Living without comfort, homelessness discussed
From his vantage point inside a cardboard box in the back of the room at the Indian Métis Friendship Centre Roger Riel watched the kickoff of Homelessness Action Week.
“I’ve never lived in a cardboard box, but I have lived on top of cardboard in, say, furnace rooms or apartment block hallways, using a piece of cardboard as a comfort from the floor,” said Riel, who was at the centre representing the homeless.
Riel said a couple of years ago, he was working part-time and collecting disability payments, then his circumstances changed, he was rolled for this rent cheque and began living in his truck, which lasted for a couple of years.
Then the truck broke down and he sold it and, “I’ve been couch surfing ever since,” he said.