Toronto is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anish- nabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. [...] 9 What emerged from the workshops was a vision of a housing system ground- ed in a commitment to the human right to housing and the needs of the most vulnerable members of society. [...] Participants also noted the need for landlords to be better educated and trained and that youth want more understanding of the fact that “people have a lack of experience/ understanding with the system.” Both workshops also discussed humanizing the housing system, the need for better landlord and tenant relationships, and for housing to be viewed as “[c]ommunity oriented instead of a business.” Pa. [...] 4 of the NSHA that, “[i]t is declared to be the hous- ing policy of the Government of Canada to… further the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing as recognized in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”.17 A repeating theme among the participants in the Saskatoon workshop was the desire to have more support and compassion in the housing process. [...] • The consequences of eviction must be proportionate to the objective.22 The proportionality framework requires that an adjudicator consider all the circumstances of the case, including the interests of both the tenant and the 22 For more on proportionality, see Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, “Proportionality: A legal framework to make eviction a last resort in Canada“ (2023) online:
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