Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said images of tent cities are not limited to Third World countries. .“This is Kelowna,” said Poilievre in a Tuesday tweet. .“After eight years of [Justin] Trudeau and the NDP.”.The video starts off showing six tents, with one of them having a shopping cart hanging outside of it. .It moves to two more tents, and there is a homeless man picking up items outside of one of them. .As the video continues to roll, more tents pass by before a truck and a covered space with people inside go by. .Additional tents go by, and there is a long tent with a grey tarp draped over coming after them. .Some larger tents pass by, with a few people congregating around and talking to each other. .More continue to pass by, with an increasing number of garbage cans appearing along the way. .Macdonald-Laurier Institute policy analyst and outreach coordinator Melissa Mbarki acknowledged tent cities are popping up across Canada. .“Tearing them down isn't the solution and cities need to be more proactive in dealing with this issue,” said Mbarki. .Free Press writer Rupa Subramanya expressed disgust in more tent cities popping up. .“Who knew that Third World-style shanty dwellings by the side of a highway would become a reality in Canada?” said Subramanya. .This ordeal comes after the Vancouver Police Department took East Hastings Street back from homeless people and drug addicts on April 5. .READ MORE: Encampment on East Hastings Street in Vancouver removed.City of Vancouver employees began to dismantle tents on the Downtown Eastside..“The street is usually packed with dealers, illicit stores, and broken people,” said a witness.
