11-17-2020 - No.10 - State of Emergency Homelessness „fir.
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CITY !CANAOA
NIAGAit FAO_
The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
No. 10
November 17,2020
Moved by: Councillor Wayne Campbell
Seconded by: Councillor Victor Pietrangelo
WHEREAS According to the Province of Ontario Emergency Response Plan (2008), Canadian
municipalities are free to declare states of emergencies in response to "any situation or impending
situation caused by the forces of nature, an accident, an intentional act or otherwise that constitutes
a danger of major proportions to life or property.”
WHEREAS Approximately 625 residents- including 144 children in Niagara, were counted as
homeless (March 2018), with shelter occupancy operating at 109.4 percent capacity
WHEREAS Niagara EMS reported 335 suspected opiate overdoses (Jan-June 2019).
WHEREAS Some Niagara-area municipalities have had services such as mental health removed
from their Hospitals, and whereas Niagara is severely lacking in mental health and addiction
services
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Niagara Falls request the Niagara Region to
declare a state of emergency on mental health, homelessness, and addiction.
FURTHERMORE, the Niagara Regional Council, Niagara Region Public Health and Social
Services, Premier of Ontario, the provincial Minister of Health, Minister of the Attorney General,
Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing, and the Leader of the Official Opposition, as well as the Prime Minister of Canada, all
regional municipalities and all local area municipalities within the Niagara Region be copied on this
resolution."
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed. CARRIED
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WILLIAM G. MATSON JAMES M. DIODATI
CITY CLERK MAYOR
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