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www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo... #bcpoli #YYJ #Victoria "De Facto tracked the journey of their new possessions to the garbage dump — within days, in multiple cases — despite the City of Victoria’s insistence no such thing happens to new or otherwise functional items."

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy

@dsdp.ca

"'Much of this bylaw enforcement creates circumstances where people are overdosing because of the poison drug crisis, and they're using alone' after enforcement happens."

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy

@dsdp.ca

"'Municipalities are put in a very, very tough position,' he explained. “On the other hand, what can municipalities do? Well, one of the things they can do is to not pass bylaws that are going to make the situation worse and increase the suffering of unhoused people.'” I.E. First, do no harm.

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy

@dsdp.ca

"And it's no surprise, it seems inevitable, that bylaw officers now think of themselves more doing policing work than municipal service work." "This blurring is apparent in Victoria’s Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan." #Victoria #YYJ

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy

@dsdp.ca

"One of the largest budget items in this plan — exceeding $3 million — was slated for police and bylaw. Nearly $2 million went to hiring a dozen bylaw officers ...and over $1 million per year went to hiring nine new Victoria police officers. "

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy

@dsdp.ca

"Meanwhile, London, Ont. provides washrooms, hot water, health care, and social services directly at encampments, rather than removing those supports or displacing unhoused people away from them."