The city council of Williams Lake, B.C., is considering a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and escorting people displaying public intoxication or severe mental health issues to the hospital. Mayor Surinderpal Rathor says he hopes this will help the city’s reputation and discipline repeat offenders.
When I lived much further north, we used to get a bus full once a year. They were given cash and told to make a life for themselves. Anyone from a small northern town knows how hard it can be to be a new person, even with a full time job and income.
They were set up to fail.