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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Nope. I did and you chose to ignore it.
Child... lol
There is no tantrum, you just acted like an a-hole then and now so I choose to discuss with others who are logical and choose to add to a discussion.
If you want to know more, I think you should see it for yourself and visit as that would benefit you more than discussing it with me on this forum. You can talk to the man who has been doing this for 20 years. We are going to have an open house BBQ in September and please feel free to come. We will accept contributions then too. I'll post the info closer to the date.
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You'll have to point out to me where you answered this post.
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Originally Posted by longsuffering
One thing you haven't shown is what kind of demand there would be for a 'men's shelter'.
At the shelter you volunteer at, how many beds are there? What is the occupancy rate? How many abused men are turned away? What is happening in other Canadian cities? Provide MEANINGFUL answers to those kinds of questions and maybe you wouldn't come across as a zealot.
I can't help but think the homeless would end up filling most of the beds.
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I'm guessing you didn't answer the questions because the answers wouldn't support your premise.
Looks like I'm right.
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In the two years since MASH opened, Silverman claims more than 30 men (some with children) have been helped at his shelter. MASH receives no government funding; Silverman and a business partner have been funding the operation out of their own pockets and with the help of a few private donations.
Silverman says his partner is moving on to other endeavours and he’s currently unemployed, making the increasing financial strain to keep MASH going unmanageable. He says he’s tried to get provincial funding for MASH more than six times but the process is unproductive and each time the government tells him there’s "no demonstrated need" for a men's shelter in Calgary.
Christina Bruce, spokesperson with Alberta Human Services says the provincial government has made a continued effort to help male victims of domestic violence and that many public resources, including family abuse shelters, are available to men.
“Violence no matter what gender is an issue that we have to keep trying to address,” says Bruce. “No one that contacts the shelter, male or female, is turned away without help.”
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http://www.openfile.ca/calgary/calga...as-against-men