Homeless victims of the Formula E

QMI agency

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 15:12

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The Formula racing electric in the heart of the quartier Centre-Sud, Montreal has not been that of the disgruntled among motorists and residents of the area : an organization that helps the homeless complains of not being able to give them food for almost a week.

A few days before the race, many of the parking prohibitions are in force in the streets adjacent to the circuit.

Due to these new rules, the small van of SOS Roaming could not park in the neighborhood. For a little more than three years, the organization serves free meals to the homeless of the neighborhood with this vehicle.

The police responsible for the traffic they were denied access and gave them a ticket for being parked in the streets closed. This Tuesday, they have received a new one.

“The resources are closed for the holiday, stressed the president-founder of the organization, Alexandre Paradis, in an interview with TVA News. To receive tickets, when is community-based organizations, $ 53 for are to be parked on the street or $ 60 to be too close to a street corner, it is a disgrace that the police are profiling like that.”

Mr. Paradis said in a discussion with a commanding officer in the position of the district, who returns the ball to its agents on the ground. The latter would have mentioned having received an instruction in this sense on the part of the municipality. When he tried to communicate with the City, was transferred from job to job.

“If they are not there, you do not eat, said Stephen, who uses the services of SOS Roaming. If you’re not in the state of move, they are there. It’s closer, it helps us a lot.”