MONTREAL --
After Monday’s dismantling of Montreal's second tent city organized within a year, Mayor Valerie Plante was clear her administration will not allow such encampments.
“The plan is that we want to bring people under a roof,” Plante said at a news conference Thursday. “That’s always been our intention.”
Montreal has surpassed its goal of creating 950 housing units for the homeless, the mayor said -- to be exact, her administration has developed 1,089 units.
“This is where the help can start, the real work.. to have a long-term roof,” Plante said.
But opposition party Ensemble Montreal said the city's steps so far might not be enough to stop more tent cities from springing up. They said Plante needs to do more.