Warming trailers to be placed near camp
Warming stations – construction trailers – will be placed near the camps on the linear parks beside Notre‑Dame East. They’ll be open 24/7 and offer hot soup and coffee and a chair to sit in. The aim is to save people from freezing to death or setting themselves on fire.
More details in La Presse about these warming stations with chairs and about some residents not welcoming them in Hochelaga‑Maisonneuve.
Later Thursday, news that federal money to aid the homeless will not be renewed after this winter.
Taylor C. Noakes 13:04 on 2025-12-18 Permalink
“and a chair to sit in”
PS – don’t forget, we could have done nothing at all.
Kate 14:35 on 2025-12-18 Permalink
They have to make it clear that they’re not offering anything too cushy to nonproductive members of society.
Also, note some weaselly words in the piece: “La première roulotte ouvrira entre la mi- et la fin janvier, d’abord la nuit” so it may be open by the end of January, and not 24/7, but only at night, and the second one… sometime later. Maybe.
More weaselling as I reread the text: “Lorsque l’emplacement précis des roulottes sera déterminé, l’organisme rencontrera les citoyens directement concernés, mais on assure que ces haltes-chaleur seront installées le plus proche possible de la rue Notre-Dame pour [tenir compte du] voisinage.”
So they want to keep the trailers as far as possible from the “citizens” and as close as possible to traffic.
This bit of PR is likely not to be carried out, or not on the “generous” terms mentioned.
Taylor C. Noakes 18:54 on 2025-12-18 Permalink
Meanwhile there’s an empty hospital on Pine and St-Urbain that they have to continue heating right?
Nothing makes me hate the political class more than how they choose to handle the homelessness crisis.
bob 02:45 on 2025-12-19 Permalink
Well, we don’t want to be warehousing people. That would be an insult to their dignity. Autonomy and independence, even if accompanied by a little hypothermia, is much more dignified.
Chris 15:19 on 2025-12-20 Permalink
> PS – don’t forget, we could have done nothing at all.
PS don’t forget, YOU personally could be doing more. What percentage of your income do you give to homeless charities? Why not more? Whatever your reason for not giving even more, well, that’s also why all other taxpayers don’t want more money extracted from them. It’s the cold hard truth I’m afraid. City money doesn’t grow on trees, it’s all “donations” from us.
Ian 18:29 on 2025-12-20 Permalink
I’ve often thought that conservatives are simply ignorant or heartless, but now I see that they can be both.