Former CAO says it's not right that Niagara Falls is doing most of the work, adding evacuees may look homeless, but they're not
A request to the federal and provincial governments to help Niagara Falls more when it comes to evacuees staying in hotels.
Former CAO Ken Todd says of the 17-hundred province wide evacuees of northern communities, 11-hundred are in Niagara Falls, which is not fair. "We want to be the jewel of tourism in Ontario, and unfortunately a lot of people will see Indigenous people on the street, walking around, thinking they're homeless people from this community and they're not."
He's spoken with many community groups on ways to help evacuees and the homeless. "It was unanimous, on every board that I went to, because I think they're realizing the model is maybe not sustainable, it's time for a change, things are probably going to still get worse before they get better."
It's been suggested a community hub where all services are in one place.
"It's not fair to the residents, because I think when you look around the streets a lot of what you're seeing are just evacuees going about their day, some causing trouble, some not causing trouble."
Councillor Tony Baldinelli added police are overworked, and wondered what the city can do. "There's lots of room for them in Ontario, I'm not sure why we are specifically being targeted. I know there's a lot of money involved, it was affecting us, and affecting our tourism."
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