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At issue are a collection of municipal bylaws that ban the erection of non-recreational tents or other informal structures in public spaces without approval from the town.
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St-Jérôme case "has the potential of being a landmark case in Quebec for the right to shelter."
An hour's drive north of Montreal and at the doorway to Laurentian ski and cottage country, St-Jerome, Que., seems an unlikely focal point for the debate over homelessness. But a lawsuit against the town over its ban on makeshift shelters on public property could transform how municipalities across the province approach homeless encampments on their territory.