(06-25-2015, 01:30 PM)tomh009 Wrote: So there is a "tent city" at Victoria Park again. I say that in quotes because I counted a grand total of 17 tents and maybe a dozen people at the gazebo.
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5694...y-visible/
It appears the infamous Julian Ichim (CPC-ML candidate and disruptor of Remembrance Day ceremonies, among other things) is again one of the organizers.
"We are seeing the displacement of poor people to make room for condos," Ichim told The Record. Completely ignoring the fact, of course, that no housing of any kind has been lost to 1 Victoria, City Centre, Arrow or Kaufman.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/calling-for-...-1.2438731
“We’re seeing more and more low-income housing torn down to make room for what is being seen as revitalization,” Ichim told CTV. He didn't mention what low-income housing had been torn down, though.
Apparently they also feel that "light rail transit construction could further alienate impoverished communities downtown."
On this topic: I am very supportive of eradicating poverty, both in Canada and abroad. But this particular protest seems at best misguided.
Midtown lofts are going (across the street from King Edward) I'm pretty sure the buildings being demolished for Midtown were low income housing also the buildings where 100 Victoria are going, But IMO as long as if the building is not historically significant or has potential and if the low income housing gets replaced somewhere in the area then it's fine if the building is demolished.