Melissa Asks:
What are 3 things you think are going well for Kamloops, what 3 things need improving and what are 3 things you'd like to express that could promote compassion and dignity towards our cities most vulnrable?
Three things I believe are going well: Access to transportation systems and fibre optic network, growth in our city, diversity in the economy. Three things that I believe we need to improve: Homelessness, Safety/Crime, attitude towards change.
On the last item, our cities most vulnerable, I think we have to stop the shaming and blaming and come together as a community to give them some hand ups. I am against hand outs because they don't work. People need to be accountable to gain self worth. We can give our most vulnerable hope and help, but they have to commit to taking it before we can get them out of the situation. I also believe we have to take a more active role to removing the prolific drug addicted offenders from others. The negative influences of the criminal elements do not help our most vulnerable succeed.
I like the models of help and hand ups that Brookview House in Boston, MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrMe7jMtuoY
and the Yukon House in Vancouver use. I think we could look at re-purposing the old Rayleigh Corrections site for similar hand up. Thank you for the question. Help get the vote out. Vocal Majority not a Vocal Minority