[news] The Obscenity of Vancouver's Olympic Games: Here Comes Frankenstein

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Since the Olympics were awarded to Vancouver in 2003, over 800 units of low-income housing have been lost from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood due to conversions...Global capital meets local greed. Real estate and tourism interests trump the needs of the long term low-income community which has called this neighbourhood home for decades.

  


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    [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_obscenity_of_vancouvers_olympic_games_here_comes_frankenstein

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