A day after the federal government announced nearly $100 million to provide shelter for refugees sleeping on the streets of Toronto, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and newly elected Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow jointly urged Ottawa to take further action.
“While we welcome the federal government’s recent investment as a great first step, it is not enough to shelter and care for the thousands of refugees and asylum seekers that have arrived in Toronto,” Mr. Ford and Ms. Chow said in a joint statement released July 19.
“That’s why we are calling on the federal government to build on its stop-gap funding by fully funding the supports needed to shelter and care for those refugees and asylum seekers in the city.”…