Democracies are only constructive when citizens provide feedback to their leaders and when the leaders listen to, acknowledge, and utilize statements of appreciation, suggestion and criticism to effect better service to those whom they have accepted responsibility for.

1. Encourage assistance applicants to provide written feedback;
2. Acknowledge the feedback (show respect) and evaluate its relevance;
3. Provide responsible assertiveness training to staff AND applicants;
4. Provide empathy skill development training to social service staff;
5. Empower the justice system to quickly act on crippling injustices;
6. Revise Social Assistance Benefits to cover the REAL basics;
7. Provide payment for rent directly to the landlord involved;
8. Provide monthly transportation passes to applicants;
9. Give Stats Canada a mandate to report relevant bankruptcy figures;
10. Have Stats Canada report relevant and real unemployment figures;
11. Encourage hostels to relocate to less costly RE, closer to jobs;
12. Maintain an inventory of skills of those who are homeless;
13. Provide encouragement for employers who can utilize these skills;
14. Suggest options for which you have the authority to make possible;
15. Don't continue to abuse homeless persons with irrelevant standards;
16. Provide 2 shifts of staff for Employment Resource Centres, minimum;
17. Provide 3 hours per day computer access at resource centres.

1. Read this letter;
2. Ensure that you are not part of the problems;
3. Use the Resources to keep active, healthy, learn skills, help job search;
4. Reflect on your own experiences: What are constructive changes?;
5. Buy reusable earplugs for better sleep (usually cost less than $1.00);
6. Buy a good small lock for when you can use lockers ($2.00 or less);
7. Get assistance ...
   to reduce your dependencies and reduce your daily costs;
8. Eat less and good nutrition rather than more with less nutrition;
   • You may be eating irregular meals, and;
   • Your digestion may be sensitive because of stress, etc ...so;
   • Avoid curried/highly spiced foods as they may give you diarrhea;
   • Avoid meat sandwiches which contain discolored meat, or " ";
   • Avoid foods which may be contaminated due to a lack of refrigeration;
   • Sometimes no food is better than food which makes you sick;
   • Hunger pangs only last 24 to 36 hours, not forever.
     After that, no hunger ... choice rather than desperation;
   • Reduce or avoid alcohol, drugs, tobacco --- for better digestion;
   • Avoid eating low fibre, high calorie, low nutrition donuts & pastries ---
     they clog your intestines & constipate you.
   
   
   
9. Dry- and/or wet-wipe every toilet seat before using ... You don't need parasites from others: i.e. butt worms.
10. Sleep IN your clothes in most hostels --- so that you keep them;
11. Try to change your underclothes daily ... at least every other day;
12. Store your dirty clothes separate from your clean ones;
13. Try to get a shower at least every other day to reduce disease;
14. Don't sleep with anyone you aren't committed/married to;
15. Treat others as you would like to be treated;
16. Don't feel sorry for yourself: Make changes;
17. Do your best and your situation will improve;
18. If you like my suggestions, share them with others;
19. If you have more suggestions, send them to the contacts below;
20. If you don't like my suggestions, write your own report.

Mattresses and sleeping services are often not flat or comfortable. Be innovative. A folded towel can cover protruding and butting springs in a mattress or help fill a depression in the middle of the mattress. Unfolded complete issues of newspapers also provide cushioning from sharp or hard or broken mattress springs. Poor sleep and poor posture are real downers for the next day.

A fresher air smell can be had if the air in the room is stale, or otherwise to your dislike --- by putting a bar of soap next to your pillow.

1. Use the suggestions to improve your job quality;
2. Use the suggestions to improve your health quality;
3. Use the suggestions to get you back employed faster;
4. Give this Internet address to your friends;
5. Write, phone or call your elected representative with this address;
6. Write about your own experiences with constructive suggestions;
7. Get your own letter published on the Internet via friend or associate;
8. Use the links below to find the E-mail addresses of MPPs/Councillors;
9. E-mail all of your elected representatives with the address of Your letter;
10. Contact Journalists and Mass Media by E-mail or phone also;
11. Let me know of the address of Your letter and I will include it below;
12. E-mail me and let me know that you have seen and read this letter;
13. Become active as a volunteer in the community according to skills;
14. Donate food, clothing, mattresses, bedding, used computers, money;
15. Encourage businesses to donate any of the above items;
16. Encourage businesses to work with the hostels to employ their visitors;
17. Donate videos to hostels/resource centers re: assertiveness, job skills;
18. Become informed and learn empathy and compassion for others.

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