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      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck) >
        • January 9, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021
        • January 7, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021 >
          • Lesley Crompton - January 7, 2026 RoW Council Presentation
          • Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case - By David Alton
        • "A Site Specific Bylaw" : Court
        • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Vic. Proposed Bylaw April 23, 2025 >
          • Some initial thoughts as published on April 18, 2025
          • A little bit of background before delving in: April 21, 2025 >
            • Part 2 - A little bit of background before delving in
            • Part 3 - A little bit of background before delving in
      • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments >
        • Human Rights and Housing FIghts >
          • Rethinking Municipal Approaches - Human Rights and Housing Fights
          • Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
        • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments - Waterloo Region Snapshot
        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
      • CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions >
        • CAEH Presenters - Local to WR
        • More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
        • Louder for those of you in the back... There are NO Shelter Options Right Now!
        • A Human Rights Approach to Encampments ​for Cambridge (2.0)​
        • Supplies needed - How to contribute ​
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025 >
        • Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
          • A Human Rights Approach - Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
            • Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025
          • Extreme heat and health- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting >
              • Breakdown of Council & Staff Discussion of motion - September 23, 2024 Cambridge Council Meeting
          • Eviction Notice Components - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
          • Charter Rights and Case Law- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • I "Rescind" Nothing: Check your facts
            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025
          • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
      • Unsheltered: Emergency or Public Health Crisis - Where are we? >
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        • ERP: Provincial Acts
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  • Home
    • About Me
    • Advocacy - Nickles and Dimes >
      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck) >
        • January 9, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021
        • January 7, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021 >
          • Lesley Crompton - January 7, 2026 RoW Council Presentation
          • Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case - By David Alton
        • "A Site Specific Bylaw" : Court
        • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Vic. Proposed Bylaw April 23, 2025 >
          • Some initial thoughts as published on April 18, 2025
          • A little bit of background before delving in: April 21, 2025 >
            • Part 2 - A little bit of background before delving in
            • Part 3 - A little bit of background before delving in
      • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments >
        • Human Rights and Housing FIghts >
          • Rethinking Municipal Approaches - Human Rights and Housing Fights
          • Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
        • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments - Waterloo Region Snapshot
        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
      • CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions >
        • CAEH Presenters - Local to WR
        • More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
        • Louder for those of you in the back... There are NO Shelter Options Right Now!
        • A Human Rights Approach to Encampments ​for Cambridge (2.0)​
        • Supplies needed - How to contribute ​
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025 >
        • Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
          • A Human Rights Approach - Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
            • Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025
          • Extreme heat and health- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting >
              • Breakdown of Council & Staff Discussion of motion - September 23, 2024 Cambridge Council Meeting
          • Eviction Notice Components - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
          • Charter Rights and Case Law- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • I "Rescind" Nothing: Check your facts
            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025
          • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
      • Unsheltered: Emergency or Public Health Crisis - Where are we? >
        • ERP: Regional Policies
        • ERP: Provincial Acts
    • Municipal Meeting Pages
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  • Draft Policy – Encampments on Region-Owned Public Lands
  • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments
    • ​Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
    • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments - Waterloo Region Snapshot
    • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
  • Cambridge Encampment Evictions - Heat Wave 2025
    • Dear City of Cambridge (CC: Region of Waterloo) RE: Heat Wave Evictions
      • Why not let your experts do their work?
      • A Human Rights Approach for the City of Cambridge​
        • Federal Housing Advocate - Info & Visit September 22, 2025
      • Extreme Heat and Health Impacts​
        • Cambridge City Council Meeting September 23, 2025- Highlighting Motion: "Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events"
      • Eviction Notice Components
      • Charter Rights and Case Law​
      • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ : Budgets & Resources
      • Across the Divide : Challenges of Navigating a Duel Tier System​​
        • The Political Distractions: Procedural By-laws Cambridge (& Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025)
  • Fall 2024 - Busses for Warming & Other Potential Concepts
  • Letter to the Editor: Closing OneROOF a "Devastating" loss to homeless youth - The Record, 2016
  • Alliance Against Poverty Supports Local Grassroot Plea For Aid - 2020
  • ​Speaking with Bob Jonkman April 13th, 2020 at CKMS 102.7 FM - Topic: Unsheltered needs and COVID-19 Emergency​
  • Social Justice Housing Rally - January 25th 2020
  • Affordable Housing Initiatives Funding - Proposed to City of Kitchener Council January 13th, 2020 
  • 2018 Election Campaign Content -  Kitchener Ward 2 Candidate
  • Free Transit For Low-Income Individuals - Alliance Against Poverty Forum 2017​
  • Victoria and Weber encampment: My "nickel" June 2, 2022
  • Unsheltered Campaign: Letters and Recent Engagements
  • Candidate Responses on Housing and Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Campaign: 2022 Municipal Election Unsheltered Pledge & Town Hall​
  • The time to hesitate is through - Blog post 2019
  • Mental health and the stigma that often surrounds it - Blog post​
  • As we start having more of the difficult conversations surrounding Unsheltered lives - January 2022
  • Proposed November 17th, 2021 to Regional Council in seeking temporary solution to homeless displacement - ​Content and related links
    • Looking more at Unsheltered displacement - Blog Post 25/11/21
    • Love, compassion, and positive action! - Blog Post 28/11/21
    • Regional Council discusses the recent encampment displacement - Update - 29/11/21​​​


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