Open Letter to the Ontario Government and Doug Ford
To: Premier Doug Ford Happy Solstice. For much of the year, there's complaints about the homeless. Building shelters in parks, in alleys, out in the woods. And steps are taken to evict them, tear down their shelters, and get rid of them. The thing is, everyone knows that isn't a solution. It's kicking the can down the street, and hoping you don't ever have to actually deal with it. All that's costing is human lives. You can't fix the homeless problem by tearing down shelters, all that does is cause human misery and death. Homeless shelters can't really deal with people who have mental illnesses. ODSP doesn't give enough to cover rent (and food, and bills). I've been to a homeless camp in the middle of the woods, in winter. I saw tents, I saw tarps. I saw people starving. They go out and beg and go to places where they can get food, then rush back and eat in their tent before shivering through the night. That's no way for a person to live, but i...