[van-discuss] Fw: [van-announce] Seniors, Students rally Feb. 11 in Victoria

[Paul Browning]

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> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:49:17 -0800
> From: moe <moe at kootenaycuts.com>
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> Subject: [pr-x] Seniors, Students rally Feb. 11
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> http://www.vcn.bc.ca/srsnetbc/hotitem/_actions.html
>
> Rally
> February 11
> 1:30 p.m.
> Legislature Building
> Victoria
>
>
> General Information
> 604-731-4820 (Lower Mainland)
> 604-576-8000 (Lower Mainland)
> 778-772-8012 (Lower Mainland)
> 250-360-1068 (Vancouver Island)
> 250-751-1222 (Vancouver Island)
> 250-721-8370 (University of Victoria)
>
> Honour our past
> Respect our future
>
> Students and Seniors have had enough of the
> disastrous policies of the B.C. Liberals.
>
> It's time to stand together to demand respect for seniors
> and security for future generations.
>
> Join us for a rally to protest cuts to Pharmacare and
> hikes in tuition fees.
>
> Sponsored by:
> The Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of BC
> BC Forum
> Canadian Federation of Students
> Old Age Pensioners' Organization
> Seniors' Network BC
> Seniors on Guard for Medicare
> Women Elder in Action opeiu 15
>
> RESCIND TUITION HIKES PHARMACARE CUTS
>
>
> CBC:
> Big protest planned for legislature opening
> WebPosted Feb 3 2003 12:05 PM PST
>
>
>  VANCOUVER - B.C. seniors and student groups are organizing a major rally
> on the front lawn of the legislature next week, to protest cuts to
> Pharmacare and increases in tuition fees.
>
> Fifty buses have been rented to take seniors and students from the Lower
> Mainland, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island to the protest.
>
> The groups hope to attract as many as 4,000 people to the provincial
> capital for the first day of the new legislative session.
>
> Vancouver Community College Christa Peter says she has seen 70 per cent
> increases in tuition fees for some students.
>
> "We're heading to Victoria to send a message to Gordon Campbell and the
> Liberals that the cuts in education that have resulted in higher tuition
> fees and less services, as well as the cuts to health care are
> unacceptable, and they need to be repealed."
>
> Seniors Network of B.C. spokesperson Joyce Jones says it's time the B.C.
> Liberals started listening to people affected by government cuts.
>
> "I know within our organization alone we represent about 30,000 to 35,000
> seniors, so you put all of our seniors' organizations together and that's
a
> fairly substantial part of the vote," she says.
>
>           LINK: Seniors Network of B.C.
> http://www.vcn.bc.ca/srsnetbc/hotitem/_actions.html
> [You can download a poster and bus sched from here.  - moe]
>
>  Jones says she hopes the provincial budget that will be introduced on
Feb.
> 18 addresses some of her concerns, but she's not optimistic.
>
> She accuses the Liberals of having "tunnel vision" as far as balancing the
> budget, something she says is not as important as the services that have
> been cut.
>
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