'Let's Not Criminalize Poverty' learn a home made signal by one of many protestors at Barrie Metropolis Corridor Monday night time.
As councillors gathered within the Rotunda to debate a movement put ahead by Counc. Mike McCann to attract up a bylaw to eradicate panhandling, roughly 50 folks marched exterior in protest.
'Housing Not Handcuffs' learn a neon placard close to the entrance door.
An Elizabeth Fry Society employee in a T-Shirt that said 'Survival is just not a Crime' spoke to CTV Information.
"That poverty-related crime should not be punished. We should always really be investing in social helps and providers to truly assist people as an alternative of a punitive coverage that's extremely damaging to return of our most weak neighbours," stated the spokeswoman.
Nevertheless, Dan O'Brien of Midland wrote to say he believes the protestors are misguided.
"Each main intersection in Barrie is plagued with panhandlers and beggars which have quite a few established sources for housing, meals and providers supplied by the group teams created to help folks in want.
"The one cause there seems to be panhandlers and beggars in Barrie is as a result of there are guilt ridden, misinformed residents prepared to allow this conduct. We dwell out of city and cringe each time we should go to RVH for most cancers therapy as a result of the trail is plagued with folks begging for handouts," O'Brien stated.
Finally, McCann withdrew the movement and there is no indication that it is going to be tabled once more within the few weeks left earlier than the summer season hiatus.
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