To the editor:
Re: "Liberals have helped the poor," Letters, May 24.
George Vytasek, in his letter published May 24 ,2013 says that the B.C. Liberals have purchased more than 25 hotels for the homeless and will construct 14 housing complexes on city land while funding shelters.
What he does not say is that when the B.C. Liberals introduced harsh measures and policies for people on social assistance in 2002, they helped create the tsunami of street homelessness that plagues us still. Instead of doing anything to fix the damage by repairing the huge tears they put in our social safety net, started by the NDP under Mike Harcourt, they are using a stop gap approach that has put only a small dent in street homelessness and has done nothing to repair or strengthen infrastructure. Neither have they done anything to apologize or admit wrongdoing to the poor of this city. So then, whose comments are without merit?
Aaron Zacharias, Vancouver
