Kelowna, B.C., tent encampment residents prepare for cold snap

[@1951kvk]

We have billions of dollars to send overseas and don't care about our own people living on the street? This is morally unacceptable.

[@mrfake675]

As long as the WEF is happy 😊

[@gottabidonthings]

Jt needed another cottage renovation

[@philipcrawford7415]

Trudeau and zelinski laughing all the way to the private island store.

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

But they seem content.

[@kimsedgwick8119]

All Treason Trudeau

[@TGCreaTion]

So disappointing that we live in a country where our politicians are more concerned with sending money overseas than supporting our own citizens and neighbours.

[@keetahbrough]

No no no. this is YOUR responsibility and YOUR tax dollar at work. You voted them in there and you continue to give them money KNOWING and SEEING the crimes they commit.. making YOU a willing participant in their crimes. Everything they do is being done in YOUR NAME. YOU the guilty one, here folks. Because you give them money to do it without lifting a finger to restore conditions on the planet.

[@Adzes]

We have immigrants and refugees pouring in too without increasing living spaces. We really do need more Co op housing.

[@theox8889]

It’s f$$king disgusting how we treat our own country me !!!!

[@aquavit]

Let's stop kidding ourselves. If the government didn't send money overseas, they'd just waste it on some other money funnel to their rich friends.

[@randyf1876]

All Trudeau cabinet members need to be voted out of office. Vote for Pierre Poilievre next election.

[@MB-zm8qg]

“Reluctant to leave the community they built here”. Mind blowing.

[@coolioso808]

You think they'd be in a better community of people who care if they lived in a gated community of million dollar homes? You missed the entire point of what those people were saying about community.

[@MB-zm8qg]

@@coolioso808 Definition of AssUMe.

[@coolioso808]

@@MB-zm8qg Oh, so sorry I made an assumption that was incorrect. Please, correct the record on the empathy you feel for these people living in tents in the winter.

[@tedlivermore6955]

In other words they dont want to get a job

[@Zoe-c9z]

It means that they ask their neighbor if they need anything? And share their blessings rather than hoard money in their offshore bank accounts😢

[@maxwitt1449]

It's very shameful that we are funding wars overseas yet we cannot solve homelessness 😮

[@notsure6182]

so you want us to send them overseas to fight a war? interesting solution that I am sure Ukrainian Banderites would love

[@lynnruby8369]

Better solutions ppl. We have to do better

[@lagomorphia9]

@@lynnruby8369 I think most of us could come up with better solutions than our inept government.

[@miketanner6258]

You can't stop bad choices by throwing money at it!

[@coolioso808]

Wasn't it Tupac who said it, way back in the '90s, "they got money for wars but can't feed the poor." And it is still true, because capitalism is still running the show and capitalism is cancer. Until we address this root cause of the sickness, we won't heal.

[@mattheweveleigh6351]

As a Canadian citizen we need to stop bringing in people from around the world in our country… let’s look after our own first look what is happening 😂!!!!!!

[@markeves8949]

Trudeau government bringing in people from Gaza. The 1000 number has become " no hard cap" so unlimited

[@gwarlow]

There have been homeless people for decades - the immigration challenges are not causing homelessness.

[@TBonerton]

​@@gwarlowyou are telling me a government that uses tax money for immigrants rather than citizens isn't compounding the problems in our country as a result of immigration?

[@TBonerton]

​@@gwarlowwhat is the reason an immigrant can come to Canada, obtain a loan to open a business and grow into a successful Capitalist and take advantage of the Canadian dream, yet Canadian citizens can't apply for that same Headstart loan that immigrants get? Why do we favor importing foreign doctors when Canadian students can't even afford to complete med school? You cannot succeed in this country unless you are an immigrant.

[@protic4]

@@TBonerton The government can have multiple programs at once, giving to one doesn't take from another. It's not about competition. Canadians have a ton of opportunities. I think being an immigrant/ refugee isn't quite as easy and glorious as you think it is... Who's to say people in the encampment are not immigrants? Use your noggin.

[@DeborahYakeley-nw1yy]

This is so wrong the Canadians are in the streets while the refugees coming over are put up in nice warm hotel rooms What has happened to Canada ? It’s disgusting

[@fubliani1882]

The plight of the unhoused is not an excuse to be xenophobic. Corporate greed, govt (municipal, provincial) policy of slashing social programs for decades, inadequate mental health support are some of the reason things are like this. It is NOT the fault of a refugee!

[@Nonogrow420]

Right been to Brampton, Toronto lately.....gtfoh 🤡🤡💩👻🔨😝☠️

[@leroybullied7705]

Salute to the city of Kelowna for setting up garbage and recycle bins so they have a chance of keeping their community clean, you don't see that in other cities that have tent encampments.

[@lagomorphia9]

Yeah, that is really cool!

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

The government of Kelowna is not only acting morally and ethically but also intelligently. I assume even many mentally ill drug addicts will at least try to get rid of trash and keep where they're living at least somewhat clean if they have access to a garbage bin and a recycling bin.

[@CX-ru1ql]

Yeah that says a lot about Canada and its residents for sure

[@freedombro]

These tent cities are still bad 👎

[@MrBossilini]

@@SurprisinglyDeepyour being sarcastic right ? Because in Edmonton they will empty a garbage bin all over the place for 1 can in it and then walk away without cleaning up . 2nd , is garbage cans really saving lives ? It’s morally so great ? Come on now , the country is failing . But hey let’s help other nations and immigrants first while most of us struggle to pay bills and provide simple basic needs. We don’t take care of the veterans, homeless , special needs…. Our hospital wait times are ridiculous. This isn’t the country I grew up in . Makes me sick to my core . But hey we have garbage bins now , 😂

[@NJ-ju8fr]

Say “yes” to drugs in BC. It’s your gateway to housing, more drugs and no waiting rooms. Everyone in B.C. has a right to a dealer.

[@asuraphreak]

But not adequate healthcare, proper services, or proper law enforcement.

[@chronometer9931]

How is that a gate way to housing? They get a temp room in a hostel filled with bed bugs and theives...

[@Stings2pee]

@@chronometer9931 It's called satire, ya silly goose

[@fubliani1882]

nah, it's pure ignorance and lack of critical thinking skills @@Stings2pee

[@Walter7ca]

So many people will suffer because the government irresponsible excessive immigrantion, not enough apartments and it will getting worse every month. More are coming from Gaza, Haiti. Venezuela and other countries. 😢

[@gord6992]

True, my apartment building is now being run like a hotel for foreigners fleeing Ukraine and those going to school temporarily before they return home... Canadian families make up maybe 5% of the building. Canada is becoming unsustainable.

[@emlkl1779]

Actually everybody is for themselves in a capitalistic environment. People fetch for themselves. Only in a communist country , government will build apartment complexes and rent it to the people but they will expect the people to work for the government on low wages and be good foot soldiers without any real freedom. Not sure in Canada's entire history if it had built houses for its population. Majority of the population took care of housing themselves.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Even if there was little to no immigration there's still be a supply issue. The main issue is excessive zoning and building codes, not immigrants per say. If we wanted to in this country we could fairly easy create simple to mass produce modular apartment and condo buldings, tiny homes and/or mobile home trailers for people to live in. (If even the Soviet Union could mass produce cheap housing back in the 1960s and the small city state of Singapore built enough public housing buildings for 70% of their population then a rich country like our country Canada could sure as $h1+ do something similar if we pushed hard enough.) Also some single family homes could be purchased and turned into multi-family homes for the poor and the needy. There's just a combined lack of political willpower and creativity as well as NIMBYism and too many legal liabilities involved.

[@chronometer9931]

That's a lie, look over the numbers. If it wasn't for mass immigration then there would be enough and the prices would be forced down since foreigners are propping up the prices... @@SurprisinglyDeep

[@tatianna8214]

When I was homeless when Covid started I have to say I was the most happiest. I had a tent I never used until it got cold. But I was grateful for everything. Yes it gets tough but it’s not bad. Your not working yourself to death to pay rent. I saved more money being homeless then I did if I was paying for a room. Be grateful for what you have because you never know.

[@briankroger7879]

If you hadn't voted for Trudeau you wouldn't have been homeless in the first place.

[@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII]

Listen to how beautiful you are

[@ishayaakov]

Exactly

[@lagomorphia9]

@@briankroger7879 Big assumption there.

[@Darius-uj1gv]

@@lagomorphia9 lol no. It's spot on. people who don't want to work vote Liberal. Those willing to work vote Conservative.

[@advancedspeakertraining]

I love how CBC makes the homeless look harmless for a community. It's like, great news let's build tiny homes and let homeless have them... here in Vancouver they build brand new builds for SRO's... Why don't you SHOW the rest of the story... An SRO moved into my neighborhood and needles are on kids playgrounds, the new buildings have prostitutes, grbbge all around, and breakin's are happening daily to cars and condos and patios... everything has to be bolted down.

[@lagomorphia9]

Thats why a decent leg up is need to help those who got dealt the short straw with the recent downturn who genuinely want to help themselves and then police and social services could deal the the rest easier.

[@Baileyind]

Shhh... not so loud. You will ruin the media's narrative.

[@gphunkera8731]

So move then colonizer. These lands were never yours to begin with.

[@advancedspeakertraining]

@@gphunkera8731 sounds like you're a real clever beaver 🦫

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

​@gphunkera8731 whos land is it then?

[@Olekzbc]

We're currently on the last part of this quote, Canada was amazing only a decade ago. "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times"

[@soulsurfer639]

and then Trudeau came along 😒

[@oreokush5393]

I was homeless sleeping in my car Winter 2022 for 30+ days. These things happen. Be safe all ❤

[@kimsedgwick8119]

Yes, been there. You have to loose your jib to understand it.

[@DirtbikeJimmy]

Canada donated $7.2 Billion to other countries in just 2022.

[@cherrieleung9080]

No more money for Ukraine...help Canadian first!! wake up Ottawa!

[@williamcosbyIII]

The Federal Government has truly let Canadians down at every turn. Such a shame in a Country so rich with resources. Priorities need to change!

[@fubliani1882]

psssst... housing is a provincial issue. decades of right wing/centre right gov't on a provincial level cutting services is the reason. 🤦‍♂

[@bartholomewrichards1663]

@@fubliani1882 no immigration is the reason

[@shauncameron8390]

@@fubliani1882 In response to decades of left-wing/center-left mismanagement of said services.

[@lynnruby8369]

This is so awful. This is Canada. Wth? The govt has to do better!

[@tonym8765]

Welcome to liberal Canada

[@emlkl1779]

When did the government do anything according to your expectations in the last hundred years ?

[@dk3062]

why does the govt have to do anything?

[@freddexta3363]

@@dk3062 Good question. How about people have the opportunity to make better choices. Oh wait...

[@lynnruby8369]

Who else will help. More shelters

[@massib4523]

Too bad Trudeau is helping foreigners instead of Canadian,

[@MrUranium238]

Life style choice = living the dream

[@coolioso808]

You like being owned by the super rich in a capitalistic-driven system? You know that if a billionaire, or a few of them together, wanted to manipulate you more than they already are, they could do it very easily and get away with it. Money buys power and you are not the elite wealthy, or you wouldn't be posting under a video like this. You are slave, like everybody else in that class. If you wish to see the truth, you can, and start to free yourself. But if you aren't ready, just ignore this next part and go on your merry way. For the truth, and see how far the rabbit hole goes, check out: - Zeitgeist Film series with Peter Joseph - World Beyond Capitalism with Arjang Jameh - Moneyless Society with Matthew, Zachary and Amanda - One Small Town Contributionism with Michael Tellinger There is a good start.

[@tedlivermore6955]

Yep,I should have a place to live payed for by all the taxpayers who actually work for a living.

[@jackdaniels2905]

Not always.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

​@@tedlivermore6955 Do yourself a favour google search "tiny homes" and "tiny homes homeless village". A cheap tiny home is just like a little 1 room shack or garden shed like building without a kitchen, bathroom or electricity for a homeless person to sleep and sit in. While some tiny homes look like cabins or villas the ones installed at most homeless villages throughout North America are very basic utilitarian little buildings. Usually a homeless village just has like one "cooking building" and "multi-media building" that all the homeless people there share. A cheap tiny home just costs a few thousand bucks once to build. The government snf the taxpayers don't need to pay he homeless guys rent or electricity if they're living in the tiny homes, just the electricity and upkeep on the "cooking building" and "multimedia buulding" 200 or more people share (likely less then rent for a homeless guy's subsidised rent if he were inside a regular apartment building.) Also many of the homeless people could then hopefully use the tiny homes homeless village as an official addrwss on job applications, while nobody can use a tent pitched on the side of the road as an address. Also soon nobody will need to pay for hospital visots for those homeless people getting conditions like frostbite and/or hypothermia. Also the threat of losing their tiny home and being kicked out of the homeless village and/or having the cops called to their official address will hopefully keep the criminal monded amongst the group of homeless people in line. Like's it's a PITA for a cop to issue arrest warrants foe people without permanent addresses.

[@chronometer9931]

Why shouldn't they? We can pay for wars, but we can't afford a Crack shack? It would cost tax payers less to actually fix the problem than continue on like this... @@tedlivermore6955

[@uncledal9355]

Meanwhile in Edmonton the city are tearing down tents and telling people to leave with nowhere to go. Tomorrow it will be -40

[@kyleellis1825]

The news is just showing what the city is doing, not showing how residents feel. Honestly, expect a change in the council over how this stuff has been handled.

[@OntarioPrepper]

Sunny Ways = DARK TIMES FOR CANADIAN'S

[@gymbagg8716]

Bales of straw or styrafoam sheets can be used between two tarps or lossened up and placed in large garbage bags then placed between two tarps ....

[@daves3108]

So... Question.... When they start work on those shelters across the street are these people going to get up everyday and help build them? Only curious

[@tedlivermore6955]

Not bloody likely,that would interfere with their non stop partying😄

[@bobthekobb]

Canada needs to get on some services to help these Canadians. Their trying to drive them to that MAID that comes in march is what this feels like.

[@butler-macdonald8351]

Can't help those who are not willing to help themselves

[@lagomorphia9]

@@butler-macdonald8351 Many of the new homeless people had jobs that didnt make ends meet after the huge inflation hit. There is only so much a person can do if you cant buy gas to get to work, or just got evicted and dont have that extra first and last month rent to get another place, especially with all the rent hikes. There are programs to help people but they do not cover enough to actually fix a problem. Those with money or even just good jobs are often completely out of touch with what people live through and the lack of compassion comes from that limited perspective.

[@coolioso808]

@@butler-macdonald8351 You a fan of capitalism? Your ethics sure seem to support the structural violence and inequality generated by said system.

[@renataostertag6051]

​@@butler-macdonald8351 Very well said!

[@oscarmarin282]

​@@butler-macdonald8351agree with you

[@ydoic1111]

This is Canada today! I'm speech less

[@dilipanthonypinto1620]

10 billion dollars for wars but nothing for the most vulnerable…

[@Crowcity24]

CBC never mentions the word drugs or meth.

[@tedlivermore6955]

Of course not,they dont want to know anything about these people's backgrounds because they know it will ruin the sob story

[@dougprosser6964]

Thank you Trudeau, Canada is looking great. Let’s blow some more money and add a few more taxes. See if we can get inflation even higher and have even more tent cities.

[@kimsedgwick8119]

This is his plan. A puppet to WEF. China as well. These politicians want this housing to crash. Incredible what greed can do.

[@crrassh69]

Why don’t you place blame where it mostly resides with the city and province. The premier is responsible for housing in his/her province, but I get it…it’s fashionable to blame Trudeau for everything I guess even blame him for your ignorance.

[@dougprosser6964]

@@crrassh69 There is definitely this that can be done provincially but the inflation we see in Canada that is making food and housing unaffordable is Trudeau’s doing plain and simple you can make all the excuses you want because you were tricked into voting for him but he is destroying this country at every level. Just open your eyes and take a look around, it doesn’t need to be this hard to survive. This is policy driven.

[@keetahbrough]

No no no. this is YOUR responsibility and YOUR tax dollar at work. You voted them in there and you continue to give them money KNOWING and SEEING the crimes they commit.. making YOU a willing participant in their crimes. Everything they do is being done in YOUR NAME. YOU the guilty one, here folks. Because you give them money to do it without lifting a finger to restore conditions on the planet.

[@Antiorganizer]

@@crrassh69 Thank you. I agree! People randomly arbitrarily blaming Trudeau wherever they can is absolutely pathetic and shows how ignorant they are. They're all driving by hate and seek validating for it all the time. News outlets like the National Post and Sun feed them their validation. PP plays into it as well. Populism. Division. Disgusting tactics.

[@cw9282]

0:26 "Feel safe and lock a door?" Lady, it's your homeless encampment committing a lot of the crimes in the city.

[@inktownfishing4505]

I lived right in the Kelowna downtown area and it was ridiculous, watched it slowly get worse over the 10 years I live there. People coming into my yard 24/7 to help themselves with anything that's not bolted down or to scope the place out. I moved 1.5 years ago and never looked back.

[@enigmalfidelity]

@@inktownfishing4505 remember the huge dirt mounds beside the casino? The camp they found in there was incredible. This was back in like 2011

[@chronometer9931]

Why do you think she wants a door to lock. She isn't responsible for the actions of others in the encampment. That would be like arguing that you're responsible for the crime in the encampment, because it's part of your community...

[@cw9282]

@@chronometer9931 She's already committing a crime by camping there, not to mention leaving her garbage to a point where the City had to step in and provide bins and use taxpayer money to clean up their mess. And if you don't think this encampment affects the nearby businesses and residences, then you're turning a blind eye. She's part of the problem. And the funny thing is she's fairly well-spoken and can easily find a job. My coworkers all speak English as a second language as they're immigrants, but they still work hard everyday and earn their 60k/year working in an office. This lady can easily do that but chooses not to. She doesn't look disabled. What's her excuse?

[@jeffhillstead3302]

I was building condos there 2005-6 and was hard too find a place to rent.. I stayed at a shelter in Vernon paying rent there.? Wake up and house these folks..

[@cjmkdolphin8443]

Snow is insulation if done right. Cover your tents with igloo style snow packs. You all could be super warm if you could work together.

[@freddexta3363]

True, the native tribes lived like this for thousands of years and survived the elements.

[@kyleellis1825]

We have less than a foot of snow and we get sunlight nearly all day in Kelowna. That kind of set up won't work right now.@@freddexta3363

[@jacobrocks7]

Outrageous that this happens in Canada..please help these vulnerable people

[@nairnbaker7385]

Yeah how about you give. I'm finished giving. How about get a job.

[@tedlivermore6955]

@@PEACE-xq8bf Agreed, narcan has devastated society.

[@tedlivermore6955]

@@nairnbaker7385 It would be a good first step,but that always seems to be completely off the table for these sorts.

[@bartholomewrichards1663]

Please YOU help these people

[@mattsommers4111]

The lord helps those who help themselves.

[@liftedgifted6010]

Hear what they both said at the end? "This is what I've CHOSEN at this point in my life". Proof that homelessness is in fact a choice for a large majority of those "affected".

[@lostmoose9994]

Loose your job when becoming blind and you ll be happy to join those folks. Theres no way to keep paying your bills

[@marianfrances4959]

2 people are proof for a large majority? Wow...

[@rebeccadagnilli7634]

Read a book

[@TheClipperchip]

Seriously??? My God, what has happened to Canada? We are doomed.

[@bestreviews9666]

It always was

[@ApolloCross-x7i]

Wow these people have hearts to smile. Lord have mercy ️

[@ElohorB]

Wow these people have hearts to smile. Lord have mercy 🙏🏽❤️

[@boessheila50]

Ive been around poor homeless hungry people. They deserve DIGNITY. WE DONT KNOW THEIR LOSSES CAUSING DEEP EMOTIONAL PAIN. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TALK TRASHY TO THEM. THEY NEED A HAND UP!! TREATMENT CTRS. HOUSING. FOOD AND THEY WILL GET WELL!! BEING KIND TO THESE PEOPLE IS A COMMANDMENT FROM GOD❤ DO UNTO OTHERS AS U WOULD HAVE DO UNTO U❤ NO ONE CAN ARGUE WITH THIS!!

[@inktownfishing4505]

@@boessheila50 Then you should invite some homeless to live in your backyard. Then at least they have a permanent address so they can get mental help and a job. You should set an example for the rest of us! Action NOT words!!!! Don't get me wrong! I used to think just like you. Until I moved within 2 blocks from a Kelowna encampment. See how much patience you can have, after things keep disappearing from your yard or unlocked car. Can't even leave my vehicle's windows open, parked in my own fenced backyard on a 30 degree day. And when I'm home and catch someone poking around in my yard and asking them to leave. (2 times a week, minimum if not almost every night/day! Only to get threatened that they are going to comeback and burn my house or garage down! After installing over 1000.00 in security equipment to get a better rate on home insurance. And I'm the one who had to move after 10+years and the camps are still there!!! You talk about dignity!!!...thats a 2 way street. You have to give it before you receive it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bonnie-k3m]

Totally agree

[@shanephillips4011]

​@@boessheila50God doesn't exist. Delusional nonsense

[@chronometer9931]

Expensive food rent and bills = loss of home = loss of money = loss of job = unhireable... @alcarranza7587

[@smileydelayen697]

Soon there will be senior encampments as our government makes sure foreigners and wars are funded before their seniors are looked after 😢

[@lagomorphia9]

Its already happening on Vancouver Island, not whole encampments of seniors but the number of elderly, particularly women, has shot up. Most live discretely in their cars or motorhomes. It started about two years ago when inflation and rents outstripped the value of pensions.

[@kimsedgwick8119]

I agree. Senior tent city

[@jackmacvan]

Building Back Better

[@lagomorphia9]

Hitting the nail on the head!!!

[@john-n1v3i]

Some people just will not understand why they are homeless until they walk a mile in their shoes!

[@lagomorphia9]

100%!!! And sadly, the way things are going, many who lack compassion now will get to experience all this has to offer.

[@tedlivermore6955]

I never will because I work and dont do drugs

[@chronometer9931]

People that work can still end up homeless as do non druggies. What happens when you get injured and can't work anymore? What happens when your pay isn't enough to cover rent, food and bills? What happens when you get seriously I'll or too old to work. What happens when you're no longer needed for work? No your time will come : )​@@tedlivermore6955​

[@thatguy5801]

607,000$+Tax+500$ monthly fee for a 1 bedroom 1 bath where I am (tiny northern town) So 1 million for a landless block house that can't support family growth. This is the state of the housing market where I am.

[@dubzclapps]

Good for them not letting it break them. I stayed in a shelter for one month in my home town. Sometimes we have too be pushed down, in order to get back up.

[@slicksterprickster2076]

key word, you used the shelter. these people refuse help.

[@johnhironimus5748]

This is justin and jagmeet new Canada and they are fine with it I also see the state news dept is doing the story

[@lagomorphia9]

They are part of the World Economic Forum who famously advertised You Will Own Nothing and You Will Be Happy.

[@chronometer9931]

Yes as are the conservatives part of the WEF, they are all in this together. WEF is supporting the UN @@lagomorphia9

[@JasonHersco]

What happened to Canada :(

[@HaloFlemz86]

Nice to see my hometown.

[@brandonreid7528]

every bc town is same

[@Be_reasonable101]

What’s with the housing in Canada?

[@chronometer9931]

Too many immigrants, not enough housing being built and that's making housing scarce.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@chronometer9931 Due to high building costs and government meddling.

[@menguardingtheirownwallets6791]

Immigration is good, but too much is just too much, it pushes up rents so high that there is a sudden explosion of homeless people like we see happening right now. We need to reduce our immigration levels and increase our affordable housing construction untll we don't have working people living homeless on the streets like we see now.

[@coolioso808]

Decent ideas. But where is the funding going to come from for affordable housing? Where is the skill training going to come from to get home builders with the required skills like basic construction, also plumbing, heating, electrical, etc? I have some ideas, based on what I've read. But what are your suggestions?

[@chronometer9931]

None of that is an issue and it's a waste of time discussing meaningless specifics on YT... As if the country didn't have the means and expertise to get it done. @@coolioso808

[@visnjalivancic3953]

Where do they take a bath

[@shauncameron8390]

Good question.

[@Baileyind]

They don't. Ever sat beside one in a public library?

[@Mike-or3ry]

Get rid of CBC and use that money for homeless.

[@Darius-uj1gv]

or better yet - for tax cuts so we can keep our own money rather than have it wasted on low lives.

[@gr2602]

Hell of a smile that lady has

[@gord6992]

Calgary two weeks ago had a headline at the train station..."Over 400 Calgarians died due to homelessness this past year"...scary headline but does that include opioid users or just people who couldn't survive because they lack outdoor skills?

[@lagomorphia9]

What if that lack of outdoor skill is because six months ago they got hit with a rent increase that their wages didnt cover. The economy already had people struggling to make ends meet.

[@gord6992]

@@lagomorphia9 There's no sympathy for the poor in Canada anymore....'survival of the fittest under Justin Trudeau'.

[@tonyt.5771]

Sad to see this in Canada.

[@Darius-uj1gv]

Thanks, Trudeau

[@dn8533]

They seem to be healthy enough to work. Wouldn't it be easier to work,save money and buy a camper van or something?

[@enigmalfidelity]

just over 60% of homeless Canadians have a part-full time job according to StatsCan

[@Steve-mz7np]

@@enigmalfidelitylifting rent controls has had an impact, now you can work full time and only afford a tent, thank Conservatives for beating down unions and lifting rent controls.

[@UseURHead]

With inflation and interest…nope…

[@gwarlow]

@dn8533 Try getting a job when you do not have a permanent address.

[@Martinique_36]

Many of them have mental health problems and they don’t get the medical attention to make sure they are taking their medication which is very expensive for them.

[@carcamper815]

Excellent reporting on a very important topic. Support for the encampments is the way to go. The. People know what they want. Help them directly get there.

[@TBonerton]

Let's keep importing more problems so these people who actually live in this country continue to decline. We blame the Feds all day long, but where is the province on this one? All government is useless and xorrupt and not addressing Canadian interests anymore.

[@lemfarba4827]

What type of heater was she using?

[@glenmarshall3363]

Maybe if we didn't give cbc a billion an bonuses we could build homes for those people

[@Inlinetodie]

I love how some people promote Pierre for PM, when his solution to homelessness, is to build homes for New Comers to Canada... This comment does not mean i Support Trudeau, it means i listen to Pierre's answers, and hes never offered a solution, only a waggling finger, blaming Trudeau for everything... Nobody likes Trudeau!!, We Get It!!! But for Petes sake, at least offer one solution Pierre 🙄

[@barrydomes2580]

You can thank your beloved leader for this, and the government funding of tainted news.

[@warrendowd709]

10 years ago this was not a major scene in this country...thank you Trudeau..Thank you Trudeau voters.

[@trevorbaker2875]

Sharing heat, sheets and needles. Doing what makes them happy.

[@asuraphreak]

Blame the idiots who decided BC needed to legalize drugs. I'd prefer they made federal laws exempting addicts from getting any emergency help. We have medically assist suicide, there's no difference in my eyes. They're nothing but burdens. I'd know, I was one and yes, I refused to seek attention when I needed it because unlike addicts today, I understood there are consequences for my decisions. Not fully, but I knew what I was doing is considered wrong and generally hurts everyone involved so I kept it between me and my "friends".

[@tedlivermore6955]

Ban narcan

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

BC has had severe widspread issues with drug addiction since the 1990s at least. There's a wide range of options available to deal with drug addicted homeless people between "give them all stays at celebrity rehad centres" and "just let em all rot." Like involuntarily rehab for drug addictions exists, we just don't do it often here in Canada. Like huge numbers of people in China used to be addicted to opium due to the Opium Wars until the nascent Chinese communist government despite all its flaws got tens of thousands to sddicts to stop using opium due to forcing them all into involuntary rehab. You've grown past your issues as a former drug addict and are now a functioning contributing member of society. Many if not most drug addicts also deserve the opportunity to one day hopefully make something out of themselves and give back to society. Like as many people know street drugs seriously mess up peoples dopamine receptors and neo-cortex which makes getting off drugs all the harder. Like while I never did street drugs other then occaisonally some pot and think that anybody nowadays who gets into street drugs nowadays despite being able to instantly research them ahead of time is a fool, I sympathise with how hard it must be for most drug addicts to get clean due to hearing about the possible horrors of withdrawal and how drug addiction is sometimes described as like being possessed by the devil himself.

[@ianmaidment2258]

Canada is becoming an undeveloped country... going backwards, this is every city across Canada... good job government, my life has been getting worse every year for the past ten years, take a little more make a little more homeless

[@KayJay940]

Canada has been an agrarian society since about the 70s-80s. Dont believe me. Just look at when they last new town was founded.

[@chronometer9931]

Not relevant is it?@@KayJay940

[@Theconcretewizzard]

Billions sent across seas for war ,but our people living on the streets . This is what’s wrong with our country

[@PhilDesigns]

trudeau is what's wrong

[@DrSpock-yf3fd]

It’s bloody sad😢

[@adrianablessed718]

I always worked so I always have money to pay rent. I never got nothing from the government. Just go to work.

[@bryanluff8040]

Lot's of jobs in Alberta, its a above choices.

[@chronometer9931]

That's why it's the fastest growing province which is driving up rents and reducing that job pool fast. Careful what you ask for lol it's almost like it's not about choices and you're clearly wrong. What will be your next magical excuse to not to help people?

[@JojoLoveable-us5qu]

Homeless FROM KELOWNA CURRENTLY IN VANCOUVER ♡♡♡

[@stephey808]

A tiny home village that will be luxury rentals those homeless people can’t afford, way to go

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Do you actually know what a tiny home is?

[@chronometer9931]

I don't think they have to rent them, that would defeat the purpose. Also look up what a tiny home is, it's not a luxury lol

[@bartholomewrichards1663]

Do you know anything

[@Lakeboii70]

That’s pretty bad when a city won’t even help 250 people get off the streets that would solve the problem and make them look good in the eyes of the taxpayer

[@otahu26]

THE SAD PART IS our GOVERNMENT Is falling our families!! No well paying job to combat the cost of living, law and order is out the door! and Liberals where scared of the truckers.. This is sad for a rich country. Canada needs to stop giving our tax dollars to foreign nations and do something about the homeless and come up with jobs.. For this country. Do away with the temporary foreign worker program because it's keep wages LOW for to long.

[@shauncameron8390]

It's not the government's job to care for your family.

[@chronometer9931]

Asking for the government to get out of the way and holding it accountable is now the government taking care of your family lol 🤡🤡@@shauncameron8390

[@qboss4993]

does the reporter know where these people are from? local? or from other provinces? wondering why sudden increase from last year.

[@tedlivermore6955]

They dont want to know anything about them because then the truth will come out about why they are "homeless" and ruin the sob story

[@chronometer9931]

What's changed is that rent and expenses went up again...

[@chronometer9931]

BS everyone already knows there is a drug problem and a rental crisis, it's not some mystery @@tedlivermore6955

[@MJibcoOFFICIAL]

Enough! All Canadians deserve a warm safe Home!

[@briankroger7879]

Maybe stop voting for Trudeau.

[@daves3108]

Why is that?

[@lagomorphia9]

@@briankroger7879 Assumptions again.

[@coolioso808]

@@daves3108 If you have to ask why you don't have the system knowledge and empathy to understand at this point. Maybe do some more independent research to broaden your horizons. Ever seen the Culture in Decline series by Peter Joseph? Watch even one episode and you can start to break free.

[@seer1623]

Oh, Brian, for heaven's sake, move south and vote for Agent Orange. That's obviously who you admire. 🤪@@briankroger7879

[@chizzymomentum1807]

This is sad!!!!! In canada!!! So our government can’t allocate a 1billion for a multi complex shelter!!!? 👀🤷🏾‍♂️😞

[@Youwoketube]

Im sick of socialism, this is proof that it just gives and gives and these people keep growing in numbers. This isnt about human rights anymore, and catering to this madness of "poor me" Its time to get off your butts and go to work and contribute to society like the rest of us.

[@notsure6182]

finally people are waking to these facts.

[@lagomorphia9]

Our socialist society has scaled back social programs to the point many who should get help cant, yet they are throwing vast amounts of taxpayer money at other countries.

[@Make_America_Native_Again]

Canada is not Socialist. If Canada was Socialist you would not pay taxes. See A socialist state is one where Industry is owned by the state and so the profit that would normally go to Capitalists is instead used to pay for social services. Canada is a Capitalist state. Private industry is allowed to function and pay almost no tax so public funding must come from working class people instead.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@lagomorphia9 Like the USSR and Cuba used to do.

[@chronometer9931]

What exactly are you giving these people? They live in tents and you gave them 💩

[@paullabrosse5673]

Thank you Kelowna we as Canadians must help at home first then others

[@brendaedwards535]

It is sad that people have to live like that. It is nice to see the city trying to help instead of tearing there tents down and throwing their belongings out like they just did in Edmonton.

[@grahambrown4202]

I don’t live like that because I work and have a condo. What a crazy idea

[@TravisH-nm9fy]

They dont have to live like that. Its called getting a job like everyone else.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

​@@grahambrown4202 It's hard getting a condo in Western Canada. I was only able to afford my then $200,000 condo like 5 or 6 years ago only thanks to a loan from family members even though I work full time. The condo I live in is now worth like $600,000 or more. Also the cost of living is way higher in urban Western Canada then in many parts of rural Western Canada or in other provinces. Like a McDonalds meal here costs like $20. Also there's a SEVERE shortage of even basic affordable housing in BC.

[@freddexta3363]

@@SurprisinglyDeep Good investment then. What are you doing with the profits?

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

​@@TravisH-nm9fy Many if not most apartments in BC cost between $2000 to $4000 a month. Of course many people have 1 or 2 roommates but still.

[@smileydelayen697]

Also since 2016 since bc declared a drug overdose crisis our deaths from overdoses HAS DOUBLED time for a healthier approach more detox and treatment facilities with no 3-6 month waiting lists.

[@Zoe-c9z]

Thank you for making a safe place for them to go. When i lived in my car all they would do is tell you to go away. Even when i had driver fatigue they would not let us sleep at a rest stop. Some of these leaders are masochist to the extreme. They fund genocide but not humanity😢 it reminds me of when they burned rome

[@lagomorphia9]

Truth. When I travelled around the US, the rest stops were for that... rest, and no one questioned it. Yes, masochistic is the only way to describe them.

[@freddexta3363]

Boy you have been around for a while. I can only remember Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo

[@kyleellis1825]

Rest stops are between cities. You don't have a rest stop in Kelowna, those are parks.

[@DarrenBetker]

How do u pay for heat?

[@napatony5532]

God help them all ..... PLEASE PEOPLE BE KIND .....

[@lagomorphia9]

Exactly! Unbelievable the lack of compassion on here.

[@alm5992]

@@lagomorphia9Unbelievable that people expect free stuff for doing nothing. Are you two paying them their weekly homeless camp salary?

[@napatony5532]

@@lagomorphia9 so many cold hearts its unbelievable to me... and I hate to say this....ITS GOING TO BITE THEM ALL ON THE BUTT at some point ... LOVE IS THE WAY!!! .... people NEED to open their hearts .... ESPECIALLY NOW!!!

[@tedlivermore6955]

@@lagomorphia9 The abundance of naivete on here is unbelievable

[@chronometer9931]

Well one thing is for sure, no one can accuse you of being sane... @@alm5992

[@traveljunky3610]

True pillars of society. Help wanted signs everywhere but they are too good to work FUQ

[@linesided]

I was homeless on the west coast for months. There was an amazing network of shelters, couches, free meals in church basements and so many interesting people to talk to. I don't advocate it for the best life, but some of us need to hit the streets to feel free and find our way. Am now an owner of a multi-million dollar business so believe that the help you offer to someone out there is worth it.

[@bobthekobb]

doubtful. a lot of these fake stories are posted just to make a point.

[@KathK-t9n]

🤡

[@tedlivermore6955]

For the most part it isnt worth it.

[@iReturnV1deotapes]

@@tedlivermore6955 I disagree. If you go into it with tunnel vision always looking towards that end goal, it is an absolutley exceptional way of doing it. I did it for 3 and a half years and bankrolled everything I made. I met my financial goals in a fifth of the time it would have taken if I was throwing my entire paycheck out the window for rent.

[@dilipanthonypinto1620]

How did you make the transition, your first steps?

[@JojoLoveable-us5qu]

Thank You ♡♡

[@dianef.7072]

For such a wealthy country we need to do better. More mental health services and additional services for addiction. Housing is far too expensive and more and more people are being put on the street. Politicians need to do better.

[@Cherishthemoment]

The new Canada, only money for others. While we have 280,000 Canadians eating at food banks . There are approximately 235,000 homeless people in Canada, but the figure may be grossly underestimated because the number of hidden homeless people is unknown. The Canadian government is trying to tackle the homelessness issue by, for example, providing emergency shelters that are open 24/7.

[@marinawilliams3599]

Here in Vancouver BC our mayor took all their tents and belongings away just before these winter's conditions 🤨🤬👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 #GrossGovernment

[@DistractionPicklesEveryWhere]

They literally throw out all those donations of food, water, blankets ECT. It's bs! They should be allowed to do that.

[@derekmiller3614]

Good ...

[@rmleighton1]

My God. We, the working stiffs keep getting it. Shame on these layers of government that have turn victims in to The Problem.

[@izzyjohnas625]

Trudeau won’t be happy till everyone is in a tent

[@lillianpobrislo3052]

Sad to see,but we are also to blame ..I grew up in a nice blue collar town that had approx 9 industries/ factories including a ship yard. Everyone worked, own homes and lived comfortably. I worked in one of the factories making car windows in the 90's and I saw First hand how alot of the employees Abused the systems as in work compensations,sick leave etc. I saw a employee who would purposely dislocate his shoulders every spring ,so he could get the summer off on comp. Back injuries were the biggest scams.Rule of thumb....a day off for every stitch,even if it never hinderd your job performance. I cut my thumb and got 4 stitches,come back to work after getting them ,and my rep asked why I came back....I could take 4 days off sick leave.....Why would I do that?????. Workers would sabotage the machianery or lines so they could have down time which would cost the company money due to loss of production.My husband was a supervisor at on of the auto plants and he saw alot of that too,and due to the union,the company had a Very hard time getting rid of these a^^h^les. The town is now nothing but a huge tourist industry with ski hills and condos and minimum wage jobs with no benifits and depending on the seasons.Every job I worked at ,and I'm retired now,there where Always scamers trying to screw the system .I found that alot of the industries left due to hight cost of payout for workman's comp ,and so called sick leave.People want less physical work and more pay for less work.Plain and simple.I saw the immigrants come over and yes....they Will work for the pay ,and for all the over time.They do the jobs that we Canadians find beneath us. I know that due to loss of big industries in Canada,by going over seas were people will work ,only part time minimum wage jobs are left,Unless you get a education and get training in a trade or a degree .There are jobs ,lots if them,but Canadians are lazy,and finding it easier to live off the Governnent which is actually money from people who do work and pay taxes. We cry cause the industries left cause we scamed them and we refuse to work at minimum wage jobs,so naturally the immigrants come over and do it,and start to buy up everything.Wonderful. The other thing is....alot say they prefer to live like that.....so why are we worried.....their Choice, let them have at it then.🤷‍♀️,they do not pay taxes and collect benefits from the hard working man's back...... hey...perfect life🤷‍♀️

[@clintonelias171]

That's one side of the story, and I believe it's mostly correct. The other side is big business choosing not to pay out more than that can get away with, with the majority of their workers. Taking Government payout, tax payers money, and get nothing back. Big business and big government together make big corruption, follow the money. Big business want big returns and turn to cheap labour, overseas, and screw the common people over. Profit margins are too small in this high wage country, profit still there but just not enough for big business. Love of gain. Living wage too high for them. All out greed, period.

[@lillianpobrislo3052]

@@clintonelias171 I MO,corporations/ industries, will only pay the Bare Minimum that the Government allows when it comes to paying Benifits.They started hiring " temp workers " that would only work for 3-6" months and then get rid of them before they were qualified to get benifits .I also find that alot of people live beyond their means.Everybody lives of credit and the interest rates are horrible, but people created that high rate cause nobody pays with cash any more. When I grew up....if we could not buy it with money we earned,we did without,or saved up our money.

[@xMeGaPeTeRx]

Oh no, so sad. Quick send another billion of our money overseas.

[@mynextcartobuy]

How did Canada get to this Situation ?

[@johndoe-oc6gr]

drugs

[@stephey808]

How did the entire world get in this situation?! It’s called plan by design the big reset

[@60yroldRockstar-kl7mt]

Another million coming in next year...live under a rock

[@joserivera6594]

The goverment should not give those people cash money, like usually do, every month so give them place for a living.🇨🇦

[@lawrencejohanson5178]

Don't you just love Trudeau's "NEW" Canada !!!!!

[@stuckinlodi100]

Arguably the highest ratio of homeless occurs in the Gulf Islands. Gabriola has 4500 perm. residents but 80-90 homeless. This is a 2% ratio. Kelowna is more likely less than 1% albeit a little higher in Nanaimo.

[@chronometer9931]

1 and 2% are unacceptable numbers for a first world nation and it's embarrassing...

[@jimmyb6842]

Hope u understand, i send vids like this to my friends on the other side of this planet😂. That canadian dream is looking dark these days

[@georgecostanza6180]

In Canada????

[@carolcote1596]

Edmonton Alberta has made the homeless population move. Leaving their tents behind and other stuff behind. There isn’t enough homeless facilities for these individuals. Plus the weather in close to minus 40 with the wind chill. The Edmonton mayor and other officials should live homeless for a year, to see what they’re suffering.

[@freddexta3363]

Sorry man, but nobody in Canada "has" to live like this. At some point you need to quit blaming and start working, that's how most of us do it. Quite the concept, I know

[@nairnbaker7385]

Keep giving and we'll be the ones on the street too. Save yourself.

[@timsehn7092]

Isn't the c.b.c. still getting over one point four billion dollars for doing this??????kinda work!!!!

[@lisasitch5839]

Can you car camp along there?