You Were My Sunshine  
Jan Carrie Steven Niagara Raging Grannies

Chorus:

You were my sunshine, my darling sunshine
You made me happy when skies were grey
You cannot know dear how much I miss you
Unsafe drugs took you away…

The other night dear when I was searching,
I saw so many needled arms, Without a safe hub there will be more deaths.
We are raging against the harm.

Chorus

I’ve always loved you though you went missing
Our social service net is broke
Premier Ford please have compassion
You are shatt’ring all of my hopes

Chorus

Our grands need housing, safe drugs, and health care
Every grandchild needs a hand
The HART Hub’s a first step in healing
No more deaths” is our demand

Chorus.

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SEARCHING FOR SAFER PLACES
Tune of “This Land Is Your Land”
Aidan Friesen/Jan Steven

You paused the funding
For harm reduction
So now we’re asking
What comes next in your instruction?
Because folks are searching,
For safer places—
And public spaces belong to everyone.

They seek out washrooms,
They rest near storefronts,
They find the play parks
Where kids and families come.
We all share sidewalks,
We all share benches—
And kindness builds a safer place for everyone.

DANCE OF COMPASSION
Tune of Lord of the Dance Aiddan Freisen, Jan Steven

You made your pledges, you signed your deals,
You filled your plates at political meals.
But now the families are knocking at your door,
Asking why the kids can’t be safe anymore.
‘Cause our sons and our daughters are lost in the streets,
And the silence echoes through every heartbeat.
The truth is heavy, it’s hard to bear—
We need compassion, not just a prayer.
Your brother struggled, you said he tried,
But what of the others who’ve also died?
We need support, not shame or blame,
We need a system that knows their names.
Dougie, wherever you may be—
Do the voices of the grieving ever speak to thee?
Do you lie awake, do you feel the weight,
Of lives cut short we could still save?

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Where Have All the Campers Gone?
Aidan Friesen/Jan Steven Aug. ‘25

Where have all the campers gone?
Relocated.
Where have all the campers gone?
Moved far away.
Where has all the care gone now?
To profit margins.
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
Where is our compassion now?
We must find it.
Where is our compassion now?
Let’s bring it back.
Where is all the time they had?
Lost in waiting.
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
Where is social equity?
We can build it.
Where is social equity?
It starts with us.
Where is the hope we hold?
In every action.
Together we can learn.
Together we can learn.