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Chair - https://t.co/vOi8hSbEAy; Partner - A Team London; Anden Design/ Build; Cyclepath; Atlantic Team Realty; City of London Booster
London, ON
Joined September 2012
@NickVe3njg @StevensonLDN I park my car, 5 days a week, in spitting distance from the tents in those photos I walk those blocks every single day I buy lunch and other things from the businesses on that block and surrounding blocks My elderly parents visited me in that parking lot (with their car!) to
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I cannot believe you posted this about human beings Councillor @StevensonLDN “Zombie-like people” No. People who use drugs are people. Real human beings People forced to live outside due to decades of housing neglect People largely without healthcare or supports This is
“Not that anybody not hooked on drugs would ever dare to go there. It should be called Crystal Meth Park. Or Fentanyl Gardens. The tents, the garbage, the syringes, the zombie-like people who hang out there, the unexplained fires and blasts make it a no-go zone for families. It’s
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Kate makes an important point with a wonderful example. City and Councillor offer knee jerk negative responses to a reasonable rezoning request from property owner. No one assesses validity of neighbour comments. Stop demonizing the disadvantaged!
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Ford’s PCs issued as many Minister’s Zoning Orders to benefit just the guests at a single Ford family wedding reception as the previous government issued during its entire 15 years in power. More evidence of sketchy land deals shows just how deep the corruption goes. #onpoli
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#ldnont Let's support Black Walnut to get more density over the shop!
It starts with making them legal. Currently they’re illegal in almost every neighbourhood in almost every city in North America, Australia/NZ etc. Corner coffee shops, convenience stores etc. If we’re serious about walkable, “complete,” “15-minute neighbourhoods, this is obvious.
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. @StevensonLDN regardless of your opinions on drug use, I implore you to please stop posting and retweeting commentary that calls people “drug addicts” It’s derogatory and dehumanizing It’s lacking in compassion & shouldn’t be tolerated in someone in your position
Labour ministry called in due to worker safety complaint. Due to a few drug addicts & mentally ill, working in librarys are not as safe as it use to be. Libraries doubling up as drop-in centres.
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I am so proud of #ldnont 2night Collectively, this city decided not to look away I am moved by @ElizabethPeloza’s courage to tell her story I was even more moved by how she looked up at the Gallery & into the eyes of those choosing hate A 🧵 on assumptions & compassion /1
This is a milestone moment for our community and a testament to our unwavering dedication to addressing this crisis. There is much work still to be done to support the most marginalized, but we have come together as a community to change people’s lives for the better. #ldnont
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🧵Thank you to colleagues and members of the public for last night’s respectful debate at SPPC resulting in the approval of locations for the first three hubs as part of our Whole of Community System Response to Health & Homelessness. However, I’d like to expand on a few things…
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The Ward 4 Councillor in London is endagering our citizens. Tonight I sent this letter on behalf of the @StAidansLondon to @MayorMorgan & his colleagues. We cannot be silent while an elected member of our council endangers the most vulnerable. @CBCLondon @LFPress @JaneatLFPress
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“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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London, Ont. has an ambitious goal to build a dozen, 24/7 shelter hubs and 600 high-support housing units in the next three years to address homelessness. @namshine talks to Mayor @JoshMorganLDN about his city’s approach, at 8/11pm | Producer: @Mariasarrouh #ldnont #onpoli
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‘We can’t duplex and triplex our way out of our housing shortage - though it’s a good step since we do need more diverse types of housing, and rapidly.’ Incremental change is something, but what we really need is new housing at scale. Good take:
theurbanist.org
# We need homes. A lot of homes. Not just affordable housing, but also middle-income ones, and even luxury homes. I agree with virtually every word of Hayley Bonsteel’s excellent piece for The...
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Sister Pat reflects on the homeless situation in London with prayers for a better future. Encounters on the Trail
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The rewards of walking on London, Ontario’s trails exceed that of mere exercise. I meet friendly cyclists, walkers, pedestrians, and dogs. I listen to birds, search for frogs in springtime, and...
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This is such an inspiration. It shows can happen when an entire community comes together to address homelessness. So proud of #ldnont . @LFPress , please continue coverage of this nationally important story. Can’t wait to see outcomes.
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“If you sleep warm, with a roof over your head, you need to step up.” In today’s On the House column, our real estate analyst Marcus Plowright explains why every Londoner needs to be part of the homelessness solution: https://t.co/MRfXRDGvLh
#ldnont #519ldn @ateamlondon
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New podcast! First, @marcusplow and I discuss the Fund for Change and battling homelessness in the city. Then, I play you some clips from a meeting at #ldnont city hall where several people outed themselves as pro-homelessness. Quite a juxtaposition! https://t.co/8yCkVwmMo8
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Can London end its homelessness crisis? There is a commitment to do things differently. There's also new money to back it up. More w/ @HealthCentre physician @andreasereda + @marcusplow, who has been working with the anonymous donor. #ldnont READ: https://t.co/KCS2u9pnjc
cbc.ca
More than 60 agencies gathered under one roof on Wednesday to collectively come up with a new way forward to tackle London's housing and homelessness crisis, which many concede has continued to...
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