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WINNIPEG’S festering homelessproblem stems from no short-ages of contributing factors,

but the overriding issue is at the heartof the matter: not enough affordablehomes.That was just one of the themes of a

wide-ranging panel discussion Thurs-day morning, which was sponsored bythe Winnipeg Chamber of Commercein support of the Five Days For theHomeless Campaign.“Let’s do the math,” Kelly Holmes,

the director of Resource Assistance forYouth (RaY), told a jam-packed audi-ence at the Free Press News Café. “Theaverage rent in the city $450 (a month).Welfare is $285. This is why we havehomelessness. It’s a huge piece.”Holmes was joined for the panel dis-

cussion by Ross McGowan, presidentand CEO of CentreVenture, and IanGerbrandt of theWinnipeg Poverty Re-duction Council.Holmes offered another message in

arithmetic; criticizing the cutbacks infederal programs that impact grass-roots agencies such as RaY, which is de-signed to assist homeless and poverty-stricken up to age 29.“Thegovernment isn’t doing enough,”

Holmes said. “Is it a high priority forthe feds? Not so much. If the politicalwill changes, we’re the first to getflushed. We can take five steps forwardand 10 steps back.”However, McGowan countered that

available public funds aren’t as muchof a deterrent as how and where theyare spent.“I’m not convinced there’s not enough

(public) money,” he said, adding that apriority would be to prove to the gen-eral public and private business thatfunds spent on servicing the homelessrepresent long-term savings in emer-gency and health-care services alone.“Weneed to quantify that,”McGowan

said. “We need to show them how yousave money. That’s the soft spot. Busi-ness people do have a social conscience.But at the end of the day they need areturn on investment.”Gerbrandt, meanwhile, reiterated the

need to invest in private/public part-nerships with affordable housing as thefocus.“The concept is simple,” he noted.

“Let’s first give people a home.”Holmes made a plea for the chamber

to politicize the issue. “You don’t knowhow much you can do to sway (politicalagendas),” she said. “You need to be atthe table.”However, at least one businessman

took to themicrophone to challenge thatagencies such as Holmes’s aren’t doingenough to campaign for public support.WhenHolmes began to cite the challen-ges in addressing the centre’s clients— while fundraising and working part-time — the questioner said, “Those areexcuses. What are you doing?”Holmes concluded by acknowledging

that homeless advocates are sometimesdriven to frustration. “Sometimeswe’reseen as agitators,” she said. “We’re not.We’re passionate.”That frustration level, Holmes said,

has to be muted if community, businessand government interests can collabor-ate to address a social issue that’s onlygetting more complex and entrenched.“We speak different languages,” she

said. “That’s our next hurdle. It’s goingto take a bit of work.”Also in attendance was David North-

cott, executive co-ordinator of Win-nipeg Harvest, who cited that his foodbank has 44,000 clients a month, repre-senting about 18,000 households inWinnipeg.Of those 18,000 households, North-

cott said 14,000 list the cost of housingas the family’s most pressing issue.

randy.turner@freepress.mb.ca

By Randy Turner

NEWSPRINT TO THE RESCUE:TheHome Alone 5 Christmas moviestarted shooting in Winnipeg thisweek, without the natural snow Cali-fornia movie makers expected herein March. But never fear! Californiacrews have been fakingsnow scenes for years,using newsprint. “Yes,we can do this, but it’svery, very expensive,”said co-executive pro-ducer Dennis Murphy,surveying their snow-making effort. Theyneed seven days of snowshoots before they filmindoors at the Mani-toba Production Centresoundstage on PacificAvenue. Yours truly sawhuge lawns in The Gatesmansion area beingcovered with humongouswhite blanket under-cloths, to be sprayed with heaps ofbleached and shredded newsprint.Sophisticated neighbours in thearea are taking a suspicious numberof “health walks” to see Tinsel-town types decorate for ChristmasHollywood-style. Yours truly sawone guy on a ladder up an evergreentree, hanging two-foot shiny colouredballs over a green lawn. Surreal!Dayle Goertzen, owner of Vin-

tage Bling, is excited to be creatingspecial jewelry for the “bad guys”in the movie. Her dramatic designsbecame known to the stars, thanksto gifting suites at the Golden Globesand The Oscars in Los Angeles. “Igave away thousands of dollars worth

at the Golden Globesin 2010.” Some starswore them on thered carpet. Ironic-ally, when the wordgot out, it launchedher back here inCanada. “In an idealworld, Hollywood is

my target market, but famous jewel-lers lend out their expensive designsfor red-carpet mentions.” After ared-carpet event Elena Levon fromOceans 13 sent her necklace backagain with a thank you and an auto-graphed picture saying, “You mightas well sell it. I’ll never wear it againbecause it’s been photographed.”Goertzen’s glamorous online store isat www.vintagebling.ca. She worksas an educational assistant for RiverEast Transcona School Division byday and as a jeweller by night. Shestarted by taking apart sparkly vin-tage jewelry seven years ago — andmaking scintillating new pieces. “Igot so many requests it turned into

four hours a night watching CSI andfilling orders.”

STEPS FOR LIFE: Most of us can’trun a marathon. But most of us canwalk five kilometres with friendsaround Kildonan Park on a lovelyspring day. The Steps for Life Win-nipeg gang is starting to gather thewalkers they need to raise moneyfor survivors of workplace injuriesand their families, with early-birdregistration today until April 1. Manypeople involved in organizing theMay 6 event (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) arewalking in memory of 15-year-oldAndrew James who died in a work-place accident while at a summer jobthree years ago.“The money raised goes to the

Threads for Life group, which helpsthe families who have lost loved onesdue to workplace accidents or peoplewhose lives have been altered, andneed supports like counselling,” saysAndrew’s aunt, Vicki Ellison Ander-son.

“Andrew was a super-hard work-er,” says Aunty Vicki. “His nick-name was Woodtick at work becausehe was so interested, always around.Work was his life... He was a veryloving boy and is horribly, terriblymissed.”As are all the others who die

tragically in the workplace yearafter year — more than 1,000 a yearacross Canada. The family is TeamWoodtick and includes Andrew’sparents Roberta and Rick James andhis siblings Tiffany and Matthew,plus cousin Dusti Richardson and herson Kyle Richardson with his famousautism working dog, Bella. For moreinformation, send an email to: gram_vic@hotmail.com.

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Scott Angus (right) and Peter Parboji, ofFive Days for the Homeless Campaign.

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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Home Alone 5 workers lay out newsprint to create a snowy scene in The Gates.INSET: Dayle Goertzen is excited to be creating special jewelry for the ‘bad guys’ in the movie.

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