Source:<\/strong> Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada<\/a><\/p>\n The Canadian government has pledged $17 million to Toronto to ease the city’s shelter strain due to rising asylum seekers. This funding aims to enhance Toronto’s ability to manage the influx of asylum claimants.<\/p>\n Toronto will spearhead this initiative by collaborating with nearby municipalities to bolster regional interim housing capacities. This partnership allows Toronto to offer initial reception and shelter for families before relocating them to other cities when needed.<\/p>\n Currently, agreements are in place with Peel, Durham, and Hamilton to facilitate this process.<\/p>\n “The Government of Canada appreciates the leadership that Toronto and partner municipalities are demonstrating to address challenges associated with interim housing for asylum claimants in the region. Cooperation among all orders of government is essential to finding effective solutions to interim housing needs for asylum claimants and to supporting the ability of cities and regions to respond as individuals seek Canada\u2019s protection.”<\/p>\n \u2013 The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n “I want to thank the Government of Canada and our partner municipalities for working with our city to ensure we have interim housing for asylum claimants in the region. This groundbreaking initiative shows the importance of cooperation to solve complex issues and help those in need.”<\/p>\n \u2013 Mayor John Tory, City of Toronto<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Media Contact Only<\/strong><\/p>\n Marie-Emmanuelle Cadieux<\/strong> Media Relations<\/strong> The Government of Canada announced today that it will provide the City of Toronto with $17 million in funding to support an initiative to relieve pressure on its shelter system due to the increased number of asylum claimants. … <\/i>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applytocanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Government Funding Announcement<\/h2>\n
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Contact for Further Information<\/h2>\n
Senior Communications Advisor
Office of the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction
marie-emmanuelle.cadieux@canada.ca<\/a><\/p>\n
Communications Branch
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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