Ontario will give municipalities and Indigenous communities $255 million to fight COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless shelters. Toronto will receive $94.5 million of the funding to prevent outbreaks in its shelters. Mayor John Tory said the funding will be added to the more than $663 million the city is spending this year to expand its shelter system and support its homeless residents.
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