The absence of data concerning homeless populations is not a new phenomenon. It underlines the wider invisibility of the unhoused.
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Encampment sweeps in Edmonton are a brutal attack on both human and treaty rights, as well as a continuation of the violent removal of Indigenous Peoples from their land.
Being homeless compounds the risk factors that make people more vulnerable to hate-motivated attacks.
If passed, B.C.’s Bill 45 will trample over the constitutional rights of unhoused people by ignoring shelter barriers, Indigenous rights and the need for daytime shelter
Front-line workers who support unhoused people say far from being a form of support, mixed police squads add a layer of surveillance and harassment.
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