US EditionRefugee shelter crisis first item at Chow's first council meeting as Toronto mayor
- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling for the immediate opening of 250 additional shelter spaces for refugees as the city faces a housing crisis. She plans to motion for the council to open 150 spaces immediately and find another 100 spaces in the coming days.
- Chow also announced that she and Premier Doug Ford are working on a one-time top-up to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit in order to move more people into permanent housing and free up spaces in the shelter system. They have called on the federal government to provide $26.7 million in funding for this initiative.
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Olivia Chow's move to open up shelter spaces for refugees gets unanimous backing of Toronto city council
TORONTO -- Olivia Chow placed Toronto's asylum seeker shelter crisis at the top of the agenda on Wednesday, securing unanimous approval on a motion to tackle the issue during her first city council meeting as mayor.
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In first motion as mayor, Chow gets unanimous support for refugee shelter response
Olivia Chow placed Toronto's asylum seeker shelter crisis at the top of the agenda on Wednesday, securing unanimous approval on a motion to tackle the issue during her first city council meeting as mayor.
·Toronto, Canada
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