About 60 UNBC students and concerned community members gathered at the courthouse in downtown Prince George in protest Saturday afternoon against the City of Prince George's plan to establish a single encampment at Lower Patricia Boulevard that will be the only location unhoused people can stay overnight.
City council voted in favour to move ahead with the plan but that decision comes with some health and safety issues for the unhoused, protest organizer Ryan Kalsbeek, UNBC student, said.
“We resist the idea that there are only two (bad) options, and we call on the city to delay the April 12th decision and to develop new plans based in consultation and a human centric approach,” Kalsbeek said.
The group gathered for speeches at the courthouse then peacefully marched to the First Avenue camp of the unhoused to talk to those who wished to express their concerns about their fate.
