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Five HEAT shelters shut down in Vancouver, Pivot calls for shelters to open year-round

April 28, 2011
| Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about the social impact of the HEAT shelter closing, the need for shelters to be open year-round, and the Red Tent campaign.

8:05 minutes (7.4 MB)
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City of Vancouver fails to include homeless rights

April 21, 2011
| Pivot lawyer Scott Bernstein explains to Carolyn Wong how a new City of Vancouver by-law will limit the type, length and area of many protests.

20:36 minutes (18.86 MB)
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No mention of national housing strategy in leaders' debate

April 13, 2011
| Pivot lawyer and head of the housing campaign, Doug King, talks about the lack of mention of a need for a national housing strategy during the federal party leaders' debate on April 12.
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Red Tent 2010 - Action for a National Housing Strategy

Aug 3 2010 - 12:00pm

Location

MP Russ Heibert's constituency office
106A - 2429 152nd Street
Surrey, BC
Canada
49° 2' 44.4912" N, 122° 48' 4.6332" W

We will be gathering outside MP Heibert's office as part of weekly demonstrations at the offices of MPs who have voted against Bill C-304 or have otherwise failed to endorse a national housing plan.

Our main message: Canada is the only G8 nation without a national housing strategy. We are in a housing crisis that impacts millions of Canadians, with increasing numbers of homeless people in our cities and neighborhoods. A comprehensive, funded national housing strategy will deliver results that are better for individuals, better for communities, better for the economy, and better for government.

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Red Tent Campaign
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Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to protest MPs who are against a national housing strategy

July 27, 2010
| Paul Ryan talks to Doug King about an upcoming Red Tents action and seeking dialogue with Conservative MPs who voted against an amendment to C-304, the bill for a proposed national housing strategy.

9:05 minutes (8.32 MB)
Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver 'Hope in Shadows' photo contest underway

June 8, 2010
| Paul Ryan and John Richardson talk about Downtown Ambassadors, Red Tents in Ottawa and Hope in Shadows.

21:12 minutes (19.41 MB)
Pivot Legal Society

Red Tent on sidewalk - ticket cancelled after Pivot action

May 4, 2010
| A homeless man's Red Tent on the sidewalk outside BC's courthouse resulted in a violation ticket being handed out and then cancelled

8:59 minutes (8.23 MB)
Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to replace homeless shelters?

April 14, 2010
| Am Johal, chair of the Impact on Communities Coalition, talks about a national housing proposal to be introduced in Parliament this month, and the Red Tents campaign.

15:03 minutes (13.79 MB)
Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver Homeless shelter dwellers meet, closure deadline looms

April 8, 2010
| Wendy Pedersen talks about planned closures of the homeless shelters opened before the Olympics.

12:06 minutes (11.09 MB)
Pivot Legal Society

Olympic red tents wrap-up

March 3, 2010
| Olympic Canadian Pavilion wrapped up in red tent protest. We talked to John Richardson about how the campaign went and what is next for Pivot and the National Housing Strategy protest.

14:28 minutes (13.25 MB)
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