cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/66134808

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/65823987

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In Toronto: 12 p.m. Gather outside Union Station for a rally as the GO and VIA Rail trains come in, then march up to Queen’s Park for a giant protest. Groups will be joining in along the way.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/65278721

“The encampment is currently the only place in the region where it is not illegal for homeless people to set up a tent or structure,” the decision read. “The region has clearly stated that if the encampment is cleared, it is not prepared to allow homeless people to shelter outdoors anywhere on region property. The extremity of this position is what ultimately drives the findings that the infringements are not saved by [the Charter]. No one should romanticize or be starry-eyed about the encampment. It is a miserable and desperate place. But it represents the only remaining safety valve for the region’s homeless as a refuge of last resort.”

"And the Steelport site is indeed zoned to allow data centres, seemingly of any size; the M5 zoning allows for a "Research and Development Establishment" use case, which, according to its definition, allows for a "Computer, Electronic and Data Processing Establishment" - a definition last updated in 2010, surely never meant to include the massive hyperscale data centres of today."