A group of municipalities say they are dealing with the same refugee settlement concerns as Toronto and desperately need more resources with their shelter systems far beyond capacity.
There are refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan seeking shelter along with people looking for help amid existing affordability problems and mental health and addiction issues. All of it is coalescing into a major shelter crisis, he explained.
"Our current shelter system is over capacity, at 164 per cent occupancy. To put it in perspective, historically, refugees made up five to seven per cent of the shelter population. Now they are at 34.7 per cent," he said.Henry said he is ready to meet with other levels of government and wants to discuss the issue without "throwing bricks.
Through that program, it says it provided $215 million to Toronto, $2 million to the Peel Region and $220,000 to Hamilton. While Toronto has regularly sought funding through the program for the last six years, Peel and Hamilton only did so in 2019, the IRCC said.
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