'This decampment is just an undoing of all this work we’ve put in.”
Vancouver’s continuing efforts to remove tents from the Downtown Eastside has drawn criticism from some unions and many of the municipality’s own workers.
One signatory, Blake Edwards, said the heavy involvement of police has frayed the already fragile trust between marginalized residents and government service providers, whether or not they were directly involved. The tent city spread along the sidewalk in 2022 shortly after Vancouver police announced they would no longer accompany city staff doing controversial “sweeps,” which advocates say often resulted in staff taking residents’ belongings and shelter. The sweeps were cancelled shortly afterwards.
Several labour organizations have criticized the way the decampment was handled. The BC General Employees’ Union, which represent staff at some shelters in the Downtown Eastside, called the decampment “a violation of human rights.” The Hospital Employees’ Union called it “cruel, unsafe and dehumanizing.” And the BC Federation of Labour, the voice of unionized workers in the province, called the city’s approach “callous and dehumanizing.
Kahlied Salem, a housing co-ordinator with the Kílala Lelum health centre, believes the backlash from labour groups and workers stems largely from the lack of a plan to house residents. Kirsten Douglas, a social worker, said the tent city emerged out of a lack of good housing options in the Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood she said is often misunderstood.
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