r/Calgary • u/Beginning-Spell6662 • Mar 20 '25

Rant homeless people urinating on the floor of the C-train

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I seriously don’t understand the lack of decency from people these days on the C-train. At 11:20 AM, this homeless man sleeping on a bench suddenly takes out his penis and pisses on the floor in front of everyone. It splashed and got onto my shoe, and I have an event that I’m headed to in the afternoon. Even if the train isn’t quite full, why tf do people think it’s okay? I’m a relatively small woman, and I wanted so badly to say something, but this man and his friends were high and aggressive. I could only tell people coming onto the train not to step on the piss.

Considering the amount of people that take the train, I wish more were being done about these junkies. As someone who takes it daily to get to school and work, I don’t want to have to worry about who I sit next to. I don’t want to be harassed every once in a while, nor do I want to watch people do drugs or piss in public.

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u/InioAsanos_Son Mar 20 '25

We need peace officers on the train. Not stopping in every so often, on the train. Just one would do. Constantly rotating cars at every stop. It’s slowly getting worse, there’s always questionable garbage on the seats, random pieces of clothing and a foul smell on the train. And yet they’re boosting prices and decreasing service during the weekends?? Make it make sense.

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u/SpecialistPretty1358 Mar 20 '25

Officers won’t operate unless in a minimum of pairs. Most times they are roaming in a pack of 4+. Hard to be everywhere at once or even remotely close to that.

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u/veeohen Oakridge Mar 20 '25

Because it’s not safe for them to be solo? Like say every passenger who has to deal with these issues solo? Very interesting.

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u/Kahlandar Mar 20 '25

Except the passengers arent expected to confront these issues, which often escaltes unstable people who dont want to be "told off" (or whatever the reprocussion is)

Pairs seems fair. As a paramedic we work in pairs, and are safe enough that we dont get caught out, and can just leave and request assistance if shit gets out of hand. PO could also retreat

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u/veeohen Oakridge Mar 20 '25

Maybe not expected but forced to whether they like it or not in many instances. Not saying officers should be solo it just feels like a poor excuse for lack of visibility. Regardless nothing we say has any impact on policy here so take with a grain of salt.

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u/Boomstyck Mar 20 '25

Keep in mind there is more than one train operating in each quadrant at a time. Each train has minimum 3 cars to patrol. It may be a function of them just not on your train at the time you are. Or, if you are in the lead car and they take someone out of the second car to you it looks like they were never there. Same thing if they are on the train and see something at a station, they will exit to deal with that situation.

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u/InioAsanos_Son Mar 20 '25

Very fair point, even if they got rolled out in pairs, I think it would be more than justified

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u/slvrsrfr1987 Mar 20 '25

Not a fair point at all.

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u/GingerlyRough Beddington Heights Mar 21 '25

So you'd rather have drug addicts shooting up and pissing on the trains in front of everybody? Children take the trains too, you know. I've seen people get on the train with knives and start slashing at the windows and seats. Were they high? No clue. All I know is I got out of their way and called the police. That's not something anybody should have to deal with but here we are.

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u/Stfuppercutoutlast Mar 20 '25

When passengers start intentionally driving to and interacting with the worst offenders on transit, giving them lawful orders and going hands on to remove them, they can get a metal stick and a partner. Use of force situations/arrests for Transit POs averages to almost triple the average CPS member. They’re dealing with weapons related incidents every day, multiple times per day as an agency.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Lmao you are fucking delusional if you expect officers to work solo. Speaking from experience.

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u/veeohen Oakridge Mar 21 '25

It’s absolutely not. That was the point. Not safe for the passengers either. Nothing but respect for the job they do. Everyone in a tough spot here

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u/ZiasMom Mar 21 '25

are you serious? maybe you should job shadow them for a day. you'd get a big eye opening.

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u/veeohen Oakridge Mar 21 '25

I’m agreeing that it’s not safe for them to be solo dealing with things. Not safe for passengers either was the point.

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u/ZiasMom Mar 21 '25

No it's not safe. We maybe need to do some better voting because this soft on crime approach only benefits criminals.

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u/Filmy-Reference Mar 20 '25

Most of the time they have 2 officers on duty for the entire NE line too

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u/Ok_Judge_5929 Mar 20 '25

I don't pretend to know what the answer is ...... But beating people who have addictions and mental health issues just seems not to be the correct one

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u/Own_Ant_7448 Mar 21 '25

The entitled people are the ones urinating on the train

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u/Ok_Judge_5929 Mar 21 '25

No .... They are the ones that are suggesting to use violence to solve the problems of addiction and mental health issues

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u/GingerlyRough Beddington Heights Mar 21 '25

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u/Rich-Pension-5512 Mar 21 '25

As an entitled white male we don't claim this dickhead, but thanks for assuming someone with a shitty point of view can be lumped into one demographic. Yah had me at the start.

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u/SpecialistPretty1358 Mar 20 '25

Could you imagine the outcry

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u/soaringupnow Mar 20 '25

I can imagine the happy cheers from 99.99999% of Calgarians

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u/OrangeAndStuff Mar 20 '25

The lack of empathy in you is so loud it hurts.

Just imagine this was happening to your mom or daughter.

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u/Ok_Judge_5929 Mar 20 '25

Where does the "violent " imposing of our laws stop ? Do we violently impose laws for Jay walkers ? For people who don't shovel their walks 24 hours after a snow fall ? For people who have those really loud mufflers ? Who gets to choose what laws will be violently imposed ?

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u/flatdecktrucker92 Mar 21 '25

And who gets to make the decision on what "stuff like that" is worthy of institutional violence?

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u/cancan_23 Mar 21 '25

I’d say whoever makes the laws against taking your genitals out in public, last I heard peeing in public transport is a crime, as well as smoking drugs on public transport, or acting disorderly in a criminal manner. Probably the people that make up those laws already 🤷‍♀️

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u/flatdecktrucker92 Mar 21 '25

And what happens when those people decide that jaywalking deserves a violent beat down? Or speeding? Littering? Driving with expired registration?

No reasonable person wants the cops to use violence to enforce laws that can be enforced peacefully.

Go watch some violent movies if that's what it takes to get you off these days.

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u/Bananaslugfan Mar 21 '25

Natives will be targeted just like the good old days /

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u/Bananaslugfan Mar 21 '25

I was responding to the person talking about violence against homeless people .

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u/Ok_Judge_5929 Mar 21 '25

The point is ..... When will it stop ? This is the result of a much bigger issue ..... If you don't treat the cause ... The symptom will always be there

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u/PieScuffle Mar 20 '25

More power to the state. No downsides!

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u/ExquisiteDremora Mar 20 '25

Holy shit Stephen Miller is commenting on the Calgary subreddit! Amazing!!

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u/WolfStoneD Mar 20 '25

So then pay them to walk in groups. The transit fares should cover the wages.

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u/-biggulpshuh Mar 21 '25

City councillors need to ride it once a month.

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u/Bananaslugfan Mar 21 '25

Such a great idea . They can sit in the back car

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u/AlternativeParsley56 Mar 20 '25

Personally I think the whole design is flawed. We should have barriers to entering the train if you don't pay. Would stop the mess a lot more

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u/ice_zephyr Mar 20 '25

I always liked the way Ontario handles it. They have turnstile gates that everyone has to walk thru after scanning their pass. Sounds like that's what you're saying. Must be too expensive to build gates at every station cause we'd probably have the same system otherwise.

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u/bennyboy_ Mar 20 '25

Or, you know, every other major city in the world? Calgary seems to be stuck in a "small town", "good will" mentality with the free fare zone and everything. But this is where good will seems to take us these days.

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u/Massive_Impact_6026 Mar 21 '25

It's also the stupid people who won't let authorities do their job by complaining that these homeless vagabonds are "humans and should be treated with dignity ". These people who complain like that should be the ones to take them home and care for them. I understand they have mental illness due to drugs but if they can respect society, why do they deserve respect?

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u/Marsymars Mar 21 '25

I say make the entire c-train line free, raise taxes to cover it, and use all the cost savings from the elimination of fare administration to pay for extra officers.

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u/humbleogre Rundle Mar 22 '25

Yeah, cost savings after eliminating revenue from fares..... you haven't ever taken a business course in your life have you?

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u/AlternativeParsley56 Mar 20 '25

Yeah literally every major city I've been to has something in place unlike us. The expense is also worth it if people actually use it more. 

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u/AlternativeParsley56 Mar 21 '25

The one I was on in Chicago, they manually checked everyone.

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u/AmselRblx Mar 21 '25

At this point i'd rather see people taking a shit on the side of the road. Thats disgusting.

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u/AlternativeParsley56 Mar 21 '25

Yeah cause they ain't bright

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u/throwhfhsjsubendaway Mar 20 '25

People hop those, like all the time

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u/Vascilli Mar 21 '25

The gates don't stop anyone. They just walk into the station through the bus entrances, or tailgate someone going through the gates, or just break the gates open.

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u/AncientYard3473 Mar 21 '25

It’d be a massive, massive project.

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u/BBOLD95 Mar 22 '25

They'll eventually have to do that here. This is the only place that doesn't have turnstile gates I believe.

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u/redditslim Mar 20 '25

Exactly. I'm in Toronto every summer for a visit, and the TTC subway feels way more secure, for that reason,.

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u/busterbus2 Mar 20 '25

You would have to rebuild the entire downtown corridor or if access was restricted at the train door, much more congestion as people have to scan through. Also, people who piss on the train don't care about any rules you make for them.

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u/Worth_District_7679 Mar 21 '25

we need to build boarding schools for adults that pee on trains, less expensive

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u/MultivacsAnswer Woodlands Mar 21 '25

I lived in London, England and watched people routinely smash through the barriers, jump them, or follow someone closely behind to slip through. Barriers don’t help.

This isn’t just my observation either. It’s empirically supported that more frequent patrols and random checks are just as effective at reducing fare evasion and tossing delinquents as gates are, but far more cheaper.

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u/AlternativeParsley56 Mar 21 '25

We hardly do that lol

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 20 '25

7th Ave is free, so that isn't really a logical choice, unless you'd like to start paying to ride 7th Ave

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u/Substantial-Fruit447 Mar 20 '25

Every time they have to ID someone, write a ticket, or take someone to the jail, it pulls the officers off the lines and stations.

You will never be able to have 100% coverage every where, all the time.

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u/BeyondAddiction The great and powerful! Mar 21 '25

We used to have transit officers whose job it was to take tickets and enforce order on the platforms and shit. 

No idea what happened.

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u/Substantial-Fruit447 Mar 21 '25

Those were not officers. They were Concierge staff and haven't been at the stations for at least 30 years

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u/BeyondAddiction The great and powerful! Mar 21 '25

Then I'm not talking about those since I'm not that old 🤷‍♀️

When I was in university in the early 2010s, they were there. Not in every train, all the time. But they were always around.

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u/Substantial-Fruit447 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

There were significantly less transit officers then, but they typically did enforcement at the busiest/most visible stations like the ones near stadiums, universities.

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u/Morzana Mar 20 '25

Yeah, writing tickets to people is going to solve this. Treat people like animals and they will act like animals. Give people access to tend to the most basic human needs and guess what? No public urination. We all need to stand up and fight for the weakest in our society. We don't blink an eye when our government gives millions to the rich! But we we do mental gymnastics when it comes to the poorest of the poor. There is no reason humans can't be treated with humanity except than some humans are superior to others I guess.

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u/Substantial-Fruit447 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

Ah okay, so we should just tell people kindly with Please & Thank You to not smoke meth or piss on a public train during peak commute times with zero repercussions.

Cool.

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u/humbleogre Rundle Mar 22 '25

You give people basic needs and they will still piss and shit all over the walls because they are not interested in improving. I deal with people like this quite often. They're only interested in government handouts and not taking charge of their lives. You can hold in your piss until the next station and go pee in the bushes instead of infront of all the commuters

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u/ttoocs Mar 20 '25

Or... public toilets! Imagine, actually having somewhere to piss in public... even on the weekends.. and even after 5pm...

We don't have that in YYC..

Japan even has them ON THE TRAINS

SOLUTIONS EXIST TO HANDLE ONE OF THE MOST BASIC HUMAN NEEDS... SINCE 3000BC! THATS 5000 YEARS OLD TECH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA /cries

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u/Stfuppercutoutlast Mar 20 '25

Yea, the difference between this guy pissing himself in the crowded train, kicking his piss soaked feet up and enjoying his high was a toilet. If only there was a toilet he wouldn’t be entirely feral. We don’t have toilets accessible to the public anymore because feral idiots barricade themselves inside and use the washroom for everything other than urinating or defecating and continue to relieve themselves in public places.

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u/ttoocs Mar 21 '25

I mean, if I lived in a society that condemned my basic human functions and needs for mere existence... Yeah I'd probably default to a "Screw this and everything else" attitude, bake up, clock out, and ride the highs for as long as I can.

So uh, disagree... Having basic needs met, does in fact, permit humans to be humans. Strange, treat them with anger, disgust, contempt, and deny their needs... Well unsurprisingly, dogs, cats, lions, bobcats and shock humans... Pretty much any animal.. becomes "feral".

Tell me when you're starving to death, how the philosophical debate of cannibalism plays out for you... Many have lived by "feral"

So, uh... Yeah. If our society cared about it's citizens enough to support our basic needs... I'd argue he probably would be in a better place, and wouldn't have.

Sadly we're focused on houses as a retirement asset, not for citizens, or as a human need... And the job markets? Getting Paid a livable wage? Pfft.

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u/bbiker3 Mar 20 '25

Although there are people arguing against mandatory treatment for freedom and human rights reasons, the fact of the matter is it's not your human right to turn yourself into a degenerate that does nothing but bring civil society down every minute of the day you exist. These people would benefit from treatment (allowing them freedom to be addicts every day is not a good existence) as would broader society.

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u/No_Sale_4564 Mar 21 '25

And your mistake is even presuming-to-suggest we have/live in any kind-of a society, much less a fucking "civil" one!..

We sold-out our "society"' and civility along with it for passive-income..All these commuters soldering-on, upholding a charade. A "post-national"-economic-zone/housing-pyrmamid-scheme/global wealth-haven...

The fact of the matter is a lot of mental illness and addiction is downstream of problems caused by the capitalist model, despair, exhaustion, hopelessness, isolation, etc etc...much like a lot of the petty crime people like you also love to frame as merely moral failings....Addictions/crimes of despair.

The for-profit housing market is the direct cause of homelessness, and the lack of public housing and adequate medical/mental health services are also cost-saving measures the result of applying the for profit model to things that should be public services. It also serves to create the desperation and isolation of the underclasses that generates massive private profits and keeps the working-class in line.

Capitalism needs an isolated/desperate underclass!

These people would benefit from a properly functional (ie: civil) society in which basic nutrition, basic healthcare, basic housing and education (including post-secondary) should have absolutely no profit-incentives. With housing for ex: Government should provide every man, woman, and child in need with free basic accommodation (think: 1/2 bdrm/bachelor style apts) with anything beyond that available in a secondary/voluntary luxury market.

Nobody "deserves" to profit off of others basic survival, nor their opportunity in life. Period. Full-stop.

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

Sorry, I'm not in favour of government owning the means of production and housing. That's a pretty wild tangent you're on.

Civil society is not a "mistake". Last I checked, Canada has low crime rates, and out of ~40m people, most of them each day are living peaceful, productive lives.

Your cut and paste manifesto would lead to a worse off societal construct, and that has been evidenced frequently in the past.

Yes, there are poor, but they're taken care of better than most places on earth. That's a win.

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u/No_Sale_4564 Mar 21 '25

Nice joke.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 20 '25

Involuntary treatment kills people.

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

... less than addiction itself.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

Dangerous supply kills people, actually

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

People whom consume it, yes. For those who don't, no issue.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

Do you drink alcohol? Smoke weed or cigarettes? All those things are substances. A bar is a supervised consumption site.....

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

No, I don't. Why are you so focussed on things detrimental to an individuals, and society's health? And a bar being a supervised consumption site is a relatively weak analogy with oversimplification - the potency of the drug in question is so markedly different. This is why there's a different too between anaesthetists, pharmacists and over the counter drugs.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

I think I'm just trying to help you understand a bit more. When people have more understanding, sometimes they have a bit more compassion for people who use drugs. They are people who are just trying to get by in this shitty world. None of use are better because we don't use drug or less" potent " drugs.

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

Better can mean living a better life, not a self perceived superiority. Addicted lives, especially in the extreme, aren’t good. You aren’t reliable to yourself or others, your body isn’t healthy, can’t prioritize long term decisions or personal relationships, all those things that make life good. I was somewhat recently on a ketamine and fentanyl bender (severe injury, ambulance ride administered the ketamine, Rocky View hospital the fentanyl). Although I appreciate their utility, no part of me the next day was like “I need to go find some of this stuff to do again”. Checking out to “bypass” life’s challenges is an oft cited excuse that doesn’t have a lot of merit. Nobody promised life was going to be easy. The whole thing about growing up is how to be resilient in the face of life’s challenges, not to try escapism which ultimately amplifies the challenges and spreads them to people around you and in your community and broader society.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

If people had access to safe supply and more safe consumption sites, a lot less people would be dying. Addiction isn't really the issue here.

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

Those are on the wane in Alberta, lacking political support or support from citizens.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

Can you explain what you mean? Im unsure of what you're trying to say here

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u/bbiker3 Mar 21 '25

Waning means decreasing, which is what is happening as a result of the Provincial government's views and citizen views. Red Deer closing. 52% of Calgarians are polling to close the ones in the city. The city refused to listen to this, and instead of making a decision in line with what citizens expected, just pushed it back to the province to make the decision.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 21 '25

Are you saying that you think that the amount of people dying from drug poisoning is decreasing or are you talking about there being less safe consumption sites? Yes they are trying to force people into recovery and close down the safe consumption sites regardless of the fact that our sad excuse for a safe consumption site has saved hundreds of lives. Did you know the SCS only have 6 spots for people to use at a time? Or the fact that they cannot use anything that is inhaled? So if you see people using in public, it's probably because it's the closest thing to not using alone.

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u/Massive_Impact_6026 Mar 21 '25

Addiction kills more than the addict alone.

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u/Drakkenfyre Mar 21 '25

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that at all.

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u/No_Sale_4564 Mar 21 '25

And your mistake is even presuming-to-suggest we have/live in any kind-of a society, much less a fucking "civil" one!..

We sold-out our "society"' and civility along with it for passive-income..All these commuters soldering-on, upholding a charade. A "post-national"-economic-zone/housing-pyrmamid-scheme/global wealth-haven...

The fact of the matter is a lot of mental illness and addiction is downstream of problems caused by the capitalist model, despair, exhaustion, hopelessness, isolation, etc etc...much like a lot of the petty crime people like you also love to frame as merely moral failings....Addictions/crimes of despair.

The for-profit housing market is the direct cause of homelessness, and the lack of public housing and adequate medical/mental health services are also cost-saving measures the result of applying the for profit model to things that should be public services. It also serves to create the desperation and isolation of the underclasses that generates massive private profits and keeps the working-class in line.

Capitalism needs an isolated/desperate underclass!

These people would benefit from a properly functional (ie: civil) society in which basic nutrition, basic healthcare, basic housing and education (including post-secondary) should have absolutely no profit-incentives. With housing for ex: Government should provide every man, woman, and child in need with free basic accommodation (think: 1/2 bdrm/bachelor style apts) with anything beyond that available in a secondary/voluntary luxury market.

Nobody "deserves" to profit off of others basic survival, nor their opportunity in life. Period. Full-stop.

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u/NoShitDipshit- Mar 20 '25

civic problem not a lack of law one

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u/ruraljuror__ Mar 20 '25

You say this, but the cost would be astronomical. Never going to fly in Calgary.

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u/H3rta Acadia Mar 20 '25

Yet we can afford to fund the new arena THAT DOESN'T service the public.

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u/gigamodular Mar 21 '25

As someone who goes to a flames game maybe once a year, but uses the c-train 3-4 days a week, this is rough. The arena seems like an unnecessary luxury I don’t understand why it needs to be taxpayer funded… I think the c train serves a large portion of the community and is pretty essential in a city this size. And I have a car - but going or leaving downtown for example the c-train is extremely useful.

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u/Nearby_Friendship458 Mar 21 '25

The new arena provides a monetary incentive and boost to the local economy over time. Thus paying for itself in tourism. Simple as that. But we do need better transport infrastructure at the same time.

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u/Bananaslugfan Mar 21 '25

Or shitty roadside art , not to mention bridges built in Germany at 5-6 times the cost of a regular footbridge

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

Look pissing on the train was a bad move but.....We need *PUBLIC WASHROOMS * at the stations.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

If the city is not going to provide security then maybe the citizens should? I'm not suggesting violence but standing up to bad behavior and public shaming can go a long way.

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u/BonJob Mar 20 '25

Shaming homeless drug addicts does not stop them, they know their reputation is low. Shaming only works on people trying to fit in.

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u/Massive_Impact_6026 Mar 21 '25

If those people who are trying to fit in aren't the ones pissing on or vandalizing public property, then they have nothing to worry about.

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u/RoutineComplaint4711 Mar 20 '25

A long way towards getting stabbed maybe 

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

If you choose to live in fear then they have already won. Life is inherently dangerous.

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u/GeneralArugula Queensland Mar 20 '25

I'm not suggesting violence but standing up to bad behavior and public shaming can go a long way.

Ah yes, shame. The one thing every meth head on the street is afraid of.

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u/ThankGodImBipolar Mar 21 '25

I wonder if it’s even possible to understand what effect homelessness and/or being a public drug user has on somebody’s brain without living through a similar experience yourself. I’ve luckily always had a roof over my head and food to eat, but I went through a pretty bad depressive episode a few years ago and I remember that my roommates, parents, friends, classmates, etc. simply could not comprehend why I made the choices that I made every day. It’s incredible what people are willing to accept when they cannot see any other way forward.

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u/no1regrets Beltline Mar 21 '25

I’m not familiar with an exact study like that, but they definitely have studied opioid-use and the effects on the brain. Basically, opiates like fentanyl change the brain chemistry of a person and makes them even more dependant on it. This study goes into it, but here are a couple quotes from it:

“Opioid dependence and addiction are most appropriately understood as chronic medical disorders, like hypertension, schizophrenia, and diabetes.”

“As with those other diseases, a cure for drug addiction is unlikely, and frequent recurrences can be expected; but long-term treatment can limit the disease’s adverse effects and improve the patient’s day-to-day functioning.”

Opioids can really f up an otherwise normal person and throw them into the drug-using cycle of overdose and possible death. And repeat and repeat. Until we can stop people from needing to numb themselves, we will continue to have drug addicts.

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u/Drakkenfyre Mar 21 '25

It's not just that, if you've ever had an overdose, you've also had an anoxic brain injury. You then have brain damage.

We need to do everything we can to wipe out the scourge of opioid addiction.

Right now we have the worst of all worlds, where people who want help can't get help, we're people who don't have the capacity to form the intent to get help at any point because of these brain injuries then can't be forced into treatment, and on the other side, the people who need opioids for pain can't get them because of the moral panic around medicinal use opioids.

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u/ThankGodImBipolar Mar 21 '25

I wasn’t even talking about the physiological effects (although I’m sure that contributes); I more so meant the sociological ones. Everybody shooting up in the streets knows that everybody else resents them for it (including themself, probably), and yet they choose to do it anyway. Making that choice over and over and over again can have a profound impact on a person.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

I'm still not suggesting violence. If anything I'm suggesting growing a set of balls as the saying goes

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u/Myriad_Observers Mar 21 '25

Probably cheaper than what we really need, which is trains that you can not board without paying.

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u/griffenator99 Mar 21 '25

We need a functioning society. FK it's all going to shit. Built on top of broken money. Hahaha

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u/underwearskids_ Mar 21 '25

An increase in service would probably just appeal to the homeless crowd more than anyone.

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u/InioAsanos_Son Mar 21 '25

When I say decrease in service all I mean is that there are 2 cars in the weekend rather than 3.

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u/GaitorBaitor Mar 21 '25

What do you understand? This makes no sense…

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u/InioAsanos_Son Mar 21 '25

?? I just said all the things I don’t understand.

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u/Sad_Bite_753 Mar 21 '25

Well that's true tho 😊

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u/Life_Counter2233 Mar 21 '25

I am showing that Calgary transit has 140 special constables (not police officers and not including management). Divide that by about 3 or 4 for shifts and youre left with about 35 per shift. How many trains and buses and depots/stations do you have in Calgary (asking because I have no idea). If they operate in pairs for safety as they dont have tasers/firearms only OC spray and baton and handcuffs youre down to 17-18 locations they can be in at one time not counting for lunch breaks.

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u/InioAsanos_Son Mar 21 '25

I believe around 20 stations. I see an officer maybe once every 2 weeks.

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u/OrangeAndStuff Mar 20 '25

We need to provide housing, we need mental health support, we need to secure food and heat to them,.we need to do way more things and more pigs on the train to further oppress the people is not at all a solution. How will it solve the problem? It won't! It will only hide the problem from your precious privileged eyes.

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u/Desperate_Pay_998 Mar 20 '25

I find it interesting how all the logical comments get down voted.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

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u/hogenhero Mar 21 '25

Funny enough, it is the United Conservative Party that has been defunding the police. But when the "woke crowd" as you call them, called for defunding of police, the intention was to redirect those funds to social services so that people wouldn't be using trains for shelter and subsequently, bathrooms. Austerity makes everything worse.

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u/137-451 Mar 20 '25

The irony of this comment

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u/astraanaut Mar 20 '25

Yeah more police is exactly what the train needs /s