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After a 16-7 loss in a council vote on Wednesday, Mathieu Fleury predicted that the Salvation Army’s shelter plan for Vanier’s main drag will fail at the province’s appeal tribunal.

Opponents have one last hope — that the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) will rip up council’s decision to allow a shelter at 333 Montreal Rd.

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Fleury, the councillor who represents Vanier, seemed confident the city and Salvation Army will lose at the OMB, citing additional concerns from the Indigenous community as another persuasive factor.

(JP Gladu, the head of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, wrote to council members on Wednesday morning asking them to vote no, invoking truth and reconciliation. The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health wrote to the Salvation Army on Tuesday decrying a lack of consultation).

The OMB accepts appeals within 20 days of a council decision. Opponents in the community have long signalled their intention to haul the city to the OMB if council approves the application.