Conservative Government: Homelessness

homelessness: At a conference on homelessness, a keynote speaker had praise for an otherwise embattled government's commitment to the issue, according to CTV. "It changes our efforts from simply a response to an emergency situation to one that focuses on permanent housing for chronically homeless people and OTTAWA -- The Conservative government is getting high marks from a non-profit group that fights homelessness, as an estimated 30,000 people sleep on Canada's streets each night. "The policy shift that the federal government announced in its budget this year is going to radically overhaul Canada's response to homelessness," Tim Richter, head of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, said Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.