The Beaconsfield Public Library is over 50 years old and municipal authorities say it's outdated and too small, so they want to build a new one. .Public Library is over 50 years old and municipal authorities say it’s outdated and too small, so they want to build a new one.
“There’s a stream in this fund for community cultural and recreational infrastructure, so the money is coming from that stream,” Francis Scarpaleggia, federal MP for for Lac-Saint-Louis, explains. “The library will be state of the art and modernized, also accessible for the citizens who aren’t able to come on a daily basis,” she tells Global News.The new library is part of a bigger project — a new multi-use cultural centre that will merge the Centennial Park grounds with that of the Lord Reading Yacht Club.“We really don’t have the room now to accommodate a lot of people for all kinds of activities,” he said, “so we need a cultural centre.