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Though they seldom vote, ‘The Homeless’ are the fastest growing constituency in Canada. More than a quarter of a million Canadian citizens are estimated to now have no fixed address. Many thousands occupy shelters, sofas, cars, jails and out-buildings, while thousands more call the cold streets and alleys of the nation home. It’s a crisis across the country, though besides occasional lip service, and half-assed ameliorative measures, all levels of government are so far failing to adequately come to grips with this crisis. Jack Layton is a long-time political scholar and social activist, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, and author, whose titles include: ‘Speaking Out: Ideas That Work For Canadians,’ ‘Speaking Out Louder,’ and his latest, ‘Homelessness: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis.’
Jack Layton and addressing Canada’s unaddressed