Montreal homeless advocates name for development after coroner document on Inu Guy’s loss of life

Visually transferred, the head of the Rafael Andre’s Inu community stood to speak on Thursday after presenting his findings on the death of a 51 -year -old unheard of a 51 -year -old unheard person by Quebec Koronor.

“When you knock at the door a minute before closing, and you get an answer like ‘no room’? Come on, forget the rules and come in, my friend, come to my son.

McKenzie’s emotional response was found to be frozen inside a portable toilet after releasing the report of Coronor Stephanie Gamche in Andre’s death in January 2021, with the shelter, just steps from steps -one that was reduced to hours during the Kovid -19 epidemic.

The death was eliminated, the report was concluded, and it highlighted the need for more resources to combat the homeless.

“It was perfectly to be stopped,” said Nakuset, the executive director of Montreal’s original female shelter.

At that time, the Lagault government implemented a curfew which also applied to unheard people. It was clear that something bad was about to happen, Naksett said.

“But I am not sure that we have learned anything, because in this winter there was only one more death – another homeless man froze for death,” he said. “This is disappointing.”

There is still not enough shelter place, he said. People are gathering on metro stations and roads. There are lineups and waiting list, but people now need services, he said.

Nakuset said she hopes that the reporters took action on her.

Call for more money, services

David Chapman, Executive Director of Rejylines Montreal, said that his organization works in the Cabot Square Area and is run by a Sarv-Swadeshi Board and a large scale indigenous employees. Despite the clear need in that area, he said that his organization struggles to secure enough money to keep his doors open.

At a time when Canada is talking about reconciliation, it is difficult to understand that his shelter has to face constant funding uncertainty, Chapman said.

Some advocates have pushed the long -term housing solutions to eliminate the homeless, they said, but the changes in the mindset are pulling the resources away from short -term emergency services. He said that the approach fails to meet the needs of the year, which cannot only be addressed seasonally.

That is why a recommendation in the report was standing for him. The recommendation 11 “calls for stable and recurring funds, which for organizations providing emergency shelter services for both day and night services, to guarantee universal access to these services, with focus on loss of loss.”

Another recommendation calls for more money for support services – including mental health, addiction and social support – to ensure professional staffing and proper care. This is also immediate need, Chapman said.

“We did a memorial in the last summer for 37 people,” he said, referring to those who died in a few years. But only one year time, he said, the number of names to remember will be already in this summer in the 20s.

Montreal, Santte Quebec says more needs

Chapman said that he would prefer to see flexibility-style outfits in every Montreal neighborhood, which offer front-line shelters and social services for a year.

“Can we at least keep people alive, before we set the goal of being homeless?” He said in a phone interview on Thursday evening. “The dead are never going to enter the house.”

In a written statement, Santte Quebec spokesperson Marien Paquet said that the agency would quickly review the coroner’s recommendations and proposed reforms to implement solid and coordinated tasks with our network partners.

“It is important to us that we ensure effective, appropriate and human services and care that meet the needs of people who experience homeless in Quebec,” he said.

The office of Montreal’s Mayor Valerie Plante said that the report of the coroner confirms that “What do we feel clear: Rafael NAPA Andre’s death was worthy of stopping, and the responsibility is collective.”

The statement said that lack of shelter space is a famous problem.

“Despite many measures taken by the city of Montreal, we should do more to support people who experience homeless.”

The mayor’s office said that it is reaching the Cubek government to implement a provincial plan when he is homeless.

“We can no longer allow this situation to continue without a solution,” the statement said.