PRESS RELEASE: A week of tent removals and “Park sweeps” after call for winter moratorium
<p>Volunteers and legal observers continue to document tents seized and discarded by Park Board rangers and city workers in Downtown Eastside parks, despite a call for a winter moratorium and an outright denial of the practice.</p>
<p>Less than 24 hours after issuing a <a href="https://bc.ctvnews.ca/advocates-demand-b-c-moratorium-on-evicting-homeless-campers-until-may-1.6667558" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">statement</a> saying they don’t remove belongings of people sheltering in parks, the Park Board removed another tent from Oppenheimer Park.</p>
<p>The statement, issued to CTV on November 29th, reads in part, <em>“Allegations of… belongings being taken away made by community advocates are inaccurate.”</em></p>
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