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The future of Vanier hinges on a city council vote on an application by the Salvation Army to relocate its emergency shelter and health services from the ByWard Market to Montreal Road.

That’s how opponents of the proposal are characterizing the upcoming decision at Ottawa City Hall.

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On the other hand, the Salvation Army believes a purpose-built complex at 333 Montreal Rd. is the only answer to moving its Booth Centre out of the Market and providing a better service to low-income families.

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This is a prediction by Marc Provost, the executive director of the Salvation Army Booth Centre, of how Vanier residents will eventually view the complex: “Once they see the reality of it, once they see the families are going there and coming out with bags of toys and things are OK and that people are getting help and that people are getting housed, once they see the reality of it, they’ll be, ‘This is good. This is good.'”