THUNDER BAY – After retracting comments he made earlier this week, Mayor Ken Boshcoff said on Thursday that he personally feels the city’s human rights approach to homelessness isn’t working.“I unfortunately have to deal with neighborhoods who are having an extraordinary amount of problems with people crossing across their yards and . . . instilling a sense of unease.
“We do have people working on it. They are spending a lot of time. So the focus is let's make sure the public understands the immensity of the problem and how difficult it is to deal with.” When he was asked what the city should do instead of taking a human rights approach, Boshcoff said he won’t go against the work of council. “I want it to work better and I'm certainly not going to undermine. I will be fully supportive of what we have to do and will support any initiative that can lead to people getting themselves on a healthy path.”