Preliminary plan focuses on the dangers of homeless camps in Vancouver, saying they are ‘unsafe and untenable’
British Columbia’s NDP government – whose Premier David Eby has said the province will take over Vancouver’s troubled Downtown Eastside – has come up with a preliminary plan for tackling mounting problems with homelessness, poverty, mental health and addiction., saying they are “unsafe and untenable,” and says there will be a housing-first approach backed up by multidisciplinary teams providing health and social services to an increasingly beleaguered population on the street.
It makes no reference to a new agency or person who might take charge of the co-ordinated effort, something Mr. Eby said last November might be needed. B.C. Liberal MLA Elenore Sturko, the party’s critic for mental health and addiction, said it seemed to be a largely empty document filled with ideological statements and not much else.Harm-reduction advocates in the Downtown Eastside also panned the plan, saying it seemed vague, with nothing for some of the immediate issues such as the toxic-drug crisis that is killing hundreds.
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