The spring of 2018, apparently, is the season of housing policy reform. The Trudeau Liberal government has released the blueprint for its National Housing Strategy, which is still, incredibly, indefinite about how many low-income accessible social housing units their $20-billion plan will build. The…
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Homelessness, poverty, and the police state: Anti-election week of action exposes…
In the week before the 2017 BC election, Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) staged an “anti-election week of…
BC’s real housing crisis revealed in Maple Ridge: Standing in solidarity with…
On Thursday May 4, I went to visit a tent city in Maple Ridge, which was erected a week before the BC election.…
Editorial: BC Liberal mould has infected the walls of the house and only the…
Over the last 16 years, the BC Liberals have held power under Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark and…
From serving workers to serving the NDP – Electoral pragmatism and the end…
There is a famous expression that Margaret Thatcher’s most lasting legacy in British politics is her impact on…
NDP stands by 16 years of BC liberal tax breaks for the rich
The BC NDP 2017 election platform has been celebrated as a bold and progressive challenge to the BC liberals. The…
BC anti-election column: BC Liberals and NDP both promise a renewed war on…
On May 9th 2017, people in British Columbia will go to the polls to vote for a new Provincial government. For many…
You can’t vote against the free market – Lessons from the Greek struggle…
In September the Alliance Against Displacement (formerly Social Housing Alliance) began a discussion group series…
What happened to a National (Social) Housing Strategy?
People across Canada are facing hours of sifting through newspaper articles, watching interviews, and following…
Cities alone cannot solve the housing crisis and it is misleading to say they can
While living in the Mission area in 2013 I regularly picked up hitchhikers travelling on Lougheed…