Homelessness deaths in Canada no longer clustered, now constant. In Toronto alone, monthly memorial sees 12-16 names added vs 1-2 in past. Opinion | Cathy Crowe
In the late 1990s the impact of neoliberal policies encroached on Canada’s proud history of social programmes, ranging from universal health care to pensions to unemployment insurance.
Unfortunately, the Canadian government’s cancellation of its social housing programme in 1993, combined with federal and provincial funding cuts to other social programmes–all components of new austerity measures–resulted in worsening poverty, hunger and homelessness. The committee included a lawyer, progressive housing developer, professor, street nurse and outreach workers. The group utilised the concept of a natural disaster where people, made homeless by a flood or earthquake, would receive government aid, both for their immediate needs but also with rehousing efforts.
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