Posted: Jun 05, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 5
Roger Gobeil, Programme Bienvenue client, is seen across the street from Hotel Place Dupuis, a temporary overflow shelter for Montrealers experiencing homelessness.(Matt D Amours/CBC) comments
Roger Gobeil spends the afternoon at Place Émilie-Gamelin in downtown Montreal, the day before he moves into his new home. This was the same spot where a stranger approached him two months ago, and asked if he was OK.
Gobeil wasn t OK.
It was the start of Quebec s third wave, and he had just been evicted from his apartment. Sick with emphysema, a lung condition, depressed and unsure of what to do, he wound up outside the Berri-UQAM Metro station a known gathering place for people experiencing homelessness.