coffeetalk:"Canada cops to take homeless' carts. Canadian city have told the homeless they must hand over their shopping carts by April 1 because they are stolen property. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Reports that officials in Kelowna, British Columbia, say the order is in response to complaints from business owners. But homeless people and their advocates say that losing the carts could be a killing move. Bob, a homeless man, told the broadcaster, that people like him would be unable to hang on to items like their sleeping bags and clothes without their carts. These are really these people's homes, Bob said. They carry their homes in their shopping carts, Candace Sutherland, a worker at the city's Drop-In Center, said that Kelowna should provide a place where the homeless can lock up their belongings during the day if they want to seize the carts. I agree that if the city wants to take away these shopping cart from the homeless then. Yes, the city should make sure each person's cart they take has a place large enough for them to store their personal belongs in. Also they should be able to get to it when ever they need to. The and the police know that 3/4's of the homeless are not their of free will on the streets, and many of them have mental health problems that makes it even harder for then to go thru life in a normal fashion. Heck, What I would like to know is, why don't these stores just give them these carts for now and call it a tax-write-off!!"
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
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