I would say almost all of Vancouvers homeless are not 'from' Vancouver, where it gets difficult is how do you measure that? none of the native kids I have fostered were Musqueam or Squamish nation, the only native bands in Vancouver, most were from Prairie bands, predominantly Cree/Ojibwe, that said almost all had lived all their lives in the Lower Mainland, they were brought here by their parents or where born here, so they are technically locals.
I despair of the homeless issue because neither side of the argument really want to actually do the things that are needed, the problem right now is we have a wholly permissive administration that doesn't want to be seen being nasty to the homeless, this ironically means they are creating the conditions that are killing thousands
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