ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Dan Carter was once homeless and a drug addict. Now, as mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, his experience informs his policy agenda in a city struggling with overdoses and affordability. Homeless and addicted to drugs from his teenage years until he was 31, and suffering from severe dyslexia, Carter was fired from more jobs than he could remember, he said in an interview with The New York Times. “I really had no skills, no abilities, no education, no nothing,” he said. It was perhaps this background that appealed to voters in Oshawa, a city of 175,000 on Lake Ontario’s shoreline, who first elected him mayor in 2018. His background too has positioned him as someone who could bring his personal experience to bear on the city’s most pressing problems. Last year, there were 398 overdoses in Oshawa; the cost to the city of overdoses was more than a million Canadian dollars, or about $365,000. The number of homeless people is currently about 350. Tap the link in our bio to read more about Carter’s journey to become mayor and how he plans to use his life experiences to bring change to Oshawa. Photo by @ianwillms」12月5日 0時05分