Quebec earmarks $18 million in emergency winter funding for homeless shelters in Montreal

The Quebec government is releasing emergency funds to help homelessness organizations face the coming winter, including $18 million for groups on the front lines of the crisis in Montreal.

Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced the funding Friday, making good on a campaign promise and signalling his intent to prioritize the issue moving forward.

“We can’t ignore the urgency of the situation — we have an ethical and moral responsibility as winter approaches,” St-Pierre Plamondon said from the Accueil Bonneau centre in Old Montreal.