New Brunswick's minister of public safety says a state of emergency is inappropriate in this situation and would offer "no additional value" in solving the problem of homelessness.
The mayor of a New Brunswick municipality that declared a state of emergency due to unprecedented levels of homelessness says he was taken aback by the dismissive comments on the matter from a provincial minister
The country's largest cities benefited most from a $4-billion fund to build housing for those most at risk of homelessness, while small centres got less.