[Jammon]

Originally Posted by drew

It just highlights where the most striking poverty in Canada exists. It should be no surprise that poverty goes hand in hand with higher murder/crime rates.

It is also a hard thing for a city like Winnipeg to address.

It is no secret that poverty, especially in Winnipeg, is linked disproportionately to First Nations.

A direct line for this poverty can be drawn to the reserves within this province.

Reserves and all the policies, both current and historical, that bring us to where we are, are the absolute domain of the Federal Government. And remain that way today.

Cities are generally powerless to address the causes of this poverty, but suffer the results. It is has been easy for these issues to be overlooked or ignored by the Federal government - based on geography and the relative lack of political clout in a city like Winnipeg, Regina or Saskatoon.

It's easy to go "tsk tsk Winnipeg, get your shit together". We are the public face of a national problem.

It should be "tsk tsk Ottawa, get your shit together".

One of the simplest and strongest posts I've seen about the subject. Winnipeg sees this all the time- poverty from the reserves translates to crime in the city. I've worked with so many indigenous communities where crime is rampant- indigenous gangs target the reserves and get the kids hooked on substances and they come to the city to look for fixes and inevitably get into criminal activity once they come to Winnipeg. It's truly a multi-pronged approach that requires effort from all levels of government.