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Should the government increase funding for homeless shelters and services?

Increased funding would enhance the capacity and quality of shelters and services that provide support for homeless individuals. Proponents argue that it provides essential support for the homeless and helps reduce homelessness. Opponents argue that it is costly and may not address the root causes of homelessness.

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 @B3QNMWTfrom Ontario  answered…4 days4D

Homeless shelters should not exist. Governments should build apartment complexes that homeless can use to get on their feet. These government apartments could have mental health, drug addiction employees to assist these people with the tools to change their life.

 @B3G3R7Sfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Provide an economy where citizens can obtain jobs, live with purpose and affordability and the homelessness will reduce.

 @B37ZXR2from Ontario  answered…3wks3W

No, as many of the spaces are being underutilized. There should be regulation (provincial) that allow cities to allocate shelters for those who need them regardless of their current location. This would allow the burden to be shared equally.

 @B2W38R6from Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

Yes but mostly to services. The homeless shelters are NOT a long term solution. Housing for purpose is.

 @B2GG52Pfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

No, most people who are in homeless shelters have other issues that have resulted in them needing these services. Instead, funding should be put towards mental health rehabilitation and respite centers where those who can no longer take care of themselves are given the dignity to recieve care. They are then empowered to become productive members of society in whatever level of support works for them.

 @B2C6CJZfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

No, but they should reduce housing permitting and financial regulation process

 @B2C5GJC from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

No, but increase services to help reform mentally ill and struggling homeless people

 @B276TNNfrom Alberta  answered…3mos3MO

invest in homeless people to get jobs, they pay back what they owe at a fixed rate after a 5 years.

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Porn stars launch campaign against Project 2025 targeting swing states

Concerned with provisions of Project 2025 that could criminalize pornography, a group of porn stars is jumping into the 2024 election, launching “Hands Off My Porn” and purchasing $100,000 in ads in swing states to spread their message. “We must fight back against this ultra-conservative agenda that is rooted in religious conservatism, fearmongering, and the suppression of women’s rights,” Casey Calvert, one of the porn stars involved with the effort, wrote alongside the announcement of the ads. Twenty porn stars came together to found Hands Off My Porn, and they are placing the ads on sites that show explicit content in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan, warning users about Project 2025’s drive to criminalize porn.The ads will direct people to the Hands Off My Porn website, where they can watch testimonials about Project 2025’s dangers. “This ‘180-day playbook’ for the next Trump Administration puts the anti-porn agenda front and center – on page 5 of this nearly 1000-page document that’s endorsed by The Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch Brothers, and hundreds of conservative organizations,” the group writes online.Hands Off My Porn is referencing the foreword written by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, who calls for pornography to be “outlawed.” “It has no claim to First Amendment protection,” he writes. “Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned…telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.”

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