Wenn es um Obdachlosigkeit geht, ist mein Herz in Gefahr, trocken zu bluten
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-fixing-canadas-foundering-approach-to-the-addiction-and-housing-crisis/
Wenn es um Obdachlosigkeit geht, ist mein Herz in Gefahr, trocken zu bluten
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-fixing-canadas-foundering-approach-to-the-addiction-and-housing-crisis/
7 Kommentare
Unfortunately it costs a lot of money to combat mental health and homelessness, a lot of money the government doesn’t want to spend.
Totally get where she’s coming from.
No matter who we vote for Federally or Provincially I’ll be shocked to see anything change for the better in the coming years. Healthcare and mental healthcare is only getting worse across the board. Same with rehab spaces. Housing and rent is less and less affordable leading to more homelessness and once people are homeless it doesn’t take long before they also stop playing by the rules. After all once you’re homeless in a country that can get to -45 or colder in the winter with no supports – what do you have to lose?
There doesn’t seem to be the political will anywhere to really deal with this.
Insightful article. Like her, I wonder where the real experts are for this, especially on policy that has worked in other countries. Perhaps since this is a national crises, this needs to be under national oversight rather than in provincial hands, with a consistent three pronged approach of national appropriately trained and dedicated law enforcement, federal drug crime courts, and federally managed & delivered treatment strategies.
I don’t know either. I just wish we could do better for the addicts, the families and the collateral damage of victims around this epidemic.
Bizarre article lol. Basically boils down to “I used to have sympathy for homeless people, but now that it’s gotten so bad that I actually have to see them I no longer feel sympathy”, like what? I swear people that think like this are the biggest NPCs on earth.
I don’t agree with people that that blame the homeless for the issues they bring with them but I understand their logic, it’s just hilarious when someone is so empty brained that they can’t even form their actual opinion on something until it’s staring them in the face.
Of course the real explanation is that the purpose of this article isn’t to express an opinion but just to fear monger/demonize homeless people, so in that context it makes a lot more sense
We really ought to address the heart of the problem directly: homeless people need homes. This wouldn’t immediately solve every problem but it would solve a lot of the really big obvious problems: people with homes don’t need to live in parks and do drugs on the street. Many secondary problems will also be addressed: fewer people urinating and defecating in the street, fewer people dying of exposure, and lower associated medical problems. – we’ve seen from experience that housing the homeless saves money overall. We’d also find that‘ it’s easier to address mental health and drug problems when the people have a home to go to and a bed to sleep in.
That was a heavy read. I feel my own ‘liberal bleeding heart’ running out in the same way. For all the talk, it comes down to a whole host of things, from the degradation and disappearance of social and non-governmental institutions, corruption and capture of regulations and local government, declining strength of local journalism, and the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation by bad actors on social media platforms.
This work is being done. Mutual aid, food banks, local housing initiatives not beholden to or even worrying about the government getting in the way. But these small charitable efforts are drops in an ocean, and truly only a public and resounding acknowledgment of the problem and pathway towards a solution by someone with the proper political capital could accomplish something like that in this day and age.
Carney could do that now, tabling his budget with a social rebuilding program around new and reformed institutions at the heart of it all, but that is a pipe dream. More likely it is through the lens of civics and free trade that will serve to make the homeless and lacking mental healthcare problem in this country all the more stark. This problem is going to get worse before it gets better.
Tax the rich and corporations fairly, and then invest in children, families, communities, housing, healthcare, and education —- and see what you grow in 20 years. That work must happen hand in hand with the bandaids of immediate relief.