Joint statement: Ontario must respect the human rights of encampment residents, not deny them through the notwithstanding clause

29 Nov 2024 – We are joining a growing group of over 70 Ontario Councillors, hundreds of members of the legal community and thousands of members of the public to raise the alarm about the recent threats targeted towards some of Ontario’s most marginalized people who are living in encampments, by the Government of Ontario’s potential use of the “notwithstanding clause” to bypass their protected human rights established under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.