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 May 2007		    

More Homeless than Athletes in 2010
In the fall of 2006, Pivot Legal Society forecast that Vancouver homelessness will triple by 2010.
[The Tyee, May 28, 2007]

Housing crisis? What housing crisis?
Protesters say the 2010 Games have driven 1,000 people out of their homes. Critics ask them to prove it
David Eby - a lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society and a director with the IOCC - said evictions are taking place, stemming from pressure by Olympic-related projects, but it is hard to pinpoint the exact cause.
[Globe and Mail, May 26, 2007]

Downtown eastside shopping spree
But David Eby, a lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society, said all indications are that the government paid high prices because it was trying to buy quickly in a market with prices that wildly inflated...
[Vancouver Sun, May 26, 2007]

12th & Cambie
Lawyer off the hook and on the line
Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby is now welcome to contact staff at city hall over legal matters, according to the Law Society of B.C. ethics committee.
[Vancouver Courier, May 25, 2007]

Mayor buffs Geoff Plant's history
Straight Issues By Charlie Smith
David Eby, a lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society, told the Straight that he would have preferred to see the city hire an aboriginal woman as the Project Civil City commissioner, because such a person would better understand the plight of poor and marginalized people...
[Georgia Straight, May 24, 2007]
related article, also in the Georgia Straight:
David Eby
What do you think of the city's decision to hire Geoff Plant as the Project Civil City commissioner?
David Eby Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society: "He has no experience on the Downtown Eastside, yet he is expected to come in here and solve the problems of the Downtown Eastside...

Shovelling with Mayor Sam
"October is do-or-die month for the Olympic host governments," said David Eby, who tracks homelessness for the Pivot Legal Society. "If the shovels aren't in the ground by October for the start of a huge new social housing build, we can expect to have at least triple the homeless population we had at the last homeless count in Vancouver come 2010."
[The Tyee, May 19, 2007]

Vancouver aims to clean up streets, tackle homelessness before 2010 Winter Games
"I think there's a very clear intent to police and harass poor people in the Downtown Eastside and get them off the streets and into other neighborhoods and into other cities before the Olympics," said David Eby, a lawyer for the Pivot Legal Society, which advocates for the poor in Vancouver.
[International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2007]

Cleanup crew gets new recruit
David Eby, a lawyer for the Pivot Legal Society, which advocates for the poor in Vancouver, said, "I think there's a very clear intent to police and harass poor people in the Downtown Eastside and get them off the streets and into other neighbourhoods and into other cities before the Olympics."
[Globe & Mail, May 18, 2007]

 

  

Former attorney-general 'excited' about posting
...Representatives of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the Pivot Legal Society were critical of Plant's appointment, saying it signals a focus on law and order rather than social issues...
[Vancouver Sun, May 18, 2007]

Vancouver's goal: Keep it clean in 2010
"I think there's a very clear intent to police and harass poor people in the Downtown Eastside and get them off the streets and into other neighborhoods and into other cities before the Olympics," said David Eby, a lawyer for the Pivot Legal Society, which advocates for the poor in Vancouver.
[seattlepi.com, May 17, 2007]

Vancouver vows to clean up streets for 2010
However, poverty activist David Eby of the Pivot Legal Society says Plant is the author of many of the provincial policies that have led to Vancouver's social problems.
[TSN, May 17, 2007]

Advocates fight for prisoners' phone rights
...it's counterproductive to long-term and effective inmate rehabilitation." Pivot Legal Society president Katrina Pacey told the Straight she agrees. "If the facilities make access to telephones difficult, either...
[Georgia Straight, May 17, 2007]

Mayor Sullivan defends his Police Board decision
...alleged misconduct by the Vancouver Police. The Pivot Legal Society alleged Chief Graham and several officers had obstructed an RCMP investigation into allegations of misconduct by Vancouver Police.
But Sam Sullivan...
[CKNW, May 16, 2007]

Sam won't investigate
...PIVOT Legal Society, which launched both complaints, is planning to ask the OPCC to investigate Graham instead...
[24 Hours, May 15, 2007]

Sullivan tosses complaint against chief
...Pivot Legal Society staff lawyer David Eby said the society will appeal the board's decision to the Police Complaint Commissioner...
[The Province, May 15, 2007]

Legal Society unhappy with Mayor Sam's latest decision
The Pivot Legal Society is not happy after Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, in his capacity as Chair of the Police Board, dismissed a two-part complaint against Police Chief Jamie Graham.
[CKNW News Talk 980, May 14, 2007]

Mayor Sullivan dismisses complaint against police chief
Vancouver's Mayor has dismissed a complaint filed by PIVOT Legal Society against Police Chief Jamie Graham. Sam Sullivan (who also chairs the Police Board) has decided not to investigate...
[News1130, May 14, 2007]

Canada's Homeless Shelters and Prisons Are New Psychiatric Asylums
..."even with the minimal efforts recently announced by government the PIVOT Legal Society projects that by 2010 there will be 3,177 people homeless in Vancouver - double the amount currently in shelters or sleeping outside."...
[ St. Andrew's-Wesley Homelessness and Mental Illness Action Group Press Release, May 9, 2007 ]

Report Slams Run-up to Olympics
..."Did VANOC and the three levels of government spend all this time and money creating this unique report just to sit on it?" asked David Eby, an attorney at Pivot Legal Society, which helped edit the IOCC report...
[The Tyee, May 7, 2007]

Mayor misses deadline on complaint
...In February 2006, the Pivot Legal Society filed a complaint with the OPCC alleging that Graham and the VPD...
[Georgia Straight, May 3, 2007]

Prisoners' calls at a premium
...Conroy, who is on the board of Pivot Legal Society, has extensive experience with the rights of prisoners as they relate to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms...
[Georgia Straight, May 3, 2007]

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