This morning, a group of ten homeless activists and Alliance Against Displacement organizers stormed the Homelessness and Housing Task Force meeting in Port Coquitlam. We chanted, “You talk, we die!” and demanded that the Task Force advocate for the Tri-Cities Councils to declare the city-owned property at 3030 Gorden for permanent, Residential Tenancy Act-protected social […]
We acknowledge that the residents of We Exist Tent City are seeking shelter and protection on the unceded and occupied core territories of the Kwikwetlem nation, and within the shared territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Squamish, and Sto’:lo nations. Homeless people exist! Two years after former PoCo Mayor Greg Moore claimed “we don’t have any […]
Thursday, June 13 | 1:00pmOutside the Port Coquitlam Courthouse | 2620 Mary Hill Road STOP POLICE HARASSMENT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE TRI-CITIES! BUILD HOMES NOW! Homeless people in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody are pushed into hiding by the “Tri-Cities Model” of dealing with homelessness by disappearing homeless people. Police and bylaw officers […]