Advocates went to Toronto city hall on Thursday to demand that city councillors speak directly to unhoused people before they make decisions about homelessness.
Advocates and people on social assistance programs are decrying another provincial budget without any extra increases to Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates.
When a country as prosperous as Canada cannot meet the shelter and housing needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized, this is an indicator of a profound crisis. It signals the failure of the dominant market-driven model for providing housing and personal security. We are approaching a level of displacement that Canada has not witnessed since the Great Depression.