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WRLegalServices @wrlegalservices.bsky.social · 12d

🧡On Sept 30, take part in National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events across Waterloo Region. A time to honour Survivors, reflect, and commit to action. #NDTR #EveryChildMatters

Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 14d

#Grassroots #Unsheltered #HumanRights

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Cambridge must lead with compassion

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Office of the Federal Housing Advocate @housinglogement.bsky.social · 15d

This visit follows my letters to the mayor and Cambridge city council and to the Region of #Waterloo, encouraging them to adopt human rights-based approaches to encampments.

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Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard @wryimby.bsky.social · 19d

And Citizens for Cambridge cite Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle: “forced evictions and enforcement approaches do not address the underlying systemic issues and put people at risk of even greater harms.” 6/6 mailchi.mp/citizensforc...

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Motion re: Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events - Council Meeting - September 23, 2025

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Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard @wryimby.bsky.social · 19d

Community advocates have written some excellent responses in favour of Cllrs Hamilton and Earnshaw's motion re preventing extreme weather encampment evictions in Cambridge this Tuesday 1/6 pub-cambridge.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...

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Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 20d

"This summer, I witnessed the destruction of some of these people’s homes and possessions myself. Some may say that this destruction was not an eviction. Irrespective of the wording selected, the fact remains that visible enforcement actions and municipally-led displacement efforts occurred."

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 20d

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 21d

"This issue in particular is important to me, as I was myself not only once a homeless youth, but also specifically in Cambridge. This was long ago and things were very different. I was fortunate and found support. Not everyone is so lucky. "

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 21d

"Although I currently live in Kitchener, for many years I lived in Cambridge and have often proudly referred to it as my hometown. My youth brims with memories at places like Churchill or Soper Park and the Riverbluffs. I treasure these places."

September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · 22d

Upcoming meeting & motion:

City of Cambridge Council Meeting September 23, 2025

Highlighting Motion: “Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events"

Motion re: Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events (Submitted in September 2 Council meet and set to be discussed in this meeting)

Federal Housing Advocate urges government to prioritize non-market housing in a new report | Canadian Human Rights Commission

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Office of the Federal Housing Advocate @housinglogement.bsky.social · Sep 4

More: www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canadas national human rights institution. The Commission helps ensure that everyone in Canada is treated fairly, no matter who they are.

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Local food banks are renewing a call for help as they face a prolonged period of unprecedented demand.

Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · Sep 5

"In this case, there was no urgency"
Respectfully, I disagree.

The notion that there was “no urgency” doesn’t hold up when we’re talking about #encampments being evicted during an extreme heat wave. Extreme heat events are, by definition, urgent circumstances...

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · Sep 3

Urgent call to action as reliance on local foods banks hits 40-year high

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Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · Sep 5

I witnessed the destruction of some of these peoples homes and possessions myself. To at all deny these occurrences is not only misleading—it’s an erasure of people’s lived reality and the added traumas as are being inflicted by these municipally led actions.

#Cambridge #HumanRights #Unsheltered

The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025

I witnessed the destruction of some of these peoples homes and possessions myself. To at all deny these occurrences is not only misleading—it’s an erasure of people’s lived reality and the added trau...

Ontario judge rules Kitchener encampment can remain for now, the latest in a string of similar cases | CBC News

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WRLegalServices @wrlegalservices.bsky.social · Aug 25

“You cannot move homeless (people) somewhere else, when there is no somewhere else,” Paul Born told Luisa D’Amato. Local government must provide land for more encampments.

To read the full article, visit: bit.ly/3JNq6FU

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WRLegalServices @wrlegalservices.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Justice Gibson made it clear there would be a meticulous review of all the evidence before anyone at the encampment is forced to move." - CBC News

To read the full article, visit: bit.ly/41Tnwo7

The Region of Waterloo has been prevented from enforcing a site-specific bylaw before the Ontario Superior Court has a chance to make a decision after hearings in November, the latest in a string of s...

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The Region of Waterloo’s plans to evict residents at a Kitchener encampment have been put on hold after a judge ruled in favour of the residents.

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · Aug 21

Court rules in favour of Kitchener encampment residents, pausing plans to evict them

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Waterloo Region Record @therecord.com · May 23

Homeless people who live in tents at Weber and Victoria streets in Kitchener would rather move to another encampment than be placed into shelters or motel rooms. Luisa D’Amato finds out why.

‘They feel more secure at the encampment’

The lawyer representing homeless people at a tent encampment at Victoria and Weber streets in Kitchener says it would be better to find another piece of land for another encampment, rather than place…

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · Jan 12

“Change is possible,” he said. “It’s not inevitable that people end up being homeless.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Toronto can end tents in parks: Here’s a city that solved street homelessness — and how we can do it too

Helsinki started with a big homelessness problem and they've effectively solved it. Experts say their model could be adapted for Canada's largest city, if we're ready to be bold.

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WRLegalServices @wrlegalservices.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great new!👍The Court has granted an injunction for the 100Vic Encampment Case! The Region is restrained from enforcing its Site-Specific By-law until the constitutionality of the bylaw can be determined following the hearing in November.

Read the decision at: wrcls.ca/3878-2

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Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · Jul 16

Across the Divide: Challenges of Navigating a Dual Tier System

"Navigating these situations in crisis moments can be, quite frankly, re-donke-yulous."

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Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions

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A Human Rights Approach - Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions

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Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · Jul 15

"These are not simply "issues" to be managed—they are people whose choices, voices, and lived experiences must be respected and meaningfully included in any decision-making process."
#HumanRights #CambridgeON #Unsheltered

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$$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions

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Regan Sunshine Brussé @reganbrusse.bsky.social · Jul 15

$$ Crunching the Numbers $$ : Budgets & Resources

"Evictions deplete local available resources that could instead be redirected toward other areas by all involved."

Read more here: www.mymothernamedmesunshine.ca/-crunching-t...

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