Intergovernmental Advocacy Efforts on Toronto's Refugee Claimant Shelter Response

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2023-03-29 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Canada to extend funding for shelter for asylum seekers in Toronto through the Interim Housing Assistance Program beyond March 31, 2023, and for program funds to be delivered via pre-established and sustainable budgets. 2. City Council reiterate its requests to the Federal and Provincial Governments to establish

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and implement an intergovernmental and cross-departmental strategy for large scale asylum seeker arrivals; create or improve capacity in locations across Ontario to provide shelter as well as other supports to asylum seekers in their journey to claim refugee protection; and provide additional dedicated allocations as part of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit to support opportunities for permanent housing. 3. City Council reiterate its requests to the Federal Government to urgently implement measures to ensure that the processing of refugee protection claims is brought to the legislated timelines.

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Amend Item · Carried, 22-0

Absent (3)Anthony Perruzza, Lily Cheng, Vincent Crisanti

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The City of Toronto is facing ongoing challenges and occupancy issues in the shelter system. Toronto has exhausted its resources and is unable to support an ongoing, dedicated response to refugee claimant (asylum seeker) arrivals in our shelter system without adding to our operating budget gap and/or making cuts to the capital budget. The City continues intergovernmental advocacy for tri-level collaboration to address the current surge of arrivals, and to develop a formal inter-governmental strategy for dealing with unplanned and sudden large-scale asylum seeker arrivals.

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This advocacy is ongoing. In order to provide accurate and updated information, a supplementary report with additional details will be provided.

Staff recommended

The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council receive this report for information.

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