It's not quite three miles from Canada's richest postal code (West Vancouver) to it's poorest (Strathcona), yet they are two very different worlds.
What are we as a society prepared to do about poverty and homelessness in Canada
Victoria -- André Picard reminds us of the utter hypocrisy in the slew of financial bailouts we've seen (Bailouts Expose Health-Care Hypocrisy - Life, Feb. 12). The financial estimates to provide the basic building blocks of health - clean water and sanitation - to those in the world living in dire poverty (under $2 per day) would cost about $100-billion. Is that a lot of money? At 2 per cent of the more than $5-trillion that is currently being used to bail out financial institutions, telling us we can't afford it is profoundly disturbing.
I agree with Mr. Picard: This is not an economic failure, it is a moral one. And it's heartbreaking to see that message buried inside your newspaper and yet so evident on Canada's streets.
What are we as a society prepared to do about poverty and homelessness in Canada
Victoria -- André Picard reminds us of the utter hypocrisy in the slew of financial bailouts we've seen (Bailouts Expose Health-Care Hypocrisy - Life, Feb. 12). The financial estimates to provide the basic building blocks of health - clean water and sanitation - to those in the world living in dire poverty (under $2 per day) would cost about $100-billion. Is that a lot of money? At 2 per cent of the more than $5-trillion that is currently being used to bail out financial institutions, telling us we can't afford it is profoundly disturbing.
I agree with Mr. Picard: This is not an economic failure, it is a moral one. And it's heartbreaking to see that message buried inside your newspaper and yet so evident on Canada's streets.