Canada announces funds for women’s shelters but ‘more work to be done’
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen said the government will give over $121 million to build and repair a total of 430 spaces in“The federal government is doing its part. Is there more work to be done? Absolutely. And we’re committed to doing that,” said Hussen in an interview.The projects will be located across Canada, including Nunavut, Saskatchewan and Quebec.
Asked whether the federal government would consider renewing the fund, Hussen’s spokesperson Arevig Afarian did not directly respond but cited other programs in the national housing strategy that would benefit women.The rapid housing initiative launched in 2020 will create 10,000 new housing units across the country, one third of which will support women or women and their children, Afarian said.
In 2020, Saskatchewan’s then-minister for the status of women, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, said she was not aware that the province was leaving money on the table and not applying for certain programs that would help create funds to run shelters.Trudeau defends MAID legislation after Conservative MP points to ‘serious abuses’ – May 11, 2022
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