Edmonton business leader joins call for Ottawa to address downtown safety issues

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The CEO of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association is on Parliament Hill this week in hopes of highlighting the issues that are plaguing downtown cores.

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Business leaders from cities across Canada are in Ottawa, calling for help from the federal government to improve safety and reduce social disorder in downtown cores.

“These issues are affecting people wanting to live downtown, visit downtown. It’s affecting tourism, it’s affecting the mental health of people who live and work and own businesses downtown. It’s affecting the Canadian economy and people’s safety and well-being and ability to just exist as a community and be successful.”McBryan said Edmonton is not alone when it comes to the crime and disorder in its downtown.

“What we’re hearing from law enforcement, from Crown prosecutors in most provinces if not all, is that there are systemic issues around sentencing and bail that are preventing us from being able to keep our streets and our businesses and our communities safe,” she said.

 

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