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Toronto criticized for heavy police presence at Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment

Toronto criticized for heavy police presence at Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment
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Policing and evicting people living in encampments will not solve homelessness in Canada

Research conservatively estimates that 35,000 Canadians experience homelessness on any given night, with an average of one person sleeping outdoors for every five individuals staying in a shelter. As an occupational therapist with front-line experience working on a community mental health team in Toronto, I have witnessed peoples’ daily battles with discrimination, surveillance and policing. And my experiences have taught me that compassion in Canada often depends on who you are or how you are perceived. For example, the Ontario Safe Streets Act is meant to keep citizens safe from “aggressive solicitation,” but in practice, enforcement of this act targets those who are visibly poor.

Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments

Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments Housing activists say they ve noticed increased surveillance of people living in parks By Julia Mastroianni Photo Courtesy Ginger Dean Parks ambassadors, in the yellow vests, called on Streets to Homes workers and the police to approach encampment residents under the Gardiner Expressway in 2020. Around the start of COVID-19, at an encampment on the property of Holy Trinity Church in Toronto, residents received certification papers from church leaders verifying they were allowed to live there. But Teanna Macintyre, a resident at the time, says city parks ambassadors came by almost daily to try and force everyone off the property.

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