Tagged With: poverty
Homeless ruling needs pragmatic city response
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 17 October 2008 Now that the B.C. Supreme Court has struck down Victoria’s anti-camping bylaw, let’s hope that city leaders adopt a more pragmatic and compassionate approach. Too much public money has already been wasted fighting the basic principle of the right to shelter. The … Continue reading
When property rights conflict with the right to shelter: Victoria’s homeless and Winnipeg’s Derelict Building Bylaw
Published in Fernwood News (Victoria), January 2007 The private real-estate market does not provide adequate housing for low-income people. As the cost of land escalates in Victoria, property owners (like myself) can realize large capital gains, but a growing number of fellow citizens are squeezed into substandard housing and onto the streets. This is the … Continue reading
Social ownership of BC’s resource wealth: A vision for the BC NDP
Published in the Lower Island News (Victoria), June 2005 With 33 MLAs in the BC legislature, five MPs in the House of Commons, and hundreds of activists in local governments, the BC NDP is a powerful force. We must remember, however, that power is never enough on it own. Inspired by recent electoral success, New … Continue reading
Fifty protest against poverty in Victoria
Published online by the Student Activist Network, 17 July 1999 “Stop the war on the poor, throw this council out the door,” a crowd of 50 concerned citizens chanted as they marched through the streets of downtown Victoria on July 17. They were preceded by placards bearing the faces of six city counsellors who voted … Continue reading
Rolling over
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 27 August 1996 I was appalled to learn that US President Bill Clinton has signed a bill dismantling the US welfare system. That the so-called mightiest nation in the world, the supposed hallmark of the advantages of technology, industrialization, and unfettered free-enterprise, could abandon the … Continue reading
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Deal with root causes of homelessness
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 26 August 2010 Re: “Picnic brigade reclaims patch of Pandora Avenue,” Aug. 22. I live in the immediate vicinity of downtown Victoria, with all the social problems of homelessness and substance misuse outside my doorstep. I would, of course, prefer that poor people had housing … Continue reading »