P.E.I. government not transporting outreach centre clients to Souris, says Housing Minister Rob Lantz
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The provincial authorities doesn’t bus purchasers of the Neighborhood Outreach Centre instantly from the centre to a resort in Souris, Housing Minister Rob Lantz informed the legislature on Nov. 7.
However in the course of the first query interval of the autumn sitting, Lantz mentioned the province does typically use the resort for residents dealing with a disaster.
Lantz made the remarks in response to questioning from Souris-Elmira MLA Robin Croucher.
Croucher requested a few hearsay that had unfold over the weekend that the province was paying to accommodate outreach purchasers in Souris.
“The hearsay mill took a lifetime of its personal briefly order,” he mentioned. “Are purchasers of the Neighborhood Outreach Centre being transported to the Rollo Bay Inn or some other location within the district?”
Whereas the province does use the resort, Lanz mentioned, the province shouldn’t be transporting purchasers from the centre. As an alternative, the division typically homes individuals at lodges in distinctive circumstances, notably when households want shelter service, he mentioned.
“That may be a web site that we use now and again as wants come up. … We do have individuals there on a brief foundation.”
“The hearsay mill took a lifetime of its personal briefly order.”
Souris-Elmira MLA Robin Croucher
Lantz additionally famous outreach centre purchasers deserve service the identical as any Islander. The query about the place purchasers are from is a matter, he mentioned.
“The insinuation is that individuals who use the outreach centre ought to by some means be solid apart or undesirable indirectly, and that’s undoubtedly not the case,” he mentioned. “If there occurred to be a coincidence that that particular person could have used the providers of the neighborhood outreach of Charlottetown in some unspecified time in the future, so be it. They wouldn’t be calling the shelter help line in the event that they weren’t a weak particular person in want.”
Following up, Croucher requested about plans to accommodate outreach purchasers on the centre sooner or later and the way the division works with weak individuals in want.
The province has preparations with lodges throughout the province and works with them as wanted, Lantz mentioned.
Logan MacLean is a reporter with SaltWire in Charlottetown. He will be reached by e mail at [email protected] and on X @loganmaclean94.
