Day 4 - going well - and I am delighted to see the commentary/support/tweets/ facebook/discussion back and forth in support of the Hunger Strike Relay to End Homelessness. Keep it all coming!!

I've had many comments about the "wooden spoon" (our relay version of the Olympic torch) and the picture of me holding it and making a comment that I'm tempted to use it to  get Harper and Gordon Campbell's attention! I've been carrying the big wooden spoon every day and its weirdly empowering - Councillor Ellen Woodsworth who dropped by to say hello at Carnegie - gave me a friendly warning about it!!

Weather is such a critical factor in everthing we humans do. When its cold and wet and you're homeless, it makes daily survival even harder. Add storms/snow and more, and its deadly. Today - day 2 of my hunger strike relay - we spent the first half hour outside the Carnegie Center, trying to avoid the cold and rain, wrestling to put up a small tent cover, and keep the flip chart from blowing away and written comments from leaking down the increasingly wet pages. (Thanks Megan from my office - I know you got sopping wet). Love that Vancouver weather! But its not snowing or freezing so we are fortunate. Still, lots of wet feet, wrong footwear, people underdressed around us - huddled and rushing to get into warm spaces.

January 3, 2010

Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper, Mr. Ignatieff, Mr. Layton, Mr.