Mayor John Tory is asked to open emergency shelter space.

In an open letter released on Tuesday, a group of 30 social organisations and agencies have asked Mayor John Tory to push for the opening of the Moss Park and Fort York armories or facilities of equivalent size as emergency shelters in order to ensure that nobody is left out in cold.

The city maintains a monthly target of 90 per-cent occupancy for its shelter system, however in recent years the actual occupancy-rate in the shelter system has exceeded that.

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