{"id":3798,"date":"2015-12-09T20:01:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2015-12-09T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:09:47","slug":"the-shelter-announcement-view-from-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3798","title":{"rendered":"The Shelter Announcement \u2013 View From the Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LAMEEXCUSE.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LAMEEXCUSE-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"LAMEEXCUSE\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LAMEEXCUSE-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LAMEEXCUSE-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/LAMEEXCUSE.jpg 1496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Braun said \u201c&#8230;he would have liked to get things off the ground sooner, but was worried the act would seem insincere if it was announced while the BC Supreme Court was still deciding the case of homeless activists challenging Abbotsford\u2019s bylaws banning camping in public parks.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So, Abbotsford\u2019s Mayor Braun and council think the homeless will find the City\u2019s suddenly announced decision, less than a month after the BC Supreme Court ruled that the homeless have the right to camp in public parks when there is no other housing alternative available to them, to throw some used construction trailers onto a piece of City property, take a couple of weeks to slap them together and call the result a \u2018shelter\u2019 <em>honest and true?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t heard a single homeless person express the thought that this decision reflects the mayor and council\u2019s concern for their well being.<\/p>\n<p>The homeless community considers the announcement to be business as usual for Abbotsford vis-\u00e0-vis the homeless &#8211; a cynical attempt to do an end run around the decision by the BC Supreme Court so that Abbotsford can throw the homeless out of public parks and not be found in Contempt of the Court.<\/p>\n<p>Contempt of the Homeless reflected in \u201cGladys will have to come down he [Braun] said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although on the question of sincerity<em> t<\/em>he homeless do believe that this action is based on what Abbotsford\u2019s mayor and council<em> really feel and believe. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>As Abbotsford\u2019s homeless community \u2013 or as the City labels them \u2018homeless activists\u2019 \u2013 were consulting with Pivot Legal about the mayor\u2019s shelter announcement, legal ramifications and the possibility of a return to the BC Supreme Court an interesting point was raised in regard to Mayor Braun\u2019s statement that \u201dthe shelter has been the works for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the discovery process in the court action taken against the City of Abbotsford by Abbotsford\u2019s homeless all city documentation with regards to the homeless were reviewed. Although the City tried to avoid this review by placing a big price tag on the copies of the documents.<\/p>\n<p>In all those years of documentation there was no evidence the City had plans for another shelter. So &#8230;&#8230;.??????<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there was no documentation because the discussions about opening another shelter were &#8230;&#8230;. done by telepathy?<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps, after the BC Supreme Court decision in 2008 on the suit against the City of Victoria about camping in public parks slapping together something and calling it a shelter was \u2013 Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge \u2013 considered the way Abbotsford could do an end run around any court decision striking down bylaws banning camping in public parks.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say that while Mayor Braun may hope this shelter \u201c&#8230;..will be the start of a new era\u201d and Mr. Williams sees \u201cIt signals to the most vulnerable people that this community cares and they want to make a change\u201d the homeless community sees \u2018business as usual\u2019 with the City acting in the City\u2019s interest without regard, input or comment from the homeless about priorities and the course of action that serves the best interests of the homeless and the permanent reduction of the homeless population<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,20,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeless","category-municipal","category-politics-the-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Shelter Announcement \u2013 View From the Streets - James W. 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