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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Homeless People]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [ ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:814 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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What has been done to decrease the problem?
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One of the largest growing concerns in Toronto is the constantly
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increasing number of citizens who are finding themselves living on the
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streets. With the decrease in the number of available jobs, the population
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of homeless people has literally boomed. My questions are not as simple to
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answer as they may appear. Why is a large portion of our community forced
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to live on the streets? What has be done to decrease the problem? These
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are the questions I will confront in my essay.
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With the economical wealth attributed to the name "Canada", one would
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have to wonder why there is a homeless situation at all. This problem is
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especially evident in Canada's wealthiest city, Toronto. When it comes to
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the affairs of the people, it is the government who should intervene. When
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I look at what the government has done with regard to the homeless problem,
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I have to doubt that everything is being done to eradicate it. The United
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Nations implemented a universal declaration of human rights. Article 25
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Section 1 of this declaration states:
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Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health
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and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing,
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housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and to the right
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to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood,
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old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
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This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough.
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These rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country
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who decides to obey these universal rights. How much is "adequate"?
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The government, both at the federal and municipal levels, is currently
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working on new spending cuts. These cuts also include spending on welfare,
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unemployment and social services that are geared towards helping the
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homeless. Spending cuts can be seen as a necessity to maintain the country
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economically, but the reason for having a government in the first place is
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to take care of the people. How can this be done when money is being taken
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away from those services that are necessary to uphold this obligation?
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Simply put, it cannot. Those obligations are served by nonprofit
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organizations who depend on government grants to maintain a standard of
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care for those who need the services.
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The blame cannot be placed only on the government. Such a system of
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assistance depends on its beneficiaries to be honest and have some
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integrity. Many recipients of these services attempt to "cheat the
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system". With no will to search for work many of these recipients remain
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at home and reap the benefits of their weekly cheques. This causes the
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government to create other services to control the amounts of money being
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distributed to those people. This process is costly and would be
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unnecessary if all of the recipients decided to take an honest approach to
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this service.
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What can the government do to decrease the homeless population?
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Although there is no quick and easy answer to solve this difficult problem,
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Toronto has the means to attempt economical ways to research and come up
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with ideas to solve it. Here in Ontario we have many excellent
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universities and colleges with equally excellent students who are taking
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courses in the political sciences. If the government were to cooperate
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with these universities and colleges and have them work in conjunction with
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the current research groups, then the answer to decrease the homeless
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population would be effectively answered. The government would encounter
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little expense and at the same time give the students a chance to implement
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what they are learning into real life situations. Everyone benefits from
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this idea and there are no losers.
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In conclusion I think that our homeless problem could eventually be
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rooted out entirely if everyone were to take part in the care of their
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fellow neighbour. If we were to stop being self-centered and start
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thinking about the other person who has less than us, I am sure that we
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would benefit from it. It isn't all that hard. A few advertisements on
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the television and radio, a little push from our society's leaders and we
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would be off on the right track. That worked for the recycling program.
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Now we should try employing this idea for even better reasons. I doubt that
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I will be around to see this idea in use all around the world, but I do
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hope that I can one day see it used here in Toronto. To assist all the
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homeless here in Toronto would be a very nice thing to see. The best part
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of it all would be to know that we, as a society, would be able to work
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together despite all the barriers created by racism and our naive nature
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when it comes to other heritages.
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