Homelessness program isn't for Ottawa, Solberg says

IAN BAILEY
April 24, 2008
The Globe and Mail

VANCOUVER -- The federal minister in charge of housing, fresh from a trip to Portland, Ore., says the U.S. city's plan to end homelessness in a decade is impressive but it will not work nationally in Canada.

Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, called the commitment a "terrific idea" for Portland and Canadian communities, such as Calgary, that have adopted it, noting "it's something every jurisdiction can do; every city can set that plan. I wouldn't discourage it."

But at the end of a fact-finding mission to Portland this week, he said it was not something the federal government could necessarily adopt.

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