"The mayor of Barrie, Ont., has declared a state of emergency in response to homeless encampments and what he described as an increase in "lawlessness" in the city. "Barrie residents have had enough," Alex Nuttall said in a news release on Tuesday morning. "Since Day 1, I have been clear that encampments are not acceptable in the City of Barrie. The people who live in tents could turn to resources available," he said."
""If you refuse that help you cannot stay in these encampments. Our city will not allow lawlessness to take over our community." At a news conference Tuesday, Nuttall said the city has seen a major increase in encampments in the recent weeks, along with an increase in crime. Nuttall said efforts to address the encampments are not moving fast enough and that a state of emergency was necessary "to reclaim our streets, our boulevards, our parks, our squares, our feeling of safety, and our order.""
Alex Nuttall declared a state of emergency in Barrie, Ont., citing increasing homeless encampments, rising lawlessness and crime. The declaration covers city-run public spaces including parks, sidewalks, trail systems and boulevards. Emergency powers enable creation of a task force, hiring of consultants and contractors, and more aggressive enforcement of protocols under provincial emergency management law. The move follows a double-murder investigation this summer in which the accused and two victims had lived at an encampment. The stated goal is to reclaim public spaces and restore safety and order for residents.
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