Friends of the Woodwards Squat

This is a release by the Anti-Poverty Committee stating that they have joined the national housing campaign 'Give It or Guard It'. The announcement outlines Demands included as part of the campaign (e.g. the restoration of social housing funding, development of anti-vacancy bylaws, and rent controls, amongst others), provides information on causes for the national housing crisis, and describes housing squats that have risen across the country in response to the crisis. The announcement also calls for other groups to endorse the demands and campaign.

This is an email from the Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) to the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty reporting on actions in a Vancouver City Council meeting, where the sale of the Woodwards building was discussed. It describes the opposition to this proposal, as well as an ultimatum letter delivered to all levels of government that discusses solutions to the housing crisis and lists the demands of the 'Give It or Guard It' campaign.

This is a leaflet produced by the Anti-Poverty Committee against the $6 training wage, brought in by the BC Liberals. It provides information about the training wage, who is affected by the reduced minimum wage, who benefits, reports studies on minimum wage and employment by the BC Federation of Labour and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and quotes business groups on their opinions about the training wage. The leaflet also announces their 'Campaign to End the Training Wage' and lists ways to get involved.

This is a media release by the Anti-Poverty Committee announcing a press conference on September 24th, 2002, to address the police brutality and unlawful arrests of the Woodwards squatters during evictions by the Vancouver Police Department, where all the squatters' belongings were destroyed or removed by garbage trucks. A lawyer from the Pivot Legal Society is to outline the lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department.