Comments on: The Panhandler Law: Criminalizing Poverty in Winnipeg (Harold Dyck) http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2005/08/30/49/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: william clegg http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2005/08/30/49/#comment-344 william clegg Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:53:46 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2005/08/30/49/#comment-344 <p>The real shame in this sort of legislation - yes, it has reared its ugly head in B.C. numerous times - is that it targets thos of us who believe we have a social responsibility to share our meager resources with our most needy fellow citizens.</p> <p>It comes far too close to the infamous Indian Act which, originally prohibited any citizen from seeking redress through the courts for the theft of Native lands or any of the other prejudice-based crimes our Native people endured over the years. Bottom line, legislation that targets any mariginalized group as "criminals" is probably corrupt and bordering on facism.</p> The real shame in this sort of legislation - yes, it has reared its ugly head in B.C. numerous times - is that it targets thos of us who believe we have a social responsibility to share our meager resources with our most needy fellow citizens.

It comes far too close to the infamous Indian Act which, originally prohibited any citizen from seeking redress through the courts for the theft of Native lands or any of the other prejudice-based crimes our Native people endured over the years. Bottom line, legislation that targets any mariginalized group as “criminals” is probably corrupt and bordering on facism.

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