20 degrees below zero. Sometimes even 30 below.

The temperature plunged across many parts of Canada this past month. We’re well into the winter now, and in a country like ours — even with extra layers, a warm hat, and double socks — you feel it in your bones when you walk out the door.

We’ve come to expect that our harsh winters bring dark evenings and cutting winds.

It’s also a season of harsh truths.

On your way to work, you see folks crouching in doorways or huddled together for warmth on the side of the street.

A friend who volunteers at the local shelter tells you that it’s overflowing with no end in sight.

You scroll past a news article about someone dying overnight in the extreme cold because they had nowhere else to go.

In these moments, does it really feel like we’re building “Canada Strong”?

In 2018, on any given night, about 30,000 people were experiencing homelessness in this country. As........

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