Focus on homelessness crisis: why the problem can’t be solved locally

ID:	HARP-435
Title:	Focus on homelessness crisis: why the problem can’t be solved locally
Source:	Journal of Addiction & Mental Health , v.1(2) N/D’98 pg 11
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Year:	1998
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, health, health care, security, media, housing
Abstract:	THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS IN CANADA HAS LEAPT ONTO the TV and front page of newspapers. The extent of the problem is clear — that more than 3,000 people used emergency hostels in the Toronto area on a typical night last year — 66 per cent more than in 1996. As many as 500 people in Canada’s largest city will be spending the night in the winter cold because emergency shelters are full. Today, few would claim that homelessness is not a problem — least of all Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman, who did so before local elections last year. In the fall, Toronto’s city council declared homelessness a national disaster worthy of emergency humanitarian relief. There are municipal and provincial task forces on homelessness. The federal government announced it will from a committee on homelessness, and has opened a federal armoury to be used as a temporary shelter.
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