Toronto's (and GTA) social services system is completely underfunded and neglected. There isn't nearly enough capacity for housing those in need, let alone support and recovery programs. Not really sure what the solution is but its broken as hell. None of this is helped by the fact that so much drug and sex trafficking goes through this city.
Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
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#23> Chief among this escalation was the killing of eight on-duty Canadian police officers in just the last six months. For context, between 1961 and 2009, a grand total of 133 Canadian police officers were murdered in the line of duty – an average of one every four and a half months.
Imagine my surprise that years of ACAB and calls to defund the police would lead slain officers. It's depressing to me as a Canadian that we allow what's happening in the US to drag us down; I think our country can do a lot better than that type of discourse.
Re: Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
#24It’s because they didn’t get the political support to fully defund then police. Slight defund = more crime.
Can you explain why you assume that cutting funds for the police would decrease crime?
Why would a trend of increasing crimerate reverse if you cut police funding "more than slightly"?
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#25Canada has made a concerted effort in recent years to accelerate immigration and increase their population. I believe their population recently went up by a million in 1 year for the first time ever for example. For a smallish country, that's a massive leap.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65047436
On an individual level, I'm sure most immigrants are fine people. But there's a social cost to rapidly increasing the population too much, too fast without also increasing the amount of housing and other resources to take care of people and integrate them culturally into a country.
Re: Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
#26Note that National Post is a very conservative publication, and as such is going to have a bias for "tough on crime" solutions. It is not surprising that this article chooses to focus on bail reform. Personally, i notice that the sudden rise in crime happened almost exactly at the same time as the fact that rents jumped out of reach for many people. The fact that the spike in random violence appeared at the same time…
NP "very conservative"? Milquetoast, wanna-lose conservative is how I would describe them.
Half their webpage is dedicated to weed smoking and its lifestyle.
Re: Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
#27It’s because they didn’t get the political support to fully defund then police. Slight defund = more crime.
I think it’s more likely due to the fact that there are less social safety nets. When people can’t afford to live crime will increase. We’re working more and earning less. Productivity is increasing but the labor is experiencing any of the benefits.
When people can work a full time job and still not afford to support themselves you can’t act surprised when crime increases.
Re: Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
#2830 years of cuts to social safety nets, and life becoming affordable will do that. When as a country we prefer funding more policing, and less on affordable housing, healthcare, and education, we end up with a crisis like this. The fact that people act surprised is mind boggling. People have been warning about this for decades. I fear that this is only the start of a worsening trend.
I think you mean "life becoming unaffordable..."
Re: Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
#29This is not news, nor is it 'hacker' content; I don't think this has a place on HN.
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#30I’m not saying there isn’t an issue, but you’d never know from this article. Lots of weasel words & assumptions. (“How many stabbings do we not know about because they missed vital organs?”) This definitely isn’t journalism.