homeless people is now a really big problem for everyone

[CLOUD 500]

Cloud500 is right, i was not aware of families seeking asylum here, and its true they all have 3 to 5 kids, at 700$ a pop the governement gives them everything free what a bunch of assholes.

They get many other benefits. Social housing always first go to refugees.

Trudeau was warned about immirgration a long time ago, to slow down because issues were going to happen, but he prefer to ignore (or was it all planned) and put Canada in deep shit Vancouer, Toronto and now Montreal. And they have an article on him at Canadian Tire a was is our prime minister doing now that he is retired, that idiot should be in jail for what he did with Valerie Plante.

It was planned.

Century Initiative

Century Initiative is a national, non-partisan movement shaping a bigger, bolder Canada. Through leading research and convening, we champion data-driven solutions for responsible population growth, advocate for long-term planning, and drive bold policies that secure Canada’s future. As a...

www.centuryinitiative.ca

^^^^ Trudeau is part of the Century Initiative and Carney has Mark Wiseman one of the founders of the Century Initiative in his cabinet. Their goal is to have never ending GDP growth. They are not passing policies that increase productivity, more productivity means people are earning more money thus have a better quality of life. Instead they increased GDP by increasing numbers. So even though more people are poorer, the fact there are more people makes it appear as if Canada is doing well economically. More GDP = More tax revenue for the government. Another goal is to make real estate go more expensive, even Trudeau said he did not want home prices to go down. Carney's latest housing minister said the same thing. A lot of these politicians invested heavily in real estate so it serves their interest for housing to get more expensive. Grocery stores win also, food gets more expensive but because there are more people the prices remain high, grocery stores are making hundreds of millions of dollars. At the end it is the average joe working a job that gets the short end of the stick thus more homeless. They give not much to the homeless but shower refugees for so much. They care more about foreigners then their constituents.

 

[Smokemeal2]

This is a good measure but why not ban loitering (i.e. living) in the metro all the time instead of just temporarily. Typical progressive non-solution "solution" to a problem.

Montreal to add police presence, limit loitering in Metro amid safety concerns

The City of Montreal, along with Montreal police (SPVM) and the STM, announced new temporary measures implemented in certain metro stations across the city to enhance security and address public safety concerns.

www.ctvnews.ca

And where will they go?

 

[Smokemeal2]

If they commit a crime yes start putting them in jail, lock up all the parks with high fences at night, make all benches with arm rests in the middle so they cant sleep on them, enforce open drug use, open container, and public intoxication, panhandling, vagarancy laws,those with mental health issues civally commit to get the help they need- if they wont do it themselves someone needs to make them, yes make it difficult for them to be out publicy doing this shit, they will then really seek help- those who dont will go into the shadows, force panhandlers and floppers to go into shelters and provide madatory education and job training programs to live in those shelters
Your borderline communist attitude where people should be forced to house homeless people with their property (that they bought and paid tax on btw) is laughable- giving out free places to live and throwing money at it will not fix it, look at California wasted BILLIONS on it and it just got worse
Fixing the roof over their head problem wont fix a thing for 90% of them, fixing the personal issues that led to no roof will fix things

You cannot fix personal issues without a roof.

Plus, we are way past the time when all the homeless had personal issues. Twenty-five years ago, you could rent something decent with an entry-level job.

We need everything that can be turned into housing to be turned into housing. Sorry if that sounds communist, but I do not see other options. If you see a concrete option, say it.

p.s. I agree with Cloud. Letting in millions of immigrants catapulted what was a hot housing market into a catastrophe. I would love to know the real reason why they let this happen. For fuck sake some Ukrainiens packed their bags and went back to live under the threat of bombs in Ukraine because life was unbearable in Canada...

 

[CaptRenault]

I've always felt safe in Montreal but I do pay attention to crime news in the city. It does seem like I see stories like this one more frequently these days. Montreal is far better than Chicago or Washington DC, but downtown is not as safe as it used to be. Montreal needs to elect a new mayor with some spine to replace Plante.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/07/03/gunshot-downtown-montreal-store-attempted-robbery/

 

[IamNY]

Was in town recently and definitely noticed a lot of homeless people. One guy was urinating on St. Catherine in the middle of a busy day! Took a walk over to the area across the street from the old Hyatt. Had my DQ ice cream cone and wanted to sit on the steps and people watch. At first, I thought everyone around me were just typical people enjoying the nice day. I then I noticed that all around me were homeless people. They weren’t bothering anyone, but it was uncomfortable to say the least. You would also have the random person either talking to themselves or yelling at imaginary people. The city has definitely changed. Doesn’t feel as safe as it once did. I’m sure this is happening everywhere and it just adds to the negative vibe I get walking around town. I really hope Montreal turns around. Used to be such an amazing place to visit.

 

[believe]

Thanks to Mme Plante now we can bike around Montreal and sightsee homeless .in slow motion .lolo

 

[minutemenX]

How homeless can survive Montreal winter is beyond me. I remember my shock when I first travel to Montreal in February 1995.

 

[believe]

Are you still here trying to find your way out from all thise bike paths,lolo

 

[maymay]

How homeless can survive Montreal winter is beyond me. I remember my shock when I first travel to Montreal in February 1995.

they usually have access to metro stations in winter time,

 

[Batista Mason]

they usually have access to metro stations in winter time,

Aren't they kicked out when the stations close? They would need to find somewhere for the nights.

 

[CLOUD 500]

they usually have access to metro stations in winter time,

Many stay in closed malls and office buildings. There are always some hiding inside because some of these buildings are like mazes and are never fully locked. And of course there are the homeless shelters.

 

[CLOUD 500]

You cannot fix personal issues without a roof.

Plus, we are way past the time when all the homeless had personal issues. Twenty-five years ago, you could rent something decent with an entry-level job.

We need everything that can be turned into housing to be turned into housing. Sorry if that sounds communist, but I do not see other options. If you see a concrete option, say it.

p.s. I agree with Cloud. Letting in millions of immigrants catapulted what was a hot housing market into a catastrophe. I would love to know the real reason why they let this happen. For fuck sake some Ukrainiens packed their bags and went back to live under the threat of bombs in Ukraine because life was unbearable in Canada...

Why they did this?

Century Initiative

Century Initiative is a national, non-partisan movement shaping a bigger, bolder Canada. Through leading research and convening, we champion data-driven solutions for responsible population growth, advocate for long-term planning, and drive bold policies that secure Canada’s future. As a...

www.centuryinitiative.ca

Century Initiative - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

^^^^^ This is why. The Century Initiative. It is a lobby group for rich people. The McKinsey consulting firm (who gives advice to billionaires on how to make more money) is dictating Canada's immigration policy. The group wants a 100 million people by 2100. I did the math and they would need to import about 750,000 people every year till the end of the century to reach that figure. That is utter madness. The reason is simple, to make more money. They do not care if ten people share a studio apartment, they want tax cows and for the rich to get richer. They want never ending GDP growth. They are intentionally driving up demand so prices go up. Real estate is the thing that gets affected. A lot of these politicians and rich people got lots of property, it benefits them for prices to go up. Baby boomers who bought their houses when in a time one can own a home on a middle class salary, also want the value of their home to go up hence why they vote Liberal. It is a battle of home owners vs renters. Brian Mulroney was the first globalist that started with mass immigration. I am certain they are following the WEF policies. I predict by 2030 the homeless population will quadruple.

 

[CLOUD 500]

Aren't they kicked out when the stations close? They would need to find somewhere for the nights.

Plante changed their policies. They are not really kicking them out anymore. Every winter I see so many sleeping in the stations.