A lot of the comments I’ve received on my posts about homelessness lately have been about drug use. Some of them have been nasty, blaming people for their own poverty because they use drugs; others have been more generous, simply acknowledging that drugs are part of the problem. So let’s take a closer look: areContinue reading “Are Drugs the Problem?”
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How Subsidized Housing Works in Ontario
I think we’re all quite aware at this point that there’s a massive dearth of affordable housing in Canada. Politicians are (finally) competing with one another to propose solutions, and I’ve had a lot of residents lately reaching out to me to do likewise. It’s wonderful to see, especially because so many of these residentsContinue reading “How Subsidized Housing Works in Ontario”