MP for Windsor-West Brian Masse says its time to engage the Sandwich community to outline what it needs as two new border crossings are being built.
Masse is starting an outreach campaign to help create the framework for the community benefits package as promised through the development of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Masse says the Sandwich community will either be desolated as billions of dollars are spent surrounding it or it can become a gem for the region.
"This area of Sandwich Towne not only has the opportunity to be the gem of the westside and also the entrance into Canada, but unfortunately is going to be a battle ground for competing interests," says Masse.
He says the community needs poverty reduction strategies, job training opportunities, and neighbourhood renewal investment as part of the framework for the community benefits.
"If, at the end of the day, we have an impoverished community that is quite literally trapped between two billion dollar bridges, that's nothing short of a disgrace for our country, and for our community and for our city," says Masse.
Masse and other volunteers will be going door to door next week asking residents to fill out a survey about how they would like to see Sandwich Towne improved. He will also hold a rally on Saturday November 18, 2017 from 10am-12pm at Mackenzie Hall to gather community input.
The surveys and community input will be given to all levels of government and the Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority.
