Canadian homeless encampments have become increasingly visible in recent years, and those residing within them have faced a fair bit of variation in how local governments react to their presence. Today, let's look at a remarkable legal case that may change the game regarding how homeless encampments are considered under Canadian law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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[–] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fuckers can try. I wasn't directly involved in this but I grew to know personally David Arthur Johnston over (?) a decade ago who spent years in Victoria viscerally protesting right-to-sleep laws/anti-laws and finally won. Due to his tireless efforts, hunger strikes in jail, and community support he helped pave the way for homless people to pitch and sleep in tents for the night on any public property.

Don't like seeing poor people on public lands? Okay... be part of the solution.

That was his message. And here we are still working on the questions involved, and solutions. Good. As long as the convo is still active and we haven't given up.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fucking good, our "housing policy" is complete Boomer bullshit and needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. Housing needs to be a human right, if you get it for doing bad things, you should get it for being normal or good and incentivize people to at least have or get their shit together in the comfort of their own place.

So much of that self-reinvention can only happen when one can get away from their previous life and social graph