Today, I wrote to the Mayor and City Councillors in Barrie to express my grave concern about a motion being debated tonight to Update the Use of City Property By-law in response to encampments.

Very pleased to meet with the #Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union yesterday. Thank you for taking the time to share the experience and concerns of people with lived experience of homelessness. I look forward to staying in touch and working together to protect human rights. –MJH

➡️ Read the Advocate’s advice to Minister Robertson: www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/pu... ➡️ Read the report by Dr. Carolyn Whitzman on human rights-based housing targets and mechanisms for Canada: homelesshub.ca/resource/hum... ➡️ Link to the announcement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

I am optimistic that this plan has the potential to transform Canada’s housing landscape for the better. If done right, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a fairer, more resilient, and more inclusive country – and make the human right to housing a reality in Canada. – MJH.

The launch of #BuildCanadaHomes is a welcome step towards the #Right2Housing. Its focus on non-market housing, public land, and affordability is a positive shift and aligns with my advice to government.

Is this the Reichstag fire moment? If you are not scared, you should be.

There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirk’s death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges. And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.

Its past time for Israel ‘s supposed allies to stop aiding and abetting genocide www.bbc.com/news/article...

(article en anglais seulement) : hart.ubc.ca/blog/cmhcs-m... Huit ans après le lancement de la Stratégie nationale sur le logement du Canada, la crise s'est aggravée.

Eight years into Canada’s National Housing Strategy, the crisis is worse. A new article by CMHC suggests repeating old mistakes and ignores clear evidence that public money must go toward non-market housing to restore affordability for those most in need of a home.

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"We cannot continue to claim we are pursuing a human rights-based approach if, at critical moments like these, we refuse to take responsibility for meaningful change and fail to act in accordance with the very principles we proclaim ourselves wishing to uphold." #HumanRIghts #Unsheltered

Evicting encampments and confiscating/destroying people’s belongings violates human rights and puts them at greater risk of harms

City of Cambridge has issued encampment eviction notices meant to be enforced during this heatwave. Instead of supporting people to stay alive, trying to push people out of their shelter. Why are we evicting people during extreme weather?

(Spoiler: It's housing with supports.) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I’m sad for hockey fans that their sport’s two top goal scorers are dictator lovers. Ovechkin especially is completely morally bankrupt.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Unmet promises put urban Indigenous last in line for housing torontosun.com/opinion/colu...

A President just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky. #StandWithUkraine kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

We need all governments in Canada to commit to respecting and protecting the fundamental #humanrights of people living in encampments. #Right2Housing www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...

🧵Trump's draconian order on "gender ideology" plays on people’s fear of social change, alleging a trans conspiracy of great scale. Yes, it'll make the lives of trans people more difficult. Moreover, it'll undermine sexual/reproductive rights for all. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

More Ontarians are homeless, more are projected to be homeless, many are chronically homeless, local governments are shouldering the burden and cannot solve the problem on their own.

This is unconscionable and something we can afford to address. Housing is cheaper than chronic medical care.

Via @policyalternatives.bsky.social, cities spend billions to attract major sports events (stadia, incentives, bids for World Cup etc.). Yet public libraries serve more people & address basic needs. Which is more important for cities & citizens: bread or circuses?

Yes. I know it’s a big day in #ottawa but media please at least tomorrow start analyzing policy. Such as this. #cdn #canada @cdnpoli.bsky.social

450 legal scholars and practitioners tell Doug Ford that invoking the notwithstanding clause to deprive homeless people and others of their Charter rights would undermine the foundations of constitutional democracy in Canada. drive.google.com/file/d/1F3hN...

Soaring development taxes punish new renters and buyers, while benefiting existing homeowners as free riders. They must be eliminated, in favour of progressive property wealth taxes and/or conditional transfers from provinces and feds. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...