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Former employees want Bluewater Youth Centre reopened Federal NDP candidate
Dave Flaherty
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Former employees of the
Bluewater Youth Centre want
the provincial government to
hear their message loud and
clear.
The group held a rally at the
facility on Wednesday, June 10,
with the hope of convincing the
Ministry of Community Safety
and Correctional Services to
reopen the centre.
Anjela McCool was working
at the Bluewater Youth Centre
when it was closed in March
2012; resulting in the loss of 200
jobs.
She said the government has
wasted $93 million in building
the Roy McMurtry Youth Cen-
tre in Brampton.
"They were told not to build
it, but they didn't listen and
now it is closing," McCool said.
She further criticized plans to
open three new correctional
facilities, stating that money
could be used to re -open the
local centre as either an adult
correctional facility or a location
for female prisoners suffering
from mental illness, something
she said the province currently
lacks.
Many former employees
have found jobs across Ontario
but have chosen to remain liv-
ing locally.
For example, McCool has a
four-hour daily commute, driv-
ing back and forth to Milton.
She estimated that if the cen-
tre were reopened about 50 per
cent of the former employees
would be interested in
returning.
The building is currently
owned by Infrastructure
Ontario and has been decom-
missioned and stripped of its
fixtures.
Goderich Mayor Kevin Mor-
rison said he and his council are
completely behind the idea of
having the centre reopened.
He said there was very little
notice given of the facility's
closure and with overcrowd-
ing taking place at correc-
tional facilities across the
province, the Liberals should
have looked at different
options for the Bluewater
Youth Centre instead of dos-
ing it.
He
employees for trying to get
their message out.
"They provided a well
needed service and the gov-
ernment yanked the carpet
from under their feet," Morri-
son said.
commended the
Central Huron Mayor Jim
Ginn said the bitterness from
the centre's closing could still
be felt three years later.
He feels it wouldn't take too
much of an investment to get
the building back up and
running.
"All the ingredients are
there," he said.
Most importantly, he
believes, it would bring jobs
back to the local area.
"The municipality has
always wanted those lands to
be used to create well -paying
jobs," he said.
Ginn and Morrison along
with a number of other mem-
bers of county council made a
stop at the rally.
Ginn said reopening the
centre would be beneficial for
the entire county, not just
Goderich and Central Huron.
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