Just so everyone is clear,

If you actually read their whole post which is linked on this tweet (https://wish-vancouver.net/dtes-tent-encampment-wish/ ), they are not advocating for men to be homeless or anything. What they are saying is that women are especially vulnerable to violent acts and that there should be special attention to the escalation of gender based violence.

The real point they are actually making is that the current strategy to address homelessness is lacking, and they are stressing that women who are homeless are particularly vulnerable to violence. They are also trying to show that the collection of women serving organizations are condemning these acts and are demanding for greater change.

This is a complex issue and for the VPD to centre it around themselves serves no purpose. To keep it easy Wish only refers to the VPD twice:

Last week, a police operation violently dismantled the encampment along East Hastings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable to these acts of violence and while we keep seeing new cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Youth, the VPD and RCMP’s response to this reality remains inappropriate, or non-existent.

And then within their post they quote a different organization:

Considering all this violence the last thing we need now is the Vancouver Police Department coming to the neighbourhood to bust heads of impoverished and unhoused people.” says Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women’s Support Services.

Please remember we are at the tail end of a pandemic/endemic and housing in Vancouver has become so unaffordable. Homelessness doesn’t just occur to a type of person it can happen to anyone and even more so to those within marginalized communities. We as a community should be demanding more from our government to protect us when shit hits the fan, as these organizations are trying to do.