In Edmonton, the most northerly city in North America, houseless tent encampments have gotten much larger and more numerous since the pandemic, and the police response has been to ruthlessly dismantle them, even in the middle of winter, over and over. Many of the houseless are indigenous people.

If anyone has time to watch this discussion which includes an eyewitness account, it is quite extraordinary. youtube.com/watch?v=0EigfMhkF0…