Shane Simpson

• Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants B.C. government to appoint homeless czar

  Working together, the province and BC Housing moved hundreds of people living in homeless camps in Vancouver and Victoria into more than 1,000 hotel spaces earlier this year.

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  Nov 10, 2020
  
• B.C. election 2020: Vancouver-Hastings results

  ​Click here for candidates, history, past results, and where the riding falls on the swing-o-meter.

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  Sep 26, 2020
  
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• Residents want action on Strathcona Park encampment while Oppenheimer remains closed 3 months later

  B.C. poverty reduction minister Shane Simpson says there's no quick fix to address homelessness and the challenges posed by a growing encampment at East Vancouver's Strathcona Park.

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  Aug 9, 2020
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• Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park faces long remediation before returning to public use

  "This has happened four times in the past and we really aren't looking for a fifth tent city," said Minister of Social Development Shane Simpson.

  May 31, 2020
• Homeless camps in Victoria to be clear by end of day, province says

  B.C. provided an update on its plan to move tent city residents in Victoria into temporary housing in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

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  May 20, 2020
• Camp cleared at Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park, but advocates say housing fight ‘not over’

  The province says about 265 people have been moved to temporary housing, but one homeless advocate says the province housed the most visible, not the most vulnerable.

  Politics

  May 9, 2020
• Oppenheimer Park campers say province’s housing plan leaves out those in more urgent need

  Advocates for the Downtown Eastside camp say the plan is only focused on the most visible of Vancouver's homeless, and that thousands more need those hotel units first.

  Apr 25, 2020
• COVID-19: Vancouver, Victoria homeless camps must be emptied by early May, gov’t orders

  The transition — meant to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus within groups of people already at risk — will be a temporary one with the goal of moving people into longer-term housing at a later date, officials are promising.

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  Apr 25, 2020
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• Coronavirus: BC Housing to move homeless people out of Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park

  Social Development Minister Shane Simpson is expected to make the formal announcement on Saturday at 10 a.m.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2020
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• Coronavirus: B.C. housing minister says ‘help is on the way’ for renters, homeless

  Renters will have to wait until early next week to see if B.C. introduces a ban on evictions, along with details on financial relief.

  Mar 21, 2020