A Thunder Bay city councillor is asking his colleagues to rescind their earlier decision to put the long-in-development temporary shelter village at the Hillyard site, saying there are reasons to believe the village won't be successful if placed there.

Red River Ward Coun. Michael Zussino is tabling the motion to rescind at Tuesday's meeting of council.

"I'm in support of helping our unhoused population in finding their way into permanent housing," Zussino said Thursday. "I believe in order to do…