Regional Council Meeting June 22, 2022
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Agenda includes:
Minutes Pending further updates/info/links - Please check back soon for more! Delegations:
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The Mike Farwell Show June 27, 2022: Anti-poverty activist advocates for long-term residents of Cambridge homeless encampment (20:22) & Residents of homeless encampment in Kitchener say they don't have to leave Thursday (2:19:28) - 570 News
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— Paige Desmond (@DesmondRecord) June 27, 2022
My "Nickel"Sanction people where they are. Provide on site supports of basic needs. Move people only when absolutely necessary, and NEVER without an option that is equally stable, one that they won't be removed from again in the foreseeable future.
This is a crisis. I don't expect miracles. I do expect us to do less harm, not more. I do expect us to align ourselves with the facts and move forward accordingly. There are not adequate options for shelter or brick and mortar homes for many right now. There is not ability for our supports to manage these situations alone without further municipal and community aid and funding assistance. They are trying to, very much so. They have been and are heroes in their efforts. All are tired and worn. We need to give ourselves relief and pause while we adjust and recoup, revise and replan. We need to stop hurting each other. Sanctioning people where they are IS the interim answer, NOT the long term answer, and it must not EVER be seen as a solution itself. In this moment, we are fighting ourselves by not making this call. It's not an easy call to make and far from the perfection we strive for. I can't help but feel though, that right now, it IS the only choice we have.
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