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Regional Council Meeting June 22, 2022

Agenda includes:
  • Delegations re: Victoria and Weber Encampment
  • Motion by Council Erb, seconded by Council Clarke (better info to follow/be placed here soon) 
  • Motion by Council Vrbanovic, seconded by Council Jaworsky (better info to follow/be placed here soon)

Minutes

Pending further updates/info/links - Please check back soon for more!

Delegations: 

  • Kristen Thompson, Lawyer, Waterloo Region Community Legal Services re: Victoria Street Encampment - Options for housing vs eviction of encampment tenants
  • Michael Wosik, Kitchener re: Kitchener Tent Encampment
  • Cassandra Deveau, Kitchener re: Kitchener Tent Encampment
  • Sandra Hayward, Kitchener re: Kitchener encampment/tent city
  • Amanda Owczarzy, Kitchener re: Kitchener encampment/tent city
  • Pauline Yantz-louttit, Kitchener re: Eviction 

I'm hoping to watch this recording this weekend, but this thread suggests some shifts in the right direction from the Region. https://t.co/q5HkcrFeGh

— Melissa Bowman (@m2bowman) June 24, 2022

  • Freedom of Information request reveals widely divergent views on encampment eviction last November - The Record
  • If not here, where? Advocates say making people move may be making things worse - City News
  • New details on eviction of Kitchener encampment - CTV
  • Police, bylaw won't be on site of Kitchener encampment on eviction day, region says - CBC
  • ​​Mayor weighs in on Kitchener encampment - CTV
  • "A step in the right direction": New inclusive shelter opening in Kitchener - The Record
  • Evicting Kitchener encampment "is the greatest harm", Laurier professor says after studying homeless policies in other cities - The Record
  • "This space feels comfortable to them", outreach worker says of Victoria homeless camp - The Record
  • Rally calls for end of encampment evictions in Waterloo region - CTV News
  • Region of Waterloo opening inclusive emergency shelter - CTV News
  • Protestors rally against encampment evictions in Kitchener - The Record
  • Long-time Cambridge encampment resident among those now being evicted - CTV News​
  • Cambridge encampment receives another eviction notice - Cambridge Today
  • Local health centre provides comment after being listed on eviction notice - City News
  • The Mike Farwell Show June 8, 2022: Residents of homeless encampment have three weeks left before eviction (41:45) - City News 570​
  • Calls to let Victoria encampment stay - CTV

"Inclusive shelter set to open in Kitchener on Friday (20:19"https://t.co/87CgTxqWbS

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) June 23, 2022

  • The Mike Farwell Show June 24, 2022: Cambridge encampment receives another eviction notice (19:40) & Friday Four Panel (1:23:29) & Free Phones Friday (2:05:54) - City News 570

I find it obsurd that we did not foresee the growth. Peeps are literally trying to survive atm. Of course a location offering basic needs and safety in proximity WILL grow. If we wish to avoid migration, we must too offer these (water, bathroom etc) at other accessible locations.

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) June 24, 2022
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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https://t.co/9h1e2tY5pR

— Paige Desmond (@DesmondRecord) June 27, 2022

"There are no plans to have bylaw or police on the site of an encampment in Kitchener on June 30, the day people have been told they're required to leave the property. Regional staff are not expected to be on site either." https://t.co/t3EKPD85FI

— Melissa Bowman (@m2bowman) June 24, 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.

Their tent, and the community of the encampment is their support.

Supports aren't just government programs.

— Scott McMillan (@_scott_mcmillan) June 23, 2022

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  • How to Help: Contributing to Unsheltered Needs and Shelter Supports (In Build)  
  • Proposed November 17th, 2021 to Regional Council in seeking temporary solution to homeless displacement 
  • Victoria and Weber encampment: My "nickel" June 2, 2022
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • Housing: A Human Right
  • Living Rough: Encampments
  • ​Living Rough: Washrooms
  • The Housing First Approach
  • Substance Use and Homelessness

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