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But there are currently no plans to revisit the firewall regulation — either at the national level or in Quebec. For Liangzhu Wang, an engineering professor at Concordia University, that’s unfortunate given our aging population and the likely increase in the number of private retirement homes in the province. Many of these properties are expected to build new additions to accommodate the influx of seniors, which will mean more firewalls.
“In terms of seniors’ residences, the National Building Code doesn’t have much information,” Wang said. “I definitely think the code needs to consider the safety of elderly people, and one way to do that would be to have a concrete firewall.”
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