Answer: Repentance
Explanation: Expressed publicly, this act of speech can be seen as an act of weakness or, conversely, as an act of strenght that exalts the image of the issuer, far from reducing it. It would then be a statement that contains three speech acts: the act of recognition of the fault, that of the proposal for reparation and the act of bravery that emerges from the public recongition of the lack of the politician´s regret is considered a discursive strategy of power that allows you to rehabilitate your image. In its strategic elaboration, the politician tries to appear sincere while mitigating or justifying the importance of the fault.
This is most likely because they believe that said homeless people -in some way- forced themselves into their current position, and that they are not willing to work to get out of it. It may also be because they see no reason for them to be homeless and/or loitering on the streets because, especially in Canada, there are a multitude of shelters for them to go to, and therefore parents can find little sympathy for the beggars.
