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Local Unsheltered
​Water and Sanitation Concerns

I don't know what we need to do here in full, but I do know we need to do something.
And then to do it again and again, until we get it right. #LetsDoIt #unsheltered #homesforall

— Regan Sunshine Brussé (@ReganBrusse) October 6, 2020
With no where to find a bathroom, unsheltered people must defecate and urinate on  taxpayer and business owners lawns and properties. They lack another option. This is unacceptable. 
There are people drinking from fresh water sources, which sadly in this day and age are often contaminated and not safe without proper care measures being taken. I've personally encountered the disheartening though innovative measure of one group, who was catching rainwater on a tarp and diverting it so as to have some available. This is not ok. It must end. We must end it.
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Ie: water and bathroom access
How has it been since June that my often mouthy blunt self has shown this need yet it persists? Is this not a blatant @OntHumanRights violation in provision? I mean respect in question. But truthfully too, for real?
Were at wave 2 not 1 #itstime

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 10, 2020

Guess I'm back to squawking #SunshineNeedsACracker#SomedaysYouFeelLikeAParrot

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 10, 2020

City of Kitchener Council delegation on August 31st, 2020
Video below as sourced from Kitchener.ca meeting publications 
More meeting information here

#water #unsheltered
#HumanRights
#grassroots

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"Review of plan
​(6) Every municipality shall review and, if necessary, revise its emergency plan every year. 2002, c. 14, s. 5 (3)." 
​-
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9

Toss a #parrot image or gif below of you believe all citizens should have the right to clean #water and basic sanitation in the least, even if only right now due to #COVID19#unsheltered #HumanRights#survival#equity#grassroots #GlobalHandwashingDay2020#WhyNot

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 19, 2020

"Access to water is a human right under international law, and  Canada’s Constitution Act of 1982 provides for “essential public services of reasonable quality.” This means that the authorities have an obligation—as well as a moral imperative—to uphold this right. It also empowers people to demand that their governments take concrete and deliberate steps to ensure access to safe and affordable water for the population."
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-Source: Freshwater Canada's Dirty Water Secret

"Every municipality shall formulate an emergency plan governing the provision of necessary services during an emergency"
...
"and the council of the municipality shall by by-law adopt the emergency plan. 2002, c. 14, s. 5 (1)."https://t.co/4nxBrw7KmP

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 22, 2020
"The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity" – Human Rights Council" (Source)

"Water sourcing for the local unsheltered. This IS Kitchener folks." @ReganBrusse https://t.co/5mREdFLHkp pic.twitter.com/XF9Q9IKjW4

— unsheltered.campaign (@UnshelteredC) June 25, 2020
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Am I the only one that sees the gaps in this notice????? @RegionWaterloo
For real????? pic.twitter.com/3WOjAiDpHf

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 2, 2020
"Will we unite in solidarity towards
it's resolve?"

"Human rights safeguard the dignity and equal worth of each person and cannot be taken away."
-Human Rights - Safe Drinking Water Foundation
"Laws, public policies and the logic of government often contribute to marginalizing vulnerable individuals in the name of public safety."
-Source: HomelessHub 
"Homelessness, in turn, amplifies poor mental health. The stress of experiencing homelessness may exacerbate previous mental illness and encourage anxiety, fear, depression, sleeplessness and substance use. "
​Source: HomelessHub
"Discrimination in employment, housing or services may happen when a person is treated in a way that has a negative impact on them because of their mental health or addiction disability."
Source: Ontario Human Right commision on Mental Health and Addiction Disabilities

Our current Emergency Response Plans shows an antiquated lens in its failure to consider the needs of all in its provisions. It systemically discriminates in its distributions, disproportionately prioritizing expenditures, all with an imbedded bias against those of lessor economic position.

Its time to adjust & revise this failure 

We take continue to take stance to recognize and rectify the systemic inequities found in our current methods. Perhaps providing inclusive access to basic need provisions, such as water and sanitation, could be a significant step in doing so.

 - "...failing to drink enough water can cause dehydration and adverse symptoms, including fatigue, headache, weakened immunity, and dry skin." - Source: 7 Signs You're Not Drinking Enough Water

To my uneducated read (and do correct me if off ♡), but failing to provide for adequate water access could be in effect a contributor to the already vulnerable #unsheltered pop. facing the further plight of less immuno ability?
Yet we are seeking to protect our vulnerable?

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 12, 2020

"While initial investigations suggest the virus may be present in feces in some cases, spread through this route is not a considerable driver" 
-Source: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Summary of assumptions from Canada.ca

Sign remains unchanged, night time access lacking. #juststoppedin#unsheltered pic.twitter.com/DCr7346dCO

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 9, 2020

Mental health issues and addictions are “disabilities” that are protected under the Code. For example, the Code protects people who have anxiety disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or addictions to alcohol or drugs, just to name a few.
Source: Ontario Human Rights Commission


We remain lacking public bathroom access
​from 9pm - 10am daily.
​Why?


A decade after UN declared water a human right, its time for Canada to make it law 

UN: The Human right to water and sanitation - Upon Resolution 64/292, July 2010

Municipalities have authority - and Human Rights obligations - OHRC

Please use this and let our @RegionWaterloo know that your would like to see IMMEDIATE provision of #water & #washroom access made available to our local #kwawesome #community.#grassroots #solidarity #weneedto https://t.co/izbsdGaOSM

— Sunny the Saucy Poverty Parrot ♡ Happy Halloween! (@ReganBrusse) October 12, 2020

"The right to sanitation entitles everyone, without discrimination, to “have physical and affordable access to sanitation, in all spheres of life, that is safe, hygienic, secure, and socially and culturally acceptable and that provides privacy and ensures dignity.”[253] As with the right to water, the right to sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living.[254]
The United Nations special rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation has stated that states should “ensure that the management of human excreta does not negatively impact on human rights.”[255]"
- Quote Source: Make It Safe - Canada's
Obligation To End The First Nations Water Crisis

The "Time To Hesitate is Through"
(Blog Post)


The Provincial "Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act" defines an emergency as: 
"situation or an impending situation that constitutes a danger of major proportions that could result in serious harm to persons or substantial damage to property and that is caused by the forces of nature, a disease or other health risk, an accident or an act whether intentional or otherwise"

Diversity of opinion is welcomed however I reserve the right to remove discriminatory or derogatory comments at my discretion.  


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