McCaw: Homeless in Ottawa — don't judge them until you've met them

There’s an ugly theme at the heart of the debate about homelessness and addiction in Ottawa. It’s present in every news segment that shows a faceless figure sleeping rough in a city park, and in every social media post that casts drug users as inhuman. That theme is a gross lack of curiosity about the people at the heart of the debate itself: our neighbours struggling to find shelter and safety in a city where it’s increasingly hard to come by. Read More