Experts: Montreal allots $50 million to reducing homelessness

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has announced that over the next two years, close to $50 million dollars will be spent to reduce homelessness in Montreal. About $20 million will be divided between various boroughs where the problem is acute. A further $29 million will go to frontline community groups that work with unhoused people. These McGill experts can comment: Pearl Eliadis, Associate Professor (professional), Faculty of Law and Chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (a collaboration with the Max Bell School of Public Policy), Max Bell School of Public Policy, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism can speak about comprehensive legal reforms being proposed by the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative. These are designed to move away from the current crisis-response mode toward a better co-ordinated approach focused on prevention. [email protected] (English, French) Jayne Malenfant, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, can speak about what they see as the program’s failure to address financialization of housing and affordability; examples of municipally designated encampments and policing of unhoused communities in other cities; co-habitation and harm reduction; the perspectives of people living in encampments and those working in the community sector; and July 1 and housing precarity for Montrealers. [email protected] (English, French)

One of Montreal’s worst roads is finally being repaired

A road once considered one of the worst on the Island of Montreal is finally being repaired.

More than half of Quebec roads in poor condition as maintenance deficit nears $30 billion, coalition says

More than 50 per cent of Quebec’s roads are now in poor condition, and the province faces a road infrastructure maintenance deficit approaching $30 billion, according to a coalition of industry groups, researchers, business organizations and road-user representatives. The Coalition for Better Roads in Quebec unveiled five recommendations Tuesday aimed at slowing the deterioration of […]

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Montreal and REM teaming up to create a regional bike path

To span at least 38 kilometres and link to existing bike paths and industrial parks and nature parks.

Saint-Denis Street is losing its car-free status this summer

For the first time in four years, Saint-Denis Street in Montreal’s Quartier Latin will remain open to traffic this summer — a decision that sparked mixed reactions from merchants in the area.

Quebec family doctors say they have registered 500,000 more patients

Family doctors in Quebec say they have successfully registered 500,000 new patients one month ahead of schedule.

Montreal’s population is on the decline: Here’s why

Montreal’s population is on the decline due to lower immigration numbers and the ever-aging population, according to a recent report by the Observatoire Grand Montréal.