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Problems getting welfare? Cut off? Stuck in appeal? Appointment three weeks away?

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This leaflet provides information on the provincial Liberal government's changes to welfare policy and offers assistance for those needing help with welfare, including information on Emergency Needs Assessment, childcare, and disability benefits. It also describes the basis of unity and actions of the Anti-Poverty Committee.
Keywords: 
welfare policy; welfare cuts; Anti-Poverty Committee; poor; rights

Welcome to Tent City

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a notice for squatters of Tent City informing them of the meetings and rules of the squat. It states that the squat is a political protest in relationship to social housing and regressive welfare policy. Squatters are welcomed to participate in the decision making and to keep the squat safe. This is written in English and Spanish.
Keywords: 
tent city; protest; squatters; social housing; welfare cuts

Refuse to Retreat

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for an Anti-Poverty Committee action against the two year welfare time limit that also calls for more social housing.
Keywords: 
demonstration; welfare policy

Fight Campbell! Fight the Training Wage!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for a public meeting organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee aimed at building a campaign against the BC Liberal's training wage.
Keywords: 
strategy; training wage; BC Liberals

APC response to the Courier article

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-10-4
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) response to an article written in the Vancouver Courier. It charges the Courier with constructing false divisions among the APC. It also describes the work of the APC and the solidarity between those struggling against poverty.
Keywords: 
media; poor; homelessness; solidarity

Fight to Win: Defeat this Government

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a leaflet discussing the need to defeat the BC Liberals government due to its attacks on the poor. It describes the Liberal's cuts to social housing and welfare, the aboriginal land claims referendum, amongst others. It also describes the actions to challenge these policies by poor and working people, such as a Tent City which demands social housing and an end to the two-year time limit on welfare. It lists other demands made on all three levels of government. It also states the 'basis of unity' of the Anti-Poverty Committee and the mission statement of the Housing Action Committee.
Keywords: 
government; poor; BC Liberals; social housing; welfare cuts; homelessness; Tent city; Olympics; Anti-Poverty Committee; solidarity

Protest Gordon Campbell!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for a demonstration against Gordon Campbell and his pro-business government organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee.
Keywords: 
business; poverty; Gordon Campbell; Anti-Poverty Committee; demonstration

Support the Woodwards Squatters! Social Housing For All!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet calling for support of the Woodwards squatters and for decent housing. It criticizes the Woodwards Community Consultation Processes. It demands social housing.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; squatters; housing demands; community consultation; social housing

Fighting Back in the DTES

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2003-04
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a newsletter written by the Anti-Poverty Committee and the Housing Action Committee about issues and actions taken in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) against increased policing and for a safe injection site. It criticizes the COPE city council, stating that they broken election promises in their approach to dealing with the poor. It also discusses the struggles being fought in the DTES community to provide for itself and the use of the direct action of disrupting the work of those in power.
Keywords: 
Downtown Eastside (DTES); police; poor; COPE; community; safe injection site; coalition building; community mobilization; Four Pillars Approach; housing; harm reduction; Woodsquat; social movement

Safe Streets Demonstration

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-06-24
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a description of a demonstration at the Annual General Meeting of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) by the Anti-Poverty Committee, End Legislated Poverty, No One is Illegal, Queers Against Capitalism, and others. It protested the DVBIA's efforts to transplant 'panhandlers' with 'beggars', as well as the proposed Safe Streets Act, which would further criminalize poverty.
Keywords: 
Safe Streets Act; Business Improvement Association; poor; panhandlers; representation; harassment; protest; Anti-Poverty Committee; media

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