EDMONTON — The federal government says Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan haven’t formally responded to an offer of funding to tackle homelessness.
But Alberta’s minister in charge of the file says the province isn't saying no and his officials have been actively meeting with Ottawa on the file.
Fraser said he reached out with a Sept. 18 letter looking to work with all provinces and territories. “We will no longer wait for to muster the political will to act as winter gets closer and lives are put at risk,” he said. “We were interested in the conversation, which is why we were participating in it. But we certainly don't have any offer, and we certainly were never given any sort of deadline," said Nixon.“Up until today, we were under the impression that we were still working with the federal government on this matter," he said in a Tuesday statement, adding that he looks forward to a meeting with Fraser scheduled for next week.
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