May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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needs being met because, the majority of them, their basic
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needs are not being met.
So you offer a free phone,
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because even to this day social assistance still sees it as
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a luxury.
And then we have laundry on site and we offer
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emergency food and a food bank.
We also deal with issues around substance abuse
and violence, and that's where we work with the whole
family unit as far as them defining what the goal is to be
able to work on the issues around, that they define as the
issues around addictions and violence.
We're also a drop-in and people can just come and
have a safe place to be and be able to network with many of
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the other people that come.
We have computers on site
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because many of our families do not have access to
computers.
And then we have a position where we deal with
providing assistance around EIA, around housing, food
security, all of those type of issues.
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MS. WALSH:
like advocacy or ...
MS. TAYLOR:
When you say "assistance", you mean
Social assistance, if they need
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assistance around lawyer, legal issues, we provide those
type of things, or be able to refer to resources that they
would be able to receive those assistance.
We're dealing with approximately 3500 individual
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