Business owners in downtown Nanaimo are speaking out as more drug use and social issues surround the area.
“It’s a really sad sight to see on a daily basis and it really was a shock to our system to experience this moving to Nanaimo moving downtown and opening our business. We never would have thought it would’ve been to this degree,” said Pires.of what they find around their store when they first arrive most mornings.
A neighbouring art supply store has been in Nanaimo’s downtown since 2014 and the owner says business is down about 25 per cent due to increasing social issues.
Unfortunately the politicians have figured out how to harness the biggest voting group the homeless like pacing a voting both at our place.Exempt handicapped and seniors if you don’t contribute to society you shouldn’t be eligible to vote your a taker
Then pickup your junkie no gooder kids and stop supporting your local gangsters
Government failure is to blame. Whoever thinks supplying drug shootup places is the issue. Making drugs legal has only made it worse.
It’s ugly no solution insight police are grossly under staffed and courts are a joke I wish I was a criminal because there’s no consequences
Sign of the times under Liberal and NDP rule. It's not going away.
This your society on socialism
Its sad but the only solution as a business owner is to move and leave all those buildings vacant. The city won't act until the whole downtown is a ghost town. Victoria goes double imagine paying 50-100 sq/ft for this bs. Couldn't be me.
Social Disorder? Or a City Hall, passing the Buck to the Provincial and Federal government's, devoid of solutions. Accepting Federal Grants, 2.2 million, gladly received under false representation, while funds where funneled into employing more Bylaw officers BullyBoys. CSO's.