Surviving extreme cold in Edmonton encampments

[@raym.597]

It is really sad and disturbing to see this kind of matter happen in a well developed country like Canada. Nobody deserve to live like this.

[@ihguy2113]

thank your leader for this

[@WOranos]

I'm sure if the Trudeau government could do something about this problem, it would. Meanwhile, in Ottawa... "Canada announces additional $500M in military aid to Ukraine..." (CBC headline, November 14, 2022)

[@penstateftw422]

if you dont work you do deserve to live like this, things wont get any cheaper for any of us. rent will be average 3.5k in 2030, its work or die. and these people dont work so do the math. even old people in our country its work or die. thats the reality of canada. and yes i dont have symphony to non workers. the world never catered to them in the past, and doubtful it ever will.

[@raym.597]

@@penstateftw422 so you are saying all the homeless people across Canada don’t work and therefore they deserve what they get?

[@d0r056]

@@penstateftw422 its not as simple as black and white, some people have issues so they cant work

[@BoppityBoopy]

Every year more money is spent tackling 'homelessness.' Every year we have more 'homeless.' Something doesn't add up. We need an independent forensic audit. FYI- Shelters do not allow police or security presence. They do not divulge who is at the shelter. Drugs are rampant.

[@northvanwan7428]

Well thats part of the problem then. Beggars cant be chosers. Or thats was the case before PC b.s. Cut off the shelters funding if they dont play ball.

[@BoppityBoopy]

@@northvanwan7428 I wasn't thinking shelters for the audit, but I guess it wouldn't hurt.

[@soulsurfer639]

@@northvanwan7428 Bingo! I know it sounds cold hearted but most homeless who are drug addicts are well aware of all the resources available to them, and use any money they come into contact with on drugs. I know it sounds harsh, but i believe, if you are using/no free hand outs... period.

[@Rawd123]

@@soulsurfer639 I guess you have to ask yourself.. If you know it sounds cold hearted, and you know it sounds harsh, then why do you believe it? It's OK to change your opinion on something.

[@billjoe39]

the issue is housing, or lack of affordable housing.......nice 'drug problem' strawman

[@thomasbrown3127]

God bless you young lady it has brought tears to my eyes. I live to help but am so thankful for higher actioned persons as such.

[@Landis_Grant]

No matter how long you have huddled with others in the bitter cold (-30 C and below), you will never get used to it.

[@soulsurfer639]

Honest question, why do homeless people stay in Alberta if it's soo cold in the winter. It's going to be +11C tomorrow in Vancouver.... shouldn't they pack up and move there?

[@Landis_Grant]

@@soulsurfer639 People generally are hesitant to move away from their birth city even if they’re impoverished.

[@soulsurfer639]

@@Landis_Grant Yeah, I get that.... but when it's -40c and I'm livin outside, I'm on the first Greyhound bus to Vancouver. (today it was +10c in Victoria for Christ sakes! but -14c in Edmonton) 🥶

[@timothyletwin5911]

Edmonton doesn't have an indoor space for these people? Come on! I'm sure there are many unused facilities that could shelter them when it's this cold.

[@tribeofnan888]

I just looked it up and they have plenty of homeless shelters in and around Edmonton.

[@Landis_Grant]

They’re afraid looters will steal their earthly possessions while they’re away from their tents and in a warming shelter.

[@justinhopper5941]

@@tribeofnan888 The homeless shelters are always packed and there’s a lineup around the block. They probably couldn’t even get a bed if they wanted one.

[@realmchat6665]

The people going out there to help are what makes it worth trying to keep living in this horrible nighmare world we have created together.

[@VoidHalo]

Only in the west. Thing is, they say we're free. But you're only as free as you are wealthy. You can't do anything without money. Even going to the bathroom, you pay for the water, for the lighting in the room, for the toilet paper. Then for things to clean your toilet sooner or later. Eastern philosophy and even Christianity tell us material goods and money have false value, created artificially. But literally everything in our society tells us that money is everything. Money is life. Money is survival. Money is freedom. That's the cause of our nightmare. The fact that money is the root cause of everything everyone does at some level.

[@brendaraudebaugh6246]

That is so sad. Omg.i couldn't imagine having to sleep outside in the horrible weather.

[@soulsurfer639]

Ya, that's where not doing drugs and getting a job comes in handy....

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

Why dont you invite them over to your nice warm house then.

[@soulsurfer639]

@@mikehunt-fx7sf Lol well said!

[@rebelcave8556]

@@soulsurfer639 Yeah though some people can’t even boil water inherently and they have less opportunity. You can’t just assume they ever had a chance in life. It’s hard. I couldn’t be where I am with the support of my family.

[@soulsurfer639]

"Some people can't boil water..." huh?

[@stevenchow408]

Support this lady please. She is a true Canadian.

[@danielpierson1433]

This is so sad ...I pray no one person has to handle more than they can.

[@billjoe39]

Meanwhile the renovictors and millionaire landlords struggle with what luggage to bring on their Christmas flights to Bermuda......

[@thomasjust2663]

Instead of praying, invite them to your house, make them dinner

[@deborahstone9696]

I'm so embarrassed..this is ridiculous just ridiculous. With all the money sent to everyone else that needs it. Take care of our own first then let all of us help each other. Come on

[@soulsurfer639]

Are you going to take them into your home?

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

Why dont you invite them over then?

[@frankvonfrauner]

Explain how you would spend the money.

[@northvanwan7428]

nah.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@soulsurfer639 Strawman argument.

[@benoitlaferriere8581]

Spend more money on Ukraine, Trudeau resign FFS

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Spend more on qewbec too,fuc it.

[@benoitlaferriere8581]

@@wageslaveuranus9596 put it in Uranus

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

@@benoitlaferriere8581 I dont live in quebec so i dont put things in there,go stand in line for your federal transfer payments from Alberta.

[@benoitlaferriere8581]

@@wageslaveuranus9596 keep sending your cash in Ukraine

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

@@benoitlaferriere8581 are you crazy, I DON'T support ukraine,russia or convid 19.

[@stephanienguyen6992]

Please Stay Warm To Survive.

[@mitchdegrace2040]

Here in Oshawa Ontario they fine you for helping the homeless with food and socks and such...

[@stephanienguyen6992]

3rd Expensive - Housing Price. SHAME on the Liberal Governments

[@titusmccarthy]

Shame on the CON govt in COWBERTA.

[@rebelcave8556]

My brother lives in Edmonton. I’m from BC and the snow in Edmonton is most like icy dust.

[@titusmccarthy]

Such compassion!

[@alphawhisky1683]

As a CanadianI just don’t understand what is happening. We are a country that’s is too 5 largest land mass, we only have a population of 38 million, we are the 3/4th largest oil producer, our lumber is abundant, our water is abundant basically for our population we should be way more ahead then we are. We just give so much away without taking more for Canadians. We very badly need someone to take the steps for Canadian’s an finally get what all of us deserve. Canada should have absolutely no debit an each Canadian should be way more better off then we are now. I do not know who the new generation will have anything. Housing is way to high, food is becoming a nightmare on the bank account, fuel wow don’t even get me started on why we pay so much for fuel. Canada will fall in the next 10 years if we as Canadian’s don’t stand up and get what we deserve.

[@shivakrishnarama]

You might want to hit the history books and learn about/understand the meaning of Feudalism!

[@moad5771]

☭

[@2FollowHim777]

Mandate to DESTROY, so WEF takes over. Maybe, maybe not.

[@tennisball2012]

Thank you Immigration

[@moad5771]

@@tennisball2012 got an issue? blame immigration. your partner left you? must be immigration. got a sore tooth? blame the immigrants. cant understand math? surely its the immigrants too

[@Ma88G]

Homelessness in Canada is a CHOICE!

[@hughmoreton1955]

so when i got poisoned at work& lost my abillity to function then watched EVERYTHING i had worked so hard for dissappear ...you think i chose that ?

[@soulsurfer639]

@@hughmoreton1955 You're the exception

[@sindobrandnew]

2:17 Hope nobody gets hypothermia, -31 degree already? That's insane.😯

[@shauncameron8390]

Welcome to the Prairies.

[@3ne2dbonez868]

-33 degrees. 33 degrees in freemasonry

[@soulsurfer639]

They should go west to Tofino BC, it will be +10c there by this Sunday

[@tariqmullazahi3899]

@@soulsurfer639 how do you presume they get there

[@soulsurfer639]

@@tariqmullazahi3899 I dunno, when I was a teenager, I shoveled driveways for 15$ a driveway. Took me less than an hour per driveway. In a day they could make enough to buy a Greyhound bus ticket..... that's were working for money comes in handy

[@danlogan6376]

Plus a lot of the camps I mean shelters here in Calgary are actually full everyday by 2:00 in the afternoon and the cops are actually segregating us to stay outside which is bullcrap

[@carmenlajoie2719]

in 🇨🇳 poverty alleviation completed 10 yrs ago with Farmer's/Labour Party. Cyrus Janssen, Daniel Dumbrill, CGTN. Non market housing or Homes first works. Obe of the richest countries & we can't provide housing thats a failure

[@soulsurfer639]

Do you think every homeless person should get free housing? Regardless of their lifestyle?

[@Chriscoles111]

Justin must be proud, keep it up there big guy👍

[@titusmccarthy]

How is this Justin's fault? More like the lousy Premier of COWBERTA's fault.

[@DefextOfficial]

@@titusmccarthy You are replying to a bot, btw.

[@matrixripp09]

@@titusmccarthyJudy’s cause the highest inflation since the 70s there Donnie Down syndrome

[@ninjachrish]

It's sad that people have to live like this. Canada has a serious homeless situation. I'm blessed I live in a warm and comfy home.,not everyone is so fortunate. God protect the homeless this is sad

[@titusmccarthy]

This is probably God's fault in the first place. Useless God allows a lot of suffering in this world.

[@danlogan6376]

And I've been homeless for the last three Winters now and guess what I'm still homeless I need a home I'm in Calgary and just need one and I'm just

[@soulsurfer639]

Why don't you move to Vancouver/Victoria? It rarely drops below zero there.

[@JohnSmith-on2ud]

Conservatives Party in Alberta avoided this issues and voted more money for the Police Department

[@titusmccarthy]

CONS are pretty disgusting, aren't they?

[@eromlim762]

Donated billions of dollars to the other country, but owned people inside of the country had like this. Ashamed to the government.

[@95Dap8]

What is the city doing to fix this ?

[@soulsurfer639]

How can a city "fix" people's drug habits and bad life choices?

[@elizalee1214]

The city is busy spending $100 million on building more bicycle lanes.

[@real_Pinoy]

Yesterday it was - 34 reaching to - 43 with wind chill in Alberta

[@Gillz34]

Crazy bro how do ppl survive that

[@soulsurfer639]

It was a balmy +3c in Victoria BC yesterday.... tomorrow it might get up to +11C (it will be -14c in Edmonton). Why do homeless people stay in the prairies? I'm genuinely curious?

[@real_Pinoy]

@Soulsurfer no idea but if won super 7 or 649 I would move to hotter Climate

[@soulsurfer639]

@@real_Pinoy Oh for sure. That's why I study Spanish. Already planning a potential move to Mexico or Costa Rica

[@petrabonita3049]

Creator God ❤ Bless them greatly and end their suffering 🙏🏼🌿🌿 praying sending love and light to them and all that may be in difficult time.

[@DefextOfficial]

You act like this is the first time someone tried praying to them. I'm sure they've prayed and prayed and prayed their life away, already. And look where they are, regardless. I'm sure they stop praying a long time ago, when they realized NO ONE IS LISTENING.

[@petrabonita3049]

@@DefextOfficial hi there :) thank you for your time to reply , I sense a general frustration in your reply… in the sense that these human kin as many others need help, and it seems help its “visually” arriving to their aid - I wanted to clarify , that in my comment I was not saying “they” need to pray , I was saying I’d be praying and sending love and light…now anyone is free to believe what they’d like…that , to me is sending healing energy and good intentions …as in quantum field , ALL is possible . I’m not saying my prayers will singly change their circumstances, but that my prayers with the prayers of others , well we are powerful and WE DO change realities with GOD , Universe energy…we just have to know and claim our rightful birthright to ALL in worthy and comfortable and live a good life …that is that I pray for …that is what Creator intended . Love and light to you 🌿✨ remember you deserve , each of us the very BEST. And so I continue in love and prayers ❤️❤️✨ blessings :)

[@petrabonita3049]

@@DefextOfficial sorry misspelled ! …. aid “isn’t” arriving visually-

[@SA73382]

Ukraine has billions donated to them while our people are suffering ... despicable

[@soulsurfer639]

Yeah, that's because Ukraine is being invaded and bombed to sh*t. These people are choosing to be addicts in the land of opportunity.

[@frankvonfrauner]

Our government prints money, and gives it to weapons manufacturers. It's an entirely different system. We already throw hundreds of millions of dollars at the homeless in Canada every year, we don't have the resources, it's not about money. Money is just paper.

[@billjoe39]

few ukrainians actually see that money, obligarchs, Z's friends, and arms dealers will take most of it.

[@tullytuppins4855]

these are a bunch of bums , Ukraine is at War

[@linejumper8204]

This. Why we allow the Liberals to support Nazis is beyond me.

[@brucechambers9680]

This guy looks perfectly able to work.try doing that.

[@soulsurfer639]

Most of them are perfectly able. If you travel to 3rd world countries, you will see amputees, decrepit old men, special needs all working to support themselves and their families. No hand outs. No "the government needs to do something!" No sympathy cheques. In 90% of the world, it's you don't work, you don't eat. How to not be homeless 1) Don't use substances. 2) Don't break the law. 3) Show up every day at your job/jobs. 4) Save a percentage of every dollar you make.

[@p.j.882]

Bike lanes for camping?

[@95Dap8]

What has Calgary been doing for the homeless in these -30C cold weather? And why Edmonton cannot do ?

[@elizalee1214]

Edmonton will spend $100 million to build bicycle lanes which will be covered with snow for ten months. The City also paid more money to private company to shovel the snow and ended up the roads in residential areas are full of snow. Corruption at its finest!

[@sh.a.3333]

I feel so embarrassed to be a Canadian seeing this. There's so much wealth in this country, why can't government give these people some warm safe place to stay in this cold weather?!

[@soulsurfer639]

"I feel so embarrassed to be Candadian..." fine, move to Bangladesh or Somalia! You probably haven't travelled much but in 90% of our planet, if you don't work, you don't eat. Make good life choices, don't drink/use drugs and work hard = food/shelter 🍗🏡

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

@@soulsurfer639 Good one!

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

Why dont you throw them some money then!

[@TheBearYid]

They spent it on bike lanes and virtue signalling events

[@TheBearYid]

@@soulsurfer639 pretty much^

[@tribeofnan888]

I work one full time job and two part-time jobs so this will never happen to me. There is plenty of work for these people. They don't want to work or they have an addiction problem and I know there is help in every city for addicts. Get help get a job get some structure in your life and start from there.

[@soulsurfer639]

Exactly! I'd be fine with people who are genuinely trying to change their lives getting resources. But constantly giving hand outs to people who abuse substances/commit crime/don't want to work, and it becomes enabling.

[@leeanndap7020]

I find this so overwhelming when I go down town Toronto but I lack the resources to help personally.

[@leeanndap7020]

@Great Peace I always plan to but I have a crazy work schedule but this year I've decided to make a real effort to find something that fits my schedule.

[@leeanndap7020]

@Great Peace I helped you discover your motivation it was always there, you also motivated me to stick to my intentions 🙏🏽

[@lanny1076]

This is only going to get worse 😪

[@somebody3398]

Had a laugh at the first guy who said he "saved up" for his generator. I think he means stolen from someone's property. If he is able to get a job to "save up" some money why is he homeless?? Even on minimum wage, you could split with roommates for rent and afford basic necessities. What it comes down to is drug/alcohol abuse and mental health as the reason why these people are homeless.

[@DefextOfficial]

I was thinking the same thing. The guy says, "These are real people." And in the next he says he can't leave because his stuff will get stolen. Or the guys shoes get stolen off his feet. Yeah... REAL people, alright...

[@soulsurfer639]

spot on!

[@ArcGlowingVision]

You don't know this guy from a hole in the ground. The shelter only allows for 2 bags, so if your violent they can kick anyone out instantly. He want's to keep what little he has. Normal people would abandon their assets when down that low but hey guess what, shelters can be incredibly dangerous. This should be an instant no brainer that he may suffer mentally or plainly not have the skills to cope with an ever increasing advanced world. Are you going to give him a job? Do you know how common it is to have your belongings stolen in shelters when your sleeping? Come to Toronto, what he is describing is common place. Don't be so quick to judge.

[@DefextOfficial]

@@ArcGlowingVision Why can't we be so quick to judge, when they are quicker with the lies? I don't know THAT guy, but, I've been downtown PLENTY of times to know that 95% of the people walking around homeless, are drug addicts and alcoholics, etc. I can't even put my bottle of water down, for 1 minute, without some whino stealing it, from under my nose. I feel bad for the ones battling mental health with no one to help them. but, geez, if my brain went dead, on me, I'd still have a support system of friends to help me through it. Where are their friends? They probably left, after they had been abused and taken advantage of, from the same person, until they couldn't handle it. Now, they have no one to help them. If you don't have any friends helping you through your toughest struggles, it tells me a lot. Everyone has friends to help them, in their worst days, unless that person was a dipshit, in their better days. And, even dipshits have friends.. It takes a rotten person to have no friends who will help.

[@elizalee1214]

People do get trapped in a situation that they have no control of. We should have sympothy to them especially those mentally sick ones. That is a sign of humanity.

[@phoenix0110]

City of Edmonton should open their office to let people go in and sleep. It is right next door.

[@Notengona]

Theres warm buildings that are vacant . They should let them in those buildings period

[@TheBearYid]

Sad what our city has turned into. It was never like this even 2 3 years ago. Alot of these people should just be admitted to the Alberta mental health hospital... It costs less than what the city has put into homelessness this year and they might actually leave better than they came in. Warm bed and food. Garbage piles on the streets thousands of humans living outside. But more money on bike lanes and higher property taxes..

[@billjoe39]

homelessness is related to corruption and rising housing costs........we need less USA style paid right wingers like you and more social action.

[@titusmccarthy]

It would cost millions to put these people in a hospital. Then there'd be no room for anyone else and instead you'd be raging about your "High TAXES".

[@TheBearYid]

@@titusmccarthy we literally spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on what we're doing now. Our taxes are already high af. But your not wrong. We need a bi partisan solutions I know unheard of right haha but obviously spending all this money is making things worse

[@titusmccarthy]

@@TheBearYid Finland essentially eliminated homelessness in their country. It's possible. I can't post links here but there is a lot of information online.

[@TheBearYid]

@@titusmccarthy but you also need to consider these major things, 1-sweden does now allow immigration even close to us. We pay billions of dollars a year to pay for people coming abroad to have access to our welfare programs 2- the United States doesn't pay for our entire military industry 3- we provide billions in foreign aid. You cut all 3 things down yes we couldn't easily act as Sweden or Finland. They also arent destroying their oil and gas sector for virtue signalling. If we wanted to end homelessness we could, but the lefts ideas will ruin everyone and get us all on their dime to live and the conservatives would have it everyone be more responsible and make the ticket to admission cheaper and easier to access. I would love to see some work on this but I think the first thing we need to decide is who's more important Homeless Canadians or bringing in a steady voting base for the liberals to secure votes (ever wonder why they sent all the Ukrainians to Alberta and sask and all the Syrians to Ontario and Quebec)

[@cannedheat2264]

I feel bad for these people my town treats them bad. I don’t know where they go in winter but in Summer you see few homeless here. The kids on their bikes taunt them. The drug dealers get em high. And they always get beat up. Either fighting each other or drug dealers beating them.

[@soulsurfer639]

Ya, they should enroll in a treatment program, consistently make it to work on time, and contribute to society.

[@justinhopper5941]

@@soulsurfer639 They can’t just get into a treatment centre because they want to. Plus, a lot of them aren’t even addicts these days.

[@kathysmith6413]

what causes this?? let us begin with job insecurity then add greed for higher profits toss, add in a few psychological problems and a soupcon of narcissism and lack of empathy especially on the part of politicians and those who COULD do something if they chose . there is a partial recipe for our current state of affairs regarding homelessness. none of the people who could do something look at the problem and say there absolutely needs to be a solution none of them say there but for the grace of God go I and i can find a way to help, they all say get a job and help yourself do not ever look for help no matter what the problem.

[@soulsurfer639]

I noticed in your little list "Drug Addiction" wasn't even mentioned😏

[@brucechambers9680]

It all starts in the home. The devil has destroyed the nuclear family with the help of the government. Blm.and lqbtq.

[@hot00head00red]

Lets see if the politicians can live like this now that would be great!

[@VLADtheINHALERr]

Isn't Trudeaus Canada wonderful?

[@titusmccarthy]

It's Danielle Smith's province, Cletus.

[@scb1829]

They keep saying my stuff keeps getting stolen well thats when the city needs to do something about that not just let it go

[@soulsurfer639]

or maybe they could stop using and work like everyone else, so they don't have to live like this

[@scb1829]

@@soulsurfer639 u need to educate ur self about homelessness

[@jeffros6739]

what country is this? 😮

[@soulsurfer639]

A country that coddles drug addicts

[@titusmccarthy]

Finland essentially eliminated homelessness. We can do it too but then again we have useless leaders like Danielle Smith who is owned by giant oil corporations.

[@kmsy200]

So sad 😞

[@Gillz34]

Isn’t Edmonton one of the most affordable cities in Canada?

[@soulsurfer639]

ya, there's also tons of work there for people who are willing

[@ArcGlowingVision]

There are no affordable cities in Canada anymore.

[@mitchdegrace2040]

Got will get these tyrants for treating their fellowman this way...woe to them

[@soulsurfer639]

Haha but no one is "treating them this way"......in the majority of situations they are in this predicament because of their own life choices. My heart goes out to homeless people in the Canadian prairies but at some point, people have to take accountability for their actions/choices. If I lived in one of the coldest regions of Canada, I would be working 3 jobs to ensure I have adequate food and housing. Drugs must be a dangerous past-time in Winnipeg 🥶

[@northvanwan7428]

wth, i thought they all crawled to Vancouver.

[@soulsurfer639]

Haha I think these are the ones who didn't get a bus ticket. I think there are over 10,000 homeless people in BC. In BC over 400,000 people are dealing with addictions on some level. I'm addicted to working (2 jobs and an online business), it sucks having to work so hard but it means I'm not homeless, my family is fed and I don't have time for substance abuse.

[@Notengona]

Heart Breaking this is happening in the 4th richest city in Canada . Where all the funds going??? Take care of our citizens first before house new refugees

[@triggerwarningiidentifyasc725]

I got a solution, don't live in encampments. If you do volunteer for it, shut up and live with your choice of life!

[@soulsurfer639]

Bingo!

[@meekshallinherit3966]

Bet you will not see new immigrants in these encampments. They are being housed in Hotels, and get the subsidized housing.

[@saywhat6704]

Immigration is a federal issue.. Homeless is a provincial issue. Go cr^p on the Cons in Alberta.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@saywhat6704 Smith should resign. She's a disgrace to COWBERTA.

[@Nurse_court]

Ahhhhh choices. Lifes all about choices

[@soulsurfer639]

exactly! If i choose to use substances and not show up to work, lose my job/home, how is that "Canada's fault?" lol

[@Nurse_court]

I am in health care and its disturbing what is being taught to new nurses. Basically pointing the finger to everyone else but themselves for their addiction. Its the governments fault, its who ever abused thems fault, its Healthcare fault, its every one else fault for them choosing to turn to drugs, but never take responsibility for themselves. Nobody forced them to snort or pop a pill. Just because they were given opioids as pain killers for an injury, doesn't make it the doctors fault for them getting addicted.

[@elizalee1214]

@@Nurse_court They have cognitive dysfunction and no control of their behavior. It's called disability. They need help not blaming.

[@deepbrit]

What a burden on tax payers . These human right activists get a handsome sum of aide and charity to run this business. Every year the situation stays the same. Never ever seen these people getting rehabilitated. This has become a good business to ask for funding and charity at the cost of misery of these people

[@elizalee1214]

You nailed it! All those so called charities or non-profit organizations get millions of dollars from the government and these poor people ended up on the street. Why can't the government help directly instead of giving out money to a greedy third party?

[@deepbrit]

@@elizalee1214 WE charity was among the ones who robbed tax dollars. Trudeau and his family is a cancer for Canada

[@bomber767]

I can’t stop thinking about all the money that was spent on the ArriveCAN app while watching this…?! So sad & infuriating.

[@shahzaibsansi7848]

Canada failed especially its Indigenous people generational trauma and displacement led them being dependent on the system and system failed them.

[@soulsurfer639]

I know plenty of indigenous Canadians who choose to work and are not "dependent on the system."

[@shahzaibsansi7848]

@@soulsurfer639 offcourse there are many that do but most of them cannot live off of their land like they used to, the colonizers took their land, build factories, mining companies, logging, gas pipelines which endangered their habitat and water supply

[@Guidedpath226]

You aren’t even Canadian, how about keeping your opinions to things you know about like calling pedos prophets and fornicating with goats.

[@zachcarter3186]

Why not move somewhere warm

[@soulsurfer639]

I was thinking the same thing. Even in winter, the temperature rarely drops below zero in Vancouver and Victoria. If you're committed to being homeless, why not move there?

[@zachcarter3186]

@@soulsurfer639 Yup, if I was ever unfortunate enough to be homeless I'd be on the island fishing and camping, I have a sleeping bag rated for minus 10 and I've bundled up in that thing out in a field waking up to it being frozen stiff and only cold once I got out . Add a tent and winter gear and you're laughing during the coldest weather out on the island

[@Mohamedhassan-eu6wx]

They need to build a massive shelter in downtown. Instead spending billions on bike lanes invest in homeless shelters. Or renovate the old Oilers arena as a homeless shelter.

[@frankvonfrauner]

You have no idea what you're proposing. You want to basically create a ghetto where the most evil predators will be able to pull people into dark corners of a huge building where they can do whatever they want to them. And who are you going to hire to work security and provide resources at your glorious hellscape ghetto? Who is going to clean it, keep the lights on. Do you include a jail on site? Do we hire a full time doctor or do we need a hospital ward? How do we settle disputes over square footage in sleeping areas? Do we turn everyone loose during the day so we can clean up? You're not talking about putting a roof over someone's head for a night, you're proposing establishing a village overnight with imaginary money, with no direction, and no oversight. Shallow, short sighted spending like this is why we have an inflationary crisis. Sit down for 3 minutes and think about how difficult it would be to do something as innocuous as getting sheets for 1000 cots and setting up the infrastructure to have them washed and returned every day, because good luck getting the average shelter dweller to even put their sheets in a hamper in the morning.

[@JJUnohu]

You just heard both of those men say they don't want to use a shelter

[@linejumper8204]

No, the bikelanes are useless in winter, perfect multi use idea to encourage the homeless tent lanes, money well spent all of a sudden. Taxpayers do like to see their money at work.

[@aaajjjj58]

And this is happening in every city in Canada-Leaders are doing Nothing! Disgusting!

[@elizalee1214]

Our eader is busy donating money to foreign countries and buying votes.

[@soulsurfer639]

It will be a balmy +1c tomorrow in Tofino BC, maybe they should consider moving there

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

So they can be soaking wet all the time?

[@soulsurfer639]

@@mikehunt-fx7sf ....but I thought they have tents? ⛺🌲

[@rebelcave8556]

@@soulsurfer639 The man got himself a generator for his tent. He’s done waiting for someone to help him though the next man maybe not so lucky.

[@soulsurfer639]

@@rebelcave8556 I job would go nice with his tent. Or he could sell his generator for a bus ticket to B.C. it's going to be +10c in Victoria this Saturday 🌄😎

[@rebelcave8556]

@@soulsurfer639 He really won’t be able to afford a house if he lives in BC. I’m from drunken Duncan. They even took over here and are making these crazy sub divisions. We just got hit with over a foot of snow.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

I hope edmonton builds more housing in the inner city.

[@Jack-v8h4k]

But Ukraine is our priority right now, more Taxes more for Ukraine, people at home don't matter "

[@draganbuhanovich6411]

This is not Vancouver , Edmonton become to expensive to live

[@alienfrommarss]

This is disgusting. Yet billionaires pay 44 Billion for a pixled app. Why cant anyone with that much money build homeless shelters?

[@soulsurfer639]

How much do you donate for homeless shelters. Maybe billionaires worked there a*ses off from nothing and want to enjoy their success.

[@saywhat6704]

did you ever watch Carlin..Why you say...because there's no money in it. If there was a profit to be made. The homeless issue would have been resolved like yesterday.

[@Kingdennissinned]

Trudeau is a great success 🙌

[@awesomekj5812]

How do these ppl become homeless ? They don't apply for job and all like any job ?

[@booswalia]

Shame on Edmonton for allow this.

[@jayhome2715]

No one ever stops to ask WHY they are homeless. No one starts out homeless. People END up homeless. Typically through some pretty catastrophic decisions in their lives that led them there. Ukrainian Soldiers sleep and fight outside. Every day. Sometimes days without food or ammunition all the while being shot at and having artillery shot at them while trying to sleep. These homeless have it pretty good by comparison. So when you think your life sucks remember there's always someone else who's life sucks more!

[@user-vi7rj9co5j]

Canadian homeless do not work -- they fool around the whole day and want to be fed and clothed by society.

[@linejumper8204]

How many homeless are veterans? By your metric, due to their training and experience, they must be living the high life compared to the shitholes they went to while serving.

[@elizalee1214]

It's not their decision! It's the environment and they have no control of it. Drugs are just measures to ease pain and stress.

[@gordonggrey6548]

Don’t worry guys; carbon tax rebate and free dental for kids will etc…

[@jasongillingham8830]

Happy New Year

[@pembarl7]

trudeaus canada

[@titusmccarthy]

Danielle's Alberta

[@joebush1663]

Working would help keep them warm.

[@soulsurfer639]

Amen. It would also help them keep their mind off of not using, saving for proper food/shelter/vehicle

[@titusmccarthy]

Not all of them CAN work, Cletus.

[@soulsurfer639]

@@titusmccarthy No one said "all of them CAN work"...... Cletus. But in reality, if you are not abusing substances, people of all varying abilities can hold down some form of work.

[@jamesharris184]

We have to do better, much better. Affordable housing. This in Canada while Trudeau gives hundreds of millions away, and spends 6,000 a night in hotels on taxpayer money. How many generators would that buy and lives saved...He is spending 6,000 a night on hotels. This trust fund kid is out of touch with the everyday person.

[@saywhat6704]

Whoa..wait a second.. The sentence should read This in Alberta. Homeless is not a federal issue.

[@jamesharris184]

@@saywhat6704 Good point. However, when he spends hundreds of Millions on Rifle BuyBacks and other nonsense, that is money that could go to transfer payments to provinces to help assist with hospitals, mental health, and homeless. Back at you!!

[@saywhat6704]

@@jamesharris184 alberta has a health care budget of 15.1 billion. They have a budget surplus of 12 billion. don't need ottawa;s help. right?

[@KasumiDoll]

Shelters dont allow drug or alcohol, thats why they dont wanna go to them.

[@ArcGlowingVision]

Shelters can be very dangerous. Weapons, infections...

[@oldredchevy-hh6de]

They look like they could work & get a job.

[@soulsurfer639]

Absolutely they could. If they went door to door with a shovel offering to shovel driveways, they could easily make over 200$ in a day.

[@joshuakuoppala9625]

Suffer to survive.

[@3ne2dbonez868]

Adapt or die

[@guestinthisword.87yearsago35]

This is beyond sad 😢. Yet they have billions of money 💰 to send to Ukraine 🇺🇦 or to join USA 🇺🇸 any country they decide to invade but, won’t help thier own citizens

[@draganbuhanovich6411]

Truedown just sent 50 billions to support democracy 😂😂😂😂 from our taxes

[@guestinthisword.87yearsago35]

@@draganbuhanovich6411 you're kidding me

[@draganbuhanovich6411]

@@guestinthisword.87yearsago35 no this is true

[@titusmccarthy]

There's a lot of money in the budget and we'd have even more if Trudeau raised corporate taxes.

[@draganbuhanovich6411]

@@titusmccarthy no doubt .but this money not for Canadians

[@pamela6507]

This isn't right these are people that could die because of the cold I pray for them all

[@srki1524]

Please stop boring us with these stories, send more money to Ukraine immediately!!!

[@payattention31]

Why so many indigenous out in the streets?

[@holysmoker8359]

"Saved up for a generator"

[@soulsurfer639]

Hahaha! It looks like the one that was stolen from my garage.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@soulsurfer639 Found the sociopath.

[@soulsurfer639]

I was joking. I actually did live in Edmonton. It would be my last choice of places to live if I was homeless

[@AbdulKhader-786]

No one is “indigenous” to Canada. We all came from the Old World at different times

[@nvanguy6868]

Canada was built and founded by christian europeans

[@wondereagle]

Yeah, except the ‘old world’ was Siberia, and they came over 10,000 years ago, unlike 500 for Europeans.

[@AbdulKhader-786]

@@wondereagle what’s your point?

[@soulsurfer639]

@@wondereagle Yes but each wave of Siberians displaced another wave of Siberians it's the history of all humans

[@arifmerghani7631]

Why are we acting like a third world country .

[@Whatthafukc]

Gas is fuel not for huffing

[@channelhismojo7192]

Trudeau make fuel more expensive for keeping warm.

[@JJUnohu]

Don't look at my wallet....

[@soulsurfer639]

😂

[@titusmccarthy]

Finland brought homelessness way down. It's possible to fix this problem but no one in Canada seems willing to fix it especially the CON Premiers like Danielle Smith who would rather hire more cops on the street than help homeless people.

[@OneManJam]

What the eff are you talking about? Trudeau housed thousands of illegals in Raddison Hotels instead of helping our homeless. Boy are you ever lost ehhh!!?

[@OneManJam]

BTW, Danielle Smith puts your Lord Trudumb to absolute shame.

[@OhBlivEUn]

The government is responsible!

[@titusmccarthy]

Yes, Danielle Smith's government is responsible. You are 100% right.

[@OhBlivEUn]

@@titusmccarthy It starts with the federal government who doesn't even know how many homeless are in Canada.

[@soulsurfer639]

naw, people who make bad life choices are generally responsible. Lets keep it real

[@OhBlivEUn]

@@soulsurfer639 Whatever you say smoothbrain

[@soulsurfer639]

@@OhBlivEUn sooo smoooth🧠

[@joebush1663]

Why all the indigenous homeless in Canadian cities? With all the money being thrown at the reserves, why do they come here? Isn't it double-dipping by indigenous?

[@titusmccarthy]

NOPE. You're just a disgusting racist.

[@joebush1663]

@@titusmccarthy You're just a disgusting communist.

[@elizalee1214]

Ask the head of the indigenous where the money goes.

[@arifmerghani7631]

You will help all these other country .but you neglect your own citizens canada smartin up

[@zalanicht]

"Nearly half are women". What is that even supposed to mean?

[@soulsurfer639]

Haha it means people care less about men than women lol

[@thereforeayam]

friend ask me if you see me

[@wondereagle]

Didn’t the indigenous want to live like their ancestors?

[@soulsurfer639]

Hahaha!!!!! 🤣😂

[@tariqmullazahi3899]

Just say you’re racist we’re watching a video of people suffering and that’s your only remark

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

@@tariqmullazahi3899 Stop using the word racist every time you do not agree with peoples opinions idiot.

[@northvanwan7428]

not without cable tv.

[@albertafarmer8638]

This is horrific but there is hope for all born again Christians: we are living in the end times and JESUS is coming soon for the rapture of all born again Christian! Please get rapture ready: thank our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come from the bottom of your heart and don't forget that JESUS is GOD, see John 1! Please read biblical end times prophecy, listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology, check out 'Rapture Ready News' daily.

[@saywhat6704]

Are u talking about a Jew who had a failed left wing coup de etat and was executed for his political actions..right?

[@cliffordhanson9224]

I do not like green eggs and ham. Dr Seuss.

[@Alice-nn3oo]

Give them housing!! It’s not that hard!

[@canadianwildliferescue8355]

your comment that 50% of the homeless are indigenous is so inappropriate. Why do you have to point it out? Leave Indigenous people alone

[@freddykruger1086]

Keep those migrants coming..

[@kamotekamote3002]

Tons of them using drugs on the side of the road or at the back of a building. I see them everyday near 95 st and 98 ave

[@soulsurfer639]

Haha I know. All the people who are yelling "give them a house!" aren't acknowledging that lol

[@rebelcave8556]

Where I live homeless people want to be outside in this weather because it’s peak time for sympathy change. People feel bad they’re out in the cold they figure they’ll forfeit over that dollar they are looking to spend on drugs anyway.

[@jeffros6739]

sweeping generalization..compassion is the milk of human kindness

[@soulsurfer639]

Spot on!

[@soulsurfer639]

@@jeffros6739 Compassion is great, but when continue assisting people who have no intention of changing/not using/not breaking the law, it becomes enabling. I've been through this with friends and family members dealing with addictions.

[@titusmccarthy]

You sound like a sociopath. Seek help immediately before you go on a rampage.

[@wademacdougall1600]

Get a job