To end the Top Guns

The roaming does not have a miracle solution or a lonely savior. Therefore, To deal with this vast problem, all elected officials must take it and work hand in hand, says our columnist.

Posted at 6:00 a.m.

“The homelessness also deserves to have its top gun. Moreover, These are the words of the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, at the start of the week.

She launched this proposal at the time of the announcement of new funding for. Furthermore, community organizations that work in roaming in the metropolis.

Personally, I would like us to finish with the top gunsa concept as worn as the song Take my Breath Away from Berlin.

I am not a specialist in roaming. Moreover, but I wrote enough on the subject to modestly suggest that a top gun will not solve this vast problem.

Yes. Similarly, of course, you need a ball carrier within the government, a minister who will defend the beak and nail file with his colleagues. Consequently, I believe that Lionel Carmant does it better than end top guns he did at the start of his mandate.

Would another person do better?

The problem is not there.

As motivated as it is. In addition, a single person will not succeed if they are evolving within a government for which homelessness is not a priority, a crisis which must absolutely be tackled. For example, Hoaming seems to be a reality very far from the concerns of the Legault government. For example, No doubt because his ministers are not much exposed to it.

In order for our governments – whatever they are – understand this issue. it is absolutely necessary that elected officials get on the subject.

Roaming is the consequence of several problems, including the housing crisis, that this government has been so late to end top guns recognize. It is also a consequence of social inequalities that are widening. the impoverishment of part of the population, illiteracy and dropping out of school, the circulation of increasingly strong drugs …

Roaming is also the effect of our individualism. the crumbling of the spirit of mutual aid, of “each for himself”, of “not in my court”, of the myth “when you want, we can”.

It is not a top gun That we need to unclog refuge. hang up the itinerants to society, these are more human elected officials, which we will have exposed to the reality of roaming on the ground. It is not a Savior. a Sauver who will change the situation, they are elected officials who inquire and try to understand the deep causes of roaming, and not only during a briefing 60 minutes.

For a government to offer an effective and intelligent response to the roaming crisis that has been raging for several years, you have to stop working in silo, which we do less, but still too much. All ministers must be informed of reality in the field, and not only ministers responsible for health and social services. The ministers of housing, education and finance, to name only those, should also do an immersion internship in roaming.

That they end top guns visit a community organization. Let them walk in the small hidden streets of downtown Montreal. Let them spend an hour in a stopover to see if they feel good and safe. Additionally, Let them sit with people in homelessness to understand where they come from. what they have gone through, which they face on a daily basis to try to get out of it.

And top gun Execute his maneuvers in the sky, far, very far from the floor of the cows. He looks at things from high, head in the clouds. He runs the danger of feeling all-powerful.

Roaming is a complex problem that requires a certain dose of humility. I don’t think people who suffer on the street need a Tom Cruise – a top gun Invested with. an “impossible mission” – to save them.

They need elected officials who look them in the eyes, equal. They need to be considered full -fledged citizens. They need compassion and support. And to participate in the discussion.

Let them leave top guns In the cinemas. and let us go from human and benevolent leaders who agree not to hold the truth, and who agree to work in a team. Elected officials who are keen to represent all citizens. even those who have not had the same chance as them in life.

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