The Complexe Desjardins mall in downtown Montreal has been playing 'Baby Shark' in its garage and stairwells to deter what they call unwelcome guests, a move that has drawn criticism from advocates for unhoused people and the city.
Blasting Baby Shark to keep out homeless people is just the latest tactic, advocates sayThe Complexe Desjardins mall in downtown Montreal has been playing the song in its garage and stairwells to deter what they call unwelcome guests . It’s a move that has drawn criticism from advocates for unhoused people as well as the city.
Since that time, the company has "noticed an improvement" at the mall on Ste-Catherine Street in the Quartier des Spectacles district, Turcotti said in an email. "It isn't possible to resolve the complexities of homelessness by using juvenile tactics that are conceived to exclude people," he said Thursday. "You don't solve a problem by displacing a problem."Watts said he recognizes that merchants and other people are concerned by the increasing visibility of homelessness, but "the answer isn't to do things that are going to further make people who are vulnerable even more vulnerable.
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