In mid February, a report was released that received very little attention, but should have: The report of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing’s Mission to Canada (hat tip to Jean Swanson for drawing the final report to my attention; it can be found here; just scroll down to the “Mission to Canada”.) The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Downtown Eastside'
UN raps our housing record
March 11th, 2009 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Housing & homelessness, Poverty, inequality & welfare
Tags: Aboriginal·Downtown Eastside·homelessness·housing·Olympics·poverty·UN
End Poverty. It's Not a Game.
February 12th, 2009 · Shannon Daub · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Housing & homelessness, Poverty, inequality & welfare
That’s the catchy slogan for the Poverty Olympics, which took place in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Sunday. The event mixed fun and games with a serious message about our province’s failure to adequately tackle poverty and homelessness while we spend spend spend getting ready for the 2010 Olympics (more in this Wall Street Journal article…or [...]
Tags: Downtown Eastside·Olympics·poverty
