http://www.kelowna.com/2009/11/02/homeless-shelters-finances-take-a-beating/ Kelowna. Right Now! Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:12:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.kelowna.com/2009/11/02/homeless-shelters-finances-take-a-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 Fred Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:19 +0000 /?p=87923#comment-4588 What does this say about our society? We have a society that has almost everything the third world doesn't yet we have to have homeless shelters begging for assistance. If we had responsive government, we would have to engage in this effort at all. I am not being critical of one party over another here, as I think it is the responsibility of the country to ensure we have shelters for the least of those who cannot care for themselves, especially when you consider that many have mental health issues. As most will remember, those mental health patients were basically pushed out onto the streets years ago and we as a society still have not dealt with the problem. What does this say about our society? We have a society
that has almost everything the third world doesn’t yet we
have to have homeless shelters begging for assistance.
If we had responsive government, we would have to engage in
this effort at all. I am not being critical of one party
over another here, as I think it is the responsibility of
the country to ensure we have shelters for the least of
those who cannot care for themselves, especially when you
consider that many have mental health issues.
As most will remember, those mental health patients were
basically pushed out onto the streets years ago and we as a
society still have not dealt with the problem.

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