"The best test of a civilised society is the way in which it treats its most vulnerable and weakest members." Mahatma Gandhi
Residents to sue landlord A class-action demand for compensation will be filed against a Vancouver landlord after his tenants were evacuated from their building, said David Eby, spokesman for the Pivot Legal Society yesterday. [The Province, October 30, 2007]
Private police The existence of unlicensed security guards alarms lawyer John Richardson, executive director of Pivot Legal Society. [Georgia Straight, Oct 18, 2007]
Tent squat will be around till at least the end of the week. ... expecting to be served notice to vacate, but the city says it will now wait until an injunction filed by the pivot legal society is heard on Friday. [CKNW, Oct 15, 2007]
B.C. makes major investment in shelters, outreach plans Pivot Legal Society spokesman David Eby said he's concerned police will use the 24/7 shelters to sweep the streets of the homeless, prior to the 2010 Olympics. [The Province, Oct 14, 2007]
New funding to 'break cycle of homelessness' in B.C.: premier David Eby, an advocate with the PIVOT Legal Society, which fights for the rights of marginalized people, said he expected more from a government flush with money. "It's actually very frustrating," Eby said. "It's a very old model of dealing with homelessness, because it's very expensive, it's not free and it doesn't solve the problem." [CBC, Oct 12, 2007]
News Features Lawyers demand new process John Richardson, executive director of the Pivot Legal Society, hopes that there will be a detailed report on what actually happened on the evening of August 13 on Granville Street between 15th and 16th avenues. [Georgia Straight, Sept 27, 2007]
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