Olympic Kidnapping Act Protest

Downtown Eastside Residents & Activist gathered at Police HQ to protest The BC Liberals Assistance to Shelter Act AKA: The Olympic Kidnapping Act which was hastily Passed into law last month , Which gives Police throughout the City & Province the power to forcibly move homeless people into shelters & or to another location ( anywhere in the province ) This Act does nothing to help the homeless people of this city and province , in fact it displaces the homeless said Tristan Markle of VanAct & " Other " protest organizers from the Downtown Eastside, Tristan & " Other " organizers stress that this Act is an Unconstitutional & Unjust Act , needs to be repealed , they also said If the police are not enforcing this , then it should not even be on the books ,Lauren Emily Gill of Citywide Housing Coalition , organizers & Protesters chanted 2010 Homes not 2010 Games ! & Whos Streets? Our Streets! & Stop the Assistance to Shelter Act ! We dont want to go to Chilliwack !
The BC Government has had eight years to care about homeless Men, Women & Children freezing to death on our streets!
Housing Minister Rich Coleman has said in the past that the purpose of this Act is to prevent the homeless from dying in the streets during extreme weather; many at this protest and throughout BC do not buy that! They believe it is to clean up the streets of Vancouver for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games which runs from Feb 12 Feb 28 2010.
This Act was passed into law without any consultation with the communitys , The BC Liberals are aware that this act is vulnerable to Charter of Rights & Freedoms challenge , Rich Coleman has said that an illegal Act is a Risk his government is willing to take at this time , Pivot Legal Society of Vancouver is challenging the Government on this Act , That court case won't take place till after the Olympics are over ,

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[orphangordie]

Thankyou for watching my videos

[orphangordie]

Please understand this is not MY Protest , I am simply a guy with a video camera , Please watch my other 2010 Olympic & Paralympic videos on YouTube ,

[orphangordie]

I don't think these protest hurt their cause , not with the elected officials maybe with the general publics perception , harsh protest are heard protest , even smashing windows

is good for their cause ( none of these protesters in this video smashed windows ) not that I know of ,

[Zackarius14]

@jayBredd They were being given homes, but they don't want to go. Then the natives just saw a protest and wanted to join.

[jayBredd]

@Zackarius14 ^^ typical racist hoser

[Zackarius14]

typical natives

[katastrofffa69]

Straszne pedały u nas też są tacy ale nie tak głośni jak w Kanadzie.... good night left side!!!!!

[SPS148669]

@GennosukeKoga

Asians don;t like gaijin-foreigners in their countries so why should they Invade Canada and jack up the cost of living and TUITION which is creating all the homelessness and then complain when they better off in there Country in the first place. Your the GAIJIN! who should go back to your you came from.

[SPS148669]

At least it's NOT ONLY native people in these protest!

[captainlogon]

Common Tactic at these protests: shoot your video from a low angle to make it look like the 30 people present look like more.

[fuckfuckfuck1]

Remind me not to move to Vancouver. It seems like all the dirty, homeless, violent, pot-smoking fags have taken over the city.

[haha48]

@orphangordie frist thing out of everyones mouth what a bunch of dam hippys hope the cops start busting some heads.. thats what happens when people see people smashing stuff..

[JEEROI]

Everything the second chick said is just a joke.