Headlines From Mars

The move by Gordon Campbell and Rich Coleman to purchase some old hotels and upgrade them for the people who live in single rooms seems praiseworthy enough. I hedge my bets by saying "seems," because seeing Gordon Campbell as a saviour of poor people is not something to which I have been accustomed. Nevertheless, it "seems" a good thing.

A better thing will be an announcement of a steady and thorough plan to build social housing in the way that CMHC used to before it became as useless as tits on a lamp post.

What is definitely peculiar is the screeching way, way, over-the-top headline in The Rag's editorial today. "BC Government takes a big step toward making homelessness history."

Whoa, Rebecca!

When the folks who scripted that fairy tale all long dead and gone, homelessness shall still be amongst us.

Buying a few hotels is fine and good, but "making homelessness history?" Where do I get whatever Happy Juice these smiley faces are drinking? I gotta get some of dat!