Lamoureux, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North, and Bobbette Shoffner, Executive Director, Mount Carmel Clinic, announced more than $3.3 million in federal funding to retrofit Winnipeg's Mount Carmel Clinic.
The Mount Carmel Clinic is a long-standing health clinic located in the heart of Winnipeg, providing a range of social and health services to strengthen lifelong health and wellness of Winnipeggers. It has equally served as a welcoming space for all residents. Its expansion will enable the clinic to further serve the people of Winnipeg in a more modern and sustainable facility.
Funding will support the retrofit of the Mount Carmel Clinic into a community health and wellness hub as part of the larger Mount Carmel Clinic Campus. The new, trauma-informed and culturally safe space will provide supportive health services to marginalized populations, including people experiencing homelessness, and offer designated spaces such as fitness and Indigenous spaces for at-risk persons.
In addition, the facility will undergo energy efficiency upgrades to achieve near net-zero energy use for heating and cooling. These improvements are expected to reduce the facility's energy consumption by an estimated 88.4% and greenhouse gas emissions by 44.6 tonnes annually.
By investing in infrastructure, the Government of Canada is growing our country's economy, increasing the resiliency of our communities, and improving the lives of Canadians.
