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Originally Posted by Zarley
Looks like Provision (restaurant in Central Memorial Park) was a casualty. That's a shame - they've really had to bear the worst of it as far as businesses go.
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Yeah, they were one of the first ones to speak up back in July about it. They were shouted down by the "but this study shows there is no crime increase and something something nimby" crowd.
Frankly, I doubt much will happen. The NDP have already renewed their location even in the face of the public confirmation of the crime increase that they've been denying for a year. They'll discourage reporting or adjust stats to fudge and say:
"See, crime has dropped 50% since yesterday and so much progress has been made & 800 more overdoses by the same 20 people have been prevented again".
People and businesses in the area will get fed up and continue to leave.
I've already stopped going into the area if I can avoid it. It's really disappointing to see it all happening in real time.
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Originally Posted by chemgear
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/fallout-f...rant-1.4018895
The co-owner of Provision, a restaurant situated across the street from the SMCHC in Central Memorial Park, says his business has seen a steady decline in customers following the influx of visitors to the supervised consumption site.
“This is my last week of lunches here,” said Kirk Shaw on Wednesday. “Last summer I would have three waitresses and myself running flat out, doing 70 to 80 covers a lunch. I’m down now to one waitress doing maybe 20. We did nine last Wednesday.”
“I’m in the downtown core and I expect a certain level of this behaviour but the difference between this year and last year is like night and day. It’s been in effect for about eight months and we’re seeing absolutely, catastrophic effects of their public health policy.”
“The harm reduction strategy shouldn’t go away, it just has to be revamped. It really needs a hard, hard shakeup. It might be working for the junkies but it’s not working for anyone else in the neighbourhood.”
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