Mayor Tory, will you open the armoury doors?

"Please sir, I want some more." "Please sir, will you open the doors?" This is the plea for shelter, one of the most basic of human needs. For the second winter in a row Toronto shelter workers, street nurses, leaders in the faith community and let's not forget, homeless people have been begging, like the young boy in Oliver, for the city to open more emergency shelters and specifically the Fort York and Moss Park armouries. 18,200 people have signed a petition calling on Mayor John Tory to open the armouries. Why the armouries? Because in a shelter emergency, they can be opened within days. It just takes a phone call from the Mayor to the Minister of Defence Harjit Singh Sajjan. Here's his number: 613-996-3100.