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Region of Waterloo Bylaw 13-050 Anti Discrimination Amendment &
​City of Kitchener Anti-Hate Rally

Waterloo Regional Council is updating a code of conduct bylaw to crack down on hate and discrimination. https://t.co/12fHdwwMUB

— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) September 29, 2023
DELEGATIONS INCLUDED (links route to speaker start point on youtube):
​8.1 Helen Fishburn, CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington 
re: Results of recent survey conducted by CMHA Waterloo Wellington across, Waterloo Region, Guelph, and Wellington County on "How Mentally Healthy is Your City?"
​*Presentation attached

8.2 Ashley Schuitema, Member of the Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
​re: Evictions at 150 Main Encampment in Cambridge 
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8.3 Julia Malott, Kitchener
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.4 Alan Honner, Litigation Director, The Democracy Fund
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.5 Marium Ali, Million March 4 Children KW, Hands Off Our Kids, Waterloo Council For Religious Freedom Waterloo; and Wasai Rahimi, President, Afghan Council and organizer of Parent Protest on September 20
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.6 Janice Jim, Waterloo
re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.7 Laura Pin, Hamilton
re: Unsheltered homelessness and recent developments in the region.

“I want you to remember that I was a homeless person, and when you make those decisions you remember that, because it is not abstract, there are people with families and feeling and they all belong here.” - @KnightmjaKnight

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) September 28, 2023

8.8 Marjorie Knight, Cambridge

re: the reality of homelessness and what it means to the community

8.9 David Alton, Lived Expertise Facilitator, Social Development Centre of Waterloo Region
 re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.10 Adam Cooper, Cambridge
re: Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.11 Fauzia Mazhar, Executive Director, Coalition of Muslim Women of KW
 re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050) 

8.12 Craig Sloss, Waterloo
re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)​

​8.13 John Bannister, Treasurer of PSAC Local 902
re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050) 

8.14 Elaine Scharlach, Kitchener
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.15 Brooklin Wallis, Kitchener
re: Support for the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.16 Brian Finlayson, Kitchener
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.17 Brian Kitchen, Cambridge
re: Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.18 David Broderick, Kitchener
re: Concerns with the Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.19 Michael Wassilyn Sr, Guelph
re: Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

8.20 Heather Majaury, Kitchener
re: Proposed Amendments to Regional Municipality of Waterloo Bylaw (#13-050)

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  • Thirty people ordered out of encampment in Cambridge's Soper Park - The Record 
  • ​​​​Cambridge encampment cleared - CTV News
  • ​City, CP rail pause eviction of Soper Park encampment - Cambridge Today​
  • Soper Park encampment eviction delayed by a day - City News Kitchener​​​

"Over a period of three days what was once home to about 40 unsheltered people in Soper Park was reduced to little more than dirt and debris.
On Thursday morning, heavy equipment was being used to demolish what residents didn’t have the time, ability or desire to take with them." https://t.co/WGJZPoxKjM

— Melissa Bowman (@m2bowman) September 28, 2023


  • Waterloo Region Rainbow Coalition
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  • ​OK2BME -  Support for LGBTQ Youth
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QUEER YOUTH DEFENSE:

Wednesday, September 20th groups will gather all over Canada to protest the teaching of 2SLGBTQIA content in schools, under the guise of 'protecting children'. This is a dangerous precedent for our queer youth, and queer communities. pic.twitter.com/GUsVQbyzhL

— Sanguen Outreach (@SanguenOutreach) September 18, 2023




More from around here:

  • ​150 Main Street, Cambridge - Encampment & Closure
  • 100 Victoria - Court Verdict & Information Links​​
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness​​
  • Connecting with our WR Municipalities and Local Democracy​
  • Housing: A Human Right
  • ​Info on Point In Time Counts

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