[news] Anti-Poverty Committee Respond to DTES Visit by Governor-General

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Today over 50 poor people who live in the Downtown East Side (DTES) staged a demonstration during the Governor-General's visit. In preparations for the tour that was lead by (Vancouver Mayor) Larry Campbell and (City Councillor) Jim Green the Police cleaned the streets of any visible signs of the catastrophe we live in. Following a press release sent out by the Anti-Poverty Committee, the schedule was changed and the Governor-General tried to sneak past us, with no luck!

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/9/22/153845/541