B.C. makes second bid to evict homeless people camping at Victoria courthouse
VICTORIA — A group of homeless camping outside Victoria’s court house will need to find another home after lawyers and a British Columbia Supreme Court judge began negotiating Monday to shut down the tent city.
Lawyers for the provincial government and homeless campers openly discussed the timing of the camp’s closure during a hearing into an injunction application.
Crown lawyer Warren Milman told the court that an immediate injunction is necessary because of fire hazards at the site. He called for a phased-in removal of the homeless.
Catherine Boies Parker, the lawyer representing the homeless residents, said the campers need at least two weeks to move out.