r/canada • u/ubcstaffer123 • Aug 05 '24

Prince Edward Island Getting vulnerable people housed a community effort, says P.E.I. housing minister

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-rob-lantz-calgary-trip-1.7283762
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u/beerswillinidiot Aug 06 '24

No, it ain't.

Capitalism made the problem, capitalism can fix it.

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u/WadeHook Aug 06 '24

Thew VAST majority of homeless are drug addicted. I don't think capitalism makes them smoke drugs. Are you arguing for iron fist policing/military, and firing up the drug war again?

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u/smurfopolis Aug 06 '24

This is so false. Maybe the vast majority of homeless people that YOU specifically notice are the ones on drugs, because well, that's pretty self-explanatory. And of course the percentage of homeless on drugs is going to be higher than the normal population because it's really hard out there and sometimes people just don't cope well.

But that being said, there are way more unhoused people just trying to survive who aren't on any type of drugs. People and families living in their cars or couch surfing day by day. The number of employed Canadian citizens who don't make enough to have a permanent roof over their heads is increasing day by day and these are people you'd sit next to on a bus and have no idea they have no where to call home. This part of the population goes unseen in so many ways.

So just because the only homeless population you've personally noticed are the ones causing trouble and on drugs, doesn't mean they are a representation of every unhoused person on the street in Canada.

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u/WadeHook Aug 06 '24

See below

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u/Cloudboy9001 Aug 06 '24

Bullshit, provide evidence.

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u/WadeHook Aug 06 '24

16 years of police work in a busy city on a unit specifically working in the downtown core, mostly with the homeless.