p1 Harvey Oberfled Nov 08 2010 COOP Radio

P1 Nov 08th 2010 radio interview with Harvey Oberfled, who is a retired investigative reporter that has worked throughout BC, Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and other areas of Canada; along with host Reginald Angus Argue. This program was originally broadcast on COOP Radio (102.7 FM CFRO) community run radio station out of Vancouver BC Canada.

During the interview the discussion was about:

Harvey confronted former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau back In the early 80s in Parliament hill in Ottawa about Expo 86 and funding for social housing. Harvey tells how Trudeau responded "he did not really care about it at all." Harvey went on the air that night on TV and reported about Trudeau's comments to him. Next day Ian Waddell brought it up in Federal Canadian Parliament in Ottawa; this frustrated and shocked Trudeau. At that time, Trudeau said he was misquoted. Harvey Oberfled confronted Trudeau outside of Parliament and asked what he meant by his words, and Trudeau's last comment to him was well "Fuddle Duddle" to you.

Harvey talks about how he confronted Premier of BC Gordon Campbell after he had torn up health contracts. Harvey asked Premier Gordon Campbell about the health Contracts he torn up, "are you going to be a Premier or a dictator?"

Talked about cost over runs on Olympic village people of Vancouver on the hook to pay, Convention center in Vancouver, $500 million for a retractable roof on BC place, which cannot be opened or closed when it is raining
Talked about how City of Vancouver should do better placement of individuals in need of socialized housing. Presently only 1/3 being put in housing near water front, where cost is around $600 thousand; rather than placing three times that number of individuals in units that cost in the $200 thousand range located in other areas of the City of Vancouver.

One solution given to help fund further social housing units would be to have everyone, who are working and living in BC Housing to have low cost mortgages of 30% of their wages going to where they are living so they could own it. The revenue generated off of this could go back into other projects.

http://harveyoberfeld.ca/blog/
http://www.coopradio.org
http://www.reginaldangusargue.com

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