No Tent

I would prefer Barrhaven not be turned into a high crime zone part of Ottawa.

No tent

NO TENT

There must be a better alternative. Please reconsider this proposal.

No no no.

This is unacceptable. The City should be ashamed of itself. If Mayor Sutcliffe is advocating this, then he has last my vote at for the next election. Good on counselor Lo for fighting this. He has more than proven that Barrhaven was to place our trust in him by sending him to City Hall. Good on Lisa MacLeod also for continuing to fight for our riding during her remaining time as our MPP. Premier Ford should be made aware of this, if he isn't already, and he should put a stop to it, if they City won't.

Put the tent in Justin Trudeau's back yard

No thanks Mr. Mayor. How about building it in the Glebe or New Edenborough? The building of this Asylum Seekers shelter is a horrible idea for any location in Ottawa and if built in Barrhaven will destroy our stable Barrhaven community by affecting the lives of our residents in so many very, very negative ways including health care services, education services, policing services and property values.

I agree!

Provide jobs so people can maintain their dignity. Get people off social welfare, not introduce them to it.

This is going to cause major problems due to living beside those that have & those that have not, major & petty crime will ensue.

Barrhaven is a family community. It is not intended to be through fare for adults who will not establish roots. I see only problems with this idea.

This is not a solution and that site is not proper for this.

NO Tent

Don’t ruin another bedroom community!

What a strange location

Homeless people need permanent housing with local, easily accessible public transit or easy walking distance to social and health support services. The location of asylum shelters need macro-level evidence-based planning to consider the impact on existing communities such as: public safety, infrastructure, schools, health and social services, and social integration, with the physical, psychological, and economic process that newcomers experience. I used to managed programs and services at a settlement agency serving immigrants and refugees. Federal immigration policies have been deeply flawed due to a lack of understanding of matching needs of incoming refugees (as defined by the United Nations Convention on Refugees), economic migrants (mostly refugee claimants who arrived in Canada without going through appropriate immigration channels), foreign students, and immigrants who have been screened and accepted into Canada, with community capacity. The federal government lets newcomers into the country but the adverse effects are devolved to provinces, territories, and municipalities, which are already strained to serve existing residents. There needs to be fulsome discussions between the three levels of governments to manage the immigration system. Downloading refugee claimants into communities, with impermanent housing, is not the solution in the immediate, short-term, and longer term solution for asylum seekers or members of the existing community. Full integration into Canada requires 6 years of residency, and some immigrants and refugees never fly integrate. Asylum seekers, who are generally not financially supported by the federal government, find it even harder to integrate. Refugees and refugee claimants are not screened for health issues; public safety and security screening is hardly conducted for refugees, and none for refugee claimants at all. I attended and provided recommendations on the Immigrant and Refugee Protection Act, including identificat

While I am not a resident of Barrhaven, I have experienced 12+ hour waits at QCH Emergency recently and feel an QCH urgent care centre, under discussion for the site as I understand, would be of great benefit to Barrhaven and other residents of the City.

Right on

The tent is an ill informed, bad idea. Smarten up Ottawa.