A mid-summer homeless update

It was called to help let people in Halifax Regional Municipality know what was happening with the homeless encampments in HRM -- specifically in Meagher Park. People living there have been given notice to vacate, but so far about five have refused. The reaction to some of the information has been critical of the plan to include police to once again step in to enforce municipal bylaws. Councillors openly discussed some of the concerns that have followed the involvement of so-called advocacy groups, particularly the Nova Scotians United political party and the Freedom Convoy. That led to District 14 Councillor Lisa Blackburn saying "I do fear that we have come to the end of the line. Involvement by activist groups who certainly don’t give a hoot about our unhoused neighbours has changed the water on the beans for me.” The representative for Middle/Upper Sackville – Beaver Bank – Lucasville feels the people in Meagher Park (a.k.a. People's Park) are being manipulated and the efforts by HRM staff are being undermined. That's what she felt was one of the reasons to hold the information meeting on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022.