Prince George will be at the centre of a national discussion on human rights and encampments across Canada.
Prince George is one of three selected case studies presented during the webinar, which focuses on encampments across Canada. “I take a look specifically at the demolition that occurred on Nov. 17, 2021 but also the general climate around mostly unhoused, mostly Indigenous people in Prince George, including the Safe Streets Bylaw,” explains Hermer.
The case study also examines the court battles surrounding the city’s efforts to close the Moccasin Flats encampment on Lower Patricia Boulevard, and how the city inflicted serious harm on vulnerable people when it dismantled structures on Nov. 17, 2021 in violation of an existing court order. “I don't think I've ever seen a city that seems to be so determined to do the wrong things,” said Hermer. “There are no perfect solutions or magic bullet, but there are communities who have at least recognized that the solution to the problem is not fundamentally an enforcement one, and they've tried different things.”
“Strangely enough the city has created the circumstances by which the encampments have been viewed to be necessary by unhoused people. It is not about sleeping overnight, it is about their existence in public spaces.”
Wow the drug addict thieves aren’t being treated nicely in Prince George isn’t that a shame maybe they should leave
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