Montreal Mayor Wants Homeless Exempted From Curfew in Wake of Innu Man’s Death

People lineup at a hotel for the homeless before the 8 p.m. COVID-19 curfew on Jan. 11, 2021, in Montreal. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

Montreal’s mayor is calling on the provincial government to exempt homeless people from the provincewide pandemic curfew.

Valerie Plante made the request today following the weekend death of Raphael “Napa” Andre, a 51-year-old Innu man found dead in a portable toilet not far from a homeless shelter he frequented.