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Old Royal Victoria Hospital will be converted into a resource for Montreal’s homeless population

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Montreal homeless advocates sound alarm as makeshift camps continue to appear around city The initiative comes as people are pitching tents in a green space in the borough of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve because they say they have no where else to live.

Now they say the city is forcing them to leave the space on Notre-Dame East by the end of August.“We’re supposed to be pushed out here the 31st,” said urban camper Guylain Levasseur.He says the city is encouraging the group of 30 to 40 people to move to a shelter, but Levasseur argues shelters aren’t for everyone.“I know they want to offer beds in the shelter but some people don’t (want to) feel stacked like a sardine, they want their freedom,” he said.

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