
Vagrancy = drugs, crime, and lost business
How do we stop encampments?
I don’t want anyone to suffer. That includes the tax-payers and residents.
Is it true that there are ample housing options available for those who have fallen on bad times? I’ve asked a few officials and they indicate there are several options.
At least some of these vagrants (if not most) are addicted to drugs and choose this predicament instead of getting help. We’ve witnessed verbal and physical harassment in public areas. We’ve witnessed them stealing the bikes of the SIS students and called the police. The tourists are turned off by their presence.
I work in Kitchener and have seen how hard it is to uproot the encampments once established.
Now, I hear that members of the city council are actually supporting these criminals with gifts of tents and sleeping bags? Is this true?
Is anyone involved in a conservative solution that works to eliminate the problem?
I don’t want anyone to go without shelter. But, the solution can’t be to accept a criminal invasion.