Homeless man’s death prompts calls for more warming centres in Montreal
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Quebec coroner's office is investigating the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday. Police say hypothermia could be the cause of death.
A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday in Montreal’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
Police say hypothermia could be the cause of the man’s death, after he was found unresponsive at a public square in the city’s east end.
The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Borough Mayor Pierre Lessard-Blais called the death “an avoidable and sadly predictable tragedy,” adding that it demonstrates the need for a provincewide plan to address homelessness.
In a social media post, the borough mayor says the premier has said the worst of the homeless crisis is over, but Lessard-Blais disagrees.
Lessard-Blais says that without more emergency shelters and warming centres there will be more deaths of unhoused people as winter sets in.
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