12-03-2022, 03:19 PM
(12-03-2022, 04:29 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-03-2022, 12:30 AM)WLU Wrote: That's the thing. They're not "forced" to live in Victoria Park. They choose to live there. Our leadership allows them to stay. Then those who always have something negative to say about some aspect of downtown rightfully point to this example as more proof.
What is their choice? Victoria Park or...where? I mean, sure, they're homeless, they could just go live on some other piece of land. They are forced to live on the street is what I meant.
And you're right, our leadership does force them to stay, by failing to provide meaningful alternatives for them.
It is not just municipal leadership. The province has abdicated its responsibility. Neither ODSP nor Ontario Works provides enough to rent an apartment in this town or anywhere in the province, for that matter. As long as politicians ignore that, it is only going to get worse. The global south is full of large shantytowns built by people with no other options. That could happen here.