Amid a surge of newcomers to the country, Toronto shelters started turning away people in early June and referring them to federal programs — saying the city’s shelters need more financial support from Ottawa.
The debate over who should foot the bill for sheltering them got, at times, confusing as different terms for them were used more or less interchangeably.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Ottawa was committed to keeping a “roof over the head of asylum seekers” upon announcing a one-time injection of some $212 million, including $97 million for Toronto, into the Interim Housing Assistance Program.
Newly elected Mayor Olivia Chow,
