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Originally Posted by P'tit Renard
Yes, it's amazing Liberal ultra-partisans can get away with these vapid lies. Maybe Trueviking needs a boots on the ground tour of the homeless catastrophe in Toronto, GTA and Southern Ontario to finally wake up and realize how horrific the current homeless crisis is, which is significantly worse than the era of every former PM down to Mulroney.
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If the concern is about homelessness, that's as much a provincial resposibility as a federal one. The Ontario government says 'The provincial government does not directly deliver supports for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.' Instead they try to shift responsibility onto municipalities 'a provincially-funded program supports Ontario’s 47 municipal service managers to provide affordable housing and support services for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The objective of the program is to support service managers in preventing, addressing and reducing homelessness, including chronic homelessness.'
The Ontario municipalities have at least
counted the scale of the problem - at least 80,000 in the province. They calculate that would require 'an $11-billion investment over 10 years to create more than 75,000 affordable and supportive housing units. The municipalities also said some $2 billion over eight years is needed to ensure all people living in encampments are properly housed.'
Even though it's not meant to be a municipal level of responsibilty, and they only have property taxes and fees to fund things (not income or sales taxes), 'The municipalities say they are spending a much greater share than higher levels of government in an effort to address homelessness. They collectively spent $2.1 billion in 2024 on homelessness and housing programs, far more than the several hundred million dollars that the province and Ottawa each contribute, the report notes.'
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