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Duly Quoted: Michael Thompson

The Scarborough councillor writes about the community he loves, and represents at City Hall, in the wake of recent gun violence.

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“Gang membership can be an attractive option for young people with little hope of finding meaningful work. Any effective program to fight poverty-related crime must include employment opportunities and job training… There are no quick or simple solutions to a problem that has developed over generations.”

—Councillor Michael Thompson (Ward 37, Scarborough Centre), writing in the Globe and Mail today about Scarborough, gun violence, and the assumptions people have been making about both.

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  • Anonymous

    Couldn’t agree more and I’m not someone who often agrees with Councillor Thomson’s points of view. There is a solution beyond Policing and sentencing. Unfortunately the mayor and our Prime Minister don’t understand the root causes of this type of activity.

    • Anonymous

      They understand the root cause, they’d just rather have their friends continue to get rich off of it.

  • Anonymous

    Starting with employment-aged kids is starting too late.