<br><div class="gmail_quote">[poster attached]<br><br>Free Public Forum<br><br><font size="4"><b>Gentrification: The Politics of Inequality</b></font><br><br>Just prior to the Olympic Games, wealthy condo marketer Bob Rennie said, "Nobody wants to admit it, but Vancouver has become a resort city where rich foreigners live a few months per year ... It's a $6-billion ad buy [with the Olympics]. There's never been anything like it. It will change Vancouver, forever." (Vancouver Sun, 25 Jan 2010). A few weeks after the Olympics, he told investors, "I don't think, as positive as I am, that I understand how [much] the world loves Vancouver. ... It's a very safe place to invest, it's a safe place to park money.” (Vancouver Sun, 27 March 2010) Between these statements there was a homeless count in Vancouver that showed a 12% increase in homelessness. Vancouver, a “world-class” city ... for whom?<br>
<br>PANELISTS:<br><br>Wendy Pedersen, Carnegie Community Action Project<br>Joseph Jones, Norquay Working Group<br>Kia Salomons, Community Advocates for Little Mountain<br>Nate Crompton , Vancouver Action<br>Tristan Markle, Vancouver Action (moderator)<br>
<br>Monday, June 28, 2010 7:00 – 9:00 pm<br>GCBC, 1803 East 1 st Ave, Vancouver<br><br>Hosted by Streams of Justice<br><br><br><br><br>
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