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GRAY, Elizabeth

2010-0012

Sound

1 of 1

1999-05-25

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

reporter, Elizabeth Gray

This documentary profiles street nurse Cathy Crowe and a street worker and activist, Beric German. Subjects discussed include: the fight against poverty; their anti-poverty campaign called The Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, an effort to get the level of help for homeless people that was raised after the Winnipeg flood; homeless shelters; clinics for street people; health problems among homeless people and the need for a federal housing strategy. They want homelessness declared a national disaster so that it will receive the level of attention that natural disasters get. There is actuality of a news conference in which Beric German reads a statement calling on all levels of government to declare homelessness a national emergency. <23mn 31s>

English

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