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Originally Posted by adamuptownsj
Holt and Coon bizarrely out of step with public opinion on rampant open drug addiction and homelessness: tents yes, treatment no. Such a weird thing to lean in on in an election year. Halifax as an example on this issue is shocking. https://tj.news/new-brunswick/new-la...problems-higgs
There's a million other things to go after Higgs on, you'd think, but I doubt the average voter wants infinite tents and more drug/fire deaths forever. Who's advising these guys?
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I don't know why it's such a shocker they're pushing back. The Cons are treading very closely to what is considered forcible detainment (not saying that's what they're doing). Even if you ignore the potential Charter of Rights concerns, pretty much every piece of literature on Earth states people with addictions aren't going to improve through force.
In Finland, they've tackled their homelessness and addition issues by offering shelters/homes with no strings attached, which seems to have helped extensively. I don't know their program or resources well enough to say it would work here, but I know force has never returned long-term benefits.
edit: also, you mention about "treatment no". I think both parties are completely on board with treatment, how they go about that appears to be the difference. But even addiction facilities in NB are saturated with long wait-lists, so realistically, there should be a push to be able to accommodate more people seeking treatment.