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September 3, 2009 Open Letters to Ministers & Public Officials

Hon. Diane Finley
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
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Dear Minister,

In Budget 2008 your government made a series of changes to student financial assistance programs including Canada Student Grants. These changes recently came into effect this fall with some distressing consequences for students with disabilities in Vancouver East.

In previous years, students with disabilities in BC were asked to project their expected sources of income and expenses for the coming school term and the Canada Study and Canada Access Grants were allocated based on these projections.

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THE COMMUNITY AND THE PORT

June 25, 2009 Press Release

Media Advisory
VANCOUVER– Libby Davies (MP, Vancouver East) will host a public forum to discuss community issues regarding the Port Metro Vancouver site.

East Vancouver is home to many residents living adjacent to the Port, resulting in residential impacts that need attention and resolution. The goal is to respect the livability of the surrounding residential area, while recognizing the Port’s needs to accommodate future growth and provide jobs for our local economy.

Port representatives will be in attendance to discuss community concerns.

PUBLIC MEETING ON PORT METRO VANCOUVER

Thursday, June 25th at 7:00pm
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, in the East/West Room
2425 Oxford Street (at Nanaimo)

For more information, please contact:
Janet Woo, Office of Libby Davies, MP: 604 775 5800

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Nothing solved by eviction - Libby on BC forfeiture laws

March 10, 2010
The Vancouver Province
Bad luck and a bad crowd, but she's 'not a criminal'On a clear, crisp March morning, Marianne Christine Sullivan sits on a dock at Trout Lake in east Vancouver and talks about being homeless and broke after the B.C. government took her $562,000 home under civil forfeiture legislation....Vancouver East MP Libby Davies says the sad situation Sullivan faces as a homeless person likely means it will cost society far more in the long run than what was taken with the forfeiture. "It is unbelievable this could happen to her," she says. "The fact is, she is now living on the street and suffering from an addiction. What has been solved by making her homeless?
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On International Women's Day 2010

March 8, 2010 Press Release

Statement by New Democrat Leader Jack Layton on International Women’s Day

Women and men around the world recognize International Women's Day as a time to reflect upon and celebrate women’s social, political and economic achievements, both globally and locally. In this country, much progress has been made since Canadians first marked International Women’s Day in 1977.

Sadly, there is still much work to be done. Women across the world continue to suffer extreme poverty, violence and violations of their basic human rights.

Last month, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action and the Canadian Labour Congress sent the United Nations a detailed report on the statistical decline in Canadian women’s equality and rights. The groups cited “systemic erosion” in the status of Canadian women since 2004.

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Libby speaking out for missing women

February 16, 2010
The Toronto Star
Giving a voice to Vancouver's missing womenOn a day dedicated to love, they remembered loved ones lost: The murdered and the missing. Yet theirs is not a mourning felt just once a year. It's chronic, continual and, for most, without any relief, whether or not the fate of their sisters and daughters, mothers and friends has been determined. The 19th annual Women's Memorial March had nothing to do with the Olympics; it is only coincidence that the annual Valentine's Day observance fell during the Winter Games here, drawing international media attention and a larger crowd than normal, hundreds falling into step behind the families following a noon remembrance service inside the Carnegie Community Centre in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside.
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Libby's support for activists' spotlight on homelessness

February 16, 2010
The Vancouver Sun
Activists pitch tent city on Downtown Eastside lotHundreds of homeless and poverty protesters -- using the Olympic spotlight to their advantage -- flooded into a vacant lot in the 100-block of West Hastings Street on Monday and erected a tent city. Libby Davies, NDP MP for Vancouver East, said she supported the tent city as a way to raise awareness for greater government support, especially by a federal government in need of a national housing strategy to help the poor and homeless.... "This is a prime site for social housing," she said. "I'm so happy so many people are here today to draw attention to this issue. It's a vacant lot and it's very visible, a symbol of what's going on in this neighbourhood."
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Conservatives ignore law and science to shut down InSite - Libby Speaking out for InSite

February 9, 2010 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 9, 2010

VANCOUVER - Libby Davies, MP for Vancouver East, called on the Conservative Government today to explain their decision to ignore multiple court rulings in favour of keeping open InSite, Canada’s safe injection site.

“InSite saves lives,” said Davies. “The science proves it, and the B.C Supreme Court and B.C. Appeal Court agree. Yet the Conservatives continue to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal fees to try to shut it down,” added Davies. "Canadians want an explanation”

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