Canadian Press reports:
VANCOUVER (CP) -- The ripe stench of human excrement is getting stronger in downtown lanes, curling the stomachs of workers who no longer want to relax by the back door for smoke breaks.
"We're getting to the point where the need for public toilets is getting serious," said Charles Gauthier, executive director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.
"There's a burgeoning entertainment district, a growing homelessness problem and people have nowhere to go.
"I've been with the association for 15 years and it's just becoming more and more of an issue for more of our members. The stench of urine and feces in back lanes in
the central business district and the Downtown Eastside, where it's probably a lot worse."
Read about it here.
Boy, things have changed since I was last there. Today the public image of Canada seems to be corruption, cowardice, and human excrement in the street, and lets not forget the re-emergence of Karla Homulka.
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