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    • Advocacy - Nickles and Dimes >
      • When Politics Fail: Chasing Evictions Instead of Solutions >
        • Joining the Conversation - Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo
        • 100 Victoria Encampment (Kitchener) - Litigation - April 2026 Update
        • Continuing to Evict Despite Knowing Better... Why?
      • 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
        • Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting - Jan. 9, 2026
        • "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 >
        • Rethinking Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments: Building a Human Rights Approach in Ontario >
          • Introduction - RtR Report 2026
          • Background: What are Neo-Vagrancy Bylaws and Encampment Protocols?
          • Developing a Human Rights Policy Framework for Municipal Encampment Responses >
            • Summary of All Exploratory Questions
          • Research Methods: Identifying Municipal Bylaws and Protocols
          • Findings: Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps: Municipal Trends Across Ontario >
            • Pillar 1 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps
            • Pillar 3 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps -RtR Jan 2026 Report
            • Pillar 4 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps -RtR Jan 2026 Report
            • Pillar 5 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps
          • Conclusions and Policy Directions: Advancing Human Rights in Municipal Encampment Responses
          • Citations & Additional Resources - RtR Report - Jan. 2026
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        • 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)​
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            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
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FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Region of Waterloo (Budget 2.0) Meetings


​MEETING TIME: 6:30 PM

(The below agenda sourced here)​
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Meeting is starting! Very excited to support our friends delegating for the police budget to be rejected! We will be live tweeting! 32 delegations woot!

Reminder that Feb 22 is when council will be debating & voting on budget. Please plan to attend and make some noise!

— GroundUpWR (@GroundUpWR) February 8, 2023



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Meeting TIme: 10PM


(Source of Agenda as found below)
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Tonight at 6:30 is the final Waterloo Regional Council meeting for public input into the 2023 budget. We at Unsheltered Campaign call on Regional Council to reject the proposed police budget increase and instead invest in upstream social services. Read our open letter: pic.twitter.com/khHUXEUAD5

— unsheltered.campaign (@UnshelteredC) February 8, 2023


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