Junkies bankrupting ontario.

[Birf]

They are going to cause catastrophic financial consequences when cities have to continually look after them. The cities blame the province but the real problem are the junkies, most of whom don't want help or have no intention to get off drugs. Help is needed for the 25% or so that truly need it.

Most, if not all, are Canadians who are the meth heads so it's not an immigrant problem. I've never seen a non Canadian junkie as they all speak perfect English. I can't say what my solution is, it's the same as what the paramedics say.

Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction

The mayors of Ontario’s 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a “community safety and humanitarian crisis” created by homelessness, mental health and addiction.

www.cp24.com

 

[BennyhillTO]

They are going to cause catastrophic financial consequences when cities have to continually look after them. The cities blame the province but the real problem are the junkies, most of whom don't want help or have no intention to get off drugs. Help is needed for the 25% or so that truly need it.

Most, if not all, are Canadians who are the meth heads so it's not an immigrant problem. I've never seen a non Canadian junkie as they all speak perfect English. I can't say what my solution is, it's the same as what the paramedics say.

Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction

The mayors of Ontario’s 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a “community safety and humanitarian crisis” created by homelessness, mental health and addiction.

www.cp24.com

Being a former addict myself although not a drug addict and spent time in a shelter i see your reasoning. I can tell you this that a lot of them were the cream of the crop of society, I was a successful entrepreneur and it took me years to recover. I thought drug addicts were all low income people that had dead end jobs but a lot of them were well educated and had succesful careers and couldn't believe that some were doctors, lawyers etc.. A lot of them are worth saving but the support systems really do suck.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

They are going to cause catastrophic financial consequences when cities have to continually look after them. The cities blame the province but the real problem are the junkies, most of whom don't want help or have no intention to get off drugs. Help is needed for the 25% or so that truly need it.

Most, if not all, are Canadians who are the meth heads so it's not an immigrant problem. I've never seen a non Canadian junkie as they all speak perfect English. I can't say what my solution is, it's the same as what the paramedics say.

Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction

The mayors of Ontario’s 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a “community safety and humanitarian crisis” created by homelessness, mental health and addiction.

www.cp24.com

It is all well and good to complain about junkies…but when organizations attempt to to build shelters and safe injection sites nobody wants them in their backyard either.

I don’t think the answer lies in getting angry at the weakest, most vulnerable people in society…but for a couple of breaks in life any of us could be walking in their shoes.

 

[Climberx]

They are going to cause catastrophic financial consequences when cities have to continually look after them. The cities blame the province but the real problem are the junkies, most of whom don't want help or have no intention to get off drugs. Help is needed for the 25% or so that truly need it.

Most, if not all, are Canadians who are the meth heads so it's not an immigrant problem. I've never seen a non Canadian junkie as they all speak perfect English. I can't say what my solution is, it's the same as what the paramedics say.

Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction

The mayors of Ontario’s 29 largest cities are calling on the province to declare a state of emergency as municipalities deal with what they call a “community safety and humanitarian crisis” created by homelessness, mental health and addiction.

www.cp24.com

For the ones with no chances of recovering/improving, take away the crutches society gives to prop them up. Let them fail. Sounds inhumane but if you choose otherwise, have to deal with the consequences....

 

[Knuckle Ball]

For the ones with no chances of recovering/improving, take away the crutches society gives to prop them up. Let them fail. Sounds inhumane but if you choose otherwise, have to deal with the consequences....

They have no crutches from society…they are living on the street and eating at soup kitchens.

 

[Climberx]

They have no crutches from society…they are living on the street and eating at soup kitchens.

So where is the $4 billion dollars to fight homelessness going mentioned in the article?

 

[Birf]

They have no crutches from society…they are living on the street and eating at soup kitchens.

They steal from everywhere all day long. The tent cities aren't that bad, they think they own the areas. They have sex, drink, do drugs. When they're Put up in residential areas at churches or hotels and there's problems immediately.

 

[shakenbake]

So where is the $4 billion dollars to fight homelessness going mentioned in the article?

Administrator and developer pockets.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

So where is the $4 billion dollars to fight homelessness going mentioned in the article?

I don’t know…but I am certain that it is not in the pockets of the homeless people that some in this thread seem to believe are ripping us all off somehow.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

They steal from everywhere all day long. The tent cities aren't that bad, they think they own the areas. They have sex, drink, do drugs. When they're Put up in residential areas at churches or hotels and there's problems immediately.

Sounds like the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.