Toronto groups file legal action against the City of Toronto

"A coalition of public-interest organizations filed legal proceedings against the City of Toronto over what they're calling 'deplorable' conditions in the city's shelter system and respite sites amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

According to documents obtained by CBC Toronto, Goldblatt Partners LLP, the lawyer representing the groups, filed the application against the city to Ontario's Superior Court of Justice on Friday. 

The groups — which include the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, the Black Legal Action Centre, and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario — threatened to file proceedings earlier this week if the city didn't act swiftly to enhance its physical distancing measures and procure additional shelter space."