Solutions to social issues affecting Sault Ste. Marie will be priority for Ward 2 councillor and social services board chair
A councillor for the City of Sault Ste. Marie says he’ll use his new position on the board of the organization representing Ontario municipalities to address the housing and homelessness crisis that has gripped the province.
“I’ve been involved in quite a lot of things that have happened on the local level in Sault Ste. Marie, and I’m really looking to get more of an opportunity to play a role on the provincial side to get more exposure to what other communities are doing to really start to get ahead of this problem and be a part of the innovative solutions as they’re coming across the table, so to speak.”
Mental health and addictions is also an issue in Ontario that Dufour is looking at closely, much like the AMO is doing as a whole. The organization recently released a policy paper, An Integrated Approach to Mental Health and Addictions, in the days leading up to the AMO conference. The policy paper recognizes that the province needs to invest in frontline responses instead of relying upon law enforcement.
Currently, there are 10 supportive housing units in Sault Ste. Marie. Dufour doesn’t believe there’s a “single person who could argue that’s anywhere near enough.”
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