It’s eerie.
In November, as everyone in the community knows, the City of Vancouver acted on its decision to “clean up” Hastings Street. Our people have been removed from the sidewalks and our public spaces, and have been threatened by by-law tickets and police harassment.
The streets are…
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Income Inequality & Struggles
National Conference to End Homelessness 2015 – Expensive lunches while…
In November I was a delegate from the Downtown Eastside to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness…
Social Mix is Exclusion
I’ve lived in Vancouver for thirteen years, in SROs for seven, I was homeless for about eight months, and now I…
The Ugly Reality of Anti-Poor Hatred
“People who sleep alone in the woods are in more danger than people in the camp. They’re always in danger,” Mum…
Welfare Rates are Tough all Over
At a meeting in early May, some MLAs from the NDP told a group of Vancouver activists that low welfare rates are a…
Mining and Gentrification
The mining company Tahoe Resources is currently being sued in a Vancouver court by seven Guatemalan men who allege…
1-866 YOU LOSE – Welfare puts people on hold
I’m imagining a discussion happening in the BC government between Premier Christy Clark and Social Development…
We are poor because they are rich
Finally, the proof we have been waiting for. Most of us have long suspected that the government of BC was in bed…
Hungry for a Welfare Raise – The 2nd Annual Welfare Food Challenge
A group of dieticians and nutritionists were among the people who took Raise the Rates’ 2nd Annual Welfare Food…
Will Transit changes hurt low-income peoples’ right to move?
There are big changes in the works for Vancouver’s transit system this fall, and they could make it harder for…