City bends rules to burden struggling area near the Hill with huge homeless shelter

The Salvation Army’s plan to move from the ByWard Market to Vanier would add to the difficulties of a community fighting to boost socio-economic conditions.
Ottawa city council, led by Mayor Jim Watson, is expected to give the final go-ahead on Nov. 22 to the construction of a homeless shelter in the Vanier area, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—The House of Commons regularly reverberates with paeans to equality, the aspirations of Canadians seeking to better themselves, and fairness for all. Yet only a few miles down the street in Ottawa, these values are being largely ignored in an effort to stick the city’s poorest neighbourh...

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