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We are a representative group of downtown eastside residents who advocate for the needs, interests, and aspirations of our neighbourhood.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Homelessness, Housing, Panhandling, Poorbashing, British Columbia
It is never a good time to be poor but the criminalization of poverty seems to be intensifying locally and internationally. In Vancouver this week, a homeless man died in a park in East Vancouver in...
criminalization, Homelessness, Panhandling, British Columbia, International
According to the Wellesley Institute blog, the Toronto City Council's Executive Committee has adopted a panhandling strategy that ensures panhandlers have access to housing, supports and income. This...
Panhandling, British Columbia, Ontario
Vancouver mayor, Sam Sullivan, has launched the Project Civil City (Link removed - No longer exists) to address "public disorder." According to the mayor the goals of the project are to eliminate...
Homelessness, Housing, Panhandling, Poorbashing, British Columbia
The Safe Streets Act affects many people, including panhandlers, squeegee kids, street vendors and charity fundraisers. Abrochure published by the Legal Services Society, BC Public Interest Advocacy...
Panhandling, British Columbia
Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of BC, End Legislated Poverty, and the National Anti-Poverty Organization v. Vancouver (City of). The BC Supreme Court rejected the groups' challenge of the City of...
Panhandling, British Columbia
On March 6, 2001 the City of Vancouver repealed By-law 7885 - A By-law to Regulate and Control Panhandling. It then amended the Street and Traffic By-law to prohibit "Obstructive Solicitation." This...
Panhandling, British Columbia
A challenge to the City of Vancouver by-law controlling panhandling was commenced in 1998 by the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). PIAC wanted to bring the action in the name of someone who...
Panhandling, British Columbia
-- from In The Public Interest, BC PIAC's newsletter, June, 1999
On April 30, 1998, the Council of the City of Vancouver unanimously passed By-law No. 7885: A Bylaw to Regulate and Control...
Panhandling, British Columbia
