Fight for Dignity – Abbotsford Homeless Await Court Decision
For 6 weeks this past summer, the Abbotsford chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug WaSurvivors and its team of lawyers…
Death by Cops on the Rise in BC
Despite new training programs, police are killing people at increasing rates in BC.
Over the past…
A grassroots reply to the City of Victoria’s “Sheltering…
On September 16, the City of Victoria will host a “Sheltering Solutions” workshop for the general public to help…
From the inside out – what we free ourselves from when we get rid of prisons
It is much like a classroom in a school on the outside with concrete walls painted off-white, long,…
Honouring Bea Starr
We are sad to note the loss of Beatrice Lucy Starr, wolf clan of the Heiltsuk from Bella Bella, who passed away…
The Plight of Migrant Workers
In recent years Citizenship and Immigration Canada has been shutting its doors on migrant workers. The…
Hope Against Oblivion – The Ayotzinapa to Ottawa Caravan
On September 26, 2014, Mexican security forces killed 6 people and forcibly disappeared 43…
Community Policing – Better Relationships or Better Surveillance?
In an op-ed written for the Times Colonist in April, Police Chief Frank Elsner laid out his vision for a…
Micro-housing: the non-solution solution
No one is saying Micro Housing is a solution to homelessness: not city planners, not housing advocates and…
Gangs and Drugs – Probing the Root Causes of the Shootings in Surrey: An…
Jagdeep Mangat is a lawyer in Surrey who focuses on immigration, family and criminal law. His particular interest…