McKenney: Keep Ottawa library's doors open to the homeless

I want to tell you about a woman I met last summer. Mary Beth (not her really name) may have been your neighbour. Years before finding herself living on the streets with all of her belongings in a single black suitcase, she was living and working, just like most of us. But a sudden job loss and subsequent death of her only child meant she was no longer able to pay her rent and faced eviction. She moved to shelter, but felt unsafe after experiencing verbal and physical threats. Read More