Homelessness a choice?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/its-our-duty-to-protect-the-homeless/article1296414/

This (BC Provincial) government never ceases to amaze me with their hypocrisy. If Tracey (homeless woman who died on street last winter - See article) had not died, and the Olympics were not being held here next winter (2010), they would not even be discussing this.

If you truly want to help homeless people, get them in hospitals, in therapy, counseling, and rehab. Yes, they will need a place to stay similar to shelters while they get the medical / psychological help they need, but FORCING them into shelters "during periods of extreme weather" (at a very convenient time. See Olympics.) is nothing but political. Premier Gordon Campbell couldn't care less about the homeless (among others), I'm convinced that if he could but them on a bus or train and ship them away from the city during the Olympics (without it getting public of course), he would.

This is the same person who during the last Provincial election PROMISED no new taxes, especially to the middle class, and one of the very first pieces of legislation his government passed was the Harmonized Sales Tax which in essence a tax on the MIDDLE CLASS.

If this government treats the middle class like that, can we really trust them to care about the homeless?