MONTREAL — A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children’s song Baby Shark to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency exit stairwells.

Not the first: In 2023 a store in B.C. did the same, and in 2019 officials in Florida played it through the night near a city-owned patio.{ai:summary}<p>A Montreal shopping mall and office complex faces backlash for playing the children's song "Baby Shark" to deter unhoused individuals from loitering in emergency exit stairwells. Critics argue this approach is insensitive and inappropriate. #society</p>

Montreal mall playing 'Baby Shark' to prevent homeless loitering

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