More than 20 community advocates are calling for the head of Toronto’s shelter system to step down amid a worsening crisis involving refugees camped out on a downtown sidewalk with nowhere to go.
the group accused Gord Tanner, the general manager of Shelter Support and Housing Administration , of “repeated mismanagement of the shelter system.”
The group said that when compared to 2018 data, the uptick in refugee claimants in May represents only an 11 per cent increase. “While the collapse of the shelter system is not solely the General Manager’s responsibility – it lies with City Council – your key decisions have resulted in immeasurable harm and have further exacerbated the crisis.”
On Monday, Paramount Fine Foods Founder Mohamad Fakih pledged to donate at least $20,000 to house refugees in Toronto. “The federal government should pitch in,” Cook said. “But for the city to use people who are refugees who are in crisis as pawns… is really, really concerning.”
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