INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN SIMCOE-GREY SINCE 2022
Brian Saunderson has successfully advocated for funding for jobs, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and social supports.
He has improved our quality of life in Simcoe-Grey with almost $500 million in committed funding since winning the riding in 2022.
JOBS
- Attracting electric vehicle sector investments – $43 billion
- Investment in the Honda Plant – $15 billion
- Ontario Craft Cider industry – $6 million
- Agricultural producers – $1 million
- Sporting funding – $400 thousand
- Skills Development Funds of $1.4 million for Ontario workers including local Simcoe Grey residents
HEALTHCARE
- Expanding Stevenson Memorial Hospital This bold redevelopment project in Alliston has now moved to the Request For Proposals process, with plans for shovels in the ground in 2025
- A new Collingwood General & Marine Hospital to be built on the Poplar Sideroad – $100 million
- Healthcare funding to improve local hospitals, hospices and strengthen local healthcare teams, health units – $62 million
- Ongoing funding to support seniors recreation, community enhancements and to build a Long-Term Care Home in Clearview
IMPROVEMENTS IN EDUCATION
- New and expanded schools in Wasaga Beach, Essa Township and New Tecumseth – $220 million
- Successfully negotiated contracts with all teachers’ unions, averting strikes, and ensuring stable, in-class learning environments for students.
- A focus on the basics by removing distractions from the classroom, like cell phones, banning vaping from schools and increasing funding for mental health supports for students across the province
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Significant water infrastructure investments in The Blue Mountains, Clearview, Collingwood, New Tecumseth and Wasaga Beach – $130 million
- Highway 26 improvements in Clearview Township at the busy intersection of Nottawasaga 27/28 Side Road
- Highway 89 improvements in Adjala-Tosorontio, including pavement rehabilitation, culvert replacement, and other improvements from Industrial Parkway to west of Simcoe Road 50
- Rehabilitation of Highway 26 from Osler Bluff Road to Cranberry Trail West in Collingwood – $2 million
- Bringing high-speed internet to over 5,000 homes in Essa and New Tecumseth
SOCIAL SUPPORTS
- Ongoing funding for non-profit organizations in Simcoe-Grey to deliver programs and provide support in the communities they serve – $7 million
- Homelessness Prevention Programs in Simcoe County and Grey County – $24 million
- Investments in Tribunals Ontario with a specific focus on the Landlord Tenant Board to ensure that all matters for landlords and tenants are heard and resolved in a fair and timely fashion – $28 million