A report that found Toronto discriminated against refugee claimants by refusing them access to homeless shelters was denied a full airing at council on Wednesday, after an ally of Mayor Olivia Chow used a procedural maneuver to prevent it from going to debate.
The investigation released last Thursday by Toronto Ombudsman Kwame Addo determined the city’s decision to turn asylum seekers away from its main shelter system in 2022 and 2023 was poorly planned, harmful and amounted to anti-Black racism.