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Letter to Dr. Hedy Fry about Bill C-304

Here is the letter that I sent to my Member of Parliament , the Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, asking her to support Bill C-304 an Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing Canadians. Here is link to the Act which would operationalize Canada’s international commitments to provide housing for everyone in this country.Bill [...]

Libby Davies-Homelessness Relay Hunger Strike

Does your Member of Parliament support Bill C-304?

On Sunday, January 10, 2010 Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, will start the Homelessness Relay Hunger Strike, a week-long fast to bring attention to the lack of a national housing strategy. For the past year different individuals have completed a week-long hunger strike initiated by Am Johal last year.Hunger Strike While most [...]

Matt Hern, Common Ground in a Liquid City

Winter Solstice 2009

Am Johal: the right to the city

Am Johal: nomination for news maker of the year

Every year the Courier has a “news maker of the year” edition where they ask various people in the city to nominate worthy candidates for the title. Below is my nomination for this year in the unedited version that I submitted. Am Johal for news maker of 2009 The key issue that the city of [...]

Charlie Smith: think democracy forum

Neil Monckton: think democracy forum

Vigil at Liberal MP Hedy Fry’s constituency office

Time: Wednesday, December 9 at 12:00 PM- 2 PM Venue:: Denman between Nelson and Comox Place: 1030 Denman St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Host: Canadian Memorial Unietd Church Join Voters Tacking Action on Climate and Canadian Memorial United Church for a vigil outside Hedy Fry’s office. We would like to know why Hedy voted to [...]