Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to deal with encampments of homeless people by arresting them. He pledged to clean up the problem in parks but to also get drug treatment for those who need it. Critics want to know how criminalizing homelessness deals with unaffordable housing and helping people in need.
“We will likely see Constitutional challenges… The criminal justice system and the expansion of police powers is not the way to resolve social issues. You cannot arrest yourself out of a housing crisis…”
