Tue Aug 31, 2021 – 8:21 pm EDT
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OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian Minister of Health Patty Hajdu announced August 13 an increase in funding for the operation of “isolation sites” across Ontario to “help” separate individuals who test positive for COVID-19 from the rest of society.
“Protecting Canadians from COVID-19 and helping stop the spread is a community effort. The Safe Voluntary Isolation Sites Program supports municipalities across Canada, including these projects in Ontario, so they can assist residents with safe places for self-isolation,” Hajdu said in her announcement.
The federal government initially proposed the sites in October 2020 and has been operating them since December. As of August 13, Justin Trudeau’s government has invested an additional $5 million to help expand the project, with the total now exceeding $100 million.
The new funding is to be used to operate nine additional isolation sites across Ontario, with $1.3 million to Cochrane District Social Services for five sites, $1.5 million to the County of Hastings for one site, $2.2 million for two sites in Kenora, and $323,000 for one site in the city of Hamilton.
According to the news release on the government of Canada’s website, the “Safe Voluntary Isolation Sites Program”
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