Advocates for Hamilton’s homeless granted injunction preventing removal of encampments Encampments across Hamilton have been cropping up since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The most notable have been on Ferguson Avenue between Camden and Barton streets and York Street outside First Ontario Centre.This morning the Superior Court extended the injunction preventing the involuntary removal of individuals from homeless encampments until the motion can be heard in early-September, 2020.
This was done on consent. #HamOnt @HAMSMArTeam @keepingsix @hamiltonjustice https://t.co/LJjTlJddSR— Wade Poziomka (@WPoziomka) August 7, 2020Previously, there were two large encampments at Jackie Washington Rotary Park and another at the former John A.