If This Is the Safety Net… TORONTO IS IN TROUBLE

Описание: This is not a short clip.
This is a three-hour investigation.

It begins with a Toronto man named Kevin Clarke — a man with a complicated history of both struggle and resilience. Kevin was living in Toronto Community Housing in a violent neighbourhood. He reported repeated harassment: a masked man banging on his door, vandalizing his unit, creating fear inside his own home.

When he went to police for help, he says he was not taken seriously. Constable J. Kerr — an officer I have personally had an interaction with — dismissed concerns that Kevin says were life-threatening.

Not long after, Kevin’s home burned down.

What remained of his belongings — what wasn’t destroyed in the fire — was later removed by city workers and police while he was living under a bridge downtown.

Eventually, Kevin made his way into Toronto’s warming centre system.

What he documented next is what caught my attention in December.

Inside a facility meant for emergency cold weather relief, Kevin filmed:
• Rooms completely empty
• Beds packed away in closets
• People being told the centre was “full”

While $22 million in public funding supports Toronto’s winter response system, serious questions are emerging about how these facilities are operating — and whether emergency warming centres are quietly functioning as something else entirely.

The moment that changed everything was a video showing staff members from Dixon Hall telling Kevin he could not use the washroom until 6 a.m.

That video launched this investigation.

Since then, I have:
• Filed MFIPPA requests
• Attempted to identify staff on camera
• Faced ignored responses
• Been trespassed from the property
• Followed the paper trail
• Reviewed incident reports
• Spoken to residents
• Documented real-time events

During this investigation, I personally witnessed an unconscious man lying in the snow. Police responded, picked him up, and transported him to 81 Elizabeth Street — only to be told the centre was full. He was turned away.

If emergency facilities are full during freezing temperatures, what happens to the most vulnerable people in this city?

Are warming centres operating as emergency spaces — or as overflow shelters without the structure, screening, and supports of a shelter?

Where is the money going?
Who is accountable?
And why are people being turned away during medical emergencies?

This video does not claim to have every answer.

It does document what is happening on the ground.

It raises questions about:
• Capacity and funding
• Oversight and reporting
• Emergency intake policies
• Safety inside and outside these facilities
• Whether the current model is sustainable

This is not about attacking the vulnerable.
This is about asking whether the system designed to protect them is working.

Three hours.
Real footage.
Real people.
Real questions.

We are not finished.

Until every question is answered, this investigation continues.

We are not the only ones investigating 81 Elizabeth Street.

Journalist Harrison Faulkner has also covered this building, examining it from a different angle and raising important questions about safety, governance, and public accountability. His video provides additional context and perspective on what is happening here.

If you want a broader understanding of the situation, I highly recommend watching his report as well. ‪@H-Faulkner‬    • Investigating Toronto's 'WAR ZONE' homeles...  

Multiple investigations.
Multiple angles.
One location.

The more light that shines on this issue, the clearer the truth becomes.

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