Episode Details

City council has declared a housing and houselessness emergency, and a judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the city's dismantling of encampments. We dig into the debate and look back at a month of encampment clearing and shelter space counting.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Emergency declared

• Edmonton councillors approve Sohi's 'housing and houselessness emergency' declaration
• Edmonton's emergency motion: Minister McIver
• Edmonton city council's homeless emergency declaration slammed by Alberta government
• Edmonton encampments: Deputy Premier Ellis
• Amarjeet Sohi: Calling a Special Council Meeting to Declare a Housing and Houselessness Emergency
• Tim Cartmell: What's Next for Housing and Encampments?

Lawsuit dismissed

• Edmonton declares homelessness emergency, while judge scraps lawsuit against city's dismantling of encampments
• Judge dismisses lawsuit against city over clearing of homeless encampments
• Alberta court kills Edmonton homeless encampment lawsuit
• Coalition for Justice and Human Rights statement
• Edmonton looks to stop homeless encampment lawsuit before injunction request is heard
• Original email sent by Edmonton Police

Encampment clearing

• After standoff, Edmonton police move in to clear out final 'high risk' homeless encampment
• Several people arrested as police sweep 8th encampment in central Edmonton
• 'Greatly concerned': Court defers decision over Edmonton encampment removals to later in the week
• Dozens of weapons seized in encampment removals: Edmonton police share graphic images
• 'And they're back': Edmonton encampment removals continue, critics question supports

Shelter situation

• The numbers and realities of Edmonton's shelte