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Montreal’s city hall is pushing its legal battle over the Van Horne overpass encampment to Quebec’s Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that blocks them from clearing the site — a move that could reshape how the city handles homelessness under its new housing-first policy. While the city claims it offered viable alternatives, many were rejected as too noisy or unstable. Advocates for the unhoused successfully halted removals, forcing the city into a legal standoff that’s now testing the limits of Montreal’s compassionate but legally tangled approach to homelessness. With the mayor acknowledging the strategy’s hurdles, the encampment remains untouched as the courts decide whether the city can enforce its new rules without violating rights — and whether compassion can be enforced in court.

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