Release With a Plan · Edmonton Chinatown
Three times on camera is not human error.
Since September, people have been released from custody onto Chinatown sidewalks, after hours, with no handoff to support. Security cameras recorded it three times. The minister called it human error. We are asking all three levels of government for one thing: release with a plan.
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What happened
Six weeks. No plan.
By the numbers
Chinatown already does its part.
Chinatown is home to many of Edmonton's front-line services. Releasing people here with no handoff adds to that load without a plan.
Source: Chinatown BIA Social Service Inventory, YEG Ambassadors, data collected October 2026. Commercial businesses not included.
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- Captions for each, with hashtags
- Posting dates and quiet days