As dozens of refugees and asylum seekers continue to camp outside a downtown Toronto shelter, a group of more than 20 advocates is calling on the head of the city’s shelter system to resign over actions they say have exacerbated the crisis.
In an open letter Monday, advocates called for the resignation Gord Tanner, the general manager of Shelter Support and Housing Administration (SSHA), over the “repeated mismanagement” of the shelter system.
They say excluding asylum seekers from the shelter system violates Toronto’s Sanctuary City policy, fuels xenophobia and uses refugees as bargaining chips.
“The City of Toronto is denying shelter to refugees,” the letter reads.
“[It] is also telling refugees seeking shelter
