Why is it that legitimate concerns about homeless shelters are immediately shouted down with accusations of NIMBYism?
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concerns → shout → NIMBYism
This is counter productive because there are real issues that need to be addressed.
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that → be → ?
Many people live in encampments because they feel shelters are too dangerous.
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shelters → live → encampments
A temporary shelter system perpetuates a transient lifestyle with no sense of community.
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system → perpetuate → community
Providing clean pipes and needles is just a first step.
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Providing → provide → pipes
Long-term needs such as permanent housing, treatment services and mental health support are met with months long wait-lists.
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needs → meet → lists
Some of the proposed shelters don’t even meet the minimum standards set by the city.
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Some → propose → city
Until the name calling stops, there is no possibility of constructive dialogue and unfortunately the real needs of people in crisis will not be met.
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needs → stop → crisis
Trish Plant, Toronto
The most effective treatment starts with informed consent
It is dangerous for Premier Doug Ford to entertain involuntary addiction treatment.
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Ford → start → treatment
It is equally troubling that Ontario’s Big City Mayors are pressing the province to expand it.
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Mayors → press → it
Residents of Ontario’s urban centres should ask their mayors: Why support an approach that the evidence shows is destined to fail?
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evidence → ask → approach
People seeking voluntary treatment already face unacceptable wait times.
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People → seek → times
Governments should ensure they can access care immediately, along with supportive housing, health care and comprehensive wraparound services.
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they → ensure → housing
They must also restore and expand harm reduction services, including supervised consumption services, which keep people alive, build trust and connect them with care.
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which → restore → care
Treatment is most effective when people participate willingly and provide informed consent.
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people → participate → consent
The prospect of forced treatment will drive people away from care and further into the shadows.
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prospect → force → shadows
Ford and Ontario mayors must stop searching for coercive shortcuts.
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Ford → stop → shortcuts
What is missing is the political will to act.
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missing → miss → ?
Doris Grinspun, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Toronto
I want my vote back, prime minister
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ability to command attention, act strategically and galvanize the world’s most powerful figures is impressive.
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ability → want → figures
I had hoped he would use those gifts to lead our country — and the world — toward a more just and healthy planet: driving the transition to renewable energy, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and exceeding Canada’s Paris Agreement targets, with the ultimate goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
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he → hop → 2050
Instead, he has embraced the oil and gas industry, driving up emissions and weakening environmental oversight.
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he → embrace → oversight
The impact will be felt not only locally — in more extreme floods, wildfires and the destruction of our ecosystems — but worldwide.
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impact → feel → ecosystems
Our appetite for consumption on a finite planet will continue to drive destruction far beyond our borders as we are already seeing in events like the Nepal flash floods of 2026.
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we → continue → 2026
I am at a loss to explain the complete absence of humanity or compassion in Carney’s actions.
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I → explain → actions
His economic projects will have devastating consequences here and abroad for generations to come.
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projects → have → generations
I want my vote back.
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I → want → vote
Susan Mayrand, Toronto
The more things change, the more they stay the same
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they → change → Mayrand
So U.S. President Donald Trump wants to annihilate Iran.
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Trump → want → Iran
He claims he has no other choice.
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he → claim → choice
Remember U.S. strategy during the war in Vietnam in 1968: “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it. ”
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It → remember → it
In today’s America, ignorance, hatred and paranoia still reign.
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ignorance → reign → America
Ian Burns, Scarborough, ON
Being soft on crime only invites more crime
Yet another article that shows that being soft on crime only invites more crime.
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being → invite → crime
It’s time for criminals, no matter their life circumstances or age, to face jail time .
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criminals → ’ → time
We don’t want to incarcerate youths with dangerous criminals?
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We → want → criminals
Then, maybe we should consider bringing back reformatories, or a youth wing in our jails.
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we → consider → jails
It’s also time to protect the innocent and not the criminals.
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It → ’ → innocent
Claude Gannon, Markham, ON
Potash predicament proves Trump’s animosity toward Canada
Like Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Saskachewan Premier Scott Moe was reluctant to risk “jeopardizing trade and negatively affect local jobs” by adding tariffs to potash as a means of retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s truly bazaar malevolence towards Canada, a malevolence White House toadies encourage.
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toadies → prove → Canada
Today, just to spite Canada, Trump is touting a partnership with Belarus for potash.
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Trump → spite → potash
Belarus is a major supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has aided Russia against Ukraine.
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Belarus → aid → Ukraine
For Trump to suggest it’s a great deal for Americans, “cheaper than Canada,” means either Belarus has agreed to lose money or Trump is lying.
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Trump → suggest → money
…and 27 more, not listed.
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