Is Giving A Homeless Person $ For Drugs STO?

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This morning a homeless encampment of about 60 people was dismantled and destroyed by the RCMP locally. The residents were given little notice or opportunity to collect their things. Many of them will have to start "from scratch" again. We're heading in to December and the temperatures having dropped especially at night. The friends and family when asked what their loved ones will do or where they can go are greeted with shrugs. The bylaw officer stood by with a smile.

This is most likely in response to a fire that went through an encampment last week which resulted in the explosion of a couple propane tanks. So likely the city was thinking in terms of prevention. You can therefore see the two sides to a very complex situation.

Actually a lot of the homeless here were "exported" here from the mainland. During the 2010 Vancouver Olympics they literally sent dozens of homeless people over here to the island to "clean up the streets".