Opinion

I would like to see our mayor and council take compassionate leadership on complex issue of homelessness.

History will concur that Capital News was on the right side of supporting both overdose prevention and supervised consumption facilities.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ city hall seems to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how to get around the Simpson Covenant.

Before I put all my quarters in, the owner said ‘we … don’t let homeless people do their laundry here.’

So few people know that we have made huge strides in eradicating extreme poverty worldwide.

I cannot get the lack of compassion of city council to persecute the homeless off my mind.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has institutionalized yearly tax increases to nearly double the rate of inflation.

Well here we go again. Public elected officials disconnect to humanity by fining the homeless down and out citizens of our communities.

Mayor Basran, even low-barrier shelters … cannot accommodate all of those who end up homeless.

Mr. Mattiussi’s 10 audited financial statements from 2006 to 2015 show cumulative average tax hikes totaling 27.3 per cent.