Seems to me I remember Wynne greeting refugees at the airport with Trudeau.Ask Doug Ford, it is a Toronto issue.
Perhaps you have the photo with Doug and Justin as well?
Seems to me I remember Wynne greeting refugees at the airport with Trudeau.Ask Doug Ford, it is a Toronto issue.
One of the first Charter cases to test it was to challenge vagrancy laws and succeeded. It's a right now to be able to sleep on the street.Ah well, so what if they spend the change on cooking wine or drugs. We all waste a lot.
For whatever reason, I think mostly mental illness, they are in a bad situation and need some help and empathy.
Personally, I think Toronto should do two things at the same time:
1. disallow people sleeping on the streets.
2. Provide decent accommodation for homeless people, like what is provided for students.
They are not making money by "working", i.e., they do not produce any product. It is just moral racketeering: You give money to feel better, but you would have felt even better if they will not ask for money to begin with. It is like small business paying money to local "mafia" for protection.No one needs to deal with panhandlers if they don't want to. Drugs or no drugs, it's a nasty way to make your money. If you make yours in a heated air-conditionerd office or plant sheltered from the rain, you're already superior.
Least you could do is give
They will not accept food or drink from strangers unless it is in a sealed container that requires a can opener to open.ask them would you like something to eat and drink and give it to them.
I've noticed this too. I wonder if it's because the dog is is malnourished, bored, or depressed because it realizes its owner is a loser. It makes me angry since it seems the panhandler is using the dog as a prop to garner sympathy.The only time I get really sad is when I see a panhandler with a dog or cat. I truly feel sorry for the dog or cat. The weird thing is that even their dogs seem like they are down and out.
Your 'mafia' analogy is ludicrous nonsense. You don't even have to hear a panhandler's pitch, if you want to walk by. If you feel 'moral' pressure to hand something over that's your good side pressuring you. Nothing like thugs threatening to break your legs or set fire to your store.They are not making money by "working", i.e., they do not produce any product. It is just moral racketeering: You give money to feel better, but you would have felt even better if they will not ask for money to begin with. It is like small business paying money to local "mafia" for protection.
LMAO!! A Toronto issue???? How do you figure??Ask Doug Ford, it is a Toronto issue.
That is the spirit of empathy.Growing up in Hamilton, there was a homeless guy that always walked around gore park in a business suit, and brief case, he never changed, never bother anyone, would sit at the bus benches for hours.
One day I talked to him, he told me he had been a lawyer and tragically lost his wife and children. One day going to work he just decided to sit, and never went back home or work.
Sad story, never asked for money, but I learned we often don't know the story behind the person.
I always give if I have it, never know if one day it could be me.
This man is not panhandler just someone who is down and out but not a pest.Growing up in Hamilton, there was a homeless guy that always walked around gore park in a business suit, and brief case, he never changed, never bother anyone, would sit at the bus benches for hours.
One day I talked to him, he told me he had been a lawyer and tragically lost his wife and children. One day going to work he just decided to sit, and never went back home or work.
Sad story, never asked for money, but I learned we often don't know the story behind the person.
I always give if I have it, never know if one day it could be me.
I was in Hawaii years ago which has a big homeless problem. I was asked by a homeless person for money to get something to eat.I said "I will buy you lunch from anywhere you want but I won't give you money". He turned around and walked away. Guess he wasn't that hungry just needed a fix.When I am in Toronto, I buy a book of MacDonalds coupons. When I encounter a panhandler I ask him/her if I can buy them lunch. If they say yes, I give them a coupon. Seventy percent say no thanks, and hand the coupon back to me. So much for wanting a free meal.
Something about this post that screams for some kind of response. "Homeless in Hawaii". gets about as much sympathy as "Homeless in the Hamptons". You're in paradise already. The train stopped here.That being said. I would rather be a bum in Canada than the U.S.(speaking from well researched experience)I was in Hawaii years ago which has a big homeless problem. I was asked by a homeless person for money to get something to eat.I said "I will buy you lunch from anywhere you want but I won't give you money". He turned around and walked away. Guess he wasn't that hungry just needed a fix.
This is why I never give to homeless people.