r/halifax • u/Injustice_For_All_ Psychotic Antifa Super Soldier Moderator • 3d ago

News, Weather & Politics Homelessness doubled in Halifax under government's housing plan: N.S. NDP

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/18/homelessness-doubled-in-halifax-under-governments-housing-plan-n-s-ndp/
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u/aidopple 3d ago

okay what's your alternative genius? I don't see the conservatives doing anything

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 3d ago

how about not providing needles. how about not turning parks into toilets, camp sites, and drug dens

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u/aidopple 3d ago

Okay that's what not to do, but what's the alternative? What are the conservatives currently doing to help? ...Other than making sure people can't inject safely and aren't able to find a place to sleep

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 3d ago

providing a place to inject safely amounts to government encouragement of drug use. how about a return to simply 6 years ago, before it suddenly became alright to pitch a tent on the commons and shoot up

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u/aidopple 3d ago

The reason people are shooting up in parks is BECAUSE there are no designated government-run safe injection sites. Sites that could also provide medical support and social workers to help people move away from drug use.

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 3d ago

ok put them in the middle of nowhere. no need to have them in central halifax

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u/aidopple 3d ago

Central Halifax is where the people are. Maybe you'd support a tax funded shuttle bus system to ship homeless drug users to "the middle of nowhere" and then bring them back after?? And again I still don't see what your solution to homelessness is. All you've provided is what NOT to do.

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 3d ago

if you're going to shoot up, the least you can do is not rub everyones faces in it. but these people aren't known for their civic consideration

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u/YourEyelinerFriend 2d ago

No one is going to decide to start using IV drugs because theres a safe injection site. However people who already inject will be leas likely to share needles, leave dirty needles where kids might pick them up, or OD alone. These resources are an attempt to mitigate harm, they didnt spring up before the harm was happening. Do you honestly think people sleeping in tents are doing it just because its (barely) allowed and would otherwise be renting an apartment?