Transport Quebec cancels plans to evict homeless encampment under Ville-Marie expressway
The homeless encampment underneath the Ville-Marie expressway can stay for now. Quebec’s Transport Ministry has postponed the eviction that was scheduled for Thursday.
Crews repairing the structure say it can’t be done safely with people living underneath it, but the residents of the encampment say they were given nowhere to go. According to the transport spokesperson, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is now involved in the process.When the news spread Wednesday afternoon, there was a celebratory atmosphere at the encampment.
“It’s an awful lot of stress off for them. They’ve been very anxious this morning, as they were last night. And it really is a great relief,” said Resilience Montreal executive director David Chapman.
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