As carbon monoxide detectors become mandatory in all Ontario homes this spring, different agencies continue to raise the awareness that without them, there could be deadly consequences.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada donated 50 detectors to Habitat for Humanity on Monday.
John Gignac lost his niece, OPP Const. Laurie Hawkins and and her entire family to carbon monoxide poisoning in Woodstock in 2008.
He set up the Hawkins-Gignac Foundation to spread the word across Canada.
"It's a rewarding experience to see what we've been working on for five years starting to branch out," Gignac says.
Gignac helped Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman pass legislation making carbon monoxide detectors mandatory.
"When we had that tragedy five years ago, it hit close to home. If there's something we can do, we should so and that's what we did," says Hardeman.
Hardeman expects the new law to be implemented in Ontario by the end of March.
