<div dir="auto">Thanks, Pat.  Excellent comment.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri., Feb. 3, 2023, 5:01 p.m. Patricia Smiley via Sundaycommunity, <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">Hi, all,</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">While I am concerned about the safety of people living in campsites in this brutal cold, I am more concerned about what happens when the City (any city) removes everything from the encampments when there are no shelter spaces, much less affordable homes for the homeless.  I feel somewhat inarticulate about this and believe that there is more to tearing down encampments than real concern about the safety of people living in them.  If they are full of drug addicts, one has to wonder about what lies behind the addictions.  As I once heard a shelter worker whom I truly respected and admired say "If  I had to sleep outside in this weather, I'd be taking drugs, too."  Think about it.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">So, read this story from the CBC:  <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/encampment-victoria-kitchener-region-waterloo-evict-1.6729433?utm_source=pocket_saves" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/encampment-victoria-kitchener-region-waterloo-evict-1.6729433?utm_source=pocket_saves</a></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">And, if you are up to it, read the judge's decision here:  ttps://<a href="http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc670/2023onsc670.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc670/2023onsc670.html</a></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">There can be a sense of justice in the world!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Peace and be thankful for the roof under which you sleep, Pat</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><i>Patricia Smiley<br></i></div><div><i>email:  <a href="mailto:smileypatricia76@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">smileypatricia76@gmail.com</a><br></i></div><i>mobile:  647-517-1599<br></i></div><i>  <br></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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