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Jamie Seip speaks for the group. He spoke last spring during the public protests of the low-barrier supportive housing shelter on Burnett Street. That housing complex just opened Tuesday.

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Seip maintains they are taking action where police and bylaws cannot.

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They are not being heartless, said Seip, and explained he gave a homeless girl who had been stranded in Maple Ridge a ride back to her home town of Chilliwack. He drove another person to Port Coquitlam.

There have been no altercations. He has checked with RCMP and bylaws and has not been told to cease and desist, he added.

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Chris Bossley, who was an advocate for the homeless people living at the Anita Place Tent City, has asked police to investigate.

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Police said they have no comment at this time.

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