Asylum seekers have been sleeping on the sidewalks outside as they hope for a space in the shelter system
“We want everybody to get at the table and answer to everybody.”
“I’ll be patient and wait until they can help me,” Najib said. “We need the government to fight for us, we are good people.” Mayor Olivia Chow, who took office on Wednesday, said Friday that staff from the city, province and federal government were set to meet to discuss the issue that day, and noted the pressures on Toronto’s shelter system.
“Further, I am seeking partnership that includes the city contributing on a significant expansion of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, a rent supplement program, so that we can move people into housing,” she said. “People who come to Canada fleeing persecution deserve better than this.”Article content
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