First of all, the right to housing was enshrined in domestic law in 2019 in the National Housing Strategy Act. The onset of the housing crisis in general in Canada has been long in coming over the past 30 years because we're doing things backwards. We're doing things from the top down.
Encampments are a real fine example of a top-down approach that, in the treatment of people, violates their human rights, especially with violence and forced evictions.
The human rights approach is about properly engaging with people experiencing homelessness, first of all. Because they are the holders of the solution, they are the ones who are able to articulate what's not working, what is missing and why they are choosing to live in a tent when they're just so exposed and just so vulnerable. It's because this is a better choice than anything else. That being said—