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Presser out from the Feds today announcing a specific on-base project for military housing at Esquimalt.

Minister Blair announces contract award for new 480-room military accommodations facility at CFB Esquimalt and highlights plan to build more homes on military bases - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced that a new, 480-room accommodations facility for Canadian Armed Forces members will be built at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt – and that a contract has been awarded to begin design work.

www.canada.ca

The release also implies more announcements are coming......including one or more sites in Toronto.

From the above:

 

[lenaitch]

Presser out from the Feds today announcing a specific on-base project for military housing at Esquimalt.

Minister Blair announces contract award for new 480-room military accommodations facility at CFB Esquimalt and highlights plan to build more homes on military bases - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced that a new, 480-room accommodations facility for Canadian Armed Forces members will be built at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt – and that a contract has been awarded to begin design work.

www.canada.ca

The release also implies more announcements are coming......including one or more sites in Toronto.

From the above:

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That's a lot of rooms. I'm not familiar with Esquimalt at all but I imagine it has been impacted but accommodation availability like a lot of other facilities. Most CAF accommodation is old, so from that perspective, it will be an improvement. Single room accommodation is, in military parlance, barracks or 'shacks'. No mention of upgrades to detached or semi-detached Residential Housing Units (formerly Private Married Quarters) which are just as old.

The presser ties the announcement to "training". I don't know if there is a plan for expanded training on the west coast or that's just the government's way of describing the military ('when they aren't fighting, they're training').

 

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Presser out from the Feds today announcing a specific on-base project for military housing at Esquimalt.

Minister Blair announces contract award for new 480-room military accommodations facility at CFB Esquimalt and highlights plan to build more homes on military bases - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced that a new, 480-room accommodations facility for Canadian Armed Forces members will be built at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt – and that a contract has been awarded to begin design work.

www.canada.ca

The release also implies more announcements are coming......including one or more sites in Toronto.

From the above:

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The presser does not mention Toronto

 

[Northern Light]

The presser does not mention Toronto

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Yes it does:

Additionally, Borden is also mentioned, which is the nearest base to Toronto with housing.