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  • Опубліковано 19 тра 2023
  • One month after tents were removed from Vancouver's East Hastings street, businesses near the centre of the Downtown Eastside say little has changed, and in some cases, believe the decampment has made things worse. Lien Yeung reports.
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  • @jhinkwon2828
    @jhinkwon2828 Рік тому +133

    This is really great reporting. Upfront and close on the ground with business owners and people on the street. Unfiltered and raw - I park at the same lot and walk this walk every morning and this is a very accurate portrayal of downtown east side. Thank you CBC Vancouver for bringing awareness to this very important issue for our city.

  • @mustbeaweful2504
    @mustbeaweful2504 Рік тому +133

    I appreciate how raw the telling of this story was.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +1

      Enjoy diversity

    • @andrewjohn2124
      @andrewjohn2124 Рік тому +6

      What does diversity have to do with the story?

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +3

      @@andrewjohn2124 Many homeless here illegally
      inclusion of the mentally ill is part of diversity
      Sexual diversity allowed certain types to hold office that they couldn't before and they encourage the nanny state

    • @mustbeaweful2504
      @mustbeaweful2504 Рік тому +1

      @@andrewjohn2124 So, to answer your question: the magic of bigotry links diversity to how this story is told.

    • @xylo5750
      @xylo5750 Рік тому +2

      ​@@silentmajority8365 every single homeless person or drug user shown in the video had a Canadian accent

  • @4earthly2being0
    @4earthly2being0 Рік тому +6

    the polite dealer and drunk guy were the best part of this segment foir a number of reasons

  • @ricosolomon
    @ricosolomon Рік тому +11

    3:33 "Kermit the Frog just got a hundred thousand dollars, man"
    OMG one could not WRITE this kind of dialog for an SNL skit.

  • @SaraX2024
    @SaraX2024 Рік тому +127

    I live in the Lower Mainland but barely go to Downtown Vancouver anymore. Last week, I visited downtown after a long while and it was shocking. It was not just the Eastside anymore, the homelessness and drug use is now all over the place. I paid parking for the entire day, only to leave after an hour. I quickly shopped what I needed and left because I didn't feel safe anywhere in Downtown Vancouver. Places in the heart of downtown and around West Hastings used to be clean and walkable. Now, there is smell of urine and dirt everywhere, suspicious activity in the open where there used to be none, and construction sites limit access to many streets. Downtown Vancouver has become unwalkable.

    • @johnnygoodman2003
      @johnnygoodman2003 Рік тому +9

      What are you talking about. Vancouver always had homelessness.

    • @SaraX2024
      @SaraX2024 Рік тому +14

      @@johnnygoodman2003 Yes, Vancouver always had problems with homelessness. Absolutely. But there was a clear distinction between East and West Hastings for instance. Now, it's everywhere, reaching far into the western part of the city where there used to be a hard cut. The majority of the city looks like the Eastside now.

    • @randomuser942464
      @randomuser942464 Рік тому +16

      Never had a problem going downtown and feel like anyone who does is scared for no real reason

    • @scottbails6663
      @scottbails6663 Рік тому +11

      @@randomuser942464 Ya and why do people get stabbed for no reason !

    • @randomuser942464
      @randomuser942464 Рік тому +1

      @SCOTT BAILS show me the people who get stabbed for no reason because stabbings are always drug or robbery related.

  • @laarawilliamsen
    @laarawilliamsen Рік тому +88

    Thank you for your interviews. In 1998 many countries came to a huge conference in Vancouver and basically every country said we were doing it wrong. What was recommended was low cost housing, counselling, drug treatment, hospitalization for those who are sick either physically or mentally. What Vancouver did was start up the needle exchange. Why?

    • @infowarriorone
      @infowarriorone Рік тому +14

      Needle exchange was a small step in the right direction. Now there's safe injection sites in Vancouver. We have them here in Toronto and they've saved thousands of lives.

    • @laarawilliamsen
      @laarawilliamsen Рік тому +5

      @@infowarriorone Yes, you are right. I am in favor of needle exchange and safe injection sites as part of a solution. At least many lives have been saved with these partial measures to assist!

    • @Shay416
      @Shay416 Рік тому +5

      Because it's the cheaper option.

    • @DW-op7ly
      @DW-op7ly Рік тому +2

      I'm for these as well but if we are saving lives and money decriminalization of drugs we need to spend that money on catching the criminals

    • @laarawilliamsen
      @laarawilliamsen Рік тому +2

      @@DW-op7ly Yes. the criminals need to be stopped completely. Agreed!

  • @TheMcgojoh
    @TheMcgojoh Рік тому +66

    Well down. You and your team have been doing a bang up job on reporting on the issues facing the DTES. Thank you.

  • @joannecolette8169
    @joannecolette8169 Рік тому +48

    It amazes me the ignorance of some people. First, the stores featured pay $75 per square foot for rent, actually more than in some other places in Vancouver. Second, they have put in a lot of their own money to start those businesses and pay high taxes ( etc.) to maintain them. They are hard working people who don't get government handouts. Third, someone said something about disturbing the hornets nest, I didn't realize that speaking out about a situation that is destroying our city is taboo. If we don't acknowledge it we can't help anyone improve their situation. Fourth, someone said that the business owners should make changes in how they work. What kind of changes? They did make changes by locking the door during business hours and only letting in people they know. A business owner shouldn't be held hostage when they are just trying to make a living and employ others who also want to work and make their money the legal way, including paying taxes to support those who can't or won't work. The business owners aren't the ones bothering the homeless and drug addicted. They just want a safe, clean place to offer their services and be left alone.

    • @David-gz4wb
      @David-gz4wb Рік тому +3

      Yeah so you can count 1 to 4 good for you. Nobody is pointing the gun to open shop there. You're telling me they're paying more down there than kits, Kerrisdale or coal harbour? Let's be honest, the incentive is cheaper lease. Your magical number of "$75" per sq ft can be tossed out and so does your ability to count.

    • @zion2794
      @zion2794 Рік тому +8

      it's very taboo indeed but yes it's 100% a discussion that is needed to be had. it's not anyone's fault besides the government though.

    • @joannecolette8169
      @joannecolette8169 Рік тому +5

      @@David-gz4wb Check for yourself and then reply. It is true!

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +2

      @@David-gz4wb Society and its resources is for the lawful
      Criminals and the insane should be locked up Liberals too 🤣🤣

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +2

      @@zion2794 How is it their fault people use drugs?
      It is government fault for not locking up the insane

  • @vancouverbluesea
    @vancouverbluesea Рік тому +28

    It is a vicious cycle. People work (but can't earn enough so they can live normally). Then they slip and despair and some try to escape in drugs or alcohol. Then once addicted - they can't get out. You give the safe supply and save lives but then what? Can you bring people out of the pit, get them drug free, give them decent job and let them live a normal life? Or - what is the goal? Do you have a plan what to do?
    One more thing - many thousands can be saved by avoiding the illicit drugs. Then what? Save 12000, few years down the road 24000 etc. If the number increases is this a success story? Unless the issues that bring people on the street - desperation, inability to live a normal life are addressed - they don't live - they just exist.

    • @jordanthedoge535
      @jordanthedoge535 Рік тому +1

      this homelessness and drugs business is a huge industrial complex. The more the homeless the more money rolls in for people who oversees this problem. Do you really think they want to solve this problem? If they do then the money stops.

  • @nintendo1709
    @nintendo1709 Рік тому +11

    So I'm an American and I find this situation interesting. We obviously have a lot of issues of mental health, drug use, and homelessness here but a lot of progressives say it's due to the lack of a social safety net and affordable housing. Yet when I look at Canada, a country with a stronger welfare system than ours, it seems like a lot of the same problems exist. What makes Canada different from the UK or France? I think it's institutionalization. Countries like Denmark, Norway, Japan, and Taiwan have some of the highest mental health institutionalization rates in the world. Canada, like the US, needs to rebuild their mental health and insane asylums to rehouse these people, but also have oversight, rules, and cameras to prevent abuse from happening. It would be humane and clear the streets of people who are a danger to themselves and others.

    • @nicolasclermont893
      @nicolasclermont893 Рік тому +1

      So we have a huge issue with affordable housing. People can't buy houses because there aren't enough and the ones that exist are too expensive. The same with rent.

    • @nintendo1709
      @nintendo1709 Рік тому +4

      @@nicolasclermont893 I understand that argument but I'm not sure if it holds true. For example, Tokyo, London, Oslo, Sydney, and Singapore are all expensive cities with affordability problems but they do not have the problems that many American and Canadian cities have with regards to vagrancy, drug abuse, and homelessness.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Рік тому

      @@nintendo1709
      Singapore doesn't have the problems because drug-traffickers and addicts are hanged.

    • @nintendo1709
      @nintendo1709 Рік тому +2

      @@punkinhoot I don't know if that's true either because New York City and Chicago have some of the highest rates of homelessness in the US and they are both cold places. Toronto also has an exploding homeless population. It just seems like there is something deeper going on that neither said is speaking about.

    • @rffg781
      @rffg781 Рік тому +2

      this. there is reason for asylums to exist. but very few people willing to say it outloud.

  • @anisaguine
    @anisaguine Рік тому +35

    "Why are you still here?"
    Well, her lease holds her there, as well as the fact that she's probably sunk tens of thousands of dollars into the space, and it'd probably take her tens of thousands to build a new space, and after eight years, her rent will probably double in a new location, while she'll have to wait 6 months to a year to get city approval.
    What I'd like to know, and what no one seems to be asking, is how many of these people are in this city specifically because they wouldn't get the same level of support (or the same freedom to get drugs) in say, Regina...

    • @OK-hl6qd
      @OK-hl6qd Рік тому +1

      $$$

    • @Me-ei8yd
      @Me-ei8yd Рік тому +5

      Regina has these problems. They can just afford to be inside in the winter.

    • @ihategooglesomuch
      @ihategooglesomuch Рік тому +1

      yeah it's pretty funny, like "why can't you spend 10 times more money to live in a decent part of town?"
      it's like the BC government's answer to high rent prices: "let them buy condos instead".

    • @jb7720
      @jb7720 Рік тому

      It's no different in Edmonton my friends check out nine between our awesome new tax payer paid arena and 107 ave we have tent blocks that would rival east hastings

    • @jb7720
      @jb7720 Рік тому

      I love how we hear zero from any representative about how China and the aic systematically flood nations with fentynyl

  • @bc5810
    @bc5810 Рік тому +27

    Yes! Business owner here. It is helping, just a small start, but noticeably better. We have an all female staff, and as an owner I feel personally accountable for their safety. We have a door buzzer, and my husband - the only male - does feces and needle clean-up in our doorway and is the bouncer when needed. There is a Vinatown cleanup on June 10th, we'llbe there and everyone is welcome to join. Let's make our neighborhood safe and clean for everyone.

    • @Someguy21230
      @Someguy21230 Рік тому +1

      You all deserve to be able to carry guns. Every female there should feel secure.

    • @kristineshepherd7200
      @kristineshepherd7200 Рік тому +4

      I don't need a gun to feel safe when i have educated myself on the issues and don't fall for the stigma fed to us on mass.

    • @myguykaikai9215
      @myguykaikai9215 Рік тому

      @@Someguy21230the last thing we need in Canada is a fool American telling us to go get a gun.

  • @VanisleGirl1961
    @VanisleGirl1961 Рік тому +13

    Maybe address poverty and the high cost of living. Addiction is an issue but where are they to go? Mentally ill people being left on the streets...it's an issue all over the country and in the states too. Poverty needs to be addressed. People can't live and they are pushed. Mentally ill have no place to be cared for.

  • @nicolasclermont893
    @nicolasclermont893 Рік тому +14

    Housing.Housing.Housing
    A city in a modern society cannot function if its citizens cannot afford to live there.

    • @matthewsmith3596
      @matthewsmith3596 Рік тому +1

      But these people dont know how to take care of a house/home? Youll just create Ghetos which is what this is. Forced treatment, then disbursement. Put them all in one place and it turns into a shitshow. The ones that can never get better should be in mental institutions where we can take care of them / clean / feed them.
      Step 1) build the mental health fascilities.
      Step 2) Move all the services (free food etc) away from downtown east side and into an empy plot outside of town (next to the mental health fascility)
      Step 3) Forcibly round up the homeless and treat them at the fascilities where all the services are.
      Step 4) Slowly transition them into subsidized housing and not into big housing blocks where they congregate.
      This will take a ton of money and planning and violate their right to choose in the short term.
      One thing that I dont see mentined is the social aspect, they are in the downtown eastside because their friends are there. Isolate them, treat them, then integrate them away from the othewr adicts.

    • @stephkais5613
      @stephkais5613 Рік тому +1

      Im general yes, citizens need affordable housing. However this type of homelessness cannot be solved with housing.

    • @stephkais5613
      @stephkais5613 Рік тому +1

      @@RedParkerPaintings unfortunately not. It's the truth. Mental illness and addiction isn't cured with an affordable apartment.

    • @stephkais5613
      @stephkais5613 Рік тому +3

      @@RedParkerPaintings people with addiction and mental illness bad enough to cause chronic homeless are not going to get better with just the basics. Providing the basics isn't going to help them because they need far far more than just the basics.
      In many cases any home given to them will end up trashed and/or abandoned because they cannot function while spiraling down in their addiction and undiagnosed/untreated mental health problems.

    • @nicolasclermont893
      @nicolasclermont893 Рік тому

      @@stephkais5613 i agree it isnt 100 percent a solve for mental health problems, but imagine the good it does knowing you arent sleeping on a street like an animal every nignt or that you can live in a building with dignity.

  • @CrusaderBass1
    @CrusaderBass1 Рік тому +9

    Thank you for the wonderful piece. I think you covered it very well.

  • @horsegirly5
    @horsegirly5 Рік тому +73

    Great reporting! As a teacher, I always wonder what the childhood experiences of folks on the streets were. Yes, the government needs to address the immediate needs but we should to go right back to the beginning to better childcare, support for families, and educational supports for students who are at risk for substance abuse and other mental health issues.

    • @markymark4756
      @markymark4756 Рік тому +1

      this is what you get when you pannder to Sodom and Ghamorra. God should have put a Swastika in the sky insted of a rainbow then we would see the truth.

    • @markymark4756
      @markymark4756 Рік тому +4

      Pride will be here next week, lets take life Lite Bud and see how far we fall.

    • @markymark4756
      @markymark4756 Рік тому +1

      Don't judge me I just bought 2g of cocaine to masturbate to porn. give them what they ask for

    • @MathGPT
      @MathGPT Рік тому

      While I think the sentiment is right...the fact is that there's an entire class of human beings in the West right now that are deemed obsolete and useless. There used to be a strong market for physical labor but we altered our economies such that its entirely knowledge and service work. In other countries these people could actually hold down a job but here they can't. Thanks globalization!

    • @amossimon3438
      @amossimon3438 Рік тому +2

      No child or adult gets up in morning and goes out .To do bad job or be a drug addict.They need help to get throught life.We have to support them in there ups and downs throught there walk throught life.This is like forest fires.The aminals have no place to live or find food.They will be on your door steps.

  • @JSOptimus
    @JSOptimus Рік тому +24

    The provincial government at the time that closed Riverview failed everyone who use to live there. All of the the governments since from the provincial and city level have failed everyone who lives and works in the downtown eastside/Chinatown. They've watch the area crumble and have done very little. Millions spent on free and "safer" drugs (which is laughable), but they never actually addressed the real problems of helping those with mental health issues and homelessness. And, the justice system appears to be a revolving door for those who commit crimes down there. Nothing will really change until the address the bigger issues.

    • @ihategooglesomuch
      @ihategooglesomuch Рік тому +6

      they closed Riverview because it was too expensive to give severely ill people the most basic level of 'care' possible. They were turned out onto the street to die (which many did), but unfortunately many are still alive and living on the same planet as 'normal' people. That’s why they have expanded MAiD to include mental illness, in hopes that people will elect to off themselves next time they feel depressed and hopeless. this goes way beyond the homeless, many low income people are unable to get the help they need, let alone afford decent housing.

    • @matzrat5006
      @matzrat5006 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ihategooglesomuch Supreme Court decided it was against their civil rights being locked up, because they were mentally sick. But it has been shown that they need that help.

    • @ihategooglesomuch
      @ihategooglesomuch 11 місяців тому +2

      @matzrat5006 obviously they would not admit that it was a money issue, as that would make them appear heartless, but that is clearly the underlying reason.

  • @zombiasnow15
    @zombiasnow15 Рік тому +33

    I agree Mental Health has to be the number one priority!
    Things won’t change unless some REAL solutions are mandated.
    Canada should start to implement ideas that work from other parts of the world.
    Check out Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, even some Asian cities have implemented better ways of dealing with people, without impeding on their personal freedoms.

    • @michellerose1190
      @michellerose1190 Рік тому +8

      @Donnell O Wrong. And cold-hearted. Again.

    • @Ynalaw
      @Ynalaw Рік тому +2

      @@michellerose1190 All freedom fighting social justice warriors have no clue. When people are heavily addicted to drugs, they aren't even capable of making logical decisions. This is why they poop on the sidewalk and smoke crack in public bank buildings. Step 1 is to eliminate the drugs. Step 2 is to deal with mental health. Meth psychosis is curable when you stop taking meth.

    • @jimdevlin4949
      @jimdevlin4949 Рік тому +8

      Bring back mental housing with fences!

    • @CrazyMonkey679
      @CrazyMonkey679 Рік тому +2

      Junkies need to get off the drugs and get their act together. Simple as.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Рік тому

      @@Ynalaw
      They're enablers.

  • @jessd4048
    @jessd4048 Рік тому +65

    I’d like to see the dots connected more explicitly between housing crisis , inadequate income & social supports combined with subsequent provincial governments abandoning their responsibility for health care.
    This state of affairs affects everyone. One thing we have never seen is community provided the explicit power & adequate resources to implement solutions on their own. We will never get out of this cul-de-sac by government only ever providing half a loaf

    • @jessd4048
      @jessd4048 Рік тому +7

      @Donnell O I have, I particularly hear about it from people who think society should organize itself along one proposition:
      “There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom *the law binds but does not protect.”*
      I do wonder if you might be one of them

    • @nopeninja8883
      @nopeninja8883 Рік тому +4

      Yeah and for me the fact that SRO's are diminishing and no stable housing option(s) is there for them is a big contribution to stressing these people even more.

    • @michellerose1190
      @michellerose1190 Рік тому +7

      @Donnell O Ever hear of Government responsibility? Compassion?
      But, hey, as long as you're okay, right?

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +1

      Shortages? they why let more in ?
      You took shame away from being lazy being a criminal or fruit Enjoy

    • @carmenlajoie2719
      @carmenlajoie2719 Рік тому

      Did you know poverty allieviation completed 10 yrs ago in China with Farmer/ Labor party. CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat. RT International, Telasur

  • @RedX1II
    @RedX1II Рік тому +9

    @CBC
    I have lived at Seymour and Nelson now for almost 3 years and what I've witnessed while living directly next to Granville Street (and subsequently the ally next to it) is shocking to say the least.
    Aside from homeless/addicts breaking into our building each day to steal the amazon packages - In the warmer months, you will find TEENAGERS - YOUNG - 13-16 year old boys (sometimes girls!) From nicer parts of the city - in name brand clothing, nice backpacks and nice skateboards - huddled around each other on a blanket - slumped over and drooling, in and out of consciousness - 2-4 of them, in broad daylight and every single person just walks by them.
    These kids come downtown to get access to cheap and accessible drugs and find it by simply walking up to the corner of granville/nelson where there is at any given moment 2-5 different dealers all working together to deliver to the drug needs of the people visiting here - they do not discriminate against age - nor do they care about the youth in our city.
    I used to live just down the road at EXPO & CAMBIE - and it felt like a COMPLTELY different world living down there - You rarely saw a homeless person walking around, the streets are spotless - people are chipper and generally more polite and aren't afraid to make eye-contact - but up here? Nobody looks at each other - you don't trust anyone - you're constantly dodging people yelling at each other or smashing windows - every car for an entire block has its windows smashed and the glass of past car break ins clutter the street.
    On top of all of this, we have an extremely skilled group of "addicts" that have access to a "FIRE DEPARTMENT" access key that use it to access our buildings elevator and turn it off at night time, giving them access to our parking lot and the floors of our building - We pay $2600-3500 a month to live here and have no security and are CONSTANTLY in a battle for our safety in our building - The other night I walked up to my building and a homeless man was dumping gasoline into a planter and lit it ablaze, while I called the police - another casually dressed man walked into our building as residents held the door watching the blaze - this man proceeded to steal every package, literally IN FRONT of the FIREDEPARTMENT and walked away unscathed.
    I DON'T Know what the answer is - but I can't see it getting better before it gets a WHOLE LOT WORSE!

    • @Snugbug902
      @Snugbug902 11 місяців тому +4

      Wow, that sounds like hell on earth. I'm sorry you have to experience that on a daily basis. 😟

  • @Makeup_and_Me
    @Makeup_and_Me Рік тому +20

    I agree with the gentrification part, I'm literally at risk again to become homeless due to rent increases

  • @MarkFreemanYVR
    @MarkFreemanYVR Рік тому +11

    Add business addresses in lower thirds so viewers have a geographic reference and can choose to support businesses.

  • @michellejalbert-deen1329
    @michellejalbert-deen1329 Рік тому +9

    At Riverview, there's ample land for tiny homes.

    • @SaraX2024
      @SaraX2024 Рік тому +2

      Creating free housing at Riverview would cost the city money. The city rather makes money renting Riverview out to film productions frequently. Also, it's full of asbestos still. The entire location needs a renovation, hence, more investing.

  • @randomx661
    @randomx661 Рік тому +11

    Love the way this video is taken, by considering everyone's opinion. Way to go CBC

    • @michaelmannucci8585
      @michaelmannucci8585 Рік тому

      Too bad they're shills for the Liberal party that created this situation.

  • @marcriede121
    @marcriede121 Рік тому +8

    Convert abandoned shipping containers. Cheap, plentiful, fire and water-proof, easily transported to any prepared land with water, gas and electricity embedded. Eight posts and a crane @ one small plot build/day.
    Sole parents first, then the elderly. Install a dedicated creche, and a care centre, and a market. Create a community. Seed the streets with fruit trees and vegetable patches for each yard - all free.
    This is a no-brainer. Think outside the box.
    How many abandoned shipping containers are there on the wharves? 100s of thousands. Confiscate them!
    Sack current management and make something happen. NOW !!!

    • @marcriede121
      @marcriede121 Рік тому +2

      Gift sole parents and the elderly with a safe comfortable roof, in their own community - then greedy landlords will suffer all the losses they deserve.
      They'll then need to get pro-active in retaining tenants - as in lowering rent to a reasonable rate, and maintaining good relationships and conditions.

    • @marcriede121
      @marcriede121 Рік тому +3

      Riverview?

    • @ihategooglesomuch
      @ihategooglesomuch Рік тому

      sole parents already get housing provided by religious organizations like the Salvation army, but these groups won't help anyone else who doesn't align with their beliefs.

  • @lavaskull2489
    @lavaskull2489 6 місяців тому

    i enjoyed this interview and you showed each side of people on these streets and treated both of them with respect, thank you for being a true journalist

  • @evegaboury6366
    @evegaboury6366 11 місяців тому +1

    Great work! Congratulations to this journalist! The type of reporting I expect from CBC/RC.

  • @annalisavajda252
    @annalisavajda252 Рік тому +4

    Well I live in Victoria the provincial capital and I noticed the popular 7/11 closed today. It's only 3 blocks from the police station too but I guess they can't be bothered to drive by and let their presence be known to deter crime here either. Useless.

  • @OneAzzholesOpinion
    @OneAzzholesOpinion Рік тому +11

    The DTES is literally a city of the walking dead it's so sad how far we can let people fall before we even notice there's a problem. Build affordable hosing in the 1000's of units, make out patient mental health care free for the poor, and go back to prosecuting criminals. JFC solving the problem isn't that hard just expensive. I've lived in Vancouver for 23 years and watched it's almost utter collapse as a relatively affordable, beautiful, and safe city.

    • @1247.cccccc
      @1247.cccccc Рік тому

      They have sent legions of 'clients' out to Chilliwack to suit the social workers that want to live in the Fraser Valley. The hardcore population downtown are not the only ones in the lower mainland. The profit is in keeping the sanitarium in the public space or rentals.

  • @johnjohnson3390
    @johnjohnson3390 Рік тому +4

    This is really great reporting.

  • @jessejackson5038
    @jessejackson5038 Рік тому +12

    You can't stop the dope unless you stop the dope man

    • @700K-pp9wm
      @700K-pp9wm Рік тому

      Supply and demand

    • @EBikes420
      @EBikes420 Рік тому

      Personally, someone on disability doesn't get the amount of support they need, including financial support. Most of the people on disability only receive $375 for rent/housing, sure it's going up to $525, but that is a joke, where can anyone find housing for such little amount? After which most will turn to drugs and stay on the streets against their will.

  • @littleripper312
    @littleripper312 Рік тому +48

    What's frustrating is everyone knows what needs to be done but our government is so inefficient and disconnected it just doesn't get done. Mentally ill people need to be taken care of by society. It doesn't matter that they don't work and contribute to society they should not be on the streets. It's weird how we would never allow a dog to live homeless on the streets but it's apparently okay for disabled humans? This is unacceptable that this is still a problem in todays age in this city.

  • @hygogc1685
    @hygogc1685 Рік тому +11

    When police or the government are not doing their jobs, reporters need to step up. 👍 Why are the drugs everywhere, must be some corruption going on. The problem is that our kids starts to use them in high school, like grade 9 that's insane while the community around the school actually is a good one. It is not just a problem in downtown east side. The old days, kids got punished for smoking in the school's washrooms, now drug overdose.

    • @SaraX2024
      @SaraX2024 Рік тому +1

      Blame the government, not the police. The Liberals legalized a lot of hard drugs. The police's hands are bound because it's the law the Liberals gave us. And if anyone is questioning why the police has to apply more force nowadays, I would take drugs like cocaine for instance into consideration. Certain drugs make people more resistant to force. Even the insurgents during the Iraq War abused cocaine and other drugs to be more resistent to the military forces, that's how well these drugs are working. Even several gunshot wounds could not kill the insurgents easily and they were still fighting back. Now, I'm not saying that anyone should get shot, but I'm laying out the power these drugs can have.

    • @johnnieireland2057
      @johnnieireland2057 Рік тому +1

      The police are doing their job everyday.

    • @SaraX2024
      @SaraX2024 Рік тому +1

      @@johnnieireland2057 absolutely. Imagine you joined the police because you wanted to make a difference, and then, the government puts some stupid laws into your path and you just have to watch your city falling apart that you were meant to improve and to protect.

    • @johnnieireland2057
      @johnnieireland2057 Рік тому +1

      @@SaraX2024 yeah I’ve talked to some good people who were officers about the whole situation. The ones I talked to genuinely cared. I know there’s bad officers too but that’s the same with any place, career etc.

  • @tinac8596
    @tinac8596 Рік тому +28

    This is getting way out of hand, what about our rights and safety as citizens. How is this allowed and continued with complete disregard to us as Citizens. It's time to enact measures to immediately address this massive safety issue in many communities.This is not cohesive or safe to us as citizens, and will only continue to get worse!!! Multi- tiered issue, however safety needs to immediately be addressed, instead of going back and forth on how to address the drug epidemic, your not going to solve the drug epidemic in one way, but start with our safety, while looking for possible solutions for the drug epidemic, which is incredibly sad. Like people with addictions have rights, we also have rights as citizens to live and work in a safe community. Multi-tiered levels of government need to address our now safety concerns which are, gravely impacting our personal and professional lives.

    • @zombiasnow15
      @zombiasnow15 Рік тому +4

      I agree . The system itself needs to overhaul.

    • @sadboi7537
      @sadboi7537 Рік тому +1

      Canadians have no rights. Lol. One of the most pussified countries in the world.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +2

      @@zombiasnow15 Just go back to enforcing vagrancy
      arrest drug addicts and lock up the insane
      Stopping those hot us here

    • @jadepaulsen8456
      @jadepaulsen8456 Рік тому

      " they" are also citizens. " they " are not safe. " they" are victims of crime daily. Stay in your castle.

    • @greyghost6989
      @greyghost6989 Рік тому +4

      Please understand too. The addicted and homeless did not choose to be that way either. Everyone has rights of course. Understanding, compassion towards others as well as true help and support for all is needed.

  • @LOLBTLOLBT
    @LOLBTLOLBT 11 місяців тому +4

    there won't be any consequence until there is minimum sentencing for repeating violent offenders

    • @DaveGIS123
      @DaveGIS123 Місяць тому

      Minimum sentencing doesn't work. They tried it in different jurisdictions in the States with their '3-Strikes You're Out' rules, but they were all failures.
      Remember, these are all people, too. Some of them made bad choices, and some of them are bad people, but some of them are just down on their luck.

  • @johnnygoodman2003
    @johnnygoodman2003 Рік тому +3

    Why do people, especially in large cities say "it use to be save, we never locked the doors, the doors were always open". What a lie. Ive never been to a place there people leave their doors unlocked.

  • @notapplicable8136
    @notapplicable8136 Рік тому +5

    It really pisses me off to think that we euthanize stray dogs. Never seen a stray dog act like this

  • @juki1x
    @juki1x Рік тому +3

    Good old cbc, always with that "compassionate" angle. Bring back the tents, help the criminals, no one is accountable for their actions. How about forced cold turkey, how about putting them in jail, how about cleaning the streets.

  • @therainforest4314
    @therainforest4314 Рік тому +2

    W.E.F. is very pleased with Canada's spiralling decay.

  • @MysticalGesture
    @MysticalGesture Рік тому +23

    It gets harder and harder to live a normal life in Vancouver. You have to avoid this and that , and you need to know your environment and where to walk.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Рік тому +2

      If you voted liberal you deserve this
      When shame was taken away from being a criminal a bum or a fruit you opened the flood gates for all this mess
      They want chaos so their debauchery won't stand out

    • @ketandeswal4336
      @ketandeswal4336 Рік тому +4

      It is only downtown Eastside, while the majority of the Vancouver is pretty in better condition.

  • @patriciajager5912
    @patriciajager5912 Рік тому +27

    I found this to be exceptionally well done. Balanced. Restful. Honest. Direct. Informative.
    This is a world so few of us will experience up close and personally…thank God…it is tragic, worst nightmare level terrifying, insane and it does shatter your heart, when the person you love beyond words, succumbs to their drug of choice.
    It is no wonder those who struggle the most to fit into Society’s Rules and Expectations, Self Medicate.
    It is a downward spiral, to their inevitably death from their Drug of Choice.
    I had this world thrust down upon me, from such an opposite world. If a person gets to the point where their Drug owns them, they turn to crime and prostitution. Very few who get to this point will ever get out of this vicious cycle.
    Far more innovative, extended treatment length, sober living communities, and teaching job skills, Trades and Life Skills.

  • @fanyao1393
    @fanyao1393 Рік тому +11

    The main issue is there isn't any consequence for wrong doing. These people can just walk away without any consequence. They got nothing to lose.

    • @rffg781
      @rffg781 Рік тому +2

      unfortunately people's kindness are taken advantage of. you just have to realize some people don't ever want to work or be a responsible citizen. leaving garbage and filth everywhere

  • @johnnieireland2057
    @johnnieireland2057 Рік тому +3

    This neighbourhood is the worst it’s ever been and I’ve lived here for 20 years. Never had a problem really ever before and the past couple years have had physical altercations and a weapon pulled on me when I was just trying to work.

  • @user-vi9cq7lo2g
    @user-vi9cq7lo2g Рік тому +3

    It would have been cheaper to keep Riverview open than the millions poured into the DTES with no results. As a matter of fact, it has gotten worse and continues to do so. So the argument that Riverview closed because it was too expensive doesn't really make any sense.

    • @PhoenixSerenity
      @PhoenixSerenity 11 місяців тому

      BC & federal government have made multiple decisions that are short sighted & supposed to be 'cost effective' yet many of those decisions result in higher costs. All levels of government has failed & still keep failing at providing free access to mental health care services & supports. It's difficult for people with homes, jobs, family, etc. to obtain quality mental health care services in timely manner. It's MUCH harder for homeless folks with underlying mental health & addiction issues. In BC, many people are on wait lists for mental health & for addictions help - wait times are often months to over a year from time help is needed/begged for.
      I used to volunteer to help fill out medical & legal forms for homeless people & help book appointments for them when requested. I didn't meet many homeless folks who didn't want help & a safe place to live.

  • @jasons2562
    @jasons2562 Рік тому +1

    Shes a great journalist who really seeks the truth, refreshing. These business owners should be able to stop paying all business related taxes until the environment is made safe and viable

  • @danielt1985
    @danielt1985 Рік тому +15

    Please do not stop making these videos

  • @marcnadeau2367
    @marcnadeau2367 Рік тому +19

    Once upon a time, prevention and treatment was a thing. Now you barely hear of it as being a solution to BC's drug problem. The Rand Corporation and others have done many studies on what ways work best for addressing illegal drugs. The studies just looked at effectiveness; i.e., the least the cost, the higher the effectiveness. With respect to cocaine, turns out that the most effective by far was prevention and treatment. The second most effective was criminalization. The third most effective was increasing border controls, and the least effective was chemical warfare, or fumigation of crops. If we look at current funding, it follows the opposite ranking. Most funding goes to the worst solution, and practically none goes to the best.

    • @lynns3868
      @lynns3868 Рік тому +3

      Decriminalizing drugs is the worst idea. It has been done in other places and doesn't decrease deaths.

    • @fallingpizza11
      @fallingpizza11 Рік тому +1

      ​@@lynns3868its honestly a really good idea. people fantisize about things that are forbidden, we want to do things people tell us not to, its inherently human. taking away the fantasy and appeal of drugs would TOTALLY help.

    • @cait8480
      @cait8480 Рік тому +1

      @@fallingpizza11 more importantly, decriminalization removes barriers to getting help. people who need help would be able to reach out without fear of being jailed, fined, and losing their freedom. it’s the same outcome we see when sex work is decriminalized - we see lower rates of violence and death for sw’ers because there are fewer (or no) repercussions for reporting incidents.

  • @luciantudor1527
    @luciantudor1527 Рік тому +5

    That's why I left. Took my whole family with me to Nova Scotia

    • @davidm5417
      @davidm5417 Рік тому +1

      that's why you keep voting for left?

  • @sylviacrawford4184
    @sylviacrawford4184 Рік тому +10

    Ludicrous. Every generation reinventing the wheel? I remember a very similar Vancouver during a horrific stretch of heroin wayyy back in the late 1900's. Wild stuff, eh? And, another generation of well meaning and reasonable people asking the branches of society that "handle" taxes, healthcare and community safety to do something. But, tale as old as time, the disenfranchised are not a priority; poor and sick people don't make money but cost money. Vancouver is a big money generator based on a brand, right? This issue is a human issue. This is a global issue. How to reconcile our infrastructure, as a society, with the value we put on citizens. Well, can't do that cause it makes folks uncomfortable. It is not the responsibility of other citizens to rearrange an antiquated and cruel society. You are hired or elected to roll up your sleeves and do the dirty work. Do your job. Or, hire/elect someone with some semblance of humanity and vision cause there will always be folks who can't "weather the storm".

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Рік тому +2

      In other words, another enabler OOPS! I mean humanitarian.
      No. Most of the globe don't share Vancouver's issue.

  • @irememberla6460
    @irememberla6460 Рік тому +10

    Currently in Winnipeg and there are homeless but most are addicted to alcohol, not hard drugs. I havent seen a single 'hunched over' drug addict here once. There is a big difference walking in the streets. I m alot more scared in Vancouver...such a sad situation.

  • @LeechyKun
    @LeechyKun Рік тому +21

    Put those that want help into a better path with the help they need. The others that are pretty much lost need to be either locked up or in the hospital. Why don't we have asylums no more? You know, where the mentally ill go to reside and out of sigh from the public and for public safety as a whole. Not everyone wants to be saved or can be saved so they must be dealt with.

    • @MK-cc5ve
      @MK-cc5ve Рік тому +3

      You are right

    • @phoenixman8569
      @phoenixman8569 Рік тому +5

      most of those large provincial psychiatric hospitals were closed in the 1980s to save money, and just Like in States they also failed to provide adequate services in its place, and now with fentanyl and other toxic drugs killing addict's daily and almost all out patient care is failing including legal hard drugs and safe supply that were only introduced months ago, When fentanyl started showing up around a decade some suggested forced psychiatric care right away and then others in power argued that it was immoral and unethical to lock up someone against their will, saying "human being should not to locked in cages" So those in power decided in favor of a more friendly out patient care approach, but because of fentanyl those voluntary programs have failed miserably far to many times, So now Doctors and lawmakers are starting to realize that people addicted to substances laced with fentanyl are so addicted that they cannot be reasoned with and will almost always refuse treatment and will eventually end up dead, So forced treatment locked up in psychiatric care may be the only solution now, and i know a few bleeding heart liberals will disagree with this but what other choice is there, its literally do or die crunch time!!!!!

    • @adaptercrash
      @adaptercrash Рік тому

      Cause we don't want you to be a doctor in psychiatry same thing as a the 60s

  • @cassidyholmes1353
    @cassidyholmes1353 10 місяців тому

    She’s such a great reporter!

  • @h.5283
    @h.5283 Рік тому +1

    OMG I went to this nail salon in 2018 and sit the spot where the lady was! I didn’t expect this issue increased dramatically 😢

  • @melanievoisin9900
    @melanievoisin9900 Рік тому +13

    Fantastic reporting. Well done Lien Yeung!

  • @MAXIM_One
    @MAXIM_One Рік тому +23

    As much as I despise CBC this was a decent piece. Reporters need to do more of this.

    • @mattymattffs
      @mattymattffs Рік тому +4

      This is the norm for CBC. But liking CBC is a you problem

    • @beetdiggingcougar
      @beetdiggingcougar Рік тому +2

      There are some good reporters among the ultra-woke ones.

    • @Euphorica
      @Euphorica Рік тому +3

      ​@@mattymattffs not the norm, at all.

  • @markatal5394
    @markatal5394 Рік тому

    Great Reporting

  • @yayaaa666
    @yayaaa666 Рік тому +4

    These people need mandatory treatments for drugs and mental health aids. It’s ridiculous mental health is not part of the public health care. It would save the government much money to heal troubles from early on.

  • @rickbold9337
    @rickbold9337 Рік тому +6

    Imagine being on a cruise ship and looking forward to seeing Vancouver for the first time and stepping off the ship with your kids into that mess!

  • @DiomedesRangue
    @DiomedesRangue Рік тому +2

    Great reporter

  • @ProbablyLying
    @ProbablyLying Рік тому +24

    put criminals in jail. take away their hard drugs. give them training and counselling. and then when they pass those phases, give them a small home (they need to maintain employment).

    • @lizliz4186
      @lizliz4186 Рік тому +9

      Not all criminals do hard drugs. And not all drug addicts are criminals.

    • @clarifyingquestions
      @clarifyingquestions Рік тому +5

      Yes, GIVe drug addicts and criminals a free house upon release if they maintain employment. Why cant everyone have this deal.

    • @ProbablyLying
      @ProbablyLying Рік тому +1

      @@clarifyingquestions ok just training and job placement.

    • @clarifyingquestions
      @clarifyingquestions Рік тому +4

      @donnell188 exactly - how about everyone put a roof over their own head - it is called being an adult.

    • @hermom1114
      @hermom1114 Рік тому +8

      And what do you do with folks that cannot stay employed for reasons beyond their control like OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia and so on . Many look ,at a glance, very capable of working but that's on their good days . To think that addiction is a "phase" is out of ignorance as is thinking that most of the folks here are lazy and just want to party when actually they are suffering and have been for many years . I know the majority of Vancouverites are seriously ignorant when it comes to addictions EXTREMELY and that is really sad . All anyone sees outside of BC is ignorant extremely selfish and inhumane people that treat vulnerable people horribly. You all that are capable to function in mainstream society be graceful and thank god everyday that you don't understand addiction ,mental illness and homelessness. The hatred for the folk here in the Eastside should be criminal.

  • @dallasgrful
    @dallasgrful Рік тому +6

    Thanks for doing these series

  • @bluespruce786
    @bluespruce786 Рік тому +3

    Dr. Kendall said that we should implement a "regulated supply" 7:56 Is that the government providing these drugs for people?

  • @frenchyroastify
    @frenchyroastify Рік тому +8

    As a long time Vancouverite, that was some fantastic reporting.

  • @theriansadventure
    @theriansadventure Рік тому +5

    Every human needs food, a safe place to sleep, a way to clean themselves and love. Only when these basic needs are met can they think about improving their situation.

  • @davisurdaneta1426
    @davisurdaneta1426 Рік тому +2

    Average income vs high cost of living just doesn't match. I have a regulat job making $52k gross annual income. I live in a old aparment in low income neighbourhood (only place i can afford). I paid $1500/month rent but only because I've been living in this aparment for 10 years. New tenants living in one bedroom rennovated unit pays $2200-$2500. Even with my situation, more than half of my salary goes to rent. Meaning I only have $1000 to pay for my other bills, food and credit cards incrurred during the pandemic. I live a modest lifestyle, so imaging if you don't have a stable and sutainable job like me. I dunno if the government choose to ignore that facts.

  • @angelinabanks6592
    @angelinabanks6592 Рік тому +1

    Courtenay BC has started to have this problem too..

  • @lanestaley1401
    @lanestaley1401 Рік тому +2

    Yah I remember when you didn't need to lock your doors in the dtes. It was back in the year never

  • @michaelbooth2402
    @michaelbooth2402 Рік тому +22

    Drug useage across the country has and is continuing to increase. We see it even in small towns as most now have homeless populations. Providing safe drugs has had limited success. More emphasis is needed on rehabilitation and educating those in need how to get a job and keep it. Tough love possibly. If this continues those businesses will fail.

    • @rickybobby5153
      @rickybobby5153 Рік тому

      “Safe supply” is servicing probably less than 1% of addicts in Vancouver and less than 0.1% of drug users in BC. It hasn’t even been tested on an adequate scale.
      Only hardcore addicts with a doctors approval can get “safe supply”. Your weekend warriors who are dropping dead like flies, the guys who actually work and do a bit of blow on the weekend - they’re not getting any help.

  • @Art-vz6qh
    @Art-vz6qh Рік тому +3

    One of the worst parts is the area had gotten so bad yet so tolerated that people intentionally moved here to set up camps.

  • @user-nw3bj4yh5u
    @user-nw3bj4yh5u Рік тому +1

    I watched many Hong Kong movies. Most of the Hong Kong movie stars praised Canada to the skies as paradise. But Now this is not paradise.

  • @bryankerr9174
    @bryankerr9174 Рік тому +4

    This isn't unique to Vancouver. I have yet to hear of a city that has a handle on it.

    • @robocop581
      @robocop581 Рік тому +3

      Singapore has no drugs issue. Death penalty takes care of that

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Рік тому +1

      Singapore has a handle on it.

    • @firebanner6424
      @firebanner6424 Рік тому +2

      @@robocop581 Singapore is an authoritarian dictatorship. You can sign your constitutional rights away all you want, but that also means no guns

    • @robocop581
      @robocop581 Рік тому

      @@firebanner6424 Yawn. And you think you’re free in Canada? Go ask the Truckers

    • @firebanner6424
      @firebanner6424 Рік тому

      @@robocop581 I seriously do not care about working class people. They chose that life.

  • @TaraZsun
    @TaraZsun Рік тому +6

    This is good. Getting the opinion of the business owners and the owners are showing compassion towards the people who are struggling. Everyone just wants things to be taken care of.

    • @1247.cccccc
      @1247.cccccc Рік тому

      All the little BIAs are a total racket. Stealing from tenants to divide the public voice; very clever policy.

  • @danielkopaee9241
    @danielkopaee9241 Рік тому

    Our problem! Exactly!

  • @gellichan09
    @gellichan09 Рік тому +1

    It's starting to happen in my city too. Before, I felt safe even if I walked alone at night (as a woman) in downtown. The past couple years, I would think twice going to downtown even in the daylight. It's all the same reasons and causes, mental health and crime. But of course, it's the government that lacks action.

  • @luckyandblessed
    @luckyandblessed Рік тому

    Wow 🇨🇦

  • @Azel247
    @Azel247 Рік тому +16

    We must remember that the drug users and addicts are human beings and entitled to the basic human rights that everyone has. However, actions have consequences and being under the influence does not excuse you from the responsibility of your actions. It may not be their fault in terms of intentionality, but the only person to blame for the crime is the person who did the crime. The consequence needs to be severe enough to be a deterrent.

    • @clarkejanot8423
      @clarkejanot8423 11 місяців тому +3

      Well said. Everyone wants their rights but hates the responsibilitym

    • @craigday1759
      @craigday1759 10 місяців тому +1

      Tell that to the family of the guy that got his head cut off in Sault Ste. Marie Ont. by three guys that got 2 yrs less a day for threre actions. They said it was bc of booze and drugs that it happen. The judge agreed that these guys were under the influence and Does excuse them from responsibility of their actions. 2 yrs,. Less a day what a joke

    • @Azel247
      @Azel247 10 місяців тому +2

      @@craigday1759 I literally wrote "actions have consequences and being under the influence does not excuse you from the responsibility of your actions." Should probably tell that to the judge rather than the family of the victim. We need a better justice system.

  • @weedgypsie
    @weedgypsie Рік тому +4

    I'd like to personally thank the dealers who don't care or cut their product so they can increase income instead of helping individuals with there unique challenges. Support the ill and hold the drug dealers accountable.

    • @joannecolette8169
      @joannecolette8169 Рік тому

      Charge them with 1st degree murder.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Рік тому +2

      It's not the dealer's job to help individuals with their unique problems.
      Also hold the addicts accountable for the crimes committed to support their habit.

  • @phoenix0110
    @phoenix0110 Рік тому +2

    We need more social housing to house the homeless!

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 9 місяців тому

      No. We don't need more Regent Parks or Swansea Mewses.

  • @user-ck8cx9up7j
    @user-ck8cx9up7j Рік тому +2

    Agreed- great reporting. Very grateful for the story.

  • @FEDD
    @FEDD Рік тому +10

    Great piece on DTES. The government really needs to support the small businesses and to crack down on the criminal element. Repeat offenders need to be in mental institutions or jail. Keep it up Lien Yeung! Awesome work.

  • @fromtheparkbench1979
    @fromtheparkbench1979 10 місяців тому

    👏 Bang on piece, Lien! 👏
    I am one of the homeless here in Edmonton.
    Where it went wrong?
    It was too ignored for too long and now is outta control everywhere.
    Closing the barn door after all the horses have left, so to say.
    2023 Approach for a 2023 Problem...
    Our Premier Smith and police, etc, are working on "The Alberta Model" and I suspect it is going expand the "insanity law" to include drug addicts - if you are a harm to yourself or others - you can 'forced' into involuntary rehab.
    See, most kids are scared to go, but know they have, and want, to. You might get only mild resistance.
    With/by using Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a strong part of rehab for Complex(Childhood) PTSD, I have personally seen the 'lights go on' in their eyes...their smiles and determination returns, and most leave the community for a better life.
    CV plus previous childhood trauma + financial difficulties sent a lot of people down here. We have to stop having, "systemic prejudism against homeless people", stop painting ALL of them with the same 'pint brush' and divide to conquer a problem.
    We homeless people are so tired of all the 'talk-about, talk-about', each of these U of Whichever University's graduates NOT asking US what works and what is a waste of taxpayers dollars, and OUR time! Thanks.

  • @lanestaley1401
    @lanestaley1401 Рік тому +4

    Vancouver supplies 1 /3 of organ transplants now. Why doesn't any one mention where the organs come from. Fentynal overdoses. A friend works matching organs to patients told me there aren't the wait times there used to be. I can't help but wonder if that if there is an incentive to keep the o.d.s happening

    • @DeusExMachina50
      @DeusExMachina50 Рік тому

      Dude, they're not going to use organs from drug addicts.

  • @Momo-hh6er
    @Momo-hh6er Рік тому +6

    Vancouver deserves it. They became the role model for the bs going on in the rest of the country.

  • @spelunkerd
    @spelunkerd 11 місяців тому +4

    Finally an interview with the lifeblood of the community, local business owners. The families of addicts learned long ago that tough love is the only option. In comes government to give them a soft landing, and encourage them to congregate together so they can continue to walk that unacceptable pathway. Get out of the business of enabling. It will never work, it often makes things worse.

  • @thomascraig5577
    @thomascraig5577 Рік тому

    places in the dtes like the Ovaltine are so special...i hope that always stays the same

  • @greghallberg4182
    @greghallberg4182 Рік тому +2

    "Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
    When blackness was a virtue; the road was full of mud
    I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
    Come in, she said I'll give ya' shelter from the storm
    I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
    Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail
    Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
    Come in, she said I'll give ya' shelter from the storm"
    - Bob Dylan

  • @carrieho1890
    @carrieho1890 Рік тому

    Great reporting & thank you for covering this.

  • @greg6935
    @greg6935 10 місяців тому +1

    Enjoyed your presentation. It brings a very valid question to the east side. However, it is no longer the East side that is being destroyed it is the downtown center and its surrounding areas. The government of Canada let us down by their horrific lax of drug laws and allowing the situation to get out of hand. I have been doing out reach in the Hastings area for over 8 years...ant having a huge police station in the heart of it and nothing was being done is a crime in its self. I would see openly dugs dealers selling in front of police and they did nothing. Drugs are the largest killers of our people than anything else, and because of the legalization of drugs it is getting worse.
    My solution would be to build a complex far from the city center that would house and detransition the individuals from druggie to clean productive members through a multi disciplinary program. Offering counseling, jobs in the facility, animals to increase their positivity like horses and other. Get them working and learning skills. The products they .are can be sold to help pay for the facility. Moreover, Christian studies would also be introduced...all of this with rehab treatment.
    Hiw can domeobe get off if drugs if they have no game, nothing to keep them bust, nothing to have faith in and no hope for the future. The facility would be very remote so they are away from the tantalizing lifestyle. This would be a long term facility..maybe for 1 to 2 years depending. All of the money the government waists..could easily pay for the Co structure of such a place.
    Nothing will change unless the government leads...so far they have done a very poor job in creating a viable solution.
    Thanks again for the presentation.
    You should investigate and follow up with the government and police. See what they say about it. Statistics are clear on the issue and a very good visualization is apparent

  • @Defx7
    @Defx7 Рік тому +10

    Retrofitted Buses? How about Burnaby step up and open some homeless shelters. maybe spread out the services across the lower mainland.

    • @clarifyingquestions
      @clarifyingquestions Рік тому +4

      Agreed if you look at a google map all the services are bunched together in the DTES when they should be spread from UBC to BBY and then BBY to New West etc

  • @greggferstay5673
    @greggferstay5673 Рік тому +1

    Our beautiful City has gone to Pot , 7-10 people a day dying from drugs with Fentanyl - First Responders
    and the Police have to deal with this - We have to fix things here in Canada first and stop the continued
    Mass Immigration by the government - about 1/3 of the people just ran out of money as things are so
    expensive = $1500 to $2000 a month for a 1 bedroom suite !

  • @tangentquo7996
    @tangentquo7996 8 місяців тому

    After fentanyl it dropped. After Neuro toxicicity in the accommodations (mold asbestos giardia and VOC's) increased dramatically with the last great rain a fears yeas ago, and people are getting 'sick' in their rooms).

  • @janludvik3030
    @janludvik3030 Рік тому +12

    Horrible all the crime we're victims to from these drug users... Worse that the police don't enforce the law. LOCK THEM UP!

    • @spencermulvaney
      @spencermulvaney Рік тому +2

      It costs over $100,000 to keep someone in prison each year. So maybe... we just... get rid of them another way... I am sure you get what I mean Jan ;)

    • @janludvik3030
      @janludvik3030 Рік тому +9

      @@spencermulvaney I thought you would say some nonsense like that. 1) In the US it costs $30K / year to house an inmate ( same wages, land cost and cost of construction ). 2) If the law is broken, you should be accountable 3) people do need help and they will get it when they are not on drugs, in jail, for the crimes they commit. You say ' another way ' and no solution to a situation where there is a solution. And last, $100k / year, what do you think it costs us to feed them, put them in hospitals, and how about the damage they cost all the hard working tax payers .. Its MUCH MORE! The problem is people like you have power.

    • @vanderhoof741
      @vanderhoof741 Рік тому

      10 minute video and you're still braindead, eh? Damn.

  • @lizliz4186
    @lizliz4186 Рік тому +12

    Why aren't the police out there moving ppl asking, doing crowd control? They don't need to be arrested just keep ppl moving.

    • @clarifyingquestions
      @clarifyingquestions Рік тому +2

      And the so called security companies that "patrol" the area.

    • @michellerose1190
      @michellerose1190 Рік тому

      You know what evile police do to vulnerable people right - the beatings, incarceration deaths, sexual assaults, murder? If you don't have enough money, social status, or people who have your back, the sheets will attack. If government did it's job, there would not be this problem. Become too sick to work, get injured on the job, be maimed by a medical procedure, become a single parent, or have a disabled child/children and find out the truth about the gov of profit over people. #defundthepolice

    • @EBikes420
      @EBikes420 Рік тому

      Personally, someone on disability doesn't get the amount of support they need, including financial support. Most of the people on disability only receive $375 for rent/housing, sure it's going up to $525, but that is a joke, where can anyone find housing for such little amount? After which most will turn to drugs and stay on the streets against their will.

    • @leebosley5984
      @leebosley5984 Рік тому +1

      Move them to where? The other neighbouring more civilized hoods definitely don't want them either..

  • @bmolitor615
    @bmolitor615 Рік тому +2

    One word - Riverview.

  • @shaanbirk612
    @shaanbirk612 Рік тому

    i saw a homeless lady there and she had 8 cats with her cats looked like in pain

  • @andrewteasdale8999
    @andrewteasdale8999 Рік тому

    The reporter is adorable!

  • @ghosthunterfallout
    @ghosthunterfallout Рік тому

    exactly, population keeps going up and housing/community service institutes keep going down. army and navy moving out was a big loss...

  • @deletemadog
    @deletemadog Рік тому +1

    So, the conclusion is there's no resolution?

  • @rishi505
    @rishi505 4 місяці тому

    LAST 8 year of Justin T is worse year in Canada . HOME CRISIS is big issue .

  • @deadreckoning425
    @deadreckoning425 Рік тому +1

    This is the fault of the government so maybe we should fix the top first since fixing the bottom will mean nothing until this gets done first!