The current main training facility was built in the mid\u002D1970s. It\u0027s outdated and soon won’t be able to operate at all.
The service’s current main training facility, a campus on Industrial Avenue near St-Laurent Boulevard, was built in the mid-1970s. It’s outdated and soon won’t be able to operate at all, leaving the service in a bind as training demands increase.
“That’s about a year and a half away, and that’s what we think is going to be our cutoff date,” said Louise Hine-Schmidt, deputy chief of training and safety. “When there are people living there, we’re probably going to get shut down.” But such a facility would be costly, with pre-pandemic estimates coming in at more than $80 million, including the cost of land. Now, due to material cost increases and inflation, that number would likely be much higher.
“We have 25 per cent of the money, and we’re looking to find partnerships to reach the other 75 per cent,” Matschke said.
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