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Let's talk about what happened at #Metrotown in #Burnaby British Columbia yesterday and why it is far more serious than a "prank." Background: Police were called to an active shooter and possible pipe bomb. People were evacuated. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
The mall is one of the biggest in Canada. It's actually two malls which merged some years ago into one gigantic mega mall. Yesterday afternoon, reports came in of shots fired, and videos of panicked people running out of the mall while heavily armed police entered were shared.
This mall is also a central transit hub. Bus service and SkyTrain service was halted as the police incident unfolded.
#Renovicted and #Demovicted tenants gathered this morning to to address the CoV’s 236-pg Rental Incentive Report Back demanding adequate disincentives for displacement. #VanPoli 
Exhibit A: The Tenant Relocation & Protection Policy, which Council relies on to mitigate displacement, is toothles:
“The TRPP doesn’t help us; the landlord just sends us a few Craigslist Ads,” - Sarah, a renovicted tenant in Mt Pleasant who lives on disability.
“The TRPP doesn’t help us; the landlord just sends us a few Craigslist Ads,” - Sarah, a renovicted tenant in Mt Pleasant who lives on disability.
Exhibit B: City Staff know the TRPP isn’t working:
“We’ve been trying to get our landlord to fulfill the TRPP, and the city hasn’t been much help... now 75% of my income goes to rent” - Milo, a demovicted tenant in Hastings-Sunrise
“We’ve been trying to get our landlord to fulfill the TRPP, and the city hasn’t been much help... now 75% of my income goes to rent” - Milo, a demovicted tenant in Hastings-Sunrise
BREAKING: New @standearth report reveals the #TransMountainPipeline faces bigger construction challenges than Canadian federal government admits, calling into question the 3-year timeline for the project. Read the report 👉 stand.earth/latest/people-…
New #TransMountainPipeline report reveals dangerous construction hotspots, including drilling under the #FraserRiver and #BurnabyMountain, risks from the expansion of tank farms in #Burnaby and #Abbotsford, and how #mancamp threaten the safety of Indigenous women & girls. #MMIWG
New #TransMountainPipeline report also reveals serious permitting delays, including that the project still has no approved route, construction has never once been on schedule, and the project faces ongoing challenges from cities and First Nations in #BritishColumbia and #Alberta.
1. Had the misfortune of hearing a full-on, old-fashioned white Colonialist diatribe delivered on CKNW this morning by Bruce Allen on his not so "Reality Check" .
#racist #classist #Transmountain #cdnpoli #bcpoli #protecttheinlet
#racist #classist #Transmountain #cdnpoli #bcpoli #protecttheinlet
2. Bruce delivered all the typical supremacist big business standard lines of comradery. Bruce was speaking about the Kinder Morgan protest on Burnaby Mtn & to his audience to keep them focused on the 'right talking points'.
3. Bruce spoke about the water & land protectors in the most dehumanizing terms he’s allowed to on morning radio. He called First Nations peoples DTES homeless derelicts “unaware of what they’re protesting anyway”, merely looking for a place to squat.
