50 more spaces to open at Dartmouth homeless shelter this weekend
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said it's further proof that the provincial government isn't coming close to meeting the demands of the moment.
"I think the presence of ice fishing tents in front of Grand Parade, crowdsourced and paid for by the public, is an indictment of the provincial government," she told reporters.
"The fact that anyone is sleeping outside in Nova Scotia in December is an indictment of the provincial government."
Chender said she's concerned that the growing number of people sleeping outside is being normalized, something she called shameful.. . .”