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How is Vancouver going to deal with it's homelessness/drug addiction/prostitution problem when all of the tourists arrive? It's the worst skid row in North America. #olympicvillage
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@MISS MERCY STREET: They are planning to arrest the vast majority of them and either hold them in prison cells or shove them into a hastily-renovated Riverview insane asylum in coquitlam (abandoned for 40 years now).
The province is passing some legislation that will allow officers to arrest "Anyone deemed at risk by the weather" and "escort them to shelter". it won't survive a court challenge, but it will take till after the olympics are gone for it to be seen in court on a charter basis.
Between this and the police spying on protesters and anyone related to them, among a myriad of other social issues, BC really is becoming the worst place to live in Canada. #olympicvillage Reply
The province is passing some legislation that will allow officers to arrest "Anyone deemed at risk by the weather" and "escort them to shelter". it won't survive a court challenge, but it will take till after the olympics are gone for it to be seen in court on a charter basis.
Between this and the police spying on protesters and anyone related to them, among a myriad of other social issues, BC really is becoming the worst place to live in Canada. #olympicvillage Reply
@MISS MERCY STREET: Is it now? It's not pretty but it's no different than most other big cities. #olympicvillage
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@MISS MERCY STREET:
We don't. Our city seems to be just moving all of them to a less visible location....
Meanwhile, the city just spent 2 billion dollars building a train route that does what an already existing bus route does #olympicvillage Reply
We don't. Our city seems to be just moving all of them to a less visible location....
Meanwhile, the city just spent 2 billion dollars building a train route that does what an already existing bus route does #olympicvillage Reply
@amazingmao: Well, until they cancelled the bus route to justify the train, at least ;)
@Bassem B.: No, it's quite real, You should read the Tyee sometime. #olympicvillage Reply
@Bassem B.: No, it's quite real, You should read the Tyee sometime. #olympicvillage Reply