Down and Out in Canada’s Capital

There’s no help that works for those at the bottom

Sandra Lillie sits on the mattress on which she slept in a park in Ottawa, with the tarpaulin she used for cover to the side, after she got kicked out of her basement apartment on Oct. 30, 2020. Courtesy of Colin Alexander

Commentary

Is Canada really a rich and caring country? Meet Sandra Lillie, who became homeless just as a snowstorm was moving in on Oct. 30, 2020. With threats of violence, two thugs evicted her from her basement apartment on Shillington Avenue in Ottawa in relation to a disturbance she had caused in September.