[pr-x] Nanaimo

[Elsie Dean]

COVED 19  vaccine 33 doctors say unsafe


On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:00 AM Ken Hiebert <knhiebert at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Concerning the crisis in Nanaimo, please let me know if you would like to
> join us in signing the  letter below drafted by Kim Goldberg and Myra
> Thomson, Dyane
> dyanebrown at shaw.ca   Tel. 250 753 3015. We would like to send it this
> weekend if possible .
>
>
>
> ...............................................................................
> Dear Nanaimo Mayor and Council,
>
>
> *Re: The homeless population displaced from Wesley Street encampment*
>
>
> We the undersigned urge our Nanaimo Council and City staff to take
> immediate action to ensure the most basic amenities are available to people
> who lost their homes when evicted from the Wesley Street encampment earlier
> this month due to fire.
>
>
> The three most basic amenities that the City must ensure, for reasons of
> both human rights as well as community public health while in midst of a
> global pandemic, are:
>
>
> 1)    1) Access to drinking water.
> 2)    2) Access to toilets.
> 3)    3) Access to dry shelter (encampment) for sleeping in winter.
>
>
> *Access to Drinking Water*
>
>
> The City must ensure that all public drinking fountains in the downtown
> and Bowen Park areas are repaired and turned on. If vandalism occurs, the
> fountains must be swiftly repaired at City expense. This is simply the cost
> of running a City in 2020. Vandalism committed by one is not a legitimate
> basis for voiding basic human rights of an entire population.
>
>
> The City must also ensure that City staff do not remove drinking water or
> water containers brought to the homeless by community volunteers. Whatever
> the reason was for staff removing these donated water containers, it must
> stop.
>
>
> *Access to Toilets*
>
>
> All currently locked portapotties erected by the City in the downtown and
> Bowen Park areas must be unlocked and, if necessary, repaired and cleaned
> and emptied so they are usable. As with the public fountains, if a
> portapotty is tipped over or vandalized, it must be swiftly repaired and
> put back into service. Furthermore, more portapotties must be set up in
> these areas. Sanitation of our streets and parks and the people living
> outdoors is crucial during this global pandemic.
>
>
> *Access to Dry Shelter for Sleeping*
>
>
> At the very least, this means the City must immediately designate an area
> where this displaced homeless population can erect tents and leave them
> up—not have to take them down each morning. This will, at minimum, provide
> reasonably dry sleeping, as well as some continuity and greater safety in
> the lives of the occupants.
>
>
> We are all aware of the many problems and concerns and community
> complaints associated with homelessness and specifically homeless
> encampments.
>
>
> However, we are also living in a unique time as a result of the Covid-19
> pandemic. Sanitation is paramount right now. We are no longer talking
> merely about the human rights of the homeless members of our community. By
> ensuring that their most basic needs for water, toilets, and tents are met,
> we reduce Covid transmission for the entire community. These measures are
> all within the realm and mandate of Nanaimo City Council, and it is
> Council’s responsibility to use these municipal measures to prevent the
> spread of Covid.
>
>
> Signed,
>
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