A weird cynicism developing this morning in Toronto today. A plan by a church to open a 12 bed shelter to run on the coldest nights of the year is being opposed by people living in the neighbourhood.

I often wonder if compassion is truly dead. When is our willingness to help our fellow man outweighed by the inconvenience of our fellow man being disagreeable to look at?


A young man at work, engaged me in a conversation about the homeless one day, he's a nice guy, but doesn't know much past the zeitgeist, said that he thought most homeless people were that way because they wanted to be, or were lazy.

We have to confront our homeless problem, it's our single biggest failing as a society. It requires our collective will, intelligence, and compassion.