And with well over 3,000 homeless people living on the streets of Edmonton and only 1,126 shelter spaces, the result has the potential to cost lives among the city’s most vulnerable citizens. Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi indicated last night he had been blindsided by the news of the city police force’s plans, which were emailed to Edmonton social services agencies by Staff Sergeant Michael Dreilich on Thursday. We can’t displace more people and we can’t put more pressure on the system.”It will be interesting to see if the emails flying among Edmonton City Council, city administrators and city (?) There is talk the UCP Government wants to take over the response to urban encampments from the city. There are not enough shelter spaces, and even if there were, many of these people do not feel safe in them.

Source: CBC News December 16, 2023 18:44 UTC