The Back Pack Project Victoria BC

The BPP is a local initiative which provides mutual aid and humanitarian aid to community members who live without homes. Trolls will be blocked…

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

SECTION 7 OF THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ~
THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ONESELF WITH SHELTER IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT!!!

WHAT THE CITY IS DOING IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THOSE RIGHTS!!

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

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[Times Colonist @timescolonist]

Closure of two Victoria parks to overnight sheltering challenged in court https://t.co/7u51U7g9Pw

[CHEK News @CHEK_News]

The petitioners say the city's bylaws are procedurally unfair and violated both charter and international rights.
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[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

It’s official! 🎒♥️
The backpack project is up and running and has a donation box in every single municipal hall throughout the greater Victoria region!
Please consider donating new or gently used items to our project! And please share!

[CHEK News @CHEK_News]

An urgent call is going out to address the addictions and housing crisis in Cowichan, as those who get people off of the streets struggle for funding.
https://t.co/jeOHJMD9UI

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

Sleep's primary purpose is recovery and repair, it's impossible to recover mentally and physically without it.

Do you know what makes addiction, mental health and public safety issues worse in our communities?

SLEEP DEPRIVATION & HOMELESSNESS ....

I can't believe some people can't understand this!

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

It's more humane and a HUGE cost savings on tax payers to house people who are homeless rather than letting them survive on the streets ...

- Prison: (provincial) -$326/day or $9,780/per month.

- Shelter: - $167/day or 5000/per month.

- Hospital (acute care) -$833/day or 25,000/month.

It's impossible to recover from any health condition without having a safe place to live.

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

In the Waterloo ruling RE: encampments, Justice Valente set out that any offer of shelter to encampment residents must be truly accessible to meet their unique needs. It isn't adequate to simply hold any shelter space in to meet the legal requirements. /1 https://t.co/9wQVfDrqgJ

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

Homelessness is a policy failure. #raisetherates

In 2023, the province raised shelter rates for people living on PWD, from $375 a month to $500 — but it’s a stark contrast to the current rental prices that many in B.C. pay to have a roof over their head. https://t.co/xOz466SwfF

[Jeff Schlemmer @Jeff_Schlemmer_]

Court rules that Montreal’s Notre-Dame encampment allowed to stay until final court ruling https://t.co/KtFYAemzWv

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

Source: CBC https://t.co/ESSVZKIZNA

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

An important update for all of Ontario re: homelessness: the Superior Court has ruled in favour of encampment residents in Waterloo Region.

The Region is restrained from enforcing a by-law to clear an encampment until the constitutionality of the by-law can be determined.

[Brian Goldstone @brian_goldstone]

Imagine if "combating homelessness" meant housing people, not brutalizing and disappearing them.

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

This is shocking. Since @fordnation shut down supervised consumption sites, drop-in programs are seeing massive increases in overdoses — including a 288% increase just last month.

Overdoses don't go away; they get moved to spaces with fewer supports and resources.

[Jean Swanson @JeanSwanson_]

My article in The Tyee today about the city’s plan to gentrify the DTES: Downtown Eastside Residents Didn’t Ask for This Plan | The Tyee https://t.co/pjPyfSycRU

[Housing 4 All is Hot @ahouse4all]

They're tackling and detaining people based on their skin color. Nothing more.

[Kareem Allam @kareemallam42]

“No one that voted for decampments, no one that voted for supportive housing bans, no one that voted to get rid of the integrity commissioner is welcome in my party. I oppose task force barrage.”

https://t.co/5imAsJu8Mi

[VIMentalHealth @VIMentalHealth]

"A #BC Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision following a three-day hearing that concluded Friday in which the city [of #PrinceGeorge] is seeking an order allowing it to close a #downtown #homeless #encampment & remediate the site" #BritishColumbia https://t.co/VlomLzYVoc

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

Couple who lived in Penticton homeless encampment for a year survived on love https://t.co/sVWq4oJO1l via @PentictonNews

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

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