An unhoused man who is spending his fourth winter in a Winnipeg encampment says the provincial government's plan to address homelessness this year is a good idea, but will need to be enacted in an accommodating, compassionate and trauma-informed way if it's to be successful.

After his 27-year-old son died from a drug-related overdose in Vancouver a few years ago, Dano Mason rebuilt his life in an encampment along the bank of the Red River in the South Point Douglas area.

The people there have sup…