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"Emerging Directions" in the DTES: A Recipe for Displacement

Posted by Carnegie Community Action Project What's the LAP and where did ''Emerging Direc­

tions·' come from ? If you've been in the DTES over the past few days,

you might have seen posters for the Local Area Plan (LAP). "Emerging Directions" and the city's open houses. The LAP for the DTES is a development plan whose purpose is "to ensure that the future of the DTES im­proves the I ives of those who currently live in the area, particularly the low-income people and those who are most vulnerable" (LAPP Terms ofRefer­ence). For over a year, low-income residents have been working with City Planners to draw up the Lo­cal Area Plan (LAP) for the neighbourhood. How­ever, these meetings did not show any evidence of the City's plan to stop gentrification, which is dis­placing low-income residents. Consequently, an al­ternative plan for the DTES, called the "Social Jus­tice Zone" was created. In just two weeks, over 3,000 residents signed a petition calling for a "Social Jus­tice Zone" in the DTES.

Last week, the City released its "Emerging Direc­tions" repott, which sets the path of the development plan. There was one section missing - the Housing Section. CCAP took the "Emerging Directions" (without the housing section) to our Town Hall meet­ing on July 16th. We talked it over, but it' s pretty hard to know what to think about a development plan for the DTES that doesn't have a housing chapter. As CCAP volunteer Harold Lavender said, "the devil is in the detail, but the detail isn' t here." The committee saw the full version of"Emerging

Directions", with the Housing Section, for the first time on Wednesday, July 17th. The first city-hosted open house is on Thursday, July 18th.

Does that sound like enough notice to you? lt sure didn't to CCAP and the low income caucus of the LAPP .. With only two days to analyze the document, here are some initial thoughts. You can read the Housing Section for yourself here. And - most im­pottantly- you can give your thoughts by going to the open houses this week or writing to the city. Social Housing. In theory.

If you live in the DTES, you might have heard ru-

mours of the "60%/40%'' over the past month. Back in early June, we received a draft "Emerging Direc­tions" and were happi ly surprised to see that the city was proposing zoning in the Oppenheimer District ­the heatt of the DTES - for 60% social housing and 40% rental housing. While these numbers wouldn't mean enough units to house the homeless and replace the SROs, it would at least block condos in the DTES. Except there was one catch: "Social housing" wasn't defined. This means that there was no guarantee that any of the housing the city is committing to would be at the welfare/pension rates allowance of$375/mo.

Despite the low-income caucus' gallant efforts, the new "Emerging Directions" still doesn 't define social housing. This means that people living on pensions and welfare might not be able to afford any of the housing that the plan proposes.

This isn't an innocent mistake that the city planners have made. It's a strategic decision, a compromise, and ultimately a complete disregard for the city's most marginalized and vulnerable residents. The missing definition casts a shadow over all of the "Emerging Directions"' housing objectives. Housin crisis? What h crisis?

In "Emerging Directions", the city commits to build­ing 800 new social housing units over 10 years in the DTES. At last count, there were 850 homeless people in the DTES, and many more who are couch surfing, in unstable living situations, or just not accounted for. Allowing a I 0-year time frame to house some of our community's most marginalized people while the c ity invests in things in other areas, like art galleries, parks, bike lanes and a business characteristics sur­vey, is baffling. That isn ' t to say that art, parks and bikes aren't important. We like art, parks and bikes.

They should be priorities- after everyone's basic human right to housing is met. Going back to what Harold Lavender said, the devil

is in the detail': The city commits to ending "street homelessness" in the LAP. But what about people living in shelters or inadequate, temporary and unsafe housing? Street homelessness is just the tip of alar­ger iceberg. The tip won't go away until the iceberg does. Which brings us to our next point: existing housing in the DTES.

Rats! Irs business as usual in the SROs(!) The legendary biodiversity in the SROs (as in the bugs and rats), the shocking safety standards (or lack thereof) and the tiny room sizes are no secret. The c ity's 2005 Housing Plan for the DTES recognized that 5,000 SRO units needed to be replaced with self­contained units. The LAPP is supposed to implement the Housing Plan.

"Emerging Directions" takes a step backwards. It pledges to improve 1,500 SROs over the span of I 0 years instead of implementing the city's I: I replace­ment policy. Renovating 1,500 SRO rooms might sound like an improvement on the present s ituation, but- again- the devil is in the detail. Will new, big­ger rooms in existing buildings mean less overall housing? How will the growing " renoviction" trend be stopped? The city makes a nod to the need for rent control for SROs, but it doesn't clarify whether rent hikes will be allowed in these new renovated units. Renovating SROs might not just be bad news for residents- it could a lso be a bad business decision. The provincial government has been criticized for spending far too much money renovating hotels like the Washington when, for only a small amount more, it could have built new self-contained housing. What about the rest of the plan?

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There's more to worry about in "Emerging Direc­tions.'' The social housing zoning rates outside of the Oppenheimer district are dangerously low. With the exception of Kiwassa and Hastings East, there are no numbers for how much social housing zoning the city will consider. The 1650 units of market rental hous­ing won't help low income DTES residents. T he em­phasis on more suppot1ive housing, instead of plain social housing without institutional supports, is part of a pro-institutio.nalization trend worrying many residents . The proposed rent subsidy measures can be an effective stop-gap measure but can have draw­backs, such as increasing rents in nearby unsubsi­dized places, costing more than building new social housing in the long term, and maintaining the hous­ing scarcity that drives up rent prices. Caucus mem­bers have also raised concerns about a lack of atten­tion to services and supp011s for children, seniors and women.

That's not to say it's all bad. There are some nice .ideas in the LAP. The City has listened, at least in part, to 3,000 DTES residents who s igned the Social Justice Zone petition by creating a (more tamely­named) Community-Based Development Area in the Oppenheimer District and on part of Hastings. And, to the credit of community residents who have been making noise for decades, the document recognizes that gentrification exists. It also recognizes that gen­trification is displacing neighbourhood residents. Without a strong statement on housing, though, the pretty things that come from the LAP might never be enjoyed by the neighbourhood's low-income people.

As it stands now, "Emergmg Utrecttons" ts a rectpe for displacement.

But is housing really the responsibility of the city? The city is quick to say that the other senior levels of government are responsible for housing, and that "Emerging Directions"' and LAP are only a summary of the city's commitment. We agree that the senior governments should be do­

ing more. And we think that the city's role is to push them more.

How can the city do this? Recent history shows that when the city puts down an initial investment in some

thing, it has a good chance of leveraging more money from government. This is precisely what the city is planning to do with the art gallery. And this is how the city got social housing in the blowout surround­ing the 2010 Olympic Games.

We' re not suggesting that the city should buy land, demand funding from senior government and build more of the same types of government-run housing. Vancouver sits on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Gentrification is part of a cycle of ongoing colonial displacement in the DTES. Vancouver has declared 2013 as a "Year of Reconciliation." Many residents have ideas on how a plan for the DTES can spearhead this "Year ofRec­onciliation." It's time for the city to listen. And if you' re a DTES resident with your ideas about the future of the neighbourhood, make sure you take this moment to have your say. The next few months ­when the "Emerging Directions" become the Local Area Plan - are a critical time.

- JS & TH

SAGA OF A DUMPSTER DIVER (sung to the tune of "The Irish Washerwoman")

My name is Dan Murphy; a binner I am, I lift up the lids of every garbage can. Each bottle, each tin, and each jar I retrieve To take to the depot-for cash I receive.

I work in the wind and the hail and the rain. My shopping cart holds all that is still to my name. I'm up with the birds at the crack of dawn. On Vancouver's sidewalks I ramble along. CHORUS: The beer and the wine, and the glass plastic bottles AJI come to the depots without use of throttles. I wish I were rich and could then get a wife And never raid dumpsters the rest of my life. SECOND VERSE: One day I cut myself on some broken glass And then I encountered a pretty lass She gave me a bandage and an oven mitt And now the sharp objects won't hurt me one bit.

One day I encountered an unruly mob. They said to me sharply, 'Go get a real job!' I firmly told them to go take a hike That having been said, I jumped back on my bike THIRD VERSE: I went to a meet1ng at the city hall They were planning to build a new depot that fall The protesters said t it would create more noise More litter, more clutter, more unruly boys.

I told the protesters they've made a mistake If they don't like the depot, they can jump in a lake I then left the meeting and ambled on To catch a short nap before the break of dawn. FOURTH VERSE: I joined the Green party the next November And ran for election for the mayor's Chair. By a narrow margin I was voted in My opponents all muttered a furious din.

From my table of oak and my chair of teak I'll protect the homeless, the poor and the weak The selfish, the greedy, the indifferent I'll chide And tell dumpster divers that I'm still on their side.

Vauglm Evans

~ Humanities 101 Community Programme offers 3 free university-level courses for people who live in and around the Downtown Eastside & Down­town South.

The courses are for people who have encountered financia l and other barriers to university education and who wish to expand their intellectual horizons in an accessible, challenging and respectful environ­ment. Applicants must have a love of teaming, basic literacy skills and be willing to attend classes, com­plete assignments and pa1iicipate in group discus­sions. Applications for these non-credit courses are accepted not on the basis of past academic history, but on applicants' desire and ability to be part ofthe Hum 101 Programme.

Classes take place at UBC point grey campus on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Participants receive school supplies, student cards, bus tickets to get to and from class, meals, and childcare ifneeded.

Please attend the upcoming infonnation and applica­tion sessions for more details on how to participate in the programme. More information is also available at humanities I Ol.arts.ubc.ca

Carnegie Centre, 401 Main at Hastings Street Wednesday August 7: Hum 101 & Hum 201 at 11 am & Writing at 1 p.m + Saturday August 10: Hum 101 &Hum201 at 11 a.m & Writing at 1 p.m

Dr Peter Centre (clients of the centre only) Fri. August 9: Hum 101 , Hum 201 & Writing at 11 am

Crabtree Corner, 533 E. Hastings St. Fri August 9: Hum 101 , Hum 201 & Writing at 1 p.m

Vancouver Recovery Club, 2775 Sophia St. Monday August 12: Hum 101 , Hum 201 and Writing at II a.m

Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, 302 Colum­bia St. (women only) Monday August 12: Hum 101 , Hum 201 and Writing at 1.30 p.m

The Gathering Place, Helmcken and Seymour TuesdayAugust13:Hum 101 &Hum201 at 11 a .m and Writing at l p.m

Watching the dry wall s I'm over medicated. I see a rat dying from rat poison. He acts like me. I'm on the same stuff.

He sits not able to move but aware of what is happen­ing around him. I go to a private lab. Have my meds checked. I'm on a double dose. The results should be 2 .5 they are 6.5 It is a wonder I'm still alive.

Thyroid not functioning. Take these says the DR. For the rest of your life, They treat, not cure. I feed the thyroid, Preferring to cure. The pills would have destroyed the glandll-ll-_. Today it is working well. That much I can understand .

Pills for pain I took for years. Helped a bit, needing more. Double the dose, Can't walk aimiJ)g to walk through a door. Why take them at all I now implore?

I wean them slowly out of my life. One small grain at a time less each day. Until they are no longer a part of my way.

Over 200,000 a year from these legal drugs do die. I wish to question why? We are controlled through life with promises of help in our old age. Yet eliminated as soon as it is needed when we get to that stage. Is this by accident or staged I wish to know? The same ones selling the drugs are running the in­surance and pensions' shows, Is this the reason early we are encouraged to go. It is the reason I've quit going to the Allopathic Dr.

of that much I know.

Colleen Carroll

Oppenheimer Park *Our Back Yard *

Park monthly program schedules can be found at the Carnegie information desk or

at Oppenheimer Park.

AUgust Program and EventJ:fiQbUgbts:

Oppenheimer Park is excited to announce the 6th Annual Oppenheimer Park Art Show!

The theme for this year's show is "Fun and Games". We are currently seeking artist,

artisans and crafters who are interested in participating in the show!

Space is limited; priority will go to the Oppenheimer Park Community. Submission forms available at the park must be completed by September 4th.

Vancouver Asahi Tribute Baseball Game! Saturday August 17 at llam

Let the Park know if you want to play on a team or come out and watch.

Park Patron Birthday Party August 21, 3pm

Join lAS for cake and laughs

Light the Stage Community Theatre Workshops

August 23- 30 Jessi Nicholson from Light the Stage will be facilitating workshops to explore song

writing, movement and storytelling. At the end of the workshop there will be a performance at "Endless Summer" on August 31.

Space is limited please sign up before Aug 19th at the Park

The Park is always looking for Volunteers help us out. Whether it is picking garbage up around the park, helping with morning coffee, running a program if you would like to

volunteer at the park come over and see Carrie.

Workplace Essential Skills Training

Carnegie Centre's Volunteer Program in partnership with Vancouver Community College, is pleased to offer free Workplace Essential Skills training to Car­negie's volunteers and employees. With a flexible training schedule and lessons designed to develop skills that are useful in any workplace, this program has proven to be popular with participants and em­ployers alike.

Every participant who completes the program re­ceives a Statement of Completion from VCC and a $250.00 training stipend. Extra Benefit: Participants receive a VCC Student Number which gives them access to VCC's Library and Learning Centre until the end ofthe term. The Workplace Essential Skills are: :=1 Thinking; Reading; Writing; Numeracy :::J Document Use; Computer Use U Oral Communication 0 Working with others; Continuous learning Participants will focus on those skills that they most

need in their workplaces. The training itself is deliv­ered at VCC's downtown campus.

To be eligible, you must be employed by or volun­teering with a non-profit/social enterprise. lnteres~ed volunteers and employees can contact the Carnegie Centre Volunteer Program office for more info.

LUCKY

Wonder why sometimes not to be like them. what possible purpose So instead of repuls ion can some people hav~ oughta be grateful maybe none maybe JUSt in a way they make other people feel lucky take the heat for you

you're not in a wheelchair you're not dope stipid (yet) you can walk you're no crazier than everyone else and at least you can run away from your problems while others are stuck So buck up sunshine you got it better' n you know Believe me.

ALANON

COLLeeN'S CorNer Charisma don 't get no wrinkles Q

VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH

Alexander McRae, 2nd Floor Receptionist ( .... we call him 'The General'©)

Michael Bush, Dishwasher extraordinairre VOLUNTEER COMMIITEE MEETING

Wednesday August 14 @ 4pm in Classroom II ALL VOLUNTEERS WELCOME! Your voice

is needed and appreciated. VOLUNTEER DINNER ON THE PATIO This is the staffs chance to serve the volunteers who

served the whole community ALL MONTH © Wednesday, A•ugust 21@ 4:30 (for those with 12

hours or more)

Please pick up your Dinner ticket in the Volunteer Program Office BURRITO DINNER- VOLUNTEERS

-Monday August 26th @ 5pm

As there are 5 weeks between cheques this month ; our volunteers receive a Burrito Dinner served on the 2nd floor at 5pm.

Please pick up your burrito dinner ticket from the Volunteer Program Office CULTUS LAKE CAMP TRIP -August 19111

- 23rd, Yippee! Camp time is here once again . Fun in the

Sun! Our pre-camp meeting was on July 30th ..... . please look at the Bulletin Board to see if your name is on the Cultus Lake Camp Participants list. Thanks! POOL ROOM TOURNAMENT 8-Ball Challenge

The Carnegie Ball Breakers versus The Gathering Place 'Nut Crackers'

Refereed by Brad Hurlburt. August 61h@ lOam Objective: To win our trophy back ©

From The LibrarY Hi everyone! Here are descriptions of a few books

that we recently had on displ ay in the library. lf you missed them last week, come in and ask us to find them for you . And while you're here, have a look at our latest display, and enjoy the recently repl eni shed supply of paperbacks -- especially True Crime and Westerns (at last!) Later in August, the newsletter will include some reviews of some lesser-known film s by non-American directors. These reviews were prepared for us by one of our regular library visitors, a highly knowledgeable film ajjicianado who kindly agreed to act as a guest reviewer for the library.

-Stephanie, your librarian

Pink Floyd: the music and the mystery I by Andy Mabbett From the very first single "Arnold Layne" to the most recent special editions of their innovative mid­seventies albums, this is a track-by-track, album-by­album catalogue of every song ever released by Pink Floyd. It includes colour photographs and unex­pected details. A must for fans! Searching for the Seventies: the Documerica Pho­tography project Mostly photographs, with some commentaries. If you are of a certain age, this book is likely to evoke 3 feelings in you: nostalgia, nostalgia and nostalgia. He Moved a Mountain: The Life of Frank Calder and the Nisga'a Land Claims Accord/ Joan Harper. A biographical, political and historical account of his groundbreaking life and work. Craving: Why we can't seem to get enough I by Omar Manejwala '

When we find ourselves wanting something strong enough, we'll do just about anything to get it-­sometimes at the expense of our bodies, brains, banks accounts, and relationships . In Craving, Omar Mane­jwala, an expert on compulsive behaviors, translates the neurobiology ofthis phenomenon into real and accessible tenns, explaining why we just can't seem to get enough. Dr. Manejwala explains how and why our brain drives behavior, the warning signs that craving is evolving into addiction, and why craving is the most difficult component of addiction to address. He then gives us guidance to find satisfaction without always giving in to our cravings.

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- Summer classes -

ACTING BASICS

Mondays 6pm-9pm August 12, 19, 26

in the Carnegie Theatre

Create characters, Use imagination to discover actions,

face surprises on stage.

No experience necessary , Everyone welcome!

For more info: Teresa 604-255-9401 thirteenojhearts@hotmail. com

To the Carnegie Newsletter

When the bills pile up and they seem a mile up, don't despair or pull your hair. . j ust say "I know, I'll go over to the Carnegie where 1'11 get as little empathy. They care about people who are in such distress and have a heart and a way about them. All you really have to do is see Colleen or Sindy and, if you qualify, you will soon have a job.

When you are down there's nowhere to go but up. If all you've got is SOc you can buy a coffee or a tea or a fruit or a cookie. There's something for all shapes + ages + sizes.

Our dear Ethel Whitty has improved the place mar­vellously and we Jove all she has done for us. (This started out to be a poem but became an unrhymed article.)

You meet nice people here & it lifts your spirits. Joyce Morgan

DTES Small Arts Grants Applications will be available on August 13, 2013!

In the 2013-2014 grant cycle, we are offering TWO different grants! *Individual Grants: $500- $1,000

For individual practicing artists living and/or creatino their art in the DTES .,. *N~~! ~ollaboration Grants: $2,000- $5,000

For. mdt~tdual practicing artists living and/or creating thetr art m the DTES coming together to collaborate on a project. DTES Small Arts Grants program is an initiative that is helping to foster individual achievement amongst local artists. Created in 2008, funded by Vancouver Foundatio.n in partnership with Camegie Community Centre, thts program supports artists who live in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. We will hold an information session in August.

Please watch for another notice! To learn more about the grants and their criteria, please visit our website or office during office hours (3rd floor, Mon & Tue: 2pm- 5pm). For more information: Jason Bouchard, Coordinator Email : dtesartsgrants@gmail.com Phone: 778-879-9843 Website: vancouverfoundationsmallarts.ca

The Stormtrooper the Artist: Bum Steer or Roast Prime Rib

Revelation dej a vu E~en the costumes can be used again Rtderless horses, mustangs wi ld

\ All the way from Seville or the north of Spain Manes like the waves on all those beaches

Red jackets, riding crops, Big Hats Pith helmets and gasmasks glinting In the dust and desert sun Now still ; now cacophony Waiting for thunder and the smell of ozone.

Polish all the brass Shine up the silver Braid the manes with turquoise-studded leather Lift high your banner

Your Fan, Tasmanian Devil

I actually observed, saw for real on Bugs Bunny Matinee, 9n this island in Australia. a wild wolf-like beast transform into a powerful super fierce whirl-wind. turbulent like an eddy this is a dust-devil from down below down yonder, the far south of Australia, thereby the dark one was invoked a surreal Tasmanian Devil. It is thought the far south is the place where hope is merely a faded memory, contrarily arbitrarily,

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a wrong time right place, right time wrong place. Hope is most needed greater in hell than is needed much less in heaven. Paradise is the place in heaven where the wicked wretch of degenerates find calm when they leave behind the past to give up the ghost to the lodestone of life, the inevitable call for dinner with the ancient ones. Fantasies are windows to the soul you can chant, you can vocalize, rant or rave on vehemently with religious slurs, with loonie tunes resolved in hope, not shame or distaste A passion concealed becomes revealed when the walls come tumbling down, ~e count on the dogma of folklore to put all the pieces back together again; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Talking taking over Talking hocus poscus New dawn new day long foretol The clock stops momentarily for Gwai Lin, Jeanne d'Arc. Mohammed.

Now in the new time Gleam of dew on the cool grass at dawn

However the change does not bring comfort This frontier of beasts Unpredictable, mercenary, rapacious Restless and Hungry.

Wilhelmina

Abbotsford's homeless are headed to court after chicken manure, tent slashing

Homeless residents of Abbotsford are taking action after what local advocates describe as a campaign of harassment by the City and local police. Recently, the city of Abbotsford admitted to smearing chicken manure on the ground where the homeless sleep. The Abbotsford Police are also investigating allegations that their officers slashed tents and re­leased bear spray on homeless people's belongings. At a meeting yesterday, several individuals and a

group representing many of Abbotsford's homeless decided to take legal action: "I'm pissed off. It 's a shame that the city can decide

to treat people like this when they are supposed to be for the people," says Doug Smith, one of the indi­viduals whose tent was allegedly destroyed, "Why aren't they supporting us?" Pivot Legal Society will be representing individuals

in lawsuits alleging Abbotsford police illegally de­stroyed of their personal property. Pivot will also rep­resent a group on behalf of Abbotsford's homeless, led by the 5 and 2 Ministries, in a human rights com­plaint regarding the harassment and discrimination the homeless have endured. "We want the city to come to the table and actually

comm it to policies that willrespect the rights ofhome­less people. We are asking Abbotsford to become the example of how to be an inclusive community, not how to harass and displace people when they need support the most," says Pastor Ward Draper, Founder and Executive Director of the The 5 and 2 Ministries, a church dedicated to bringing a voice to homeless and marginalized people. '

Efforts to improve the circumstances of homeless people in Abbotsford are coming amid the protesta­tions of some Abbotsford businesses who are oppos­ing a new social housing facility near downtown. "It's hard to move forward with positive change when people are saying ' not in my backyard' ," says DJ Larkin, lawyer with Pivot Legal, "There is no time to wait, Abbotsford is in crisis and the only way for­ward is for this city to undergo a major attitude ad­justment and sta11 cooperating in some creative solu­tions to create a city that respects all of its members."

The group that has come together to address the plight of Abbotsford's homeless residents is looking

at initiatives like the Dignity Village <http://www.d ignityvillage.org/> in Portland, Oregon to create a model for how cities should support and include homeless members of their community.

- ------ ---- - -----...._ . --· BC Human Rights Tribunal Allows Drug Users'

Discri~ination Complaint against City of Abbotsford to Proceed

On July 10, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal accepted a complaint by the BCNukon As­sociation of Drug War Survivors (BCYADWS) alleging discrimination and breaches of the Human Rights Code by the City of Abbotsford through its anti-harm reduction zoning bylaw. The complaint will be served on the City of Abbotsford.

In 2005, Abbotsford amended their zoning bylaw -municipal legislation intended to regulate the use of land - to block access to harm reduction services, in­cluding sterile need les and supervised consumption services, for people who use drugs.

Despite hepatitis C transmission and overdose rates well above the provincial average, Fraser Health Au­thority has been unwilling to implement its harm re­duction plan for Abbotsford while the bylaw stands. On May 21st, Pivot Legal Society filed a lawsuit and human rights complaint on behalf of BCY ADW and three Abbotsford drug users alleging that the City

acted outside of its jurisdiction, violated Chatter rights, and breached the Human Rights Code. "Drug users are consistently facing stigma and dis­

crimination in Abbotsford." said Barry Shantz. repre­sentative of BCY ADWS . "The Tribunal's acceptance of our complaint and Drug War Survivors as repre­sentatives for the marginalized and vulnerable is a good first step in giving us some dignity back.''

In its acceptance letter, the Tribunal stated that BCY ADWS may seek a systemic remedy for breaches of the Human Rights Code on behalf of drug dependent persons who frequent Abbotsford and who wish to access harm reduction services from 2005 to the pre­sent. Such a remedy might include a declaration by the Tribunal that the bylaw d iscrim inates against people who are depend ent on drugs and a fi nding that the d iscrimination is based upon st igma against drug users.

"The harm of stigmatizing both addiction and the

"In the field of spiritual ity there must not be any complex - neither fear complex nor shyness complex no r any other complex. The scriptures say, "If you do not do this or that you will go to hell ." Due to this, the scriptures are the

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worst enemy of· human society; be-cause in this way, scriptures create fear complex in the human mind, and that fear .complex creates disparity in the human society. This human society is one - it is a singular entity. It cannot bedivided,itmustnotbedivided. And we won't allow any such persons to create any d.iyisive tendencies. in 'thts human society. Whatever people do in their spiritual life, they have to do -wtiy? Because they are in love with the Supreme Entity. Love is the first word -love is the starting point, and love is the last point. Sqiptures have no moral right to create fear complex ' in the human mind."

people who use drugs is made even more apparent by the unnecessary and tragic recent death of actor Cory Monteith due to overdose, as well as the warning is­sued by Abbotsford Police yesterday of a spike in overdose deaths in the Fraser Valley," said Scott Bernstein, Health and Drug Policy Lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. "With adequate harm reduction meas­ures in place, and treating addiction as a medical is­sue instead of a criminal justice issue, these tragedies could be wholly avoided."

Once served, the City of Abbotsford will have the opportunity to respond to the allegations of discrimi­nation made in the complaint. BCY ADWS antici­pates having the T ribunal hear their arguments early 2014. For futiher information. contact: p. Scott Bernstein, Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society, 778-228-2992, scott@pivotlegal.o rg Barry Shantz, BCY ADWS, 778-241-3661

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How the time fly's I want to write a masterpiece but never took the time what defines me and my life my own thoughts I think back to my chi ldhood and who I am all the experiences I've had the belonging the loneliness the glory and the failure the love had and love lost it feels my whole life I had nothing but honour, pride, respect, love and integrity I will always try. It's so easy for people to get what they want I guess all that time meant nothing. But I still do not give up hope for my dreams and the search for the essence of life and how to be a human being in its purest form with the least amount of corruption, greed, or jealousy the ability to see your pain and empathize even feel sorry for mankind like a child that doesn't know any better its silly alii can do is teach and smile as I watch you grow and take your first steps into understanding and wisdom to protect those who need a warm hand on a wounded mind I want to understand and feel every blade of grass every spec of sand and all human beings, see beauty and feel love in all forms I live my life with most integrity I do what's right without need for thanks I take a deep breath and continue to walk through life with pride and a modest demeanor the details are Meer compared to how you act know it's not my story that matters it is how it has shaped me and who I am as a human being. Don't let memory's cage cage you set them free I miss people I can't see but I think about them lovingly and feel the closure flow over me and emotions of maturity and humble thoughts are inside me my mind can relax know I don't have to fight anymore I can be free even if horror and chaos surround me these ideas and morals will always stay with me love all and all love no matter what even if I am being crucified for my beliefs I will not blame you for being angry the fact you don't know better truly saddens me one thing at a time relax and let the waves of life take me and just direct my energy positively and hope the universe knows where to send me. I have goals and faith in all these mountains I have to climb I'm coming to a time where nothing known has the power to bother me I am one I am whole I am shummi. I got anger sadness and pain I just wanna know how to move on all these people places and things run through my head every kiss every look touch voices sounds drugs, love loss life death loneliness violence silence every time we said forever you said you'd love me forever betrayal, acts of moral decay poverty scraping, lies so many lies, desires, fear, self loathing reflection times, I've lived intense and I've lived lies every time I smiled while being strangled. I hate you I want you so bad. Sexuality, acceptance. On the outside wanting people to see me for who I am. Are my desires wrong, my desires to be bad ... Buddhists say all pain comes from desires so true I wish I didn't want love I wish I wasn't into desire but desire is human hunger and the hunger is what drives mankind the desire for more it is not enough to just be NO not in the world I live in but look at the hunger of a fat society and where it has brought us. I still think in the past it haunts me. I don't feel that I have the smarts or commitment for school using is in a way a way of life just not as long as some lives. I want things I know it's not just going to fall into my lap but I wanna try goddammit. Give me a sign tell me how to get right so many people I have had deep voodoo-like connections with so many people and places none of them close I know only in my heart and soul I hold them I want my tribe. I feel disconnection, loneliness, lost, I'm the one that loves you wrong or right. I have so much to give so selfless scarifies it's my way of life I wish I could find someone to give these gifts of mercy and love and have them in return I need serenity in my tortured mind I've been exhausted malnourished walking through this desert of devils in this life that I have chosen for reasons unknown and misconceptions I thought were right at the times trying to be something I'm not because I know the opposite way was not for me at the time. I thought the harsh and hollow and cold was how life should be not knowing that love doesn't have to be tuff nor do I my journey isn't done till my last breath. This is my foolishness my self doubt if this seems too much or insane then you too should leave me in my self-destruction. Nothing is worse than an awkward burden how does everyone's eyes feel 'cause they're on you. I'm too young to be buried in the sand of time driving down the road hard to see the gaps in the yellow line. I won't fall asleep that close to your fire next time farther we move forward. We move through the jungle with every hit and every touch the slipstream becomes wider the rabbit hole deeper until we hit bottom. Resentment and jealousy turn my mind I run faster and farther to my next chapter of life 'cause I know what's good for me I can feel my heart beat do you think of me? Lights flash in the dark your eyes are like glow sticks your hands ecstasy in the morning you are next to me in a year will you remember me? I am the internal stranger wake up and pack my bags to go to the future. Better faster stronger power my search is never over I seek to find excitement and stability at the same time. Slide down after upwards I rise I understand if you have to leave me behind ere the end I'll get mine let me inside your mind cannibalistic mentality ill I'll eat you alive

by shummie takhar

Justice On Trial- The Jury Is Still Out

The quiet revolution continues on the streets of America.

There were no riots or burnings of buildings. Just a simple effort to keep Trayvon Martin's image burned into the face of the nation.

The not guilty verdict brought an instant relief to some of us because the rule of law had prevailed. But there was no joy in the verdict, because it is over apparent that the rules are not Just.

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But for now, l sense a good feeling for the future of Justice because of the quiet revolution from Trayvon's supporters of all Races. ----

How do we stop destroying ourselves? How can we all be equal if there is an unequal distribution of the world's wealth of abundant resources?

When there are people who have too much, and people who don't have nearly enough, there is heavy strife.

It is not only our Justice system that needs repairing, it is also our system of economic equality.

What is more important to us, the wage of a garbage man or the bonuses to corporate figureheads?

Help! You can yell all you want ain't no-one listen You can try to help those who are helpless but it don't matter You can take a horse to the bar but you can't get it drunk all your good intentions only pave the road to hell it's pearls thrown to swine and they just laugh at the do-goodniks try their best take what you need but leave the rest try as you might ' cause you never win

We are not a cooperative world. We have our values invested thought it might be the devil in profit rather than common necessity. but it's just my twin

~ RDogg

Between Communism and Capitalism is a place of equality. But we are brainwashed against words such as socialism, gun control, and fair justice for all.

The Rules must be changed. Who makes the Rules is the chief problem.

Governments merely impose rules. The rules are delivered to governments by an army of lobbyist representing the ultra wealthy Elite who, in actuality, make the rules that cause such misery in this world.

How do we eliminate the problem?

THE VIOLET YEARS Introductions not needed altered egos still live after being bleeded I guess you've sussed me out, hello sit down and Jet me make you unhappy yes l am Saint Minus that sinister contagion you most assuredly' ve heard me go off and on about.. I fell thru the future landing on both feet grasping that music of sound and knew I had a beat yet what to do a simple question. Every soul has asked, I've wandered thru & stepped in & out of th in would the real Mr & Mrs Human join me on my citizenship lollipop excursion ... let us be­gin this truly is a monumental task, so primitive yet evolved like a TV show: In j ust one hour a murder is solved yet no no no (the visions you glorify) 1 truly wish even a pretense were true. The battlefields fought inside your head sometimes make both world wars as indifferent as the upcoming light turning red if there be no peace in reality it is your mentality that will lose. Our skyyard is a work in progress hearts and souls and nature one day wi ll beat the controls; caution and care so so vital are they the Violet Years could put hepatitis andronicus in his place as the sun revolved around his head and across his face Yeah yours truly was a few centuries ahead in school yet we found or made time to explore ideas hit the skyyard frab some form of Frisbee or soccer­ball and play like Simpson Sears Warbrides the gods didn 't play favourites I mean even one look would tell you there was several more on one s ide and that dreaded humiliation stockpile just grew and grew and grew like getting a green milkshake from McDonalds and St Patrick's Day was 8 months ago . .. Darwin the Apostle nearly died so he would know I had friends but even gods & ;;aints have bullies we all have and have had a few, like an Alcoholics Anony­mous moonshine operation (chain-ganged of course) they don't drink it they just make it and bottle it for poast & future saintly delinquents then again these poisoned mouths shall speak let alone drink no more I made St Minus much more than my name if the secondhand coming rumours are true I plan to be twi­light years out of range that's what saints and others held in high regard are for Oh yes I had fellow friends like Chernobyl Peter Pandemic peek at a bubonic molecule HIV Hepatitis Hefner hep Andronicus Darwin the sore loser and me we'd have lunch together served on tectonic plates (substandard continents were built) but botanica be-

gan to lilt the others unbeknownst just waiting for the Violet Years to take shape. like cops leaving a beaten wife a piece of chalk so she can outline herself ' cause she is much too afraid to talk. Soon shadows will make thine heart stutter and skip every other beat. We foretold the future but the an­swer' s always the same too many fading stars living out their time in barbed wire enclosures or gated (and hated) communities, with just over 2500 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame humanity doesn't even have value. We felt the negativity ri sing in our throats you brought it out to fa ll all over creation we' re rather sorry even the good shall perish in a future sea of molten agony I guess for now we can only say sorry have a smoke grab that drink try to relax and have a seat. .. as I have learned living at the bottom can be as lonely as the top I think it' s time to stop so for now you take care let Saint Minus dwell on his mistakes, life is for learning from our mistakes.

By ROBERT McGILLIVRAY

"Swallow your hurt and listen to thy heartbeat of the quiet world." -Saint Minus

for Jackie the moon in tnY SKY l am a garden Need love and water every day and to grow in life you can't object the bullshit they throw at you, even tho you gag & choke it' s the hard stuff makes you tough and ready to blossom in the midday blaze of super-hot summer days Love is a vitamin is the green grass, magnolia flowers you have the power to grow up beautiful and strong but you need that love all day long My beautiful daughter knows the trees all by name; as a child we'd walk on beaches thru forests and alpine meadows storing up the energy, this synergy between night and day, we need to love and be loved in all kinds of ways everyday and always

-AI

T ... Luf'Reedlng: l;lme Btr"ggMOi

31 An Outdoor-Multimedia-Visual Arts Market

at Napier & Commercial Drive 4 Sundays: August 11 -September 1

Workshops for this summer include: August 11 "Scraps and Stitches," a sewing workshop with Karenza T. Wall August 18 "Collecting Tiny Bits Of Meaning," an upcycle workshop with Magpie's Nest Community Art Space, winners of the East Feast microfunding event September 1 Paper Quilling with Helen Spaxman.

Other Highlights for this summer include: August 11 Vancouver Cooperative Radio: Books and Records Fundraiser August 18 Greater Vancouver Weavers' and Spinners' Guild: Demonstration

Live Music Schedule: August 11 Backspin (12-2:30pm); Rio Samaya (2:30-Spm) August 18 Tim Sars Duo (12-3pm); Illiteratty (3-Spm) August 25 Clara Shandler: The Sidewalk Cellist ( 12-2:30pm); The Diviners (2:30-Spm) September 1 Clara Shandler: The Sidewalk Cellist ( 12-2:30pm); Glen Watts (2:30-Spm)

Religion Aren't we all guilty? guilty of more than we ever know wouldn ' t having the slate c leaned be just ducky eh?!

for all the shit and debris I' ve spread like a v irus unleashed my petty evil a plague deserving no redemption you end up paying up for every damn thing you've done

See vou there!

Rise up you guilty bastards even Jesus couldn't forg ive you being you life being life and the halo of disaster round your skull Sure I want to be forgiven

from the private sin to the neglect & abuse

hell , I' d make a deal with the Devil for a pass on paying up

of damn near everyone No I don' t expect mercy What goes around comes around one way or another We all pay the piper his filthy lucre

1 ack D Zaster

Still a Joke Still not Funny That the province is busy providing low cost "af­

fordable housing" is still laughable but not funny. To pretend shuffling people from one shelter to an­

other is a service ... Case in point: ,~n tl~eir never-ending quest to be politically correct

( canng and concerned") we find individuals living alone in 2300 square foot spaces at subsidized rates simply because they are disabled. The fact the inter­vi~"':'er for the vacancy was fthe same intellectually pnvileged, soccio/religious class as the applicant and that being the chief reason for the selection remains obscured behind the disability involved. And NO this person wasn' t First Nations. The fact the applicant doesn' t use the 2-bedroom is lost on the official in­volved.

Not seeing beyond the disability issue has this indi­vidual with 2 bedrooms being not used & empty while the occupant s leeps on the couch in the living room. No consideration for the realities involved ever oc­curred to the worker .. No around here we follow pro-tocol ,

Now I'm not heartless hardass who wants the dis­abled to have a harder time of it. I' m considered dis­abled myself even tho I'm lucky to have legs that work. But it seems that having a fatal disease and being a life- long addict doesn't quite cut it for the kind of consideration needed to garner that kind of accommodation.

As long as we let our public servants at BC Housing and other rental oligarchies putter along on yester­day's criteria, ordinary DTES residents don't stand Chance One of sharing in the benefits of the govern­ment's strategy of"housing the homeless.

And I'm still not laughing but it's still a joke. Richard Ford

COUNTERCULTURE CALAMITIES We are rapidly becoming surrounded by aliens to us: o~tsiders: Yl~ppi~s, ,upper m.iddle-class upwardly up­pity mob1le rulmg class high on the social reaister cafe society snobs ... many looking way down ~heir noses at us, the locals. the lona-time residents· steal-. 0 '

mg ~ur once quaint & orderly neighbourhood piece by piece. Their insatiable greed knows no bounds as they _want ever so desperately to ship us out as they continue to slide 'n glide in, to partake and blow their disposable income while trying to dispose and depose us, the long-term residents, from our homes & haunts. T.hey hang ?ffthe patios of their overpriced, rip-off bistros, cafes, five-star greasy spoons, donuteries and tart joints, not to mention the discotheques, nighclubs heavy security restricted jock bars/booze cans 'cause our favourite hangouts weren't up to their high stan­dards o~"~ste." These were sold out, bought by (and thru) evichng, renovicting the previous tenants with cruelty and malice aforethought only to miraculously re-ope~ed as suddenly off limits to us in glitzy, clois­tered htdden-away worlds for the filthy rich and not ~o famous- all pretending (badly I must say) to be Imm~ne to ~ur existence and strong, loud, active pro­tests t m~edtately outside their temporarily gated fenced-111 atmospheres they crave and we peaceful demons~rators are watched aggressively by the corpo­rate polJce for the very wealthy & privileged (after all, as they tell it, they pay reams of money in income taxes ... Not True! Not so!!) We stand firm, proud and strong, immovable on what is slowly becoming not a public sidewalk anymore (in the eyes of the authorities). We are often warned, photographed, more failed intimidation tactics ... We stand our ground, serving and protecting ourselves, a family+new friends community taking the abuse and dishing it right back to profanity-based ignorant heck­lers .. bullies, drunk suburbanites as well as the usual local suspects. However we are here for us And our neighbours for as long as it takes to keep still in our possession and to regain what has been stolen from us. We are in thie for the long haul- that's the name for this tune, and the rich can take it to their rubber­stamped, greasy-fingered bankers. Buzz off or be uncomfortable.

ROBYN LIVINGSTONE.

A Tale of Two Soccer Moms

HERES A NE~ GALL­~AVE A GREAT GAME ToDAY ... O.K. IIONE:Y, ...

My name is Delaney Lauren Steng-Seright. 1 am a Scorpio, art ist, poet, self-harmer, caregiver, teacher, meth addict, big and little sister, optimistic pessimist, world-changer in the making, pierci ng fanatic, film connoisseur, futu re foster mom, actor, pokemon '­trainer, anxious mess and lover of humanity. 1 am an obsessive, passionate, insecure, creative, rebell ious, se lf-destructive, selfish/selfless brat of a teenager. I am an old soul with a young heart. I am a girlfriend more often than not. l am a Number 7 Red king-size cigarette smoker, a cider>hard liquor drinker and a stoner. I am a proud Skid and wil be 'til the day I die. I am a survivor, chain-smoker, and a cautionary tale. Mostly I am socially awkward. I am the girl your mama wamed you about and the girl your daddy dreams about. I am a lover of all things Hello Kitty, music and Harry Potter related. I am in a relationship with Netfl ix. I am clever, beautiful, sarcastic, brave, strong, smart, obnoxiously loud, determined, full of potential, valuable, important and occasionally cruel. ' I ~m a wannabe hard ass, internet junkie and loyal fnend. I am learning, growing, changing and taking it one day at a time. From my talents to my flaws 1 am perfect as I am. I am me, Delaney Lauren Streng­Seright and there's no one I'd rather be.

"900 years of time and space and I've never met anyone who wasn't important" -The Doctor

UER~:5 YouR. LUNtl-l. - ~E CAREFUL IN Tf./E FACTOR'( ToDAY ... O.l<.

1./oNEY ...

Drug Of Choice ' Hey guess who that's right it's your D.O.C. I am h...,,...,

to watch you suffer, here to watch you fade away through life, not letting you know what you feel. Al­lowing you to believe that you are happy to stay with me, I will always be here to control your life and show you how you are suffering. You can't get rid of me I wi ll always be here taking away your fame. take ing away life skill1 and feeding you lies allowing you to destroy your life while I lay back and watch you waste away to nothing, while you slowly go insane, seeing things that aren't there going numb and leech­ing each brain cell away. Even when I watch you try to sort out life I will be sitting in the pharmacy saying hello, teasing you and all it takes is a few steps to swallow me and again you go into the hospital as your only friend feeds me to you wh ile you have no power even in an over dosed state. I will even allow you to believe people are your friends even when they he! p me to kill you slowly. You can call me the daughter of the devil, I am your D.O.C. dropping you off on the corner showing you how worthless you really are, you will never be the same even when you think I can't destroy you I get under your skin and make you justify your love for me to be normal no matter how much people say you are fucked up and insane, you say no you can survive on me but really I kill you slowly while you go crazy and find yourself alone in this world of my creation, see you in hell old friend.

Zachary Yizeaun

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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Miracles "I've had enough miracles for one lifetime," a char­

acter in Douglas Coupland's novel 'Girl In A Coma' savs near the book's end.

-Well 1 don't feel the same way. I've seen four miracles in my lifetime and I wouldn't mind seeing a few more.

Now when l use the word 'miracle' I don't mean that angels came down on wings to see me or some god appeared to change my life. I mean that a government put in place a social program that helped me survive.

First off, there was the miracle of single payer medicare brought in by the Saskatchewan Co­operative Commonwealth Federation or CCF gov­ernment in 1962. Tommy Douglas the former head of the CCF had by then taken over the leadership of the newly-formed New Democratic Party in Ottawa. But Douolas Jed the CCF to victory in the provincial elec-o

tion of 1944 and the CCF stayed in power in Sas­katchewan until 1964.

But the CCF government was nearly defeated in the provincial election of 1948. "That was a very tough election to win," Douglas said in effect years later. "The opposition spent lots of money to try and defeat us." But the CCF held on to win.

In 1962, the CCF government, then headed up by Woodrow Lloyd brought in single payer medicare. The doctors went out on strike against the plan. But Lloyd held firm and the strike collapsed. But suppose the CCF had been beaten in 1948 or never won the 1944 election. Then there never would have been medicare in Saskatchewan and medicare would never have spread to other parts of Canada. These victories and single payer medicare seems to me a miracle.And I'm glad all this happened.

Then came social housing under Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. At first when Trudeau became Prime Minister in I 968, he was obsessed with Quebec and wouldn't touch the issue of social housing at all. But in the election of I 972 Trudeau's majority vanished and to stay in power, the Liberals had to depend on the New Democratic Party and the NDP votes.

The NDP leader David Lewis told the Liberals in effect, "Sure we' ll keep you in power. But you've got develop a Jot of social housing." The Liberals agreed and over the next I I years Trudeau's Liberal govern­ment financed the bui lding of 600,000 units of social

housing. I live in one ofthose units a_nd I cal~ the . building of such a big number of soc1al housmg umts a miracle. It hasn't happened since.

Then came other miracles that 1"11 hopefully talk about in the next issue of this newsletter

By Dave Jaffe

You Thin Asia Papa J used to say Oh ya 'when its time ... for me to die: my "friends'' wi ll help· 7 papers oughta do it, surely my friends will have my back. Sad to say only Bible Bob

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only one even remotely interested watched you die on the operating table, fine, al l over So I'm sorry to say that's just the way it goes ... Sympathy is a rare commodity around here people get so bad .. won't change filthy clothes too lazy and too screwed to even wash dragging their bedbugs (all they ever share) and disease and eternal whining try and help 'em and you get zip stupid bast~rds, a clear cut case . for a mercy ki lling, call it what you will all the bleeding hearts just gasp to them I say you do it you listen to the story repeated ad nauseum how this Dr and that Dr and no-one cares boo-hoo, you get warn out, wanna yell Go Die someplace else; for us sti ll alive don't need your crap, can't take it anymore we all pay for your filthiness sure never contracted by being smart or clear but we all pay for your stinkin' ass, you too lazy to crawl back under the rock you started off from Sympathy, compassion don't go far anymore not far enough, we're all exhausted givin' a shit about you, hell, you don't so don't expect any concern what's left over is impatience we all just can't wait too much longer for you to give us a break and Die

-Bear

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