CTV - The Fix

Online discussions for the March 24 public forum hosted by The Globe, CTV and UBC at Robson Square campus.

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Gregory: positive that we are talking about it... first step is education, the are your brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors, #thefix

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Aprodicio: change will occur, there is nothing unique about the DTES, slums of hope or slums of dispair, #thefix

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Margo final: way too many sterotypes about dtes and shaughnessy... think more about the power of the DTES, why so threatened? #thefix

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Gary final thoughts: we need to change the housing mix, just cause I don't share the status quo doesn't mean I'm not compassionate #thefix

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jim final thoughts - change will come when everyday people begin to care #thefix

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student: Where is the access to education for those in the DTES? #thefix

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Jim - we have to get away from spacial apartheid #thefix

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Aprodicio - what is the vision of the dtes in Vancouver in the next 50 years, we need to be thinking about that now #thefix

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Gary: I don't understand why we want to concentrate poor people in one area? #thefix

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how do we get 5000 stinky vermin infested hotel rooms turned into social housing??? #thefix

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the low income residents are united like never before... watch out #thefix

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social housing is like winning the lottery for many of these residents of the DTES #thefix

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Jim: many on the DTES self medicate themselves.. a vicious cycle that is broken by intervention #thefix

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Does the negative image of the DTES a barrier to it flourishing? #thefix

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Gregory: Mental illness is a huge issue - so at what point do you institutionalize them? #thefix

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Gary: politics is why nothing gets done in the DTES - consensus can't be found, ten years from now, we'll be doing the same panel, #thefix

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Gary: DTES excludes a lot of people who want to live there... I disagree that the residents who live there weren't listened too #thefix

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Aprodicio: What do the citizens of Vancouver want for the DTES? #thefix

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Applause for legalization and control of drugs through the health system instead of the criminal system #thefix