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Please help fight corruption in this city by making a 10 minute video or less

of your experiences of corruption in Victoria BC with Organizations in the city and staff

who work for these organizations,

Finish your video with a comment about what you believe needs to change and

how these org's, The City Of Victoria and the system as a whole are standing in our way of overcoming Homelessness, Mental Health & Addiction.

I just went through this. I am 3 years sober on July 4th, and the shelter system tried to accuse me of drinking when I have worked my ass off to stay sober and clean after enough Trauma. Then I was brave enough to even walk My foot in the door instead of staying in my car and it was retraumating. Being woken up every two hours which caused me to be exhausted the next day with blood shot eyes, exhausted. It was so terrible. I left, and I better not be the blame just for being down, and doing what was right.

Being from the praries, (6 -7 years ago) I was shocked at the fact that any housing for the poor is not following basic tenant rights. The staff can essentially do whatever they want and so many people who are vulnerable are at their mercy. People are kicked out and back on the streets if they are not playing by the rules of favoritism. Not to mention the awful things that Bylaw officers and the police do to those who are most vulnerable of all. Tossing their tents, blankets, clothing etc daily and waiting for the day of cheques or when someone leaves their stuff unattended to run to the washroom. It's harrassment, dehumanizing and horrible. To think they are supposed to be helping us and they are the ones that are hindering us. Ive seen so much disrespect and stereotyping of the poor and homeless in the press, the community and in the organizations staff that are pretending to be compassionate and helping us. Some people are genuinely trying to help but sadly at least half of them arent. They're in this for the money, not for making the world a better place or helping people. They have spots for people on the streets who need mental health care yet the rooms are wmpty. Sone rooms are occupied by people who don't need the extra support yet they won't move us since that would mean more work for them to have to deal with clients that need more support. Why would they do that when they receive the money from the government whether there's tenants in these rooms or not? There were empty rooms on either side of me for months and I had to walk past many many people outside of the building who could've been in the rooms warm and dry and safe, It made no sense, Why the long waiting for places when I know that there are empty rooms. They should be filled-in by the following month. They were receiving more money by pretending that there was a recovery floor and told us to keep our paraphernalia put away etc for inspections so that that could receive extra funding. There's tons of other things that I have figured out but I am rambling on so I would love to hear from others about how they're doing and what they're noticing in the housing projects that are set in place to live yet aren't very livable.....

The liberal woke salvation army received my mother's house and bank accounts and will not return calls.............

I also tell them my car was broken down to see what they would do.... not a single reply........... Call the multiple times

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