[van-announce] [Fwd: Emergency Mobilization for Thornton Park Tent City - Saturday, August 16]

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-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Calvin Woida <calvinwoida at hotmail.com>
To: ron at resist.ca, emcg3 at shaw.ca, gflett1 at shaw.ca, jazmin1 at uniserve.com, megan at resist.ca, vid at runcible.org, bru at resist.ca
Subject: Emergency Mobilization for Thornton Park Tent City - Saturday, August 16
Date: 15 Aug 2003 14:04:48 -0700


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EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION FOR THORNTON PARK TENT CITY - TOMMOROW, SATURDAY 
AUGUST 16 AT 11:30 AM (North-East Corner of Thornton Park, right near Main 
Street Skytrain Station & the Bus/Train Terminal).


>	Today at 10 AM, Justice Pitfield of the BC Supreme Court granted the Parks
>Board's request for an interlocutory injunction against the Victory Squat
>encampment of homeless people at Thornton Park.
>
>	According to the terms of the injunction, all strucutres have to
>be removed by 12 noon on Saturday, August 16th.  After this deadline, the
>Parks Board staff, accompanied by police, will begin dismantling and
>removing structures.
>
>	Lawyers for the plaintiff had asked  that one of the terms of the
>injunction be that anyone who interferes with the removal of structures
>be charged with contempt of court for violating a Supreme Court
>injunction. The reason he gave was that there are provisions under the
>criminal code that can be used against people who knowingly defy a court 
>order.

Clearly the COPE (Coalition of "Progressive" Electors)-dominated Park's 
Board and City Council would rather throw homeless people out of one of the 
few safe places to sleep in their own community, than assist them in finding 
decent, affordable housing.  So far, all they've offered are platitudes, 
rooms in run-down SRO (Single-Room Occupancy) hotels, injunctions, 
disinformation, and contempt for the homeless and their supporters.

The Tent City squatters will be deciding on their next course of action 
today.  The Anti-Poverty Committee is calling on all our members, 
supporters, allies and others concerned about the appalling conditions of 
homelessness in Vancouver, to come to Thornton Park tommorow at 11:30 AM to 
support the homeless in their struggle for housing and social justice.

Our demands remain:

END THE TWO-YEAR WELFARE TIME LIMIT!
SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL IN NEED!
MAKE ALL 500 UNITS IN THE WOODWARD'S BUILDING SOCIAL HOUSING!


In Militant Solidarity,

Anti-Poverty Committee

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