Calls are growing louder for facility improvements to the Calgary Drop-in Centre as clients who held their silence for months now speak out in the hopes of more humane livable conditions.
Earlier this week, CTV News reported on several photos taken from inside the downtown/East Village facility that show run down bathrooms, broken toilets, water fountains filled with needles and living space littered with garbage.
Allaby told CTV News he has since filed a human rights complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission, which was unable to confirm that complaint was in fact filed due to confidentiality reasons. “You can’t even complain to the management because they don’t listen, they don’t care. They just say ‘we gave up, we don’t care anymore.’ We are human beings, we have rights, we have a right to a safe environment and that is not a safe environment.”Other longtime Drop-In Centre clients are also expressing frustration including Joseph Herman MacDonald Barbeau who is constantly left wondering why staff members are complacently allowing drug use inside the building.
“The washrooms on the second floor are prioritized for this phase of work,” read a statement from the Drop-In Centre. The province has allocated $3.9 million in its recent budget for facility renovations and modernizations, but some clients like Allaby say more funding is needed to overcome staffing burnout.
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