Politics Canada<p>Ontario offers less than half of the supportive housing units needed. People living in encampments have no other place to go. The Ontario Conservative government gave police the authority to dismantle encampments, levy fines of up to $10,000 and threaten imprisonment for up to six months- making poverty a crime. Instead of offering a solution, Bill 6 simply shifts homelessness to an alternate location. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ontario</span></a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/homeless-encampments-always-trigger-despair-but-fords-government-is-adding-deep-shame-to-the-mix/article_f7854e0b-6493-43a6-b853-cc54598cb6ac.html#:~:text=As%20of%20June%205%2C%20it,no%20other%20place%20to%20go" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/contributo</span><span class="invisible">rs/homeless-encampments-always-trigger-despair-but-fords-government-is-adding-deep-shame-to-the-mix/article_f7854e0b-6493-43a6-b853-cc54598cb6ac.html#:~:text=As%20of%20June%205%2C%20it,no%20other%20place%20to%20go</span></a>.</p>