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Bundled in winter coats, hats, and clutching signs in gloved hands, around 20 Vanier residents marched on city hall Wednesday.

The group endured a -14 C chill as they demonstrated against a proposal to build a Salvation Army homeless shelter in their neighbourhood.

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The proposal to allow the shelter’s construction was approved at council by a 16-7 vote on Nov. 22. However, an appeal by local businesses supported by SOS Vanier — the community group that has led the charge against the project — has been sent to the Ontario Municipal Board for review.

Gordon Morrison, a marcher at Wednesday’s event, said the demonstration “shows the spirit of the community.”

“We want justice and fairness,” he said. “We didn’t get it at council. We still command it.”

Gillian Kirkland, who helped to organize the march, said it was also a way of “denouncing the bad planning on the part of the mayor (Jim Watson).”

“This is not the way to deal with homelessness and it’s not the way to treat this community,” Kirkland said. “So it’s a short-sighted, quick-fix, band-aid solution that ultimately is not going to serve the people it’s intended to help.”