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TDRC Media Releases |
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January 15, 2002 Emergency
Action The Toronto Disaster Relief
Committee (TDRC) has identified a number of emergency shelter sites,
including the armouries and Princess Margaret Hospital.
It’s very cold already and people are dying. A shelter must be opened immediately otherwise there will be
more deaths. Homeless people,
the TDRC and their supporters will converge on the Fort York Armoury with
their simple message “the
shelters are crowded and full, save lives and open up this federal
building which has been used for this purpose before.” This action is happening at the same time as proposals to cut funding to shelters and lay off workers are proceeding to City Council. Also, while the mayor glad-hands with the Hell’s Angels, the mayor’s office has contacted a co-founder of the TDRC, Cathy Crowe, to tell her that she won’t be able to get a meeting with the mayor to inform him of the shelter crisis. For more information, contact TDRC at tdrc@tdrc.net -30- |