Dear City of Cambridge...

(CC: Region of Waterloo)

​RE: ​Cambridge Encampment Evictions (Heatwave June 2025)

More of my thoughts and ramblings on this topic... Convieniently posted and published in no particular order!​

Across the divide: Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System

​We really need a better approach between the levels of our local dual-tier municipal government when it comes to housing instability and the relative use of public property as a space for people to survive.

Overlapping responsibilities, unclear roles, and conflicting approaches between City and Regional bodies can add barriers and friction to moments like these. The many points of overlap combined with local policy gaps have us in need of improved coordination and tools. Navigating these situations in crisis moments can be, quite frankly, re-donke-yulous. Strengthening this coordination is essential for our community to respond effectively.

*Intended* to be expanded on for this page (notes to self if nil else):

  • Dual tier challenges involved in navigation of these situations can be quite re-donke-yulous (< Also. how is that properly spelled?)
    • Municipal roles
    • Points of conflict
    • ​​Points of overlap​
    • Other snags
  • Local Policy
    • Deficits...
    • Broader local policy and bylaw references in Waterloo Region

RElated resources

List of Service Managers - Canada.ca

Other "nickels" in this "jar" :