MAP director and scientist Dr. Stephen Hwang, spoke to CBC News in Thunder Bay for a story about a possible state of emergency over homelessness in the community. Housing advocates and Indigenous leaders in Thunder Bay, Ont., have been calling on the city to declare a state of emergency over homelessness, while city staff are pushing for a humanitarian crisis to be declared, instead.
Thunder Bay advocates push for emergency declaration over homelessness
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