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.
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MONTREAL Inhabitants of a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve tent city are facing eviction on Monday, as Quebec s Transport Ministry claims the site they are on is not safe. The small encampment of around 20 people moved to the site after they were kicked out of their previous site. The wooded property is co-owned by the Transport Ministry. “We re not garbage, we re still human beings,” said resident Guylain Levasseur. The residents received unsigned letters from the ministry asking them to leave. The letters said that if they did not, they will be removed. Homeless advocate Michel Monette of CARE Montreal said forced evictions won t solve anything.