Larry Campbell's Downtown Eastside Battle: Despair & Hope

0:00Former Vancouver Mayor and Senator Larry Campbell is calling out the shocking indifference in the city's downtown east side where folks just step over. People passed out on sidewalks without lifting a finger to help. Appointed last September as a provincial advisor on fixing the neighborhood's deep troubles, Campbell now gets six more months on the job, thanks to. Housing Minister Christine Boyle, who's pushing to tackle those systemic issues head on. In his first two months, Campbell felt straight up to spare watching the scene unfold, and he quickly realized the web of service groups there has, exploded way beyond what he expected. He's digging into longstanding problems like severe mental illness and addiction, but a new twist is brain damage hitting addicts hard from fentanyl, and mixed-street drugs that weren't around before. With funding scattered across all these groups, Campbell's final report aims to spark real, concrete changes in an area that struggled for decades. And he's determined to make it happen. Canada News, today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.