In 2022 the heartless, capitalist nation had 0.17% homeless. The kind and generous nation has 0.78% homeless.
The homeless count for Canada is here, Canada population here. The U.S. homeless count is here, population here.
Where would you rather down and out: the kind and generous nation or the heartless, fiercely capitalist nation?
I lived (and practiced medicine) in Canada for twelve years....in the Ottawa area.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I lived in downtown Ottawa (the Chapel Hill area), within walking distance of Parliament hill. Chapel Hill is immediately adjacent to what was called lower town, an economically depressed area that housed a lot of 'social housing' complexes. In the summer, it was difficult for me to go on a walk about the streets, with or without my dog, because of the abusive comments we would receive from drug abusers and sex workers and their ...sponsors.
The city of Ottawa, and the federal government, collectively paid in excess of CDN $80,000 per homeless, per year. My wife, an executive level employee of the Canadian Government, made with her bilingual bonus, $79k.
Canada clearly was not and is not serious at all about their homeless.