The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the bedrock of fundamental rights that belong to each of us. They are universal, inalienable, indivisible and interdependent. They form the basis of all international human rights law and any society that claims to be a legitimate democracy must ensure individuals and the collective have the responsibility to provide the social license, which will guarantee these rights, are imbedded in the social fabric of society and the nation.
Article 25 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to adequate housing for himself and family.
I find it alarming that as a society we have become so programmed to a system of self-interest, profit and money that we allow basic and adequate shelter to be commodified to the point of excluding many without the necessary resources from home ownership and adequate shelter.
Full page ads in the Sun and half page ads in the Journal promoting the flipping of houses for the purpose of a quick and easy buck is but one example of how we, as a society, are becoming our own worst enemy. This type of free enterprise has no social value, is exploitive and caters to greed, those with resources, and a muted sense of social responsibility. It’s flipping madness.
Wilf Borgstede, St. Albert
