So much hot Air, the new HST will cost the poor even more, a PG Heating and Hydro Bill lets say of 1500 buck it will be 7% Pst or 105 Dollars more, when will the Government ever stop inventing new Taxes.

Never would be my guess.

How many agencies employing how many people to help the homeless? Has the helping the homeless druggies, streetpeople turned into an industry in itself? Just wondering. Seems the streetpeople and such are outnumbered by the so called helpers.

Homelessness Action Week, I sure would like to know what percent of the homeless are addicts ?
Where is any help for people working low income jobs, or jobs that have gone from full time to part time ? or help for people who work still but have less business because others have lost there jobs and don't spend money like they used to ?
Where is Working Action Week ?
I know some people through my work who have used shelters, and moved into housing provided and used all the programs provided and there still not working or supporting themselves, why ? because they have it to good, they would loose free medical, bus passes, clothing allowances etc if they got a job, and they wouldnt be able to sleep in and go shopping.
The system is not working !

There is no way, that it is right that people make more money (and benifits)staying at home on the welfare system, than if they had to work at minimum wage.

Unfortunately that is not the case.

Get over yourself Chris, stop playing the victim card.

LOL. Good luck with the lawsuit, let us know how it goes.

People are prejudice against me and they don't change so why should I pal.

Prejudice. Yeah right, you do seem to be an authority on the subject. For some really good examples, read your own posts.

I was out this week and some lady whom I knew a few years back is a snob simple as that. I know not everything but a great deal on World War 1 and 2. Anyways I caught her in a lie about her saying her Dutch Grandfather was at Vimy Ridge in World War 1. I yelled the Dutch were neutral meaning they never went to World War 1. I was so mad when she said that. How dare she. People here in Prince George are red neck hill billies and really know nothing of the past thats why this town is so screwed up.

Granfather at Vimy Ridge? Dutch?

While the Netherlands may have been neutral, that does not prevent an individual to enlist with a foreign armed force.

There are plenty of Canadian who enlisted in the US armed forces to fight in Vietnam, for instance.

In fact, he could even have been born in the Netherlands and imigrated to Canada, the war broke out, and he decided to enlist in the Canuck forces.

Did you check those kind of details with her, Chris?

Well you're here Chris, so I guess you are part of what you're generalizing about aren't you.
Myself, I like being a predjudice, red-neck hill billy. Beats being a hog-towner. I lived there for 4 years during my Air Force days. That sucks!! So does Vancouver.

If you don't like it here - - what is keeping you here? It's a free country and you have the right to move freely between all provinces. If I didn't like it, I'd leave. Surely there are other places you can live 'downtown'? I betting a lot of us 'hill billys' would offer you a ride if you're going their way.

"To me unless your family fought to be here"

What family? What generation? What "here"?

So who in your family did the fighting? What part of the armed services? Where did they fight? There was no fighting "her" as far as I can tell.

Chris. I move here in 1973. I did not have to fight to get here other than traffic on the highway in a few places as I drove three quarters of the way accross Canada.

My parents also did not have to fight to be where they were/are.

Neither did my children.

And I hope their children don't have to fight to be "here", wherever that will be for them, either.

There are people from Canada fighting in Afghanistan. Are they fighting to be there? Are we supposed to go and follow them to Afghanistan to settle in a land that they fought to gain for us?

My ancestors fought and fought and fought thoughout the centuries. Sometimes for the "wrong" side (the losing side), sometimes the right side (the winning side). It really did not matter.

In the end, we are the ones that are here. We are the ones occupying this part of the world for whatever reason. The rest is water under the bridge.

Look to the future, not the past. The past cannot be changed. The future can.

Well, I'm sure learning a lot about the Homeless Folks Week.

Chris:-"My grand father was Merchant Navy and grandma was British Royal Navy. What she was doing we don't know. She had 7 boys and died when my Dad was 16."
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What about grandpa, Chris, do you know what he was doing? Or did nature just kind of take its course whenever they became shipmates?

Grandpa never said much about the war. He was hard to deal with. Mean bugger. But I was proud that he was there. I guess it was more dangerous then being at the front. Where being at the front at least you were protected. I know one of my uncles tried to dig up where they married. He found out they married in New Castle England in 1946. the first was born there but Dad was born in Vancouver go figure. They had a long trip. The rest were born in Windsor. None of the uncles served. Most of them are construction workers and dad works for a hospital in Ontario in house keeping. Been there since 86.. I found out about that on google. The rest is from the uncles and Dad. I watched the movie Passendale staring Paul Gross not to long ago and at the end of the movie when the credits are rolling they show footage of soldiers. The one guy looked very much like solomon LeBlanc. I posted that on facebook and nothing so far. I do have 23 cousins and 6 uncles to tell you the same story.

History lesson to those who are to dumb to know.

Opinion-Chris living down town... The rest don't count.

What I am saying is that this has made me strong and fight against people who beat on the homeless and the mentally ill. It has been lets just say the only way for me to live here alone and be strong. I have taken something from the past and made it mine so I can handle the abuse that I do get from those who otherwise feel it is okay to bash people who have had to really struggle to get anywhere. I can be very mean and have learned to be mean. I have been homeless many time over the years. Wondering around not even knowing what the heck is wrong with me and allowing people to take advantage of that. So if I offend a few people along the way it's not that I want to but it just so happens that making sure that I get my story out is more important then allowing the public to just keep bashing people like myself. If that makes any sense at all.

Lol billm I got a huge mouth eh

If it makes sense to you that is the main thing. Remember, Einstein did not make sense to most people.

chrislivingdowntown sure has issues, but boy, can he type!