"Those who are challenged with housing or shelter, addiction, mental health, they've been using these transit nodes, as well as libraries and the other few public spaces that remained open. They use these spaces to stay warm, to stay dry, just to stay safe."
Kelly Sundberg, a professor in criminology at Mount Royal University, supports bringing services for mental health and addiction near transit. "I think that it's vital to have that transit connection, especially with like LRT transit. It's just easier for people to get around … if you want these centres to actually be used."
Jeffrey Cohen, a professor at the University of Connecticut, has found benefits clinics and patients when facilities are near public transit routes.
I thought taking away all the guns was going to fix the problem. I guess your boss isn’t doing such a great job.
Put these drug addict facilities out in the middle of the boreal forest on crown land, and anyone caught laying around being a useless tit to society, put them on a bus and ship them there. Have drug dealers once a week make their deliveries. Problem solved.
Lol! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😜
Sure, make it worse.
Nah, lock these criminals up n jail. Violent crimes/5 years /Violent crime with a weapon/10 years, 2nd offence 15 years, 3rd 20 years. Problem solved get violent offenders OFF the streets not into hospitals where they’ll be released only to murder someone. LIBERALS WEAK ON CRIME
No, law enforcement with incarceration a long way from public transit
There is no helping people who don’t want to be helped
Arrest and incarcerate. Let's use the Singapore model which works beautifully instead of the Vancouver/San Francisco model which destroys communities.
Bring back mental institutions
Mental illness? It's hatred from some foreigners of white people and they're lifestyle. Clue in. Look at Canada's most wanted. What does that tell you.
Lol no, they need enforcement, real enforcement
That is insane. This is exactly what’s wrong with the city. We have tried it their way and things are out of control. Enough of the nonsense. This city belongs to the people that live here and pay taxes.
Or jail. Like actual jail time. Not “healing lodges.” That’ll work.
Cheaper to arm the drivers.
The only thing more disheartening than the propaganda from the CBC, is the reactions. I like that people are fed up with the CBC, but maybe we should do more than snark at them online.
Cool idea. Force the taxpayers to pay for something that would become more dangerous to use. It's time to start using prisons, jails, and mental institutions as rehab facilities again.
“dEfUnD tHe pOLiCe” 🤡
I'm shocked! Shocked that this isn't happening more in Winnipeg. woof
But lets keep the decriminalized hard drugs and tell them they can shoot up anywhere, its ok, dont mind the kids What a plan 🤦♂️
this isn't a police issue or even a social issue. The increase of mental breakdown is a direct result of the mental damage from contacting covid too many times
😂😂😂 all because the judiciary in Canada are liberal appointees 😡
Quit enabling these junkies!!! Crime is rising bevause the government has put people into poverty!!!!
Nothing to do with policy. Nope. No siree.
what are you smoking?
I had a friend who drove for transit for over 20 years and hes been complaining about violence towards passengers and bus drivers and I’ve seen tons of video footage from the bus cameras over the years. Why its only coming to light now is beyond me.Perhaps to support an agenda 🤔
Surge of violence correlates with surge of diversity. Mass immigration needs to stop.
Well that should stop people taking public transportation and not going downtown creating more ghost towns after commuters go back home.
Oh yea, that'll do it.
That is a great idea for the drug users! What does it do for the innocent people using public transport?
Or keep POS criminals in jail where they belong. theJagmeetSingh and JustinTrudeau and their coalition government have failed Canada with their soft on crime policies.
We need asylums to open again. It would take care of the criminal activity, drug use and most homeless.
The problem is, not all mental health people are capable of living in the community!
Time for the liberals to ban public transportation.
Crime has been going on since the dawn of mankind. It's only since we WOKE up that it's not crime anymore, it's mental health issues. Criminals are criminals and always will be.
Totally. Let’s have them congregate near transit. That won’t cause any additional problems. Make sure to have bins full of free drugs. And it’s perfectly fine if they keep disposing of dirty needles on the street. Kids don’t belong in cities anyway.
So when this all goes wrong this lady need to go find a new job. This is up there with legalizing hard drugs.
Diversity is our strength.
I think we should start with programs in public schools very soon. Find the kids that need the help with their lives whether it be parental or societal.
How about criminals are actually arrested and charged? If you shoot up and shit on the train. Straight to jail
The problem is that a lot of these drug addicts, mentally ill and homeless turn down any sort of assistance. This is why you need transit police and stiff penalties to protect the law-abiding public.
Ppl need homes and money that's it
We need more diversity there's still a lot of white supremacy and racism that's forcing oppressed blacks to turn to crime and violence.
Mental health is not the problem, dog whistle liberalism...Mayers CTVCalgary CanadianPM TrudeauGoogles
Catch and release is the problem. And mental health as the cause of crime? No shit. A murderer has a mental health problem but we don’t send them to treatment. We send them to jail.
Why does it take “acts of violence” to direct attention to mental health? Everyone knows how important it is. There should be preventive intervention happening and available, not reactive.
CAMH is failing Toronto
Waste of money tilting at windmills. Don’t you get it? 100% of users love the high and 70% like their lifestyle. The only true cure is 100% abstinence in a locale where drugs are not available and a meaningful life can be offered
'Some cities in Canada experiencing surge in violence on public transportation, prompted calls to put mental health and addiction treatment facilities' Toronto Longest locked down city in North America! Let's go mental !! Businesses kaputt Crime up Thank you John Tory !
I CANT FUCK1NG BELIEVE THIS WOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED!!! FORCED REHAB FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!
Will we stop labeling criminals as mentally ill. This is harming the true mentality ill people trying to get better and who just struggle. Criminals are criminals treat them as such first, and if they need help, that comes 2nd.
Just more cops. Lots more cops. A ridiculous take, and totally unserious suggestion by the CBC. Laughable.
Some cities Hey CBC do some real journalism and crunch the numbers on crime per capita this administration compared to previous? Oh right, don’t want to anger your owners.
CanadaIsBroken
WTF is this article for real the CBC on crack
No, we need concentration camps.
Um how about just locking up the criminals instead of catch and release?
Shut down cities and lock people up for 2 yrs., tends to have that effect. It's the new science. cdnpoli
Ridiculous. Increase police presence.
Good, now when the homeless aren’t harassing citizens on the train they can stop by for a quick therapy session then pickup more crack right next door!
Is the idea that, instead of stabbing a stranger, said sleep depped nutcase meth head will instead amble into a mental health facility for a quick therepy session? Is that actually the train of thought here? Because that's the dumbest most disconnected laughable sh!t I've heard.
As if one who wants to stab will have a detour to a mental clinic on their way to the subway! Shouldnt we solve the root cause much earlier than this?
The term 'evidence-based' is the lefts new go-to weapon. What it rly means is 'evidence that supports our ideology' Nothing these activists say can b trusted anymore. Its all word games, idealism & arrogant cluelessness. They refuse 2 admit that their activism helped lead us here
All the middle age white middle class guys that always seem to be the problem.
Cbc is far left propaganda defundcbc
The issue is we are soft on crime and TrudeauCorruption is giving our country over to the junkies.
People smoke fentanyl right on the train in Calgary. More rooms to inject drugs wont stop the smoking drugs on foil, i see this dozens of times every commute, in every station, every bus shelter, its way worse here and Edmonton than Toronto or Montreal
Collect them and ship to parliament hill. Liberals love them.
White supremacists no doubt. Right?
Thx Trudeau
Blame Trudeau and the liberals. The law has no teeth anymore thanks to them.
Great Idea...they can jump on the train assault someone and go for therapy...Great idea there Professor!!!
What..the..fuck...
Cbc is such low class 'journalism' and 1.5 billion of taxpayers money goes to a clown, pro Trudeau and anti Canadian so called broadcaster, keep pushing your gay agenda Cbc, we'll see what happens 🤡🤡🤡💉💉💉
is he going to pay for it? and most are not health issues. they are criminals who never get punished. bullies
Wokies love pretending that the addiction, crime, and mental health crisis are simply 'hOuSinG' issues.
Throw them the hell in jail. Then get the mental health. Just get these Lametti thugs off our streets.
Reduce wealth inequality Poverty is the largest contributor to poor mental health. Housing being ridiculously unaffordable for local wages is why people are poor Fix the housing crisis, reduce actul poverty,increase healthcare spending (including MH care), and crime will reduce
Build more prisons.
No. Not by transportation hubs. Maybe a jail? But seriously, location means little when you're high, strung out or desperate.
Maybe add more safe injection sites throughout the city, and perhaps even within the transit hubs themselves.
As long as it's mandatory.
Crime has gone up 130% in the last 6 years. Gee I wonder who could be responsible for that Soft on crime liberals have even cut mandatory sentences for violent crimes to 1/3 the original sentences.
Our culture needs to change.
It's as if something happened in 2015:
The drug addicted and mentally ill need to be removed from society period.
Proximity isn't going to do much. ACCESS is.
Probably a large percentage don’t have a mental illness at all but instead are simply violent, lawless and hateful of society, knowing that they are essentially immune to serious consequences.
More cops on transit. On point and not woke. Get the job done.
capitalism is the problem, you'll never even get to the root of the problem until you realize that.
Stop blaming it on mental health. It people who have no mental problems just our laws have no consequences. They have allowed this to continue the last 25 years. No consequences.
Lol and that’s going to work who’s brilliant idea was that unbelievable
It sounds like a criminology prof is trying to embrace criminals and addiction. TBH.
“We are doing everything we can to help make life better and more affordable for Canadians” usually followed up with “We are doing everything possible to make sure Canadians feel safe within their communities”
yeah that'll stop the criminals. How about arresting and locking up the criminals? or does that make too much sense?
This rise in crime is expected and anticipated. This all plays into the government's need for more gun laws and surveillance. We are exactly on track for the Great Reset. BTW, deep-fried crickets are actually quite tasty.
How about within 500m of politician's houses? Along with injection sites and encampments?
Mental Health and Addiction treatment should be made available on Wellington Street in Ottawa, for use by Liberal & NDP Public Servants. The solution here is top-down. SaveCanada TrudeauForTreason
That will draw addicts and their problems closer to transit and worsen the problem.
No, we need an election and the soft on crime liberals to be thrown out.
First the politicians would have to cut bloated police budgets in half, and then they could spend $$ on mental health, addiction, and other much more important things.
Thanks Trudeau
How about a police station instead? Maybe station some cops in the transportation hub? Why is enforcing the law the only thing that “experts” wont advocate?
That's what Canada gets for Legalizing all HARD DRUGS❗ IT'S NOT A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE
LMAO
Drugs and degeneracy. Liberals keep pushing both.
😂😂😂
First step is to stop listening to professors and activists.
Vaxx rage.
Well if a criminology prof wants it what choice do we have?
Won't matter as long as Liberals are in power. They broke Canada and it will continue to decline under their incompetent rule.
“Best I can do is banks” - Toronto
There are already multiple mental health and addiction treatment centres in every Canadian city. The issue isn’t a lack of treatment…it’s a lack of punishment for those who commit crimes. They know that even if convicted a liberal judge will put them right back on the street.
That’ll go over well at Rosedale Station
It’s because of all the racists, fascists and transphobes….
It's all those puberty blockers, one side effect is anger....
Here’s a thought.... overhaul criminal justice system to keep repeat violent offenders in prison At the very least - get rid of JustinTrudeau soft on crime, coddle the violent criminals policies
Trudeau is encouraging the violence
why are we not calling these people what they are - criminals, how do headlines like this do anything other than further stigmatize those suffering with disorders. MSM is evil.
Diversity is our strength 🙄
Same reason this cbc writes articles that ludicrous
Brilliant have the druggies hanging out right near public transit. Pretty soon no one will feel safe using public transit as you will have to run the gauntlet to get to it.
well all those cops ford hired over the last 5 years haven't helped, so maybe time to use the funds to try something different?
Not surprised that some still want to turn violent thugs into victims, show callous disregard for those whose lives have been taken away and turn it into another tax funded make work project.
In my country started this way. Now is chaos. Offenders are released several times and they learn there are no consequences. I feel getting more police is just to move money.
Oh cbc, you are a clown show
Addiction clinics…are these the places where our tax dollars are used to hand out free meth and needles Bc those are probably directly connected to a good portion of the attacks already.
Same stuff happens here in the states. San Francisco. NYC. Philadelphia. Los Angeles. Even here in Albuquerque. There's few security or police anywhere on transit. And few of those 'wellness hubs'.
They will put armed police within 500 meters of transportation hubs, guaranteed if the police chief becomes Mayor. Toronto
“Experiencing” implies government policies are not causing this violence and chaos.
Can those treatment facilities have 10-20 year terms? You know, an actual solution to a problem.