Thread by @RomyYYC, Holy hell. We fund the police with almost half a billion dollars [...]

Holy hell. We fund the police with almost half a billion dollars a year, and the response team that looks after people in addiction-related crises are in need of a $5000 used van because their old one is always in the shop.

#yyccc this is outrageous. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-get-the-doap-team-a-new-van

Help get the DOAP Team a new van! organized by Lena Elliott

We are fundraising to get the Downtown Outreach Addictions Partnership (DOAP) team a n… Lena Elliott needs your support for Help get the DOAP Team a new van!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-get-the-doap-team-a-new-van

City of Calgary FUND THE BLOODY DOAP TEAM.

"In 2020 Calgary spent more than $8 million just on replacing police cars--nearly half of the entire affordable housing budget."

#yyccc Council, the DOAP team relies on fundraisers to purchase used vans on Kijiji to take care of Calgarians on YOUR WATCH. https://www.theprogressreport.ca/defund_the_police

Calgary and Edmonton spend more than $750 million a year on cops. It’s time to defund the police

Every year your city’s police budget goes up while the budget for the things that actually improve the lives of citizens goes down. It' time to stop giving a blank cheque to police.

https://www.theprogressreport.ca/defund_the_police

This fundraiser shouldn't be happening, this is fucking embarassing. Calgarians spent 3 days talking to Council about systemic racism, a good portion of those begged them to fund services appropriately so police don't meddle with crisis responses, yet here we are. #yyccc

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