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On February 27, 2022, Jason (Bear) Marche, our neighbour and friend, died of unknown causes in the backyard of 306 Innisfil St. That is where the mobile summer camper trailer was parked in which this human being endured minus thirty-degree temperatures with little more than blankets for protection.

Bear was not homeless. Public money provided through the Ontario Disability Support Program paid a slumlord $700.00 per month in rent. Some people pay less than that for an apartment.

The illegal ‘rented residence’ was not insulated, other than by some Styrofoam and building materials that had been donated to Bear by concerned neighbours. It was also heated only by a grossly inadequate plug-in space heater. It had no working plumbing, only a chemical toilet that was constantly frozen in the winter, and no functional cooking facilities.

Bear was a desperate man who had nowhere else to go. So, he reluctantly agreed to rent this trailer. He was also expected as part of his rental agreement to maintain the property, which included shovelling snow.

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We demand justice for our friend Bear by seeking criminal prosecution for negligence against the slumlord, Jason Hejja, and his partners who appear to be in hiding, or at the very least for fraud against ODSP.