shockedcanadian
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There is a growing realization in Canada, slowly but surely, that the Security Industrial Complex that destroys lives is bankrupting the country at all levels of government. The manufacturing of threats, employment interference and driving people into despair and homelessness while recycling these same people in and out of prisons has cost this country excessively more than any intrinsic value it provides. It's in effect, using humans as cattle for careers.
If America follows our path, and some want you do; I guarantee a quick demise of your economy and future debt levels. Some have suggested you are alreafy there in some jurisdictions. From the RCMP down to the lowly TPS, we have destroyed our nation. Do you want the FBI down to the NYP to engage in the same in your own country?
You left the monarchy for a reason. You are a Republic. Unfortunately, after WWII you started to bend BACK to the old countries from which you once wisely separated from. You should learn from us, not emulate us.
As it were, this is a smart program. $11K per person to keep them in their homes is FAR cheaper than the costs if they became homeless. Montreal may be turning a corner. The same cannot be said of Ontario which will become bankrupt relatively soon especially if Trump is focused on bringing back your auto industry.
A program run by a Montreal-based charity is trying to help Canadians avoid homelessness at an average cost of $11,000 per person. That's money well spent, according to Samuel Watts.
"What we're doing is we're trying to capture and accompany people before they end up in the depths of homelessness," said Watts, CEO of Welcome Hall Mission.
The program, called Rapid Entry to Housing, is focused on helping Montrealers who need what Watts called a cash "boost" to get them into a home and avoid homelessness.
"We've got people who walk alongside them for a couple of months, and then they're on their own," he told The Current's Matt Galloway.
The program was born mid-2021, after intervention workers noticed many people falling into homelessness since the beginning of the pandemic didn't fit the usual profile.
"[They're] somebody who's just struggling and a few dollars away from homelessness, unable to pay their rent, or they're part of maybe a classic rental eviction," he said.
"The other group is people who are relatively new arrivals to the city, who fall through the cracks of the refugee and asylum seeker programs that are here in Quebec."
Through funding from both the federal and provincial governments, Watts says they've been able to house 344 people since 2021 — with 84 per cent of them still thriving in housing.
If America follows our path, and some want you do; I guarantee a quick demise of your economy and future debt levels. Some have suggested you are alreafy there in some jurisdictions. From the RCMP down to the lowly TPS, we have destroyed our nation. Do you want the FBI down to the NYP to engage in the same in your own country?
You left the monarchy for a reason. You are a Republic. Unfortunately, after WWII you started to bend BACK to the old countries from which you once wisely separated from. You should learn from us, not emulate us.
As it were, this is a smart program. $11K per person to keep them in their homes is FAR cheaper than the costs if they became homeless. Montreal may be turning a corner. The same cannot be said of Ontario which will become bankrupt relatively soon especially if Trump is focused on bringing back your auto industry.
A program run by a Montreal-based charity is trying to help Canadians avoid homelessness at an average cost of $11,000 per person. That's money well spent, according to Samuel Watts.
"What we're doing is we're trying to capture and accompany people before they end up in the depths of homelessness," said Watts, CEO of Welcome Hall Mission.
The program, called Rapid Entry to Housing, is focused on helping Montrealers who need what Watts called a cash "boost" to get them into a home and avoid homelessness.
"We've got people who walk alongside them for a couple of months, and then they're on their own," he told The Current's Matt Galloway.
The program was born mid-2021, after intervention workers noticed many people falling into homelessness since the beginning of the pandemic didn't fit the usual profile.
"[They're] somebody who's just struggling and a few dollars away from homelessness, unable to pay their rent, or they're part of maybe a classic rental eviction," he said.
"The other group is people who are relatively new arrivals to the city, who fall through the cracks of the refugee and asylum seeker programs that are here in Quebec."
Through funding from both the federal and provincial governments, Watts says they've been able to house 344 people since 2021 — with 84 per cent of them still thriving in housing.
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