Hospital Projects on the Infrastructure Ontario Fall 2019 Market Update in order of their Projected Financial Close, and their region’s Queen’s Park representation
1. Kingston
- Kingston General Hospital renovation
- $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals summer/fall 2020
- Financial close winter/spring 2021 Political influencers; MPP Randy Hillier, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Independent; MPP Ian Arthur, NDP, Kingston and the Islands.
NOTABLE:
The hospital renovation enjoyed strong support from the previous Liberal government, but no sooner had Kingston elected a Tory MPP in the Ford government than Hillier was sacked from caucus for alleged insensitive remarks. Hillier was accused of saying “yada, yada, yada” to a parent of a child with autism during question period. He later claimed he was heckling the NDP, not the parents. The upheaval did not result in Kingston losing its place atop Infrastructure Ontario’s hospital timetable.
2. Bowmanville
- Lakeridge Health Bowmanville redevelopment
- Less than $200 million
- Request for proposals winter 2021
- Financial close 2022
- Political influencers; MPP Lindsey Park, PC, Durham
NOTEABLE:
“I’ve been championing it sort of since I got elected,” Park told Clarington This Week in September. “I’ll be standing with the community in support of this project every step of the way.”
3. Etobicoke
- Trillium Health Partners – Queensway Health Centre redevelopment
- $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals spring 2021
- Financial close 2022
- Political influencers; MPP Christine Hogarth, PC, Etobicoke-Lakeshore.
NOTABLE:
The neighbouring riding of Etobicoke North is represented by Premier Doug Ford. His nephew, Mike Ford, is Toronto’s Ward 1 councillor in Etobicoke North.
4. Niagara Falls
- Niagara Falls Hospital $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals summer 2021
- Financial close 2022
- Political influencers; MPP Wayne Gates, NDP, Niagara Falls
5. Grimsby
- Hamilton Health Sciences – West Lincoln
- Less than $200 million
- Request for proposals spring 2021 Financial close 2022
- Political influencers; MPP Sam Oosterhoff, PC, Niagara West
NOTABLE:
One month after its chief of staff resigned amid reports that obstetrics, surgery and endoscopy would be moved out of West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Premier Doug Ford visited Grimsby to announce there would be “shovels in the ground’ by 2022 for a new hospital. “We’re going to build you the hospital that you need,” Ford was quoted as saying by CBC. “This will happen on our watch.” Ford also announced an immediate $8.5 million for emergency upgrades.
6. Mississauga
- Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital Site redevelopment
- More than $2 billion
- Request for proposals fall 2021
- Financial close 2022
- Political influencers; MPP Natalia Kusendova, PC, Mississauga Centre. Others in nearby ridings include MPP Kaleed Rasheed, PC, Mississauga East-Cooksville and MPP Rudy Cuzzetto, PC, Mississauga-Lakeshore.
7. Toronto
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – Phase 1D Redevelopment
- $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals winter 2022
- Financial close 2023
- Political influencers; MPP Chris Glover, NDP, Spadina-Fort York.
8. Ottawa
- The Ottawa Hospital – Civic Redevelopment
- More than $2 billion
- Request for proposals summer 2022
- Financial close 2023
- Political influencers; Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Lisa MacLeod, PC, Nepean; Minister of Long-term Care Merrilee Fullerton, PC, Kanata-Carleton; Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark, PC, Leeds-Grenville and Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski, PC, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke.
NOTABLE:
Health Minister Christine Elliott announced in July a $9 million cash injection for the next phase of Ottawa Hospital’s civic campus project, raising the total provincial contribution to $12 million
Health Minister Christine Elliott announced in July a $9 million cash injection for the next phase of Ottawa Hospital’s civic campus project, raising the total provincial contribution to $12 million
9. Toronto
North York General Hospital
- $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals fall 2023
- Financial close 2024
- Political influencers; MPP Vincent Ke, PC, Don Valley North
10. Brampton
- William Osler Health System – Peel Memorial
- Less than $200 million
- Request for proposals summer 2023
- Financial close 2024
- Political influencers; MPP Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, PC, Brampton South. Other neighbouring MPPs include Amarjot Sandhu, PC, Brampton West; Kevin Yarde, NDP, Brampton North.
11. Moosonee/ Moose Factory
- Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
- $200 million-$499 million
- Request for proposals winter 2024
- Financial close 2025
- Political influencers; MPP Guy Bourgouin, NDP, Mushkegowuk-James Bay,
12. Hamilton
- Hamilton Health Sciences – Hamilton redevelopment
- $500 million-$1 billion
- Request for proposals spring 2024
- Financial close 2025
- Political influencers; MPP Andrea Horvath, NDP Leader, Hamilton Centre; MPP Monique Taylor, NDP, Hamilton Mountain; MPP Paul Miller, NDP, Hamilton EastStoney Creek.
T -13. Windsor*
- Windsor Regional Hospital
- More than $1 billion
- Request for proposals more than five years
- Financial close more than five years
- Political influencers; MPP Percy Hatfield, NDP, Windsor-Tecumseh; MPP Lisa Gretzky, NDP, Windsor West; MPP Taras Natyshak, NDP, Essex
*Proposals by the Hospital For Sick Children (Toronto), Scarborough Health Network and a broader redevelopment of Lakeridge Health are also listed as more than five years to financial close