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Should the government assist low-income people with air conditioning It was 29 C inside a Housing N.B. apartment measured by CBC News in 2023. (Graham Thompson/CBC)

Christena Abbott is a senior living in a highrise apartment in Toronto. On the day we spoke, the temperature was 31 C. It was the first of what ended up being a three-day heat wave.

"I have asthma, I'm diabetic, on insulin. I have six pinched nerves … and I cannot take heat at all," she said.

Fortunately for Abbott, she has a portable air conditioner.

"I can't live without it," she added.

But not everyone is as fortunate as Abbott.

Low-income fami

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