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Tent City Olympic Protest

Chris Wakefield 20 February 2010 2 Comments

Via GetGrounded.TV:

No more empty talk and no more empty lots.

The 2010 Winter Olympics has escalated the homelessness crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Greater Vancouver area. Since the Olympic bid, homelessness has nearly tripled in the GVRD, while real estate and condominium development in the Downtown Eastside is outpacing social housing by a rate of 3:1. Meanwhile, a heightened police presence has further criminalized those living in extreme material poverty in the poorest postal code in Canada.

With the eyes of the world on Vancouver, residents of the Downtown Eastside and our supporters will be taking the streets to affirm our call for justice and dignity. We want:
1. Real action to end homelessness now.
2. End condo development and displacement in the Downtown Eastside.
3. End discriminatory ticketing, police harassment, and all forms of criminalization of poverty.

More information available at http://olympictentvillage.wordpress.com.

2 Comments »

  • syd said:

    Thanks for posting.

  • Chris Wakefield (author) said:

    No worries, Syd. Gotta’ keep the information flowing.

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