Alberta and Ottawa agree to deal on new homeless encampment funds for Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and LethbridgeTalks are continuing and the details of the cost-sharing deal still need to be finalised.A few tents have been able to set up again on 106 avenue near 95 Street on Thursday, October 3, 2024 in Edmonton. Alberta and Canada’s federal government have reached an agreement that will see both spending more money to quickly help homeless people living in encampments in the province.Talks are continuing and the details of the cost-sharing deal still need to be finalized, the federal government says. Officials shifted course after Canada was set to bypass Alberta by Tuesday evening and, instead, deal directly with Edmonton and Calgary when the province had not officially responded to a letter from federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser.Ottawa agree to deal on new homeless encampment funds for Edmonton, Calgary, •A few tents have been able to set up again on 106 avenue near 95 Street on Thursday, October 3, 2024 .Canada’s federal government have reached an agreement that will see both spending more money to quickly help homeless people living in encampments in the province.Talks are continuing and the details of the cost-sharing deal still need to be finalized, the federal government says. Officials shifted course after Canada was set to bypass Alberta by Tuesday evening and, instead, deal directly with Edmonton and Calgary when the province had not officially responded to a letter from federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser.

However, by Wednesday evening, Fraser revealed that he and Alberta Seniors, Community, and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon had spoken over the phone about matching dollars in four cities: Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, and Lethbridge. “Minister Nixon communicated the Government of Alberta’s continued willingness to partner with the federal government and to cost-match the additional federal funding to address encampments and unsheltered homelessness,” Fraser informed reporters. “The Ministers have directed their respective officials to meet in the coming days and negotiate a solution that would see this funds going to communities on an immediate basis.

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said earlier in the day Wednesday that he hoped the province and federal government could reach an agreement to support disadvantaged people in the city. To that point, he claimed that neither level of government was doing enough to address the i ncrease in people living and dying outdoors. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek replied to the news late Wednesday on X, the former Twitter. “The province’s matched assistance is equally welcomed. She wrote, “Thank you both.” “With the funding being offered by Minister Fraser & Ministet