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Originally Posted by Great68
GTFO with this bullshit. The people living in "tent city" are a bunch of fucking drug addicts who believe that they are entitled to get something for nothing.
Months ago, the province opened up additional shelters in the region for these people. The people who actually wanted to improve their lives left to go use them. The rest were the fucking freeloader lowlifes who just want to do drugs all day, but yet they demand housing.
This whole thing is such a farce. The province should accept a big part of the blame, they let these people stay when the camp was first set up on the courthouse grounds (provincial property) instead of kicking them out to begin with. Now the problem has grown tenfold, and unfortunately the City of Victoria has to deal with it. VicPD has already released stats that crime in the area has doubled since last year.
What that area needs is a fucking firebomb right in the center of it.
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I think a lot of people don't realize that housing is not a cure for drug addiction.
If you see drug addicts on street, simply giving them a place to live isn't going to fix anything.
Only people that are eager to work but out of job due to unfortunate circumstances may have more hope.