Safe Streets Act: A Dead End

This is a media release concerning a potential Safe Streets Act in Vancouver being lobbied for by the Safe Streets Coalition, which is composed of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, and Tourism Vancouver. It describes a similar act passed in Ontario and the negative impacts it had for street workers, homeless people, and other people living in poverty. It also criticizes the government's attempt to resolve poverty through policing rather than social housing and welfare.