Carney heads to Winnipeg to tout budget plan to end homelessness in 10 years
The budget includes an Integrated Supports Fund and billions for rent help as officials say 65,000 Canadians are homeless.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Winnipeg today to highlight federal budget measures aimed at ending homelessness within 10 years, joined by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and the mayors of Winnipeg and Montreal.
- The Liberal government's budget, released on Thursday, establishes an Integrated Supports Fund for transitional housing and allocates billions for the Canada Housing Benefit to help low-income Canadians cover rent over the next decade.
- Estimating 65,000 homeless Canadians, the plan requires collaboration across provinces, territories, and municipalities, including projects like Coast Mental Health in Vancouver planning 360 housing units with integrated health-care services.
- Nick Wells, with the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, calls the pledge ambitious, while Sara Goldvine at Coast Mental Health says "significant progress" can be made toward the goal, but it will need the right supports.
- Wells emphasizes that "Long-term housing is the goal, but it's important to have those kind of wraparound supports in place for those looking to exit homelessness," noting housing alone is insufficient for complex cases.
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