LRT Safety

[SarcasticMarmot]

This has been going on for years and years. Why the heck aren't there shelter spaces open throughout the day?

Edmonton's downtown should not continue to be the dumping ground for the social problems the Government of Alberta can not take responsibility for or properly manage.

I know I've harped on this before, but the Drop-In centers we used to have operated as day shelters. We would keep people warm and safe, run events, provide food, and connect people with resources. However, governments have moved away from funding drop in spaces because they are not "Solution Oriented" enough. Mustard Seed, Jasper Place, Operation Friendship, Boyle, Lighthouse, and Bissell have all closed/refocused their drop ins in the last few years and don't provide that safe space anymore. Homeless folks need safe places to exist, and if we don't provide those places they will take their only other option: public spaces and encampments.