Dear Editor:
Re: Burnaby library worker not surprised urine, feces, used needles reported in survey (Sept. 2) and Library Safety Issues (Sept. 4).
The Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness would like to acknowledge the dedicated front-line work of Burnaby library staff.
Acceptable standards of behaviour in the library need to be upheld by all patrons, regardless of whether the patron lives with or without housing.
The Burnaby Public Library website says “the library is a valuable community resource and a public place where everyone is welcome.”
It is important that citizens of Burnaby, who live without the basics of housing, food, clothing, safety and protection from the weather, be welcomed within all Burnaby community amenities.
Many of the people in Burnaby who are homeless have grown up here, raised their children here; many others have lived most of their adult life in Burnaby.
As we enter the fall and winter seasons, let’s be mindful of the increasing, and sometimes fatal, obstacles that our homeless neighbours regularly face.
For information visit www.burnabyhome
lesstaskforce.org.
Wanda Mulholland, on behalf of the Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness
