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Closure of two Victoria parks to overnight sheltering challenged in court dlvr.it/TPTJK0
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The petitioners say the city's bylaws are procedurally unfair and violated both charter and international rights.
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An urgent call is going out to address the addictions and housing crisis in Cowichan, as those who get people off of the streets struggle for funding.
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Sleep's primary purpose is recovery and repair, it's impossible to recover mentally and physically without it.
Do you know what makes addiction, mental health and public safety issues worse in our communities?
SLEEP DEPRIVATION & HOMELESSNESS ....
I can't believe some people can't understand this!
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It's more humane and a HUGE cost savings on tax payers to house people who are homeless rather than letting them survive on the streets ...
- Prison: (provincial) -$326/day or $9,780/per month.
- Shelter: - $167/day or 5000/per month.
- Hospital (acute care) -$833/day or 25,000/month.
It's impossible to recover from any health condition without having a safe place to live.
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In the Waterloo ruling RE: encampments, Justice Valente set out that any offer of shelter to encampment residents must be truly accessible to meet their unique needs. It isn't adequate to simply hold any shelter space in to meet the legal requirements. /1 ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/art…
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Court rules that Montreal’s Notre-Dame encampment allowed to stay until final court ruling ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/…
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An important update for all of Ontario re: homelessness: the Superior Court has ruled in favour of encampment residents in Waterloo Region.
The Region is restrained from enforcing a by-law to clear an encampment until the constitutionality of the by-law can be determined.
👍The Court has granted an injunction for the 100Vic Encampment Case! The Region is restrained from enforcing its Site-Specific By-law until the constitutionality of the bylaw can be determined following the hearing in November.
Read the decision at: wrcls.ca/3878-2
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Imagine if "combating homelessness" meant housing people, not brutalizing and disappearing them.
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This is shocking. Since @fordnation shut down supervised consumption sites, drop-in programs are seeing massive increases in overdoses — including a 288% increase just last month.
Overdoses don't go away; they get moved to spaces with fewer supports and resources.
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My article in The Tyee today about the city’s plan to gentrify the DTES: Downtown Eastside Residents Didn’t Ask for This Plan | The Tyee thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/1…
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They're tackling and detaining people based on their skin color. Nothing more.
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“No one that voted for decampments, no one that voted for supportive housing bans, no one that voted to get rid of the integrity commissioner is welcome in my party. I oppose task force barrage.”
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"A #BC Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision following a three-day hearing that concluded Friday in which the city [of #PrinceGeorge] is seeking an order allowing it to close a #downtown #homeless #encampment & remediate the site" #BritishColumbia cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
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I am very glad to hear the federal minister of health say that forced treatment does not work. Now all the provincial health ministers gotta listen. @crackdownpod will have an ep on this out in a few days. cfjctoday.com/2025/06/03/hea…
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My op-ed for @TorontoStar: when it comes to encampments, @fordnation is looking south of the border when he should be looking west. Ontario is importing failed American policies to punish homelessness, while Manitoba is doing what works: housing people. thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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Can you believe we live in a world where people who own homes argue against housing the homelessness?
Especially when it's in the community they live in🤯
News flash homeowners .... the unhoused are part of the community too, and in need of support.
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Fun Fact: Homelessness also costs taxpayers. In fact, it costs less to provide safe housing to end homelessness than it does to manage homelessness indefinitely — particularly through health care and criminal justice costs. The healthiest choice is also the cheapest.
Carney wants big government to get into housing – a major risk to taxpayers theglobeandmail.com/business…
