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Tim’s took the sign down, but the councillor is wrong on so many levels.

Tim’s is not discriminating against anyone. They sell coffee and baked goods for carry-out or relatively quick consumption in store, if the store has seats. The one nearest my work does not. If they choose to let people spend a couple of loonies for a coffee and donut in exchange for five hours of hanging out they will do so, but they don’t have to.

The people who get all up in arms about how they care for the groups supposedly discriminated against by Tim’s have aimed their sights at the wrong target.

If homeless people have nowhere to go in McKenney’s ward, or in any ward in Canada, that isn’t Tim’s responsibility. The restaurant, as with all businesses, pays a huge whack of taxes so that elected officials can solve problems.

Tim’s has done their part. Has McKenney done hers, or is she too busy working on bicycle infrastructure?

Ditto for places for seniors. How the councillor thinks people with disabilities fit into the equation is a mystery, unless she just wanted to add one more sympathetic group to try to bolster her argument.

Perhaps her office at City Hall would be a comfortable place for a few homeless people to find a warm escape in the winter while seniors play a quiet game of bridge. Is the coffee on Councillor McKenney?

The homeless and drug-addicted present a special and heartbreaking problem for restaurants.