Experts say as the homeless and opioid problems worsen more services will be needed to help the vulnerable, so a solution needs to be found, fast.
WATCH: An increase in homelessness, coupled with the opioid crisis, has led to an increased need for services to support the most vulnerable. But residents in a number of neighbourhoods have serious concerns about such services in their area, and how they are being established. Experts say finding a solution for peaceful cohabitation is key. Global's Phil Carpenter reports.
“Criminality and actions that are less than desirable, we’ll say, happen within 100 metres from these types of centres,” Graham claimed. “Places like Saint-Henri, places like Verdun, places like here downtown, we’re going to have to find a way to live and cohabitate comfortably because this is not going to go away,” James Hughes, head of the Old Brewery Mission, argued.Spy director says Canada ‘blocked’ Chinese acquisitions over espionage concernsHe stresses that finding affordable buildings to house these facilities is an enormous challenge, so organizations serving vulnerable populations have very limited choices.
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