EDMONTON — The federal housing minister and the Alberta minister in charge of the file have spoken about funding to tackle encampments and homelessness.
The phone conversation comes after Housing Minister Sean Fraser said in a statement Tuesday that Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan hadn't formally responded to an offer of funding.
Officials say the ministers have directed their respective camps to meet in the coming days to hammer out a deal that would see the money go to those communities on an urgent basis. “In the letter, we offered millions of dollars in additional funding in exchange for partnering with us and matching our contributions,” he said.
Nixon called Fraser's comments “bizarre and almost childish,” saying officials on both sides had been meeting, including as recently as Monday, to discuss a cost-matching agreement. Saskatchewan is in the middle of a provincial election campaign, with election day on Monday. Its government officially dissolved Oct. 1.
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