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Barnaby said:
Everyone should be encouraged to follow the same rules. You can get ARC cards via means testing. This is a responsibility and mental health issue for the individual, but nobody is being singled out.

"Advocates" are infantilizing grown men.
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100%. If you think these people are capable of being allowed to freely exist in society and all they need is housing, then they can figure out transit passes and how to not break basic laws.

If they can’t figure that out, then surely the solutions are facilities with higher supports and oversights. When my grandma could no longer safely walk around in public, she got moved to a facility and can only leave with a worker/family now. Those with severe mental health/addiction issues need the same.
 
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The_Cat said:
How many criminals migrate to Edmonton, Regina or Winnipeg?
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On second thought - who cares - homicides victims are most of the time known to the shooter. So my take is - if you're innocent you're gonna live. If you're a criminal scumbag - than your chances of living diminish.
 
This spot in the alley between 103-104 south of 102ave has become a magnet for a lot of things since the 'future loft' property has been sold.

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I think it's frustration and a bit of jealousy on the part of the homeless and the drug addled. I've witnessed countless times when someone has put out furniture and such by the back-alley dumpster probably thinking "someone might find a use for this" only to see the next morning someone has smashed the thing to pieces. Something akin to "if I can't have this then nobody can".
 
Yes, it’s nuanced and complex at the same time.

But reading some of the posts here is like reading a law book or a law school syllabus on the theories of bail application.

I think the concerns being expressed here is that the pendulum is swinging to the point where there is a substantially negative impact on the lives the bail system are also supposed to protect - and isn’t - along with protecting the rights of those accused but not yet convicted.

What we are experiencing now is not the nuance of an effective bail system, it’s a revolving door that spits people out as fast as they come in regardless of how frequently or how quickly the same individuals are brought in.

While it’s been pointed out that the bail system is nuanced, it may well be nuanced on paper but in practice it has become a waste of time for all involved and keeps many of them from becoming involved.
 
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Expat friends from Calgary up in Edmonton this weekend for a night at The Westin with their fam with young kids.

Asked what happened to Downtown/this city and said the area around the RAM/AGA and Winspear felt unsafe and they would not be back to the CBD.

Good work is happening, far more positivity out there, but stories like this frustrate me.
 
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Numbers were down significantly in 2024, with Edmonton proper recording 2.3/100k and the CMA at 1.85/100k . Still not great, but fairly closer to the average for the city, and slightly below average for the CMA (1.92 for Canada in 2024).
Just for comparison, Calgary also went down to about 1.3/100k in the CMA and 1.7/100k in the city proper, which is a significantly smaller gap in 2024 over 2023,
The City of Toronto recorded a 3.1/100k in 2024 and the GTA 2.2/100k.
The City of Vancouver recorded roughly 2/100k and Vancouver Metro roughly 1.2/100k
City of Ottawa recorded 2.18/100k and the CMA recorded a 2.06/100k (higher than Edmonton's CMA)
Montreal recorded 1.54/100k and 1.35/100k respectively for city proper and CMA.

These numbers are all much closer than I expected, Toronto shocked me a bit, as did Ottawa. Edmonton's numbers have fallen off a cliff, compared to the rest, Vancouver and Calgary's remained relatively stable (but went down slightly) and Ottawa and Toronto have gone up. It's an interesting movement, and it's also curious that both Ontario cities have gone up quite a lot in their homicide rates. I did not go through the trouble of comparing other cities, as I am usually only interested in the big 5 (If Quebec or Winnipeg metros surpass 1M I'll consider talking about them).
 
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