Research Paper on:
Canada and Homelessness

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such an alarming rate that government officials are being asked to answer for this present upsurge. The general consensus between and among economists seems to squarely place the blame  on significant cuts to Canadas governmental spending, with a number of specific factors each working synergistically together in order to worsen the situation that much more. * Subsidized housing  cuts * Removal of rent control * Welfare cuts * Intergovernmental conflict (Anonymous, 2002). II. ISSUES AT HAND Once the social housing field was discarded, critics contend that Torontos  homeless population "became much more visible" (Anonymous, 2002). According to Colin Vaughan, a reporter on politics and urban affairs for Torontos CITY-TV, social housing funding was cut off in  1993 under Jean Chr?tiens federal government; as well, Mike Harriss Progressive Conservative Party did the same thing to Ontario in 1995. Indeed, affordable housing was the saving grace for  many homeless up until that point, inasmuch as Toronto was able to build an average of twenty-one hundred units each year. The cyclical nature of this program allowed for  those waitlisted for housing could gain access much faster as those who moved into affordable housing made available their previous accommodations. This well-oiled and beneficial program stopped in its  tracks, however, when government cutbacks took effect, underscoring the fact that social housing has all but ceased to exist in Toronto since that time. "As a result, the low-income  tenants are staying put, units are no longer recycled, and the neediest end up on the street" (Anonymous, 2002). The elimination of rent control has been credited with raising prices  and, thereby, making it that much more difficult for poverty-stricken populations to afford housing of any kind. The Progressive Conservative Party is to blame for this particular aspect of