Tents torn down as workers, police remove Edmonton encampment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- The City of Edmonton has taken down a tent city in Chinatown, the latest in a series of encampment removals. The city says camps are too dangerous to remain standing, but advocates say the removals put encampment residents at risk. CBC's Travis McEwan reports from the scene.
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Oh but we have enough money to send to other countries but can't manage to help our own citizens...makes me sick
These people don't take the help when offered. Guarantee most of them make as much money or more than you lol through all the different benefits they collect but they spend it all on drugs
Don't vote liberal
We can’t say no to Zelenskyy. Oh and climate change we have billions for that too. Homeless people, especially white homeless are of no concern to Trudeau.
It's easy. Housing the homles doesn't give you mining rights in other countries. We live in a time where the profits of a few are more important then helping to help the ones that are suffering.
@@xeero24
Spot-on. A ‘fellow’ of the Trudeau Foundation, Dr. Jocelyn something, she said that most who use Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) are “White and privileged.”
Evil exists...
It is really mind boggling that Canada, the so called developed nation has money to pay for refugees but not built low cost housing for poor Canadians.
And just how 'low' is the cost of this 'low cost' housing?
most dont want housing and if they do they will destroy the housing and then leave. "low cost housing" would only work for a small minority of people who want to better their lives and actually look after themselves and get clean. these are drug addicts who like drugs.
Who do you think deserves the money? The people fleeing persecution and war or the lazy people who don’t want to work?
@@earls2642 Actual Canadians deserve it first...... not some people from God knows where who've never put a penny into our economy or paid taxes......therefore all the rest of your blabbering is totally irrelevant...
@@Neillybob63 very mature of you.
im so glad we are bringing in 1 million immigrants in 2 years that are going to live better than Canadians that were born here.
Immigrants that want to live, prosper and pay taxes, my family immigrated to Canada and my parents put a family of 5 into a rooming house. What do these people do?
@@chinadollfmd alot of the immigrants brought in are brought in for votes only.. They will never contribute to Canada's system, only withdrawl. The majority of ones brought in now have their own areas and don't want any Canadians to infiltrate, only want us to pay for it.
Ohh, because our government took care of homeless people back when they were openly xenophobic? WW1 vets would disagree with you on that one. The fact that you're scapegoating immigrants for a problem they aren't responsible for (even if they were the cause) show's that you are distracted from the real issues.
1.2 million last year, they lied about only 500,000
Stop funding the Zïonist regime. That’s where all our money is going. $9 BILLION Canadian tax dollars to Ukraine?!!!!!!
Just because you swept a problem under a rug doesn't mean it went away.
The western ppl hate ppl in general... so stealing all the belonging off poor ppl is par for the course... how do you think those politicians got to power; stepping on little ppl and stealing from them just another Saturday night in Edmonton.
Precisely my feelings. Displacing them without any help is just moving to problem around.
You don't solve homelessness by making homelessness easier. That inevitably increases homelessness. Allowing the homeless to live in slums is sweeping them under the rug.
@@MrChrisPomerleau THAT'S NOT HOW HOMELESSNESS WORKS
@@MrChrisPomerleau So your pro stealing all belongings from poor ppl. real classy. Then forcing them into voluntary jails where they get abused.
Our prime minister vacations in a 9,300 per night holiday resort while Canadians under his watch get evicted from encampments. It's good to be king.
Id rather him live lavish than the fenty bums living in alleys 😅
The prime minister is a criminal
@@lookinforthelightful
And so are the poeple who voted for him.
yeah the city of Edmonton or the gov of Alberta is powerless, cause homelessness in now a federal issue all of a sudden
Politicians should be forced to live in encampments.
No they all personally LIVE 1000 miles away from all of it in massive homes purchased by your tax dollars and via collecting bribes and contracts for their side hustle companies deceptively pawned off as lobbies ect....Every single person in government in Canada is there for one and only one reason, to make themselves and those in their immediate circle RICHER by any means necessary and to 100 percent LIE to the public while doing it. Turdeau has been caught lying how many 1000 times by now! Polliver is no different....same crap different color party...They are all the same and all pre purchased by lobbies....ALL OF THEM. Stop being so delusional.
And work for minimum wage!!!!!
Liberal and NDP
They won't live in an encampment because they worked their way up to a nice job. These junkies don't have the will power to clean themselves up and get a job to get a place to rent.
Charity begins at home, as the old saying goes. With the current housing crisis, so many of those now on the streets are people who, before COVID, had places to call home. There are many working stiffs who now live in their cars. I'm one of them. The governments, provincial and national, need to start paying attention to what is going on in this country.
Very well said, Sandy. I am sorry that you're having to live in your car and I pray you find a warmer, safer and better living situation soon. :)
I found living in my truck for a year while working full time I was able to save up a ton of money. I'm thankful I had a -20 sleeping bag to get me thru it. I realize rents are ridiculous. The idea of a van/mobile set up is the way forward for many of us.
Our Gov'ts are following the WEF Globalist agenda where we're the "useless eaters" who will own nothing. Isn't it time we stopped relying on Gov't to save us? Like you said, charity begins at home -- family and community, yet you're promoting Gov't intervention. So contradictory.
They are paying attention. They know exactly what's going on. It's by design.
What you are asking for is socialism and we don’t want that in our country.
What Canada has become is disgusting.
We voted this government in three times.
We deserve everything we get.
THE WORST IS YET TO COME
UN was implemented in all levels of government in the early 90s, mental health beds were mostly closed shortly after, around the world. E petition 4623 to remove UN from our government has over 70,000 signatures, closes Feb 7. Petitions at least create awareness that we know and they now know we know.
Yes, the Europeans should take care of their decendents instead of letting them litter the streets with tents
@@HelloThere-jd8vd IN EUROPE THE HOMELESS ARE MENTALLY ILL DUE TO MEXICAN DRUGS
Sick ..yes send loads of funds to other countries but allow this to happen to people here in Canada..
Where are the church members, they are supposed to help, they run from the needy. They are awful.
@@deemisquadis9437 alot of good church people tho ,that go on thier own and help others..but its our governments responsibility to look after our citizens,They Tax and Tax and Tax and let people on disibility pensions starve and have use food banks and leave addicts on the street and allow drug dealers yo openly sell drugs in these areas..with little to no treatment facilities
@@jamescollinscares3897
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And this is where society f---ed up.
@@shauncameron8390 why we need to totally re think government and find solution to this befor it gets worse
We need to reopen the institutions we had before this mess. A lot of this is mental heath and lack of the mental institutions to shelter and rehabilitate people.
also you have to come to terms that a majority just want to not work, do drugs and be a non contributor to society, but also have some that do need help.
@@ttv_neon7892that's simply not true. Cost of living has outpaced wage increases, and a lot of people work 2-3 jobs just to scrape by.
@@GayStationB
It is true.
Just a small price to pay to live in the big city.
@@GayStationB I agree but where I live and work I see nothing but (and I’m not trying to be harsh) drug addicts, stabbings, people just tweeking out hard! Like 100’s of them. I’m also an employer. And I’m desperately trying to hire people. I’m looking for low skilled labour. No one wants to work!
Class action suit for discriminating against homelessness and not addressing housing crises for those Canadians on the streets.. sending millions of taxes to help other counties in crises😮 Go get'em folks.. it's your Right
The unfortunate thing is people that are renting and refuse to leave if the home owner or apartment owner wants them to leave (for whatever reason) are part of the problem. There are going to be less and less places to rent because people will not put up with their renters not paying rent. Some of the people on the streets definitely have mental or physical problems, but the majority don’t even want to try. Some have been offered jobs and they do not want to work.
😂😂😂😂
These are not just tent cities, but a good proportion has mental or drug problems
I'm a bus driver from this area, and I can assure you that these are real people. They have fears and anxieties just like you do. Ripping down their houses is utterly absurd! we are one step closer to having a hunger games society...
So open up your home and wallet lefty.
@@cad687 he's not even doing the bleeding heart thing.
Nor said anything to imply he is a lefty.
Allowing this allows it to fester, suddenly our good communities become slum areas. Which equals not being able to walk down your own streets. Normal things like walking to the grocery store become hunger games scenarios.
Leftists make no sense. Our way of life gets worse and worse and you call it progress.
I would agree with you if they had no options, however the issue is that it's not that there is no space in homeless shelters, but that these people don't wish to reside in them. At least that's what the video told us - That they don't want to go because the shelter is "Not a good fit". Sorry, but I won't side with these people so long as the territory in question is a city. If they were doing this away from the city on crown land, then I'd take your side of the argument. People need to be allowed to live after all, but these people are already being given options. Options they are currently choosing to opt out from.
@@cad687 Found the UCP supporter.
These people need to get clean from drugs. You can’t house them they don’t have the responsibility to take care of a household. These people need rehab, then half way housing & jobs. If that doesn’t work send them to jail.
Agreed 100% !!!
My sister is a nurse in edmonton and she says that theres enough space for ppl in shelters (her words. Not mine) but she says that women especially are concerned about the safety in shelters. Not sure how a tent outside is safer. But from my own experience of volunteer work. I think most homeless people don’t like shelters because they cant do what they want. Its not theres to do what they want with it.
That's a huge part of it but there are more dynamics that most won't realize until you've lived that way, as I have. You can read my comment if you're interested in a bit more information based on my personal experience.
@@natashamawhinney3784 Natasha!! 🥰✌️. You have much knowledge and can see the problems with "their" solutions...... And I keep hearing the same old things over and over and over and...... 😱😭. Please start posting more somewheres..... I truly feel some people should just be ASKED "What would work for YOU"....... NOBODY EVER ASKS...... Even the hotels that the governments' BUY, with taxpayers' AFTER TAX money can be terrifying, soul-killing "homes"(???😱). Much better in a TENT!!! 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦
Shelters are only a bed at night and not a permanent place to stay. Shelter residents have to leave after breakfast at 6am and cannot come back inside until 6pm at night and only if there is available beds.
That is correct. They have to follow rules. They do not want to follow rules. That is why most of them are homeless. Its not hard to figure out.
A lot aren't welcome in shelters because they won't get along to have a warm place to sleep. Government needs to reopen all the beds they closed in the 90s, plus more due to increase of population. That's when homelessness really exploded. There will always be some who just don't want to live the way most do.
Mr Trudeau you should be ashamed that a wealthy country like Canada can’t come up with better solutions to this issue!
Yes better solutions need to be thought of but in the mean time these squatter camps need to go. They are dangerous for the homeless and anyone passing by. It's riddled with drugs, disease, and human waste. Having these camps left unchecked only welcomes more homeless to set up camp. Yes it is not a long term fix but it has to happen.
This is something the provinces have to deal with, because social programs fall under their jurisdiction. What are the provinces doing about it? It was an issue before Justin Trudeau was in power. In 2015, and in 2019, I voted for a totally independent candidate, during those federal elections. In the last federal election, I spoiled my ballot, because there was no independent candidate for me to vote for. Ask the provinces why they aren't doing anything to help with this. Yes, Justin Trudeau has done epic screwups, but this matter is on the provinces.
@@vando6679Where are these people going to go to? That's the issue. These tent encampments aren't good, because they aren't safe, but once they are dismantled, where will these people go to? More needs to be done to deal with this, but that is on the provincial governments to handle that, because social programs fall under their level of government.
@@dwaynewladyka577 where are they gonna go? In shelters. There is ample room in the shelters which we pay for. Plus you're acting like they already had a place to stay. They were living on the street. Its not like they are getting displaced out of their homes. They were already homeless and didn't want to seek help at the many institutions available to them.
Enough with asking government to take care of this issue! Where are the tax exempt religious institutions? Time for them to caring out God's love.
I bet the guy with the "Housing is a human right" wouldn't let any of these people live in their extra rooms in their nice suburbs and if they set up an encampment near them they would call the police and post it on twitter.
Don't blame the homeless. Blame Justin Trudeau for screwing up our economy! Every day more and more people get pushed to a financial breaking point because even if they work 2 jobs they cannot afford $3k rent for a 1 bedroom apartment.
Wowwwwww....
It's not the guy's responsibility to house them though is it? But as a society we need to care about our most vulnerable and what happens to them. These people often have complex issues, they're still human though and have a right to shelter. Maybe do the Adverse Childhood Experience test.
Amen
Our government gouges us for taxes and you think we should take these people in? There needs to be government dollars focused on Canadians
All the empty down town buildings can't be renovated into shelters...the old remand center would could be renovated it was designed to house many people
Of course, and then do business want to operate there ? I don’t think so. Edmonton will be a nothing city, it is heading there at an amazing speed.
@moirabrownlee5420 I hear you but what do you do about this problem...there was a bunch of "tents" on the sidewalk around the west end Costco a few months back..if "people" don't want to get help and use the shelters provided...they are cutting off their options. The "cleanups " of garbage,needles, and "human waste" is ridiculous....I sure don't need to be replacing my bbq and propane tank
@@briansmith3191 Honestly Brian, I wish I knew. we need some fresh ideas. I don’t have a problem putting them up in downtown empty buildings, no one should be outside in winter in Edmonton, however, if we do that, we have to be prepared for the negative impact on businesses downtown. There are travelling business people being warned that Edmonton is unsafe. I personally never go there, the city have done a wonderful job of making downtown unfriendly to citizens. Lack of parking and ridiculously high parking costs, along with drunk and drug addled homeless people, has made Edmonton a no go zone for many.
@moirabrownlee5420 like I said before the remand center would probably be the easiest and most cost effective way to "house" people...the old cells could be made into "sleeping quarters " they were designed to be "vandalism " proof and the "upkeep " should be relatively easy given everything is stainless steel...if they wanted they could modify the cell doors so the doors could be opened only from the inside much like a bathroom door. People would have there own rooms for the night and could lock the door. "Workers" could easily supervise the "cells" at night for any issues of drug or medical issues
Homelessness is a symptom of a failed Government
...So then every country in the world is a failed government by those metrics... Theres not a SINGLE country without a homeless population, there's just some countries that are better at making it illegal to be homeless, and "taking care of the problem" before the media sees. Just for reference, On a list of 107 countries, Canada has the 24th smallest homeless population per capita, beside Denmark and brazil. 3 countries down has a homeless population 25% larger per capita than Canada whereas a whole 10 countries up is 25% less per capita. We are among the lower rate countries, with the US having a homeless population 75% larger PER CAPITA than Canada. Whatever is wrong in Canada, it's nearly 2x as bad across the border and MUCH more common in other countries.
@ryanthompson3737
Correct.
However
There are those who chose to be homeless
There are those forced into it.
Then we have market manipulation
Election Rigging + Dominion + Magic Wall Technology
Agendas by unelected officials + U.N
WEF
G7/G8
The 300 club
Club of Rome
Khazarian Mafia
Seems cruel to do this in January man...
You notice they wait until it’s cold out to do this?
There is no life without a mother.
It's not cruel whatsoever. There are shelters with beds available for these people. But they refuse them because their main issue isn't homelessness, it's drug addiction. I'd feel bad for them if they didn't have the solution to their problems right in front of them, but they refuse it...
Canadians are so nice....My ballz...
@@ironhell813crazy how some of us need to work to keep ourselves fed and warm. Yet we don't ask for handouts. We work for it.
As quick as the city tears them down..... the homeless rebuild....
this has accomplished nothing....
Not there they arent.
Yup!
Thanks to the liberal city mayor who just made Edmonton a sh.. hole!
Where would you go if you lost everything?
One of the many shelters at nowhere near capacity. @@phillehmann5163
It's hurt the most poor and desperate in our society. Mission accomplished.
What caused this never seems to be addressed.
Trudeau...You are right he has to be addressed.
@@eyeswideopen67housing crisis existed before liberals. Could just argue all high paying politicians that do nothing could be blamed for this.
The government caused it. Leave the government. Ignore them. And live on without them.
over-priviliged junkies
Party with drugs
I wonder how many city officials are landlords with rents so high it puts people on the street. Not just Edmonton but all cities where homelessness is an issue.
Rents have gone through the roof across the country. Mayb bringing in 1 million people a year is what's to blame.
Rents are not high in Edmonton. I pay $800 a month. There are lots of jobs for people who want to work.
@@McLKeithbut you have a roommate correct?
Not all homeless is cost related. Humans aren't so simple or easy to help
Lol room price 🤣 😅 😂
The Shelters aren't a good fit because they have nowhere to store their stuff safely. They have to leave it outside in their shopping carts or whatever means they are carrying the large amount of belongings they have, and everything gets stolen.
"their" shopping carts huh?...... pretty sure ALL shopping carts belong to grocery stores.....
Nah. It'd because they can't do drugs inside.
They freeze with drugs rather than be sober and warm.
@@dougsmith8584oh no what will the large corporate grocery stores do without a couple shopping carts?? how will they ever recover from such a loss?🙄
ahhhh too bad
@@billyguyjoe1858Stealing is stealing. No one has the right to steal from anybody.
If you think the homeless are entitled to other people's stuff. Then the homeless absolutely deserve this.
I’ve seen these encampments before. It was when I was in Iraq after the first gulf war and in Croatia during that war. This is the way people are forced to live in third world war ravaged countries. I can’t remember it being like this before Trudeau, Notley and Singh. This is the result of their policies. Makes me so sad to see this in a first world country. Giving out “free” drugs is insane, having more people come here than we have homes for is irresponsible, spending borrowed money like there’s no tomorrow is cruel to future generations that will have to pay it back or live in the squaller that has been created. Life under this socialist leaning dictatorship government is killing this country.
That's just objectively not true. There was poverty and homelessness prior to Trudeau, and the issue has been worsening for long before Trudeau.
maybe if you weren't so busy attacking iraq you could have been in canada and helping canadians instead of destroying another country for the elites.
@notqp yes there were people living in tents but by no means to the extent we see now. I don’t remember setting up tent cities outside of federal buildings like this government has done. I can’t see though how you would make the mistake of thinking that my time overseas was “garbage”. While on any of my multiple tours overseas I was trying to ensure that your family and mine were free from looking like the war zones I have fought in.
@@Neonlike0 yes there has always been poverty but not like this. If you think it’s better now than it was then that’s your opinion. I think this is the worst I’ve ever seen in my 50 plus years
@notqp please tell me who was in office before him and who’s mess did he have to clean up after the same thing is going to happen until we get our spending in order and it’s not going to happen with those fools in power now
Failure of our government. We dont have money to help them but sure are willing to spend a lot on punishing them.
Shelters are "not a good fit"?
Well neither is camping out and leaving trash all over public spaces that are intended to be used by the rest of the (tax-paying) public.
This is literally where the term "beggers can't be choosers" comes from. There is more than enough social assistance in Canada to support anyone who can't or won't work, but if you're relying on other people, then you don't get to be picky.
People need to look at what Finland has done they've housed all of their homeless people and they Say It's cheaper
@MrSilvertech that sounds like a them problem.
well fed.
Plz. Your refugees literally sleep on the streets and u close facilities helping those with drug addiction. Assistance my axx. I am in no way supporting tent cities where drugs have taken over or the like. But if u complain about garbage, try tell fellow entitled citizens to stop throwin that shxx on the streets. Seen it several times and nobody seems to call them out. Your system is broken and until you realize that and take action, u will keep fallin apart like that and blame those at the very bottom. You have become an eat or get eaten society. After good 10 years of living in canada, i can assure you that even I seen it fallin apart in those few years. I love you canadians and appreciated your hospitality. But there is no future for this country til you all wake up and stop the blame game. All the best 🇨🇦
Get a life
Houseless for a few years now. Shelters are very difficult if you are still working. Had to be there at 9 am..and 3pm..else..no bed for the night. And forget about being able to sleep..with those around you suffering from a variety of issues. You can only have what you can carry..no place to call your own. You can in a tent. You can move the tent. You can store some dtuff. Its yours..amd that makes such a difference for ones self worth. I'm full time in a minivan..and feel like i'm living large :) The shelters do their best as well as the staff amd volunteers....yet, i'd pick a tent and warm sleeping bag over the local shelters when possible. Also..near the shelters....the more vulnerable are exploited by others on occassion. Some are better then others. So..there are a variety of factors why some choose tents.
Whatever you do, keep working. This complete stranger is wishing you all the luck you need.
Do you think it’s ok to pitch your tent on someone else’s property?
That makes sense. Thanks for sharing. I wish you a warm winter.
@@birsay123 yeah
you're winning in my opinion if you can figure out how to live in a van. No kids, no Rent, no mortgage ,very minimal bills AND WORKING...this guy should be able to save enough to retire in a tropical country in no time and live like a king
Billions of tax payer dollars are spent to solve these issues but nobody is held accountable. Multiple agencies get government funding and it seems like nothing gets done. There should be accountability and these chronic homeless and addicts need to moved to a place where they can't wander and do drugs if they want tax payer help.
The homeless and healthcare bureaucracy requires a never-ending and increasing supply of victim/clients to maintain the need for more staffing and raises. If you start "curing" people, you would risk getting "cutbacks"
They don’t want tax payers help. There are people who are happy to live on the streets.
That's the liberal way
Welcome to Trudeau's Canada ™️
We cannot force people to get clean and deal with their mental illness or addictions. Many use the services but never want to get better. The laws would need to change. Agencies have no control over that.
Sure , provide free housing for new immigrants but neglect our own.
Great job Canada 👏🏻
I saw when they cleared out the tents on 97 street overpass. They were tossing stuff off, while a group of homeless watched. I had to pull into a parking lot, my eyes were flowing with tears. Man’s inhumanity to man broke my heart. There is a multitude of reasons people face poverty it’s not always due to drugs. When the government chose to closed the mental hospitals, they took away the main shelter and resource for addiction.
Did you invite any back to your place to live with you
Trudeau is a big reason why so many people are homeless and more will become homeless as long as this lunatic PM keeps creating conditions that make housing unaffordable. I make 65000 a year and luckily I own my home , if I had to pay 2200 or more a month rent I would be homeless right now too.
@@kingbertron420 how many Nigerian immigrants are living at your place?
Yeah no one was throwing stuff off the bridge lol
@brentmorrison3392 update your resume all you want the bureaucracy,HR,mass layoffs,too many immigrants willing to work for less etc good luck.Go back to school abd train for a job that won't be there thanks to AI.
If you don't have a place to go then the street is your only option The government is the one you should be blaming
@MrSilvertech you don't seem to get that they did this to themselves.
It's kind of crazy that anyone believes HOMELESS people have nowhere else to go. They can literally go anywhere - just pick up and move.
@Chris-du2hv I mean an actual place like a home. I don't mean just anywhere on any street Obviously they can pick up their belongings and sit on another street corner. But you can't just go into a house that you don't own in occupy it. There are laws against that.
Cop out blaming others
But most of them are living like this as a result of their own choices.
If they actually want an "actual place like a home" then they need to work hard towards that goal, same as the rest of us have had to do.
And yes, there are absolutely some people who are un-able to work. There are plenty of resources available for those people that, when taken advantage of, will at the very least keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.
At the VERY LEAST, shelters are available to everyone, so anyone literally living on the street is there by choice.
How many Shelters could be built each year with $1.5 B , rather than it being wasted on the CBC
Why just give money to these people? Make them earn it. Teach them to be respectable citizens.
none. obsession is a stinky cologne. if you don't like reality, leave
One thing Canada doesn't lack is land. There must be a better option
@MrSilvertech clearly they did this to themselves.
Your basements.
FREEZING land with bears, wolves, cougars, and bobcats. definitely suitable for human habitation
@@dbuc4671yep iqaluit needs a bigger population
Canada lacks brains, spines and leadership in the person of Trudeau.
So considerate of the City to do this in the Winter.
If housing Is human right? We shouldn't pay property tax
That's correct. Why should I have to save up to pay my property taxes every when it is a human right?
These encampments need to be cleared out.
Where will they go?
@@meghan42 Work?
They all have families.@@meghan42
@@konstantinzaretskiy3049 not everyone can work, wither for health or mental reasons. They need support and services to help them upgrade themselves out of their position, not having all their possessions destroyed. The sweeps don't stop the cycle of homelessness they just make the people go else where, that is why the city now is seeing panhandlers and tents set up all over because they are trying to get away from these sweeps.
1:51
My suggestion is they move the encampment to the steps of City Hall.
how the hell is that going to help the people who have nowhere else to go who are getting their things thrown in the trash? Other people's lives are not your political statement.
It's the Governments responsibility to watch over its citizens in all aspects, food, housing, safety. The whole purpose of Government is watching over its people. It's not to make money and create a devide. If that's what you think I feel sorry for you. I say put the tents completely around city hall!!
Expect more break and enters and store thefts while they again gather those items you discarded. It’s a never ending cycle. Need to stop bringing people into Alberta as we can’t house who we already have.
Why do they think they’re entitled to steal the items from homes and businesses?!?
Why should they be allowed to keep stolen merchandise?
@@mimo5853 There's no reasoning. When you drive people to unreasonable circumstances, such as homelessness, they will do unreasonable things. The issue is housing (and that includes everyone, not just the homeless!!)
@@mimo5853 never said they were entitled to. Just said it’s inevitable to happen again.
When your government allows greedy landlords to charge ridiculous rent and people end up on street also those homeless are not immigrants they are born canadians
@@user-pk6fk5ns1s Short supply of housing is the only thing keeping housing prices from collapsing. There always has to be some degree of homelessness to keep houses valuable. Just look at China, built too many houses and now their real estate values aren't going up anymore.
Homelessness is something no human should have to go through.
Then they should get a job and stop doing drugs. Apparently we have a “labour shortage” so ya… go work.
@@Kbcqw Bro it is impossible for a homeless person to get a job and even for someone else to get a job too
I agree man, I feel so sad for the people that went homeless due to the high cost of living..
Disgusting how those in power think they are correct in doing this for the greater good
They are doing it for the greater good. Why should taxpayers have their streets and green spaces destroyed because these people choose to be on the streets. Criminals. They should build new jails in every city and arrest them for loitering like the old days, throw them in jail. Maybe after they have detoxed enough times, they may try to get some help. Enabling only perpetuates their misery.
Let's pause sending millions to other countries and letting in millions of immigrants for 5 years, and lets spend money to fix Canada's social issues and massive infrastructure deficits. Housing, seniors housing, hospitals, transit, etc. Use atco trailers as temporary soultions and build apartments over the long term. Th homeless also need significant life skills, counseling and intensive treatment, which they refuse. Can we force people to get help? Not currently, yet their lifestyle endangers other peoples lives. I know several shelter workers who have been attacked by clients.
I do agree w/ the at least 5 year pause on sending millions to other countries and letting in immigrants. It's time that we take care of the people already living here first. To make matters worse, w/ 15 year waiting lists for geared-to-income housing in Toronto, a newly arrived immigrant/refugee/asylum seeker will be moved to the top of the list for that housing. The Government needs to stop paying lip service to the words "affordable housing" and actually build some en masse.
Corporations need those immigrants to keep wages low for Canadians. Can't have people making enough money to have any ambition beyond struggling to pay their bills
@@ctaylor8003 Jeez, do you 'all corporations are evil' communists ever update your software.....?
City of Vancouver has cleared these types of tents few times but magically they keep coming back..
Because it in no way even attempts to solve the issue
@verar5844 maybe deal with the drug and alcohol issue. Find some humanity. Give them somewhere to go. I don't profess to know the solution as I'm sure it's not one single issue but I do know homelessness CAN happen to anyone. Especially in this economic climate. Removing their shelter and throwing out their meagre possessions is not going to miraculously make them disappear.
@@josephwinder6878 it doesn't just "happen" lol
With a stroke of a pen. Homelessness can be made illegal only to ensure that we don’t forget our humanity and house the homeless , feed the hungry and treat the addicted. It can be any of us in today’s time.
well thats a gross oversimplification. Sure, sounds nice in theory but in reality takes a lot more work
You vastly over estimate the competency of government. Seems like they got you early on and conditioned you to think daddy government could fix everything if the right people get elected.🤦♂️
you are 💯 right. The banks and law doth conspire. Interesting too how M.A.I.D. showed up. Take a number, the Dr will be right with you. Oh! This isn't 1942 you say?
Why is the government responsible ,I worked all my life to get what I have ,these people are ruining our beautiful country. It's a life style they choose,drugs and hand outs ,our streets are starting to look like landfills. We the tax paying ,working Canadians should start taking action when these street people start setting up in our neighborhoods .
A voice of reason.
There is no easy answer. Shelters aren't the answer for everyone. If you put yourself in the shoes of any one of these people who were moved, you can only imagine the trauma. Yes they had warning, but they probably hoped it wasn't really going to happen. The onset of cooler weather didn't help.
Hate to brake it to u but they made that choice they could have gotten a job or done anything to help improve themselves but they didn’t most people like that have given up on themselves and as a result will only blame everyone else instead of taking responsibility for their lives
@Down.D.Stairs. because it's super easy to get a job when you don't have a home address or a phone number or are missing your sin. It's fun to pretend like you have the answers for everything when in reality, you're just extremly ignorant
Yes, there is a very easy answer: the government should provide EVERYONE with basic housing. We KNOW empirically that it is cheaper to provide housing, than to deal with the social, medical, legal, and economic consequences of mass homelessness.
@@Skippy0330 as soon as you tell homeless people *“life ain’t fair bud”* they immediately start a Fortune 500 company and become a multibillion dollar trust fund operator. Skippy you are a Genius! You think these homeless people don’t know life isn’t fair?!
@SavageMcChillen theres a company downtown called diversified. Many others like it. Also a welfare system. Also a mental health system.
These systems all frown upon crime, extortion, prostitution, drug dealing, robberies, assaults, etc. The majority of these people made their own choices and have to live with the consequences, not my problem or my fault.
Being homeless is a real problem across Canada. Edmonton is where I grew up and left in 1988 to Vancouver. The GRVD is not and has not been immune to this problem for years. It’s all over right out to Chilliwack. The GRVD is unaffordable with the median price of $1600-2000 for a one bedroom ☹️
That's like here in the Arctic in Yellowknife rent is insane if you don't have a good gov't job you are basically living with 3-4 roomates
check mighty usa for homelessness, us cant hold a candle to canada, because canada has gun control at least, WHICH IS A BIG difference
Yeah even the once affordable cities are become not so affordable because people are finally realizing and moving out of the big cities. This is the fault of Trudeau for increasing immigration without increasing housing and jobs... The federal government and provincial government needs to encourage companies to expand or move outside of these big cities. And people need to clue in and move out of cities that they can not afford to live in.. Seriously why are there people working at min. wage jobs complaining about rent in Vancouver when they can get that same job in Sask. or Manitoba.. Yeah I know Vancouver is nicer and warmer but they are at their own fault for choosing to pay high rent.
@@duMaurier15 well the fact he's giving away free money for them and housing and jobs seems to be outweighing the fact new houses aren't being built to accommodate this mass migration to Canada look after you're own country first as we are the ones paying and living here.
Hopefully things change in coming years as you can just let Millions come in freely pay them for coming over skipping the process of becoming a citizen legally I have friend's who are still waiting 2 yrs later to become citizens and they worked here in healthcare for years.
Yet others can come here freely get paid to come here and are given free housing employment ahead of working people.
Its starting feel like the USA and that's a very slippery slope for our country.
@@duMaurier15he’s not blameless, for sure, but there is A LOT of blame to share, from previous PMs,including Harper and Martin, to provincial premiers who watched housing prices balloon, while the pace of building failed to keep up and failing to pull the cord on foreign house buying schemes.
To date, there are no federally owned government based housing projects and co-op housing is a shell of what it used to be (or what it is in Europe).
This is going to take a lot of work, and I don’t have faith that we are going to be able to get there, honestly.
Move them into the CBC Head Office !
I love that idea, but that is cruel to the homeless as CBC is so full of shat, the place must smell horrific.
must be talking about your own place
EXACTLY
advocates say the removals put encampment residents at risk, why not you take them home?
would you let someone who is potentially extremely mentally unwell and likely prosecuted for being so unwell in your home?
a lot of the reasons that they dont have a place are arbitrary blocks that were set up in the name of "treatment" but have actually no scientific backing for the placement of that treatment, it wasnt very long ago that the concept of housing first was being lied about as a failure yet people expect these issues to vanish in an afternoon because they stole the little amount of a home that a homeless person had
@@AnthemUnanthemedIt wasn’t that long ago that if you failed at life…. You Died!! Maybe we should go back to that? The planet is overpopulated and these failures are a drain on everyone. Let Nature take it’s course. Those who fall behind…. stay behind.
Because they will steal things and cannot be trusted.
It's the city's responsibility to provide social housing.
@@RisetoStrength Many of these people are on the streets because of their own actions. Why should I as a taxpayer pay to support a person who chose to take recreational drugs or, alternatively, NOT take their anti psychosis drugs and as a result ended up on the streets.
To all the people blaming the homeless:
WHERE DO YOU THINK THE HOMELESS WILL GO WHEN THE SHELTERS ARE FILLED? YOU THINK THEY'RE JUST GONNA DISAPPEAR? ARE YOU WAITING TO SEE DEAD BODIES ON THE STREETS TO FINALLY SAY THEY FIXED THE HOMELESS PROBLEM?
But the shelters aren't full 🤷♂
Back home or to work instead of doing drugs. PS the Shelters are not full and yes I know for a fack as I work with homeless.
@@007snipes Sure you do. One day you will grow up. In my younger years I thought I knew it all too. Life will humble you hopefully. Would suck to go through your entire life unconscious.
Wow . Look . Police is good at something .
homeless its product of laziness and support of people who very fast to giving money to strangers
When the 2013 flood hit shelters were NOT a good fit if you have to be at work at 6 a.m. The set up was great, but all the cots in the civic centres were full of people NOT going to work the next a.m. and up/down all night, opening doors, smoking outside and/or drinking, coming back in and snoring. My buddy and I camped out above Franklin station, parked the car in the transitlot well lit and safe, and were at work the next day!! Community centres (tax based) you can use the showers only and not pay ANY user fees if you don't have the money.
Its not right that you can work and be homeless, and these are great tips, but could the center you use handle another 48ppl in the AM, and would you still get your shower?
If the government cannot an environment where housing is affordable for its citizens, then they should be allowed to shelter anywhere. Houses used to be cheaper then cars.
@@jbondre Welcome to peak capitalism thanks to Pierre Trudeau 1975 incorporation. AKA communism.
@myname604 I don't think you understand what either of those words mean.
@@myname604 Not communism. China and Vietnam don't have homeless people.
@@googlesucks662 They don't have a choice.
The problem is that there are no immigrants living outside, they get housing first, then its foreign students, then foreign workers, help everyone but Canadians…
This government has it backwards
If you let an encampment stay in one area for too long then it destroys the public area with garbage etc. This is sad because where do they go?
Or leaving all their needles around while "trying" to get work.
"I was sick and you took care of me"
Shelters aren’t a good fit because it requires sobriety. We need more mental health supports, more detox centres, addictions centres and more affordable housing, and emergency shelter. Let’s stop paying for art pieces and other non essentials and put that money towards more health care services for homeless.
@_ChristIsTheTruth What part of Russia do you live in?
@_ChristIsTheTruth it's possible to fight fascism and homelessness at the same time. It's not an either/or situation, there is plenty of money for both. We just need to stop wasting it all on subsidising the rich.
Where the heck are they supposed to go when there's no housing in the country
If they had housing they wouldnt have to be there!!!! Homelessness should never exist in a country as rich as Canada!! Politicians should be charged with Treason and go to jail for allowing this to happen, when they're supposed to be ensuring that EVERY HUMAN BEING has the necessities of life!
That's not the guberments responsibility. You are responsible for your own well-being. And know one else is to blame.
Cities have to get rid of these encampment, or they will start to lose control of the streets just like they have in Vancouver😢
Also Edmonton, clean it up in the summer, not the winter months when shelter is more essential for their basic survival.
You think it's an accident they did this during winter?
@@DetroitTyler no and that’s the point
Those protesting individuals don't want them clean and off the street. The solution is no more drugs booze and a free mental health program.
But now they have nowhere to do drugs & will freeze.
Broad statement to assume every homeless person does drugs. Just sayin'.
Mom is calling you for chicken nuggets. Then you got ps5. I wouldn't waste time on TH-cam.
@@yxeaviationphotogpretty reasonable statement actually. Ever been to downtown Winnipeg?
@@nicoleoliver607 Only ever been to Winnipeg once. don't get me wrong, there are homeless people that also have addictions problems, but to say they all do is a bit disingenuous. It's the same troupe that anyone on social assistance must be lazy and doesn't want to work. It's not the case.
Government: you gotta live on the streets... no tents for shelters for you. Now get outta here so that the migrants who come and stay in hotels and shelters for free with paid for meals don't have to witness those eyesores that are homeless encampments. Sad when the government turns it's backs on it's own citizens but gives free handouts to people migrating to canada (who aren't even canadian citizens yet)
Why is there no fed/prov tax credit for rent?
Why is the corporate income tax rate not in line with the personal tax rate?
It is called "corporate capture" of our so called democracy.
Im in Montreal. They did that this summer here. It costed taxpayers 500,000$ for one day of removing the tents. How much help could we have given for that amount of money ? Our mayor will never admit our shelters have no more room, because only then would they have to allow the encampments...its such a frustrating reality...
Would much rather pay $500, 000 towards working people than those who arent and wont work.
People got paid to do a job. Thats a good thing.
@@TallicaMan1986 Its best to keep your mouth shut when youre not informed about this subject.
Government needs to stop immigration and house the Canadian poor
I’m sure there is somewhere a piece of land that could be used to put up tents ⛺️ and outhouses for these people. You can’t just throw their belongings in the garbage and replace it with NOTHING especially now when nobody can afford anything ???????
Your yard
Yes, charge a small weekly/monthly fee to cover toilets, showers and garbage. People need somewhere they can go. Options are few and our governments are flooding us with new people, who are migrating from all over the world and displacing many families already here.
I lived in a small BC community that had all kinds of families who were ending up homeless because they couldn't find a house to live in, even though they had jobs...many lost all their belongings as well, very sad situation.
Send them to Siberia
You ok with your yard or acreage? Let me guess, someone else’s problem right?
They don't have belongings 🤣 trash and drugs don't count
My GF works at a mental health facility, it's unfortunate many who get help there often don't want to leave and purposely mess up just so they can continue to reap the comfort of free housing and meals, taking up spots for others who might do something with it.
Incompeetent Governments and Education system despite nearly unlimited funds. Time for change ...
I agree..
Your ignoring the human element most homeless people are self sabotaging and incapable of working it’s more a mental illness that can’t be treated I was homeless for 6 months and my priority was to buy a bar of soap stay clean so I can look qualified to work I was able to get a job and move into a rental home but I saw how most people kept blaming everything else and would bring that energy to work and in a interview to where they didnt even want to improve themselves the government provides shelters and all the shelters ask is that you stay sober so you can improve
A lot of the the poor brought it upon themselves. They have personal agency.
No governemt can solve homelessness. It's like trying to solve violence.
You can virtue signal all you want but this is life.
This is not the solution to a big problem.
ooohhh yes it is.... nip it now
Yes there is a bigger problem but this has to be done.
I'd give them polio blankets if it were my call....
@@dylan15243I hope people show you more empathy when your luck runs out. Housing's only getting more expensive... Interest rates are only going up... Hope you can still afford your house in a few years time!
@BangersAndMash98 it dosnt take luck to work hard.
We have welfare in this country! So why encampents? Those people need mental health care in mental health hospitals. Fact is they are hooked on drugs,,they need to see phycologists and go to mental hospitals where they get help or get locked up.
The government needs to do right things! Not give them needles and drugs! That is sooo wrong so every level.
Some politician had homeless people bused to our small rural town in ontario! Like that fixes the problem ,right?
Are you aware of what they give a person on Welfare???? I presume not. Have you checked out the rental situation here in Vancouver ??? or even Edmonton?? Again, I presume not!!....Sending folks to hospitals is not a solution either. Nor should they be locked up. Canadian Government needs to help out with these folks having a roof over there heads...its discraceful.
Have you been on welfare? They don't give you enough to live off of.....they say it's to afford the bare minimum, but it doesn't even come close to this. High rents and low wage jobs don't help either. Also...broad statement to say that every homeless person has mental and addictions problems. Mental health hospitals aren't even a thing and do you know it can take more than a year to get any specialized mental health help?
It's called low income housing and those inevitably get trashed. These people don't give a f*** and all they do is keep taking and taking.
Some people are homeless by choice. They live by their own rules. If that’s the case they can leave and I won’t miss them. Some are homeless because they don’t have a job and a place to live. There are shelters for them but the shelters have rules. The people that are homeless due to addictions need mental health care. But they have to want to be clean or it’s a waste of time and money. I have known too many people with addictions that don’t want to quit. They like it when their brain is somewhere else and are content to live on the streets where they can get their fix.
@@cathrinechartier3790I am well aware of what welfare gives people. If you are an addict it seems to be enough. Especially in Alberta where they are given monetary assistance and a number of free drugs that they then sell for the money they need to feed their addiction. There is zero oversight to this. I know people in this situation and they don’t want to be productive members of society! They are pariahs.
Congrats Edmonton on solving homelessness.
yeah now people won't be so enticed to become homeless for fun right?
there are programs.....they choose to mess up the streets
Can you explain how that's (what's shown in the clip) going to "solve homelessness" problem? All I saw that they just kicked those people out from one location to create another elsewhere. BRUH!
@@user-rn6cn5rp3y I think it was sarcasm.
@@googlesucks662 I hope so because some people who are bothered by people on the streets think that treating them this way will make them disappear from the streets SMH
Not providing enough shelter beds, tearing down their encampments, what are they supposed to do…. This is happening all across Canada…. We need a solution to this housing crisis.
And I'll bet as a progressive 'humanitarian' you voted for the present government who continues to import 100's of thousands of new people into the country every year amidst a housing crisis, blissfully unaware of the fact that it only exacerbates the crisis tenfold.....
Well stop abusing drugs, clean up and find a job, for starters.
What are they supposed to do? Get a job. Get clean. Live life.
Corruption and incompetent Bureaucracy
goofs. where does the GOVT expect these HUMANS to go? HUMANS deserve basic life, food homes etc. why can't they do what Phoenix does , I think CAli does it too... TINY homes... it's started off with shed type models, not power just a bed and shelves to keep things, later they did a project where (dunno who "they" were) But they got the people that were sheltered and the ones that were getting clean sober could move on to the next tier where they help build a tiny home for themselves, they can live in , pay rent of $250 for single and $320 for 2 occupants, "they" keep a contingency fund , of the $50 from each rent , and the people renting get that saved up money when they move on ; to get their own homes to rent in the future. People want Purpose to feel like community .. give people hope and something to look forward to , IT DOES amazing things. THIS HERE IS DEPLORABLE GOVT> FULL STOP!
Come on California does a horrible job.
Take a ride in Edmonton public transportation every fifth person speaks pure Ukrainian.Canada brings more refugees then tells to the media.Homelessness is a big problem in Edmonton.
Trudeau's carbon tax and continued over spending has driven up the cost of living. Some of the people who are homeless today had an apartment or home just last year, but costs went through the roof thanks to Justin trudeau. Rent has doubled in just over 8 years. That is because of Justin Trudeau
More like they aren't a good fit for the shelters, because they aren't trying to help themselves. -- Shelters only take you so far if you aren't also trying to help yourself. Living in Northern BC/Alberta most of my life, knowing a lot of the homeless. Most of them kept addresses elsewhere to get checks sent and then lived on the streets and spent it there. Canada babies grown adults who are addicts until they aren't able to be saved anymore.
U seem like the kind of person very angry at homeless people. Perhaps a few nights in a homeless shelter and discussions with some of the long-term people living on the street will help you understand that support means more than a roof for a couple nights.
Not at all, never showed any hostility towards homeless folks in what I typed. -- I can relate to their struggles in my past. Lots of people can. And shelters often expect momentary sobriety/lack of contraband, etc. That isn't what they get very often. Canada has so much mental health support every direction you go, WAY MORE for the homeless than your average joe. So I don't see the issue in stating that they are most likely not putting the effort forward if they keep stumbling back to homelessness/can't get out of it. This is Canada my friend. There are opportunities for literally everyone if they are willing to be grown ups and seek help/take direction from helping hands. @@linesided
As a former homeless addicted person I can say that shelters can be very scary. ALOT of SERIOUSLY mentally ill people stay there. You risk being beat up, stabbed, robbed & worse. I once saw a dead pigeon that had its head BIT OFF on the sidewalk in front of one of the shelters I tried staying in. The safer ones have a long waiting list, a lot of red tape. I couldnt even get in as a pregnant woman during covid. I slept outside under heating vents until I got shewed away, then would run to the next one. Praise JESUS He saw fit to save me & my baby. We are safe & and well by His grace. My heart breaks for these people because I understand their plight. So many resorces for non-canadians & $$ sent overseas & housing for Ukrainians but not much for our very own hurting citizens. I'm all for helping others, but please, let's start at home first. Not all addicts are doomed & I am proof.
Drug dealers need jail
Just reduce the cost of living, but increasing prop tax,insurance, and repair costs, how can we have affordable housing?
So now where are they going to go? Services are not enough...they need homes that do not exist or are too expensive to live in
Just shows how cold people are these days and really how limited our resources are! Bet trudeaus family is eating good though
Winter is cold. You're right.
Most or all of the homeless people suffer from addiction, i live outside edmonton and we took in a homeless man, helped him get sober, provided everything for him for 8 months, he became intiled, rude, arrogant, and deceiving, he lied to me for at lease 4 months! Hes gone now, im still in shock what his sober person was!
It shows that the authorities are not capable of dealing with problems.
During winter time they go to the hospital emergency room to sleep and take some pain reliever they didn’t want to live in shelter it was uncomfortable for them ,those tents was only front to say they need support.
This will sound cold, but housing is NOT a "human right", not the way they mean it. A place to take shelter from the elements is a human right, but that could be a house, a tent, a cave, etc. If you refuse shelter that's offered, you cannot then claim your human rights are being violated.
"Clean up crew" ... would you be calling it that if YOUR home were being bulldozed?
Well if I built my "home" on public property. Yah I'd expect to have it moved or destroyed lol. That's life lol.
Why don't we let developers start building homes on land they havnt even purchased? Oh yah.. because that's not the way the world works.
Wow thanks CBC if only we could save the 1.3 billion given to your News and entertainment network then redirect this money towards sustainable dwellings that are available to many homeless who actually work and many who could work if they were housed in more equitable housing developments.
Here here!!
Hahah best comment here. It's so true. I'm surprised CBC even lets your comment stand they are so woke!
Fantastic idea! $1.3B much better spent and you've lain it out perfectly.
there is shelters but they just don't use it because there is rules in the shelters. I guess either the rules is too strict or people couldn't meet their rules.
Sue trudough, if PM wants send tax money to help other countries, sue him for not helping a Canadian.
Disgusting behavior. Throwing away the only possessions these people have including their shelters.
Who gaf😂
That were either trash or stolen.
There must be other options for these people. It’s so maddening to see this happen.
The other option is get a job... It's nobody's business to take care of your life but your own. If you're on the streets, it's because you put yourself there.
Open your own home to these people.
@@craigfaubert862 Many homeless people have jobs. Minimum wage is not enough to afford a basic apartment and food nowadays, so most in that situation will choose not starving. They may also have a physical or mental disability that prevents them from working. Also, how many employers do you know that would hire a homeless person if they had any other options?
The reason we formed societies to begin with is to help each other survive. People having to live in these conditions when they could be helped is unacceptable and we should all take more responsibility for the well being of those around us.
So, yes, take responsibility for your life to the best of your ability, but life is unpredictable and anyone can fall into hard times. Help those around you when they need it, so when you need the help, its there for you.
Its not even, if you look at the shear number of people who live in government housing its disgusting. Most of these people choose not to live in govt housing to either do more drugs, or mental illness. What we need are new/better mental institutions but liberals are scared of those because they used to live there back int he 60s @@craigfaubert862
or its because liberals send all the money to countries that would rather blow us up than conform. @@craigfaubert862
It’s so easy for people to say the homeless are on drugs. FYI half of the current homeless work under a living wage, hence no home. God forbid we treat each other like human beings and not garbage. I hate this world.
The shelters are a perfectly fine. These guys just don’t wanna stop smoking meth for a night so they can get let into a shelter
Yes housing is a human right, no one should stop you from providing your own.
Shame on you , help your fellow citizens.
It’s important to help our fellow citizens but it doesn’t mean we have to be taken advantage of by them.
They did help their fellow citizens 🤷♂️
You first....how many will you take into your home?
@@ironmaiden8450 in Hospital right now .
@@kimberleyann7702good then you have an extra room to give im sure theyll all be nice enough to leave when you get back
So people who don't want to work think they deserve all the benefits of those that do work and pay taxes. And of course they think other people should pay for their rent. Unfortunately this is what happens when people, with good intentions in their heart, give these homeless people food, clothes, housing, drugs, etc. It is called enabling. It just keeps perpetuating the problem. I mean why would they try to better their situation if they keep getting handouts.
I would rather my tax dollars help these people, not punish and oppression of these people
Who ever ordered this should allow these people to live in their home or backyard
Whoever’s complaining about this should let them live in their homes or for that matter put their tent in their front yard
I know what we should do we should pay more carbon tax and send zalinski and his wife more money to launder that should take care of our houseing issue