Although I was not involved in the original decision to bring the shelters to the larger centres, I can assume that the shelters were based on people who were considered to be absolute homeless versus relatively homeless. What happens is, essentially people who are absolutely homeless are people who have absolutely no place to call their own and the relatively homeless people actually don’t have a place to call home but do have a place to live, such as people who sleep on couches, as the Member indicated. Why we don’t have shelters in all of the communities is largely due to the cost.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 113-17(4): Need For An Emergency Shelter In The Sahtu Region
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 113-17(4): Need For An Emergency Shelter In The Sahtu Region
Oral Questions
February 20th, 2013
Tu Nedhe
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