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Lawyers say Toronto's plan to clear homeless encampments from parks next week is illegal blogto.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blogto.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hundreds line up outside Toronto mayor s condo to protest tiny shelter injunction Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. An estimated 1,100 people waited outside Mayor John Tory s condo in the cold, rainy weather on Sunday to protest the city s decision to take legal action against Khaleel Seivwright, the carpenter who s been making tiny insulated shelters for the homeless all winter. The protest, organized by the Encampment Support Network (ESN), saw hundreds of Toronto residents leave their own notices of application on a cardboard cutout of Tory outside his condo at Bloor Bedford Parkette between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Feb. 28. ....
People outraged as Toronto removes tiny shelter from city park Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. The City of Toronto removed a tiny, wooden, insulated shelter from a local park last night after filing an injuction against carpenter Khaleel Seivwright earlier this month to prevent him from continuing to build and place his structures on city-owned land. Homelessness advocate Zoë Dodd took to Twitter late Wednesday night to report that workers, who also happen to be members of the CUPE union along with her, were removing the structure at the directive of the city. ....
Advocates in Toronto say barricaded seating at Union Station targets the homeless Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has made life significantly more challenging for Toronto s most vulnerable residents, especially those experiencing homelessness, and advocates say the city isn t make it any easier. Lorraine Lam, an outreach worker at Sanctuary, told blogTO that between 40 and 50 homeless people had been seeking warmth and shelter at Union Station each day for several months as lockdown measures resulted in the closure of most public indoor spaces, but staff recently blocked off almost all the available seating at the directive of both the city and Metrolinx. ....