Pivot Legal Society

#13: David Eby talks about Homelessness.

| May 1, 2008

Show Notes:

(00:35 - 15:49): Darren Fleet talks to Pivot lawyer David Eby about various issues in the news this week including: Most of the daily newspapers in Vancouver now officially sponsoring VANOC and the 2010 Olympic Games and how it might be perceived as being a conflict of interest (which got the Sun and Province blogs to respond); Concord Pacific's new 100% market condo development in the heart of the Downtown Eastside which was approved by council without public consultation; the InSite court case to keep the supervised injection site open beyond June 30 by the Portland Hotel Society and VANDU; the 2009 World Sport & Environment Conference in Vancouver and Sam Sullivan's round table meeting on homelessness. (15:49 - 25:12): The new Pivot report on housing solutions for the Downtown Eastside was released this week - David Eby explains why the winning essay was chosen and what the writer proposes.