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The City of Toronto is extending a pilot program that sends outreach workers into the city’s transit system to respond to the growing number of unhoused people using the indoor space for warmth and shelter.
When a country as prosperous as Canada cannot meet the shelter and housing needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized, this is an indicator of a profound crisis. It signals the failure of the dominant market-driven model for providing housing and personal security. We are approaching a level of displacement that Canada has not witnessed since the Great Depression.
Kingston city council has approved a community standards bylaw that seeks to impose rules around everything from idling and odours to feeding wildlife — but a section on safe use of public spaces dominated debate.
Gathered in front of the Frontenac County Court House, rally-goers showed their support for Belle Park encampment residents ahead of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s hearing on an injunction which would allow the City of Kingston to evict approximately 35 people living in Belle Park.
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