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Mayor Nuttall confident Ford government will deliver on encampment cleanup pledge

“You never count your chickens before they hatch,” he said. “I’ll continue to lobby and to request and to work with the province to make sure that we land where we should, which is protecting parks for kids and not allowing them to be turned into drug dens.”

Published Feb 28, 2025 at 6:31pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
Mayor Nuttall confident Ford government will deliver on encampment cleanup pledge

A municipal worker removes an encampment residents belongings as police and city officials work to clear the Alexandra Park encampment in Toronto on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall is gearing up for encampment cleanups in his city after the PCs won re-election on Thursday on a platform that included giving municipalities more powers to handle the encampments.

While no specific timeline for the bill has been set, Nuttall expressed confidence that Premier Doug Ford’s government will act on it.

Ford even said during his victory speech last night that “the people had said yes” to “clean up our streets, crack down on crimes, end encampments and protect our schools.”

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