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Montreal is a city of about 3.5 million people. Ten years ago, about 28,000 people used Montreal's shelters and food banks in one year. Current, accurate stats are hard to get - though estimates range anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people in the city have no fixed address. Montreal is famous for its freezing, snowy winters, but less known for how its shelters fill up to capacity and people with nowhere to go are turned away in this weather. Montreal is also famous for its many summer festivals, and less known for its laws ensuring that homeless people can be ticketed for loitering in "public" parks, and jailed for not paying these tickets. When festival season and tourists descend upon the city, these arrests go way up. At Homeless Nation, we suggest that more affordable housing might be a better long-term solution. Just sayin'.
Upcoming Events
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NOLABEL Live @ Petit Campus
2010.03.31, 04:00 PMNOLABEL will be playing LIVE at Petit Campus with sins den, Captain Dan & the sailors, Before FM and Vista Cruiser!!! Ticket: 10$ Door: 12$57 Prince Arthur0 commentsviews -
Subtext Film screening
2010.03.13, 09:00 AMA documentary on the rise and fall of Toronto's Tent City and the lives of ex residents as they negotiate an unpredictable future.De Seve Theatre, Library Building Concordia Universityviews -
Subtext Film screening
2010.03.13, 09:00 AMA documentary on the rise and fall of Toronto's Tent City and the lives of ex residents as they negotiate an unpredictable future.De Seve Theatre, Library Building Concordia Universityviews
City News
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Refuge des Jeunes on the Move?
7 Jun 2010 - 4:46pm265 views -
Itinérance 2.0
11 Mar 2010 - 1:50pm395 views -
Le Barreau du Québec réclame une politique globale pour contrer l’itinérance
5 Jan 2010 - 9:14am651 views -
ATSA 2009 - Festival raises awareness about homeless
26 Nov 2009 - 6:23pm376 views -
Montreal Homeless Man Dies in Fire
28 Oct 2009 - 9:27am731 views
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