The easiest and cheapest way to "escape poverty" is just give people in the DTES money directly through a trust fund.
However like a few Indian reservations in the States have found, having 90k payout per member a
month.. won't solve the problem with suicide / substance abuse etc.
Education is the most effective method (hopefully reducing young people from else where from ending up in the DTES), but it takes so much time and investment honestly I can't see Canadian Gov or even voters making a change.
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Originally Posted by Tapioca
My point wasn't about health services; my point was that we have allowed low income people, the mentally ill, and substance abusers to congregate in the DTES because they have nowhere else to go. We are very good at keeping people alive, but we are not good at getting these people to escape poverty and destitution.
Health care reform is a whole other can of worms. Again, our health care system is catered to keeping people alive, but we have under-invested in prevention and wellness. You know what's going to kill us? Substance abuse and type 2 diabetes.
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