This visit follows my letters to the mayor and Cambridge city council and to the Region of #Waterloo, encouraging them to adopt human rights-based approaches to encampments.

And Citizens for Cambridge cite Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle: “forced evictions and enforcement approaches do not address the underlying systemic issues and put people at risk of even greater harms.” 6/6 mailchi.mp/citizensforc...

"This summer, I witnessed the destruction of some of these people’s homes and possessions myself. Some may say that this destruction was not an eviction. Irrespective of the wording selected, the fact remains that visible enforcement actions and municipally-led displacement efforts occurred."

"This issue in particular is important to me, as I was myself not only once a homeless youth, but also specifically in Cambridge. This was long ago and things were very different. I was fortunate and found support. Not everyone is so lucky. "

"Although I currently live in Kitchener, for many years I lived in Cambridge and have often proudly referred to it as my hometown. My youth brims with memories at places like Churchill or Soper Park and the Riverbluffs. I treasure these places."

More: www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...

​"In this case, there was no urgency"
Respectfully, I disagree.

The notion that there was “no urgency” doesn’t hold up when we’re talking about #encampments being evicted during an extreme heat wave. Extreme heat events are, by definition, urgent circumstances...