Chow calls on feds to visit refugee claimants
is calling on newly minted federal cabinet members to visit churches that have been housing refugees and asylum-seekers in recent weeks.
Chow also called on the feds to hold up their end of a tripartite agreement with the province to match the city’s contributions to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit. Chow said Toronto needs at least $160 million to $200 million in order to find long-term solutions given its stretched-out shelter capacity, but says those solutions will be cheaper in the long term.
Chow apologized on behalf of the city and other levels of government for the ways refugees seeking shelter have been treated in recent weeks and the lack of dignity they experienced.
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