REgional COuncil Meeting Septemeber 27, 2023 & Soper PArk Eviction
DELEGATIONS INCLUDED:
​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.

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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AS PUBLISHED/SENT TO REGION OF WATERLOO SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 BY UNSHELTERED CAMPAIGN  (VIEW LETTER AT SOURCE)

To: Region of Waterloo Council & Regional Housing Services Staff

RE: Closure of Encampment at 150 Main St. in Cambridge
RE: Ending of Motel Shelter Program

We are writing to express our dismay about two recent actions: the involuntary closure of the encampment at 150 Main St. in Cambridge, and the ending of the motel shelter program. Based on our current understanding of these actions, we find that they raise human rights concerns and will cause harm to our unsheltered neighbours." ...

Read the full Unsheltered Campaign letter and view additional related information "around here" : 
150 Main Street, Cambridge - Encampment & Closure​
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