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PRINCE GEORGE – It was a lengthy debate, but Council ultimately did not support endorsing any specific locations for overnight encampments in City parks. And there were a number of reasons for it. But much of the discussion was around the existence of the Lower Patricia camp.
While much of Council was opposed to moving camps into various different parks, the fact that the Lower Patricia camp has to remain because it was ordered to remain by the BC Supreme Court until such time as housing is found. But there are concerns about the health and safety in the area at that location, noting there have been several fires in the area this summer already.
“It is like trying to eat soup with a knife,” noted Adam Davey, the Manager of Public Safety, in reference to a local government dealing with “the wicked problem of addictions and mental health.”
