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Cake day: October 18th, 2024

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  • Edmonton’s homelessness crisis has reached a breaking point. The number of people living without stable housing surged to 4,697 in September 2024 — a 47 per cent increase in a single year and the highest figure recorded in at least five years according to data from Homeward Trust Edmonton. Of those, more than 1,100 people had no shelter whatsoever. The crisis is falling hardest on Indigenous Edmontonians, who make up just over six per cent of the city’s general population but account for 60 per cent of its homeless population. Despite the City of Edmonton spending nearly $92 million on homelessness initiatives in 2024 and removing close to 9,500 encampments — a 40 per cent jump from the year prior — advocates warn that clearing camps without providing housing simply moves people from one street corner to the next.

    Marlaina’s cure for First Nations unhoused people = killing them slowly using winter cold, lack of resources, political selfishness, brutal cops and a general disregard of humanity.

    Fuck Marlaina.














  • Thanks. Just a couple of things here … the first is you seem to be lumping every addict together, even tho many are using the system appropriately. Second is that if people are broke they will sell what they have to get money – whether that be drugs, personal items or hitting the pawn shop.

    The fact is the science has shown that there are usually 2-5% of any demographic who try to get around the rules. So why are the other 95-98% treated like crap?

    Eby is an asshole. Always has been. No other NDP leadership talk or operate like he does. Maybe instead of killing the program he could think of better ways to treat peopleike human beings.