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Bebop said:Mel Lastman was then mayor of North York, and fought mightily against the idea of shelters for homeless people being built there. He famously said "there are no homeless people in North York".
"(There are) no homeless in North York."
"Spoken during his 1997 bid to become mayor of Toronto, a day before a homeless woman was found dead at a North York gas station."
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/07/10/five_controversial_quotes_from_mayor_mel_lastman.html