Bruno Marchand has just been appointed as president of a new committee on homelessness within the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ).
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The nomination of the mayor of Quebec was made last Friday during a meeting of the board of directors of the UMQ.
The new committee “will have the mandate to identify ways to prevent and fight against homelessness,” the Union said Monday in a press release.
During the municipal council of November 21, the municipal councilors of Quebec adopted a unanimous resolution in favor of the organization of a summit on homelessness in Quebec which would be organized under the aegis of the UMQ, in 2023, on a date which has not yet been announced.
During the fall 2021 municipal election campaign, Mr. Marchand said he was aiming for zero homelessness by 2025.