City staff have cleared a homeless encampment in Toronto’s west end for a second time in a few days, after a small group of people rebuilt a camp that was removed on Friday.
City vehicles once again removed tents and people’s belongings from Dufferin Grove Park on Wednesday morning, with security seen next to the area that was previously cleared and surrounded by a fence.
Michael DeForge, who was at the park Wednesday to support encampment residents, said a group of Toronto police officers and security guards removed residents and took about six or seven tents.
“They came really early in the morning, which is sort of the way they work … snatching tents early in the morning,” he said.
DeForge said the removal of the encampment sabotages the conversations residents were having with Tor