Call it stimulus in uniform.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced more infrastructure improvements Thursday for the country's military recruit training centre.
Canadian Forces Base Borden, near Barrie, Ont., will get a series of buildings, including housing and a new military police training academy.
Mr. MacKay said construction work will benefit the local economy as the country continues its economic recovery.
Combined with previously announced construction work, the federal government is now committed to investing $210-million in the camp.
CFB Borden, which is nearly a century old, is credited as the birthplace of the Canadian air force. Canadian pilots first began training there during the First World War.
The purchase of new planes and tanks usually grab headlines, but access-to-information documents show many of Canada's military bases are in greater need of upgrade and repair.
Mr. MacKay said the investment is also necessary because of the government's commitment to expand the military to 70,000 regular force members.
"We're hiring more people [and]we have to have the accommodations and the training facilities; places where they work, train and raise their families," Mr. MacKay said.
Thursday's announcement is the latest in a series Mr. MacKay has made across the country.