‘Everybody wants to solve this problem together’: P.E.I. MLAs agree to host public meetings on homelessness
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The P.E.I. legislature’s standing committee on well being and social improvement has unanimously agreed to host a sequence of public conferences aimed toward tackling homelessness throughout the province.
The movement was tabled through the Wednesday, Sept. 6 committee assembly by Liberal MLA and Opposition housing critic Gordon McNeilly.
McNeilly’s movement referred to as for the committee to hunt public suggestions on which applications, insurance policies and helps for P.E.I.’s homeless inhabitants are working and which aren’t.
He additionally referred to as for suggestions to help the Island’s homeless inhabitants following the consultations.
“All people needs to resolve this downside collectively,” mentioned McNeilly.
“It is disjointed at the moment. It is disjointed with authorities, municipal and provincial, and now we have to get on the identical web page.”
Extra provincial involvement
In an interview following the assembly, McNeilly mentioned he has been calling for neighborhood consultations on homelessness for the previous three years.
He famous that he was happy to see Charlottetown Police Providers host a public assembly on homelessness within the capital metropolis on Tuesday however needs extra authorities involvement.
“It’s nice to see police host that assembly, it’s an excellent begin,” he mentioned. “However it ought to have been the province placing on the assembly.”
Committee member and Inexperienced Occasion MLA Peter Bevan-Baker attended that assembly, which he referred to as “fiery” and “productive.”
“I feel it is time for the general public to have a possibility to be concerned on this extremely vital dialog,” mentioned Bevan-Baker, voicing his help for the movement throughout Wednesday’s committee assembly.
McNeilly famous that the general public performs an vital position in addressing the state of affairs, because it’s about whether or not folks could have a roof over their heads.
The subsequent step will see the province work out the main points of the general public conferences, together with the place and when the consultations will occur.
