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CIVIC ISSUES: Housing. development, land. Hungry kids. Welfare. PI-ostitution. Environment. Honesty. Leadership
Margaret M i t c h e l l , NDP MP f o r Vancouver E a s t c h a i r e d t h i s meeting on Sunday, Nov.13. Two members each o f t h e NPA(Johnathan Baker & P h i l l i p Owen), COPE (Bruce E r i c k s e n & Libby Davies) , NDP (Linda Erwin & J i m R e i d ) , Green P a r t y ( L a r r y A n d e r s o n ) , 2 i n dependents L a r r y Leaf & Bob E l l i s , Gordon Campbell (NPA Mayor) and J e a n Swanson (COPE/Civic NDP Unity c a n d i d a t e f o r Mayor) made up t h e r o s t e r . Each had a few minutes t o i n t r o d u c e themselves and s a y why t h e y wanted votes; t o t h e issues I l l e g a l s u i t e s : (Campbell) -"always i l l e g a l , NPA a s k i n g neighbourhoods i f t h e y want them, r e q u i r i n g impact s t u d i e s " - (Swanson) - " a f f o r d a b l e housing key i s s u e i n e l e c t i o n , NPA moving t o c l o s e up t o 25,000 u n i t s w i t h nowhere f o r e v i c t e d t o g o , Downtown E a s t s i d e (D.E.) n o t allowed t o v o t e on t h i s b u t w i l l be l a s t r e s o r t f o r e v i c t e e s and r e n t s w i l l r i s e "
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Housing:(Campbell) -"City d o e s n ' t b u i l d h o u s i n q , d e v e l o p e r s needed more money t o p u t non-market u n i t s i n , $20 m i l l i o n was b e s t a s s u r a n c e " -(Swanson) -"NPA s e e s needy person a s someone who makes l e s s t h a n $31,00O/yr., Campbell v o t e d a g a i n s t Four S i s t e r s , now t r i e s t o t a k e c r e d i t f o r i t " - (Reid) -"I g o t s t u d y on housing t h a t NPA r e f u s e d t o make p u b l i c , 8 pages of recommendat i o n s t o g e t a f f o r d a b l e u n i t s and keep what s t a n d s now, NPA d o e s n ' t want more t h a n 20% non-market, need a t l e a s t 33%, NPA working t o l e s s e n amount e n t i r e l y " . Hungry k i d s : ( B a k e r ) -"I voted a g a i n s t i t ( $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 food program) because it w a s n ' t C o u n c i l ' s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , messy bookkeeping" - (Davies) -"buckpassing, NPA School Bd. s p e n t money o n l y a f t e r P h i l Rankin & J e a n Swanson p r e s s e d t h e i s s u e f o r 1 y e a r , NPA i s No P o l i c y A s s o c i a t i o n where each goes t h e i r way, c a n ' t b e t r u s t e d by communities" ... (Cont back page)
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