An online reaction to our series in the Winnipeg Sun on homeless encampment mayhem and failed government policies has raised an important question for Episode 54- are governments actually bringing homeless people into Winnipeg?
Part 1– A recap of recent Sun columns and podcasts, and a reflection on the 15 years since our last broadcast on 92.9 KICK-FM.
Part 2– A source with access to the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) says that asylum/refugee claimants coming to Canada are “entitled to not only whatever benefits they may receive being refugees, but then all the benefits entitled to homeless as well.”
“Between October 2024 and April of this year we doubled our active case files from 5.5k to 11k… these people are entered and processed mostly by End Homelessness Winnipeg themselves or agencies that support new comers.”
Episode 54 will make you wonder- why haven’t we heard from corporate broadcasters funded by the Liberal government about how homeless aboriginal and other Canadians are left waiting for assistance on riverbanks, while foreign nationals allowed into our country by the Liberal government cut in line ahead of them? We certainly never heard about it from the recently-departed homelessness czar of the NDP, Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud.
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On November 14th Marty Gold is going to compete in the biggest wrestling match in Canada – the CWE 50 Man Rumble To Remember!
Presented by Canadian Wrestling’s Elite, the event at the Ukrainian Labour Temple offers a great reward to the last man standing- a CWE Championship match at the February supercard.
A limited number of discounted tickets are available for listeners of the podcast and for readers of our columns in the Sun – email martygoldlive@gmail.com for more details and see Marty in action!
