Well right now the Mayor is going to move the people off the public LRT line presumably by bylaw peace officers and criminal charges for the more serious to feed into the Alberta Courts systems which won't be able to handle them. They will move elsewhere, into the surrounding communities. So the current plan is costly and will not work.
We probably need a database of the people along the line so we get a number or quantity of people who are homeless, addicted to drugs, drug dealers, convicted of violent crimes previous. Once you quantitate you can make a plan.
Like if we have 40 extra officers on top of let's say 10 extra officers previous that's 2.75 - 3 million a year in wages approx. You could turn this into a nice reward for people who rehabilitate in terms of housing, counselling and support.
Maybe the violent ones who do commit crimes on the C-train such as yelling and screaming, should be removed from society on account of the definition of assault under the criminal code of Canada. The problem is the quantity of people. Which leads to prison reform.
The idea of mad max and outside airdrie is typically where prisons are put. I think prisons for these drugs should focus on not removing the substance from them physically so they can be slowly de-toxed, then there should be counselling and support and then there should be prep for return to society and even funding for those that have been successful.
In many ways dealing with the problem will clear the future generations from exposure to highly addictive substance abuse. Of course; educating children and really, children that live in poverty etc is a great place to strike as well. But I think you can't have it all, or all at once. So maybe we should focus on carbon tax.
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