Joined the Minister of Municipal Ontario’s Economic Affairs and Housing and Peel Region Chair Nando Iannicca Supporting & to announce a $24 Response to million investment to build two new afford- FALL 2020 FALL able housing devel- Protecting our 2020 FALL COVID-19 opments in Lakeview, with 219 units. The The Government of Ontario has invested $30 billion to de- Indwell location will include 68 units for Community liver a wide range of initiatives to help families, businesses, and frontline workers get through the COVID-19 crisis. Ontarians with disabilities, and will Some of these include: also become the new home of the Support for Individuals Compass Food Bank. Pandemic Pay Program An investment of over $1.5 billion provided a temporary pay increase of $4/hour for more than 375,000 eligible Construction in frontline workers across Ontario. Mississauga-Lakeshore Frozen Residential Rent Locally, construction work on several strategic Rent is frozen for the vast majority of residential tenants infrastructure projects – worth several billion throughout 2021. dollars – is either underway or scheduled to Support for Families begin within the next year. We provided $200 per child up to 12 years old, to cover This includes: extra costs during COVID-19. • Two new, modern long-term care centres in Sheridan Park, including 640 beds; Hearing how stakeholders are dealing with the Cuzzetto.com COVID-19 Recovery Rate impacts of COVID-19 on various sectors of our To help consumers struggling to pay their energy bills, the • The Hurontario Light Rail Transit (LRT) economy at a virtual meeting of the Standing Rudy Cuzzetto cost of electricity was temporarily fixed at the COVID-19 Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Cuzzetto.com corridor, including improvements at the Recovery Rate of 12.8 cents/kWh. Port Credit GO station; MPP, Mississauga-Lakeshore Virtual Action Centre • Two new affordable housing developments Ontario is providing virtual job training resources to in Lakeview, including 219 units; unemployed workers in the hospitality sector, including that you and your family are access to a wide range of services. • The QEW/Credit River improvement project, I hope staying safe in these challenging including the construction of a new “twin” times. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been Support for Businesses bridge, and the rehabilitation of the existing difficult for all Ontarians, our frontline health heritage bridge; and, Canada Emergency Commercial care workers and first responders have Rent Assistance • The QEW/Dixie Road interchange reconfigu- displayed truly remarkable courage and resilience throughout this crisis. A joint federal-provincial investment of over $900 million ration, including safety improvements. is providing urgent rent relief to small businesses and Many local businesses answered the call for To make travel easier across the GTA, the Delivering food to the Muslim Welfare Centre their landlords across Ontario. Province is also proceeding with a new 400- in Scarborough with the Minister for Seniors help, with donations of over a hundred thousand Pausing Commercial Evictions series highway and transit corridor across Peel, and Accessibility. pounds of food, millions of dollars, and tens of thousands of pieces of personal The Province temporarily paused evictions of commercial York, and Halton regions. The proposed new protective equipment. tenants, protecting them from being locked out, or having GTA West corridor will complete an inte- their assets seized, during the COVID-19 crisis. grated regional transportation network, with Volunteers prepared over ten thousand meals connections to Highways 400, 401, 407, 410, at the Oasis Convention Centre, and delivered Energy Assistance Program Phone: 905-274-8228 Email: [email protected] and 427. them to seniors and people with disabilities, The Province has provided $340 million in relief for and to our frontline health care heroes in industrial and commercial energy consumers. Private sector construction activity in Missis- sauga-Lakeshore also remains strong, with two Mississauga, Toronto, Brampton, Oakville, Digital Main Street Program landmark waterfront developments in progress, Burlington, and Barrie. To help up to 22,900 small businesses reach more con- including the Lakeview Village and Brightwater. Businesses across Ontario donated used sumers online, the Province is providing grants of up to Announcing the new Accelerated Build Pilot Project tablets through my site, RudyConnects.ca, $2,500 per business. Together, these new developments will New, Modern Long-Term on July 21, 2020, with the Premier, Minister of Long- revitalize our waterfront, adding exciting new Proud to join in the Drive-Thru Iftar at ISNA to help seniors in our long-term care facilities Term Care, President of Trillium Health Partners Michelle DiEmanuele, and Mayor Bonnie Crombie Interest and Penalty Relief Period mixed-use communities on the sites of the Canada, together with the Premier and my stay socially connected with their loved ones Mississauga MPP colleagues. Care for our Community The Province provided a six-month interest and penalty- former coal power plant, and the former through the worst months of the crisis. free period for Ontario businesses to file their returns, Texaco refinery. This generosity and compassion reflects the The impact of COVID-19 has exposed serious, and remit most provincial taxes. longstanding issues in our long-term care Amendments to the Province’s Growth Plan for true character and spirit of our community, Download the COVID system. For more information on these initiatives, please visit the Greater Golden Horseshoe will help bring and our province – the Ontario Spirit. I’m truly COVID-19.ontario.ca more homes, jobs, and business investment to honoured to represent a community so richly To help address them, the Province is building Alert app to help stop the region, while also protecting the Greenbelt blessed with so many people dedicated to help- two new long-term care homes, with 640 new ing their neighbours when they needed it most. the spread Support for Local Services for future generations. beds, a health services building, and – in part- There is still a long road to recovery ahead. nership with Heart House Hospice – the first The Province is providing up to $4 billion, in partnership with residential hospice in Mississauga, here at The Province, together with the federal government, Please Buy Local whenever you can, and COVID the federal government, in emergency assistance to munici- Trillium Health Partners’ site in the Sheridan has launched a free, voluntary app, support our small businesses. Try local Alert, to help health officials notify people pal governments struggling with the impact of COVID-19. restaurants that you haven’t visited before. Park Corporate Centre. Preparing meals for our frontline health care who may have been exposed to COVID-19. The first round of funding includes: heroes with the Attorney General of Ontario. We know there will be more significant challenges These facilities will feature senior-friendly designs, modern infection control standards, It uses Bluetooth technology to exchange a • $46 million for the City of Mississauga (including to overcome. We all must continue to do our Visiting the private (or semi-private) rooms, and air “digital handshake” with other people who $31 million for transit) part, and stay apart: keep your physical Brightwater conditioning. come within two metres of you for at least 15 lakefront distance from anyone outside your social circle, • $28 million for the Region of Peel minutes. It will then alert you if you have been development wear masks whenever that’s a challenge, and While a project of this scale would previously in contact with someone who tested positive to ensure critical services like transit and housing are there site with the wash your hands regularly. take three years (or longer) to build, construction Minister of within the last two weeks. for the people who need them most at this difficult time. will now proceed on an accelerated schedule, Municipal Above all, if you’re feeling unwell, or if you think More than four million Canadians have already Affairs and for completion next year, in 2021. This will help Funding for transit can be used for enhanced cleaning you may have been exposed to COVID-19, downloaded this important public health app; Housing. bring much-needed relief to seniors and their measures, and for personal protective equipment for please get tested, stay home, and self-isolate. families in southern Mississauga. and the more people who do, the safer we will frontline staff. For the most recent public health information, all be. Contact Information please visit COVID-19.ontario.ca. Community Office Joined the Associate Minister of Transportation COVID Alert was developed in direct consulta- The Province has extended the expiry Units 1 & 2, 120 Lakeshore Rd. W. to deliver bread to Haven on the Queensway. 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