By Factcheck Toronto on December 22, 2020
Toronto is facing an eviction crisis in the middle of a pandemic at a time when there are already hundreds of people without housing living outside because they can’t access safer options. (Pixabay photo)
Tomorrow: Researchers Launch FactcheckToronto.ca to Combat City of Toronto Misinformation on Housing and Homelessness
Frustrated with ongoing misinformation presented by the City of Toronto, two homelessness and housing researchers/advocates started the website FactcheckToronto.ca, which will go live at 5 am tomorrow, to hold the City accountable.
“The City has started weaponizing so-called ‘facts’ against public efforts to ensure that Torontonians without access to housing are able to survive the winter. This aggressive misinformation campaign is an attempt to neutralize the charges of homelessness advocates who have been working diligently through the pandemic to help people without housing survive. This is a life and death s