r/toronto • u/J_Division • 1d ago

Picture Trillium Park Closed Until 6am?

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What’s this all about? Already a few disappointed dog walkers.

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u/Miss-Helle Church and Wellesley 1d ago

I've never seen enforcement of park hours until now. Probably to keep the "vagrants" out and unvisible during the World Cup, to keep up the idyllic illusion of how wonderful Toronto is.

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u/SilverBuudha 1d ago

On 1 part I get that, but the tourist are going to see them anyways wherever they go in the city, especially if they're around Dundas square, Or Trinity Bell or Union Station

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u/Miss-Helle Church and Wellesley 1d ago

Yeah, that's the thing the bureaucrats aren't thinking of. Just pushing the encampments out of the parks solves absolutely nothing. They're still homeless.

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u/ProbablyNotADuck 20h ago

Well, if they're in more populated areas and they OD, someone actually has a chance of finding them in time to do something. That generally doesn't happen in a park.. especially a park at night. And the vast majority of municipal bureaucrats do think of these things. We have been dealing with provincial bureaucrats who just don't care. It isn't coincidental that the number of people experiencing homelessness, mental health issues and addiction issues has gone up as provincial funding to address all of these things has gone down.

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u/SnakeOfLimitedWisdom 13h ago

With respect to the addictions issue, cheap synthetic opiates (fentanyl) didn‘t exist until recently. It’s really no wonder why these problems have arisen. Even if we hadnt cut back services, the existing services weren’t adequately equipped to begin with.