the pieces are in place to meet this crisis head-on. We need only the political will, and I like to think we have it.
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Fredericton Council comes through for homeless, but would bolder have been better?
how’s this for a Tale of Two Cities. While our city council was meeting Friday evening to revisit that $900 thousand for homelessness relief here, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation was announcing $3.4 million for affordable housing in Moncton.
Some further thoughts on that City Motel vote by Fredericton city council
if you want to vote them out, fill your boots, that’s your right, but let’s put a cap on the hateful rhetoric. Just because they didn’t vote to our liking doesn’t make them bad people.
Fredericton Council votes NO to housing homeless
The most frustrating thing about Fredericton City Council’s vote not to cover the shortfall that would have turned the City Motel into housing for the homeless, is that the rationale the councillors who voted against it used was so damned lame.
City Motel would be a real game changer for homelessness in Fredericton
It’s the right thing to do morally and economically. We’re talking over $1M in taxpayer savings in one year alone (based on 40 people housed) But what we are really talking about is changing lives.
The dollars and sense of our Performing Arts Centre
So, when the performing arts centre is built and operating for, let’s say a decade, the return to the federal and provincial governments will be about $11 Million each. This of course continues to increase every year thereafter. With this side of the ledger considered, the expenditure doesn’t seem so bad, does it?
Gleaner Misleads Readers on Playhouse, Should Take a Stand Based on Facts
The Gleaner editorial calls for a Playhouse renovation which, years ago, was priced at $12 million. A modicum of research on behalf of the writer would have shown him that would be an incredible waste of money. Which is why the Playhouse abandoned that plan.