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        • Continuing to Evict Despite Knowing Better... Why?
      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck) >
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          • 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
        • 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 ​
      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
      • 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
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        • ERP: Provincial Acts
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  • Home
    • About Me
    • Municipal Profiles
    • 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
        • 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 ​
      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
      • 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
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CKMS interview aired on April 13th, 2020 - COVID Onset
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More recently as brought forth by Unsheltered Campaign and in citizen petition...
(Winter 2021)

Please take a moment to review the most recently sent letters, written and relayed by Unsheltered Campaign to our local governing officials. As sent to:
  • City of Kitchener
  • City of Cambridge
  • City of Waterloo​

Locally a petition has also come forth, providing for independent citizens to add their support to an immediate moratorium on encampment eviction in Waterloo Region: 

You can read this and add your signature here: 
"Petition calling for a moratorium on encampment evictions in Waterloo Region".
2020 - "Regan Sunshine Brussé is an anti-poverty activist working with the Alliance Against Poverty, and is now working to find shelter for those left unsheltered during the COVID-19 pandemic."

Sign the petition (2020): We need a fighting chance for our unsheltered residents!

Interview begins at 11m53s.
Audio sourced from 102.7 CKMS Radio page here

Find out more about the Social Justice Housing Rally

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Let's work with the unsheltered.
​Let's talk to them about what they're looking for,
​what they need,
and how it works for them,
not what we think should work for them.

Lesley Crompton

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  • Substance Use and Homelessness
  • ​March 9, 2022 Waterloo Police Services Board Meeting​
  • Housing Affordablility Task Force 
  • Living Rough: Encampments
  • ​Living Rough: Washrooms
  • The Housing First Approach​

Because there must always be music...


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