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By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2013 City council voted to stay the course on the shelter village project. Coun. Rajni Agarwal\u2019s notice of motion to remove the temporary shelter village from the city’s 10-part human rights-based community action plan was debated on Tuesday, with the majority of council saying they want to keep the village. Agarwal needed a super majority to strike the village from the plan; however, it was only coun. Trevor Giertuga who sided with her on the vote. Agarwal argued the city should be chasing federal funding to build permanent housing instead of investing in temporary measures. \u201cThe community wants a program that helps everyone. We need to look at the project, and I’ve asked to remove the village and replace it… <\/p>\n

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By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2013 City council voted to stay the course on the shelter village project. Coun. Rajni Agarwal\u2019s notice of motion to remove the temporary shelter village from the city’s 10-part human rights-based community action plan was debated on Tuesday, with the majority of council saying they want to keep the village. Agarwal needed a super majority to strike the village from the plan; however, it was only coun. Trevor Giertuga who sided with her on the vote. Agarwal argued the city should be chasing federal funding to build permanent housing instead of investing in temporary measures. \u201cThe community wants a program that helps everyone. We need to look at the project, and I’ve asked to remove the village and replace it... <\/p>\n

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