Katie MacDonald (she/her)

Associate Prof @athabascau. book hoarder, coffee drinker, animal lover, weepy reader. Researches relational poverty, service learning & housing

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

declaring campus private property, revealing liberal facade of DEI, police repression, suspension & deportation all remind us that

university is a real estate project, cops protect property & power, deportations are linchpin of state violence & liberalism is a mirror to fascism.

[Pam Palmater @Pam_Palmater]

This is your @rcmpgrcpolice Canada, racist, vulgar, violent & dangerous. Report written by former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Bastarache, RCMP are toxic, racist, misogynistic & sexually violent. RCMP C-IRG unit is the worst - cowboys with guns. @rcmpoffyintah @RcmpAbolish

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

@ECOHH_ wow, incredible!

[Edmonton Coalition on Housing & Homelessness @ECOHH_]

Hey #yegcc see these things can make a difference. Stop renovictions and start holding developers accountable for protecting the tenant.

[Coalition for Justice and Human Rights @coalition4jhr]

We depend on journalists like @Songstress28 and so many others to amplify the voices of those who are unable to speak. #FourthEstate #HumanRights #ableg #abpoli #yegcc #EPS

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

@ydbelanger @ChrisWiebe780 @coalition4jhr This work sounds so important! I would love to hear more about it.

[Jim Gurnett @Jimgurnett]

Terrifying. 2nd large camp destruction on 1 day, no notice, very aggresive- this 1 at Hope Mission #homelessness @ECOHH_ #ABLeg #yegcc

[Edmonton Coalition on Housing & Homelessness @ECOHH_]

With court decision yesterday in #yeg authorities can again tear down any camps anytime. If you see something happening email edmhousingcoaltion@gmail ASAP so witnesses can be invited #homelessness #HumanRights

[Rachelle Gladue @RachelleGladue]

This is absolutely terrifying. Our government and police service is entirely out of touch with reality and beyond uneducated. I have no words right now.

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

@timrichter @HomewardTrust Homeward Trust supports the encampment sweeps. In the recent case that the @coalition4jhr brought against the city for their approach to sweeps, HT submitted an affidavit supporting it which was referenced in the decision saying they didn't have standing.

[Duncan Kinney @duncankinney]

we live in the worst possible world

[chris wiebe 🌲🌲🌲 (he/him) @ChrisWiebe780]

Justice Martin granted the @CityofEdmonton's application to strike my client the @coalition4jhr's legal action against the City's encampment eviction policy on grounds that the Coalition lacks public interest standing to bring the action on behalf of people living in encampments.

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

Cool that this research is coming out as AB doubles down (it is probably quadrupling now...) on policing as the solution. #housingcrisis #ableg

[Alyshah Sanmati Hasham @alysanmati]

Police spending has ‘no consistent correlation’ with lower crime rates, new Canadian study says https://t.co/WiYtaemokV via @torontostar

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

All I can feel is rage. But, we shouldn't be surprised that this is the province's approach or understanding of housing precarity. The housing crisis is not new, but it is urgent. These sweeps are a colonial mechanism to displace people and result in deaths.

[Coalition for Justice and Human Rights @coalition4jhr]

And here we go folks. The criminalization of poverty. Poverty is $1 billion business.

[Coalition for Justice and Human Rights @coalition4jhr]

Please read our full statement on the decision in court today here: https://t.co/0Ws8tNLvGg #YEG #YEGcc

[National Right to Housing Network @R2HNetwork]

Removing cold weather shelters from encampment residents, esp if it's their only form of shelter, with nowhere else to go is a gross violation of human rights.

The Coalition for Justice and Human Rights sent a letter calling on the Minister of Housing to urgently intervene⬇️

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

“Get the bone saws ready.”

For those who survive this there will be a lot of amputations to perform. Frostbite, disability, immobility, invalidity and finally mortality. This journey through the hospital will consume far more resources than stable housing ever would.

[Katie MacDonald (she/her) @katma_]

Disgusting.