A GoFundMe campaign has been launched in anticipation of costly legal fees, but Churchill says he believes the fight is for all deaf children in Canada.

Government lawyers called Neil MacDonald, a manager at Housing Nova Scotia, who testified that 3,400 families and seniors are on wait lists, and on some housing programs the average wait approaches three years.

The provincial government has said it is preparing more small options homes, but that it can't place patients with more complex needs until homes with safe and appropriate levels of care are available.