05-22-2026, 08:34 PM
(05-22-2026, 06:16 PM)Acitta Wrote: It is a shame that a small group of people can hold up a much-needed major project. They are not even the same group of people that were involved in the last court case.
So what? I think it's a shame the region has had over three years to address the issue and has basically done jack shit. Shockingly enough, passing a new bylaw with the same provisions as an unconstitutional bylaw is not one weird trick to ignore a court ruling. And the situation is even worse now, given the region has offered next to nothing to the residents in terms of housing, let alone an alternative area to camp that would comply with the ruling.
Quote:The Region has given assurances of alternate shelter to only those Cross-Applicants/Named Respondents (“Named Respondents”) who are among 40 persons it counted as present at the Encampment on April 16, 2025. However, this shelter is, for the most part, temporary motel or emergency shelter space, and the Region has made no provision for where persons may go if/when they lose these spaces. It has offered nothing to most of the Named Respondents, who are not among the counted 40, other than to “bring them within the Region’s housing stability system” - effectively, adding them to the waitlists they are already on.