[NefCanuck]

ZTWsugardaddy,Mar 4 2008, 11:22 PM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Mar 4 2008, 07:27 PM Wrote:Personally I have no qualms about the Ministry in charge of the grants having a say in where the money gets spent, at least there is some accountability, unlike in Toronto where City Hall granted $12G towards the reno of a strip club :blink:

NefCanuck
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I have no issue with this.
They offered grants to improve exterior appearance of buildings...PERIOD. This place qualified based on the criteria. Now people are creating a stink and making a moral issue of it because of the type of business. I was more offended when I heard there was an "Alcohol for the Homeless" program.
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Regarding the "Alcohol for the homeless" program.

This type of program is part of a "Harm Reduction" strategy practiced by the City of Toronto.

The reasoning being that if the alcohol is given to the homeless and destitute in a measured way, along with information on how to deal with the long term effects including help for those who are addicted and want to stop drinking, that they won't resort to crime or drinking homebrew that can kill them, to get their fix.

I support that before I support renoing a building based on criteria that are more than a little "interesting to say the least :blink:

NefCanuck