‘Everybody’s a person’: Montreal’s encampments and the municipal election
Candidates in Montreal’s mayoral race are making some ambitious promises to solve homelessness, including more social and transitional housing and new policies on encampments. But cities across Canada have struggled in recent years to respond to the growing number of people who find themselves living on the streets. So what will it take to change things? Reporters Kwabena Oduro and Ben Shingler spoke with people at one Montreal encampment and join host Ainslie MacLellan to talk about solutions.
This is Montreal · CBC
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Candidates in Montreal’s mayoral race are making some ambitious promises to solve homelessness, including more social and transitional housing and new policies on encampments. But cities across Canada have struggled in recent years to respond to the growing number of people who find themselves living on the streets. So what will it take to change things? Reporters Kwabena Oduro and Ben Shingler spoke with people at one Montreal encampment and join host Ainslie MacLellan to talk about solutions.