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Headlines – Section 7 Charter violations against homeless people in Barrie and other news.

A poster used in the promotion of the June 18 ACORN action in Kitchener. Image courtesy of The ACORN Tenants Union of Waterloo Region.
M.P. Holmes - CKMS - Kitchener • ON | 23-06-2023
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1 - City of Barrie backs down after threatening drastic measures against the homeless population

The Barrie city Council tried to push anti-homeless legislation through at a meeting this week but backed down due to the strong country-wide backlash. That backlash included presenting the legal precedent from the Superior Court case The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Persons Unknown and to be Ascertained, 2023, which blocked the eviction of people living at the Victoria and Weber encampment in Kitchener.

There is a clip from Rob Romanek of EngageBarrie

2 -GRT fares increasing as was decided by Regional Council in February
3 - Long standing health centres merge
4 - Protest march against renoviction of more than 20 Kitchener residents from their homes. There is clip from Maribel of ACORN. 

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