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OTTAWA 鈥?The federal minister in charge of a decade-long housing strategy says the plan will be based on a right to housing as he faces criticism the Liberals are
stanley canada watering down the pledge.Characterizing housing as a human right was meant to provide recourse 鈥?either through tribunals or the courts 鈥?to anyone wrongfully denied an apartment or home for reasons such as ethnicity, religion, or gender identity.It was also to put pressure on governments to maintain their housing commitments and ensure a future federal government couldn ;t easily cancel the 10-year, multibillion-dollar national housing strategy unveiled in November. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Liberal government first thoughts on the rights legislation are contained in a recently released discussion paper that coincided with the start of consultations.The NDP accuse the Liberals of touting the right to housing as an empty slogan, saying the document shows the go
stanley vaso vernment doesn ;t intend to follow through fully on the pledge. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the Liberal plan rests on a
stanley botella human-rights based approach.These investments will reduce homelessness and take 500,000 Canadians out of housing that is either unaffordable or is inadequate, and that will be based on the right to housing, Duclos said Monday in the House of Co Slhd In Comey memos, Trump talks of jailed journalists, hookers
Clearly, the province wasnt ready. On Monday, O
stanley thermos ntario recorded a pandemic-record 700 new COVID-19 cases, and the premier said the second wave had arrived, and he
stanley quencher announced a plan to hire 3,700 new front-line health-care workers, from, personal support workers to nurses, to deal with a surge. You might say that could have been done in the summer. You might even say Quebec launched a campaign to hire 10,000 such workers back in May. And Quebec, to be clear, has been a disaster.But its not easy, waiting to be saved in Ontario. The alarm bells have been blaring for weeks, and Ontarios hapless chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, is still calling 700 cases a wake-up call as if it wasnt widely anticipated, and the government doesnt appear to be listening anyway. Last week, many Ontario leading health-care figures signed a letter asking for increased restrictions on high-risk commercial spaces. Monday, the Ontario Hospital Association called on the province
stanley spain to immediately put high-COVID areas back to Stage 2 of reopening, from the current Stage 3. Well, we can certainly understand the hospital concerns as was expressed by the Ontario Hospital Association because of the increase in numbers, said Minister of Health Christine Elliott. But of course, we are taking advice from Dr. David Williams and our public-health measures table. We dont want to turn back a stage unless we absolutely have to. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
