Canada's federal housing advocate says the eviction of more than 30 encampment residents in Prince George, B.C., was a 'serious human rights violation,' stating the city did not ensure 'safe and adequate housing alternatives' before displacing people permanently.
In 2021, the City of Prince George demolished parts of another encampment, called Moccasin Flats, despite failing to get an injunction from the B.C. Supreme Court to do so.
"Our city has shown an absolute resistance to learning, an absolute resistance to doing better and, quite frankly, they continue to enact violence." The Office of the Federal Housing Advocate falls under the umbrella of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and is mandated to "advance the right to housing for all Canadians" through a human-rights approach, among other goals.
"People are very unsafe in encampments, but less unsafe than other choices that have been provided to them," she said.
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