RUNCIMAN SUPPORTS NEW HOME FOR SHRINERS HOSPITAL
OTTAWA _ Bob Runciman, MPP for Leeds-Grenville,
joins other Eastern Ontario MPPs and officials
of the Ottawa area in trying to convince the
Shriners Hospital Relocation Committee that
Eastern Ontario is the ideal site for a new
facility.
Runciman and Charles MacDonald of his Toronto
staff will be meeting with the selection committee
at a luncheon today at Ottawa Airport. MacDonald,
a Prescott native, spent several months at the
Shriners Hospital in Boston recovering from
burns suffered in a car accident and is well
aware of the outstanding care provided at these
facilities.
The Shriners want to construct a new facility
to replace their hospital in Montreal. The site
in Montreal isn’t large enough for the
proposed building so the Shriners have been
looking for a site in Ontario. Ottawa, Toronto
and London are being considered as possible
sites.
Runciman believes the Shriners Hospital for
Children’s Care is a perfect fit for location
adjacent to the Children’s Hospital of
Eastern Ontario. Also attending the luncheon
are fellow Eastern Ontario cabinet ministers
Norm Sterling, John Baird and Brian Coburn and
MPP Garry Guzzo.
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