Come out and show your support for working towards affordable/attainble housing in Fernie
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Submitted by grinningnomad on Tue, 30/10/2007 - 11:07am.
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COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for working towards affordable/attainable housing in Fernie. if you've ever talked about housing and asked how you can help, this is how you can help! WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 11AM FERNIE’S HOUSING CRISIS AFFECTS EVERYONE !! MASS EVICTIONS! PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING AND SOON THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SUFFERING. Come and show your support that Fernie needs to take care of everybody in its community. WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 11AM |
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Joined: 06-07-2006
Before we all go down there with our picket-faces and "save our homes" banners, will it actually help anyone?
A previous poster (I believe it was a retired RCMP officer) mentioned that it will be the RCMP that will have to enforce the evictions and while unpleasant, it's their job and they are there to uphold the law. If all other avenues have been exhausted (and I don't know if that is the case or not) then what good will antagonising the RCMP and making their job harder do?
I previously asked if anyone was interested in getting together to discuss a housing co-op and got zero response. Not a single email or reply post. If people are bothered about this issue, then why doesn't anyone want to discuss solutions?
Evictions are stressful, heated experiences for everyone involved. Imagine this happening to you - would you really want a crowd there to watch? It's clear that the community is against what is happening at Clearview, but is this the best way to resolve the issue? Was this forum topic posted by a resident of the apartments? If not, can I ask where you stand on this issue? (Obviously against it, but are you a homeowner with a rental basement going for $1000/month, someone who has previously been evicted, one of Fernie's orignal residents, a developer or what exactly?)
Will the owners or property developers be there to see the community response to their actions and have they shown any attempt at a more peaceful or agreeable solution? I haven't seen any evidence of that so far. Will picketing the evictions actually have any positive impact at all? If the current residents of Clearview are the elderly, disabled and single parent families that they are quoted as being, then surely it is the Provincial, Regional or Local government that is at fault for not providing suitable housing. Will they even be attending and what are they doing about this situation?
Joined: 12-09-2007
Hi
It seems like a big leap to suggest that having a demonstration in support of affordable housing is "antagonizing the police".
Yes, the police work for the state, and they do their job enforcing the law of the state.
Citizens in civil society have a job to do sometimes as well. It involves working for social justice, and if doing this peacefully antagonizes the police, then the police are misunderstanding their role in a democratic society.
Zig
Joined: 30-01-2007
I think Alba has a good point if this is indeed a petition it could be a bit embarrassing for the residence that are being forced to move out and on the same side a bit pointless.
I remember this happing in downtown Ottawa in a roach infested apartment building with elderly people living in it (about 4 years ago). I'm not sure what happened in the end, but if there was a way to protest and petition it would have been most effective to petition at the government office which has the power to stop this from happening.
Sounds like the police don't really have any power on this one, they are just grunts. fight the power!
oh, I see this has already happened. Good luck next time...