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The case against a homeless Indigenous woman being taken to court for building a cabin on Crown land in Northern Ontario has been dropped, thanks in part to efforts of a Unifor activist.
Darlene Necan said the decision means she’ll finally have a home.
“I’ll be going home to where I grew up. I’ll be going home to never be kicked out for any reason.”
Steve Watson, a Unifor staff retiree, said he was inspired to help after hearing that Necan had previously built a cabin for an elder living in a chicken coop.
“The first action she took wasn’t for herself, it was for somebody else,” Watson told the CBC. “That resonates with me.”
Her lawyer said community support helped Necan’s cause.
“We can all draw a lesson from the fact that grassroots organizing and grassroots efforts to try and achieve small victories can succeed,” Michael Leitold said.
