APC Crashes Board of Trade Luncheon

March 13th, 2009 [from Anti-Poverty Committee]

Yesterday, March 12th, The Vancouver Board of Trade had a luncheon featuring guest speaker Mayor Robertson at the Fairmont Hotel Ballroom, co-sponsoring the event was Concord Pacific.

Mayor Robertson's address was titled "BUILDING VANCOUVER". The Vancouver Board of Trade has been integral in pushing the city government in its attack on poor people in the DTES through mass ticketing, street sweeps and harassment. Concord Pacific is also pushing poor people further into the margins through its massive condo developments throughout the city and specifically in the DTES.

Shortly before Mayor Robertson spoke 5 APC members casually sauntered past security into the meeting with a message for Mayor Robertson, Concord Pacific and the Board of Trade. APC has been working on a campaign against ticketing, and the civil city initiative for the past 8 months. Demanding that the City and the VPD stop their discriminate ticketing and street sweeps of the residents of the DTES. Today, this message was brought to the tables, of the cities business leaders.

Despite the growing security apparatus as the city gets closer to the 2010 olympics, the members entered the ballroom and disrupted their event unfettered.

For 10 minutes the APC distributed leaflets on top of the $85/plate lunches and successfully crashed their party with a message to stop the targeting of poor people, stop the ticketing and the street sweeps.

After realizing their security had been breached the APC members were forcefully escorted out of the luncheon.

APC will continue its fight against any form of the civil city initiative, the rampant ticketing and the blatant attack on poor people.

For more info check out apc.resist.ca