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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.36,0:00:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an unusually cold and snowy day in Vancouver
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.66,0:00:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the frigid, negative temperature didn't stop over 200 protesters from taking to the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.04,0:00:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chanting: "hell no, we won't go"..]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.47,0:00:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rally started at the Panttages Theatre on East Hastings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.73,0:00:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of 10 sites protesters are demanding the city buys to create 100% social housing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.36,0:00:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing less.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.53,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Downtown Eastside ( DTES) residents like Fraser Stuart
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.67,0:00:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants gentrification in the area to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.76,0:00:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get the people living in self-contained units that they can afford
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.03,0:00:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then maybe, possibly, there'll be room for condos down here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.69,0:00:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not for the next 50 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.98,0:00:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.31,0:00:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city wants to allow developers to build new condos in the neighbourhood
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.84,0:01:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but residents are worried it'll break up the community and push many out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.47,0:01:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In DTES we are, we take care of one another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.71,0:01:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look after one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.62,0:01:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a community and we don't need to be taken out of our community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.16,0:01:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can build their condos, which is not our way of life. Thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.23,0:01:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the rally wasn't just to protest the lack of social housing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.97,0:01:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was also the kick off of the Tent City 2011 at Olympic Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.32,0:01:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the space where the city and developers broke their promise
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.30,0:01:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduced social housing from 66% to 10% of the units.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.98,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like the Tent City last year, this one is making several demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.53,0:01:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The purpose of Tent City this year is we have three demands
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.97,0:01:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is that the city reinstate the 2/3 affordable housing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.12,0:01:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they promised here at the athletes village
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.06,0:01:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, our second demand is that the city purchase 10 sites each year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.70,0:01:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build affordable housing on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.14,0:02:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our third demand is that they end the criminalization of the poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.88,0:02:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, scrap some of the bylaws, to get rid of some of the bylaws
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.19,0:02:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like project civil city and clean streets sweeps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.70,0:02:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, arrest people, take people from vending, for j-walking, for spitting, for lying down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.08,0:02:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, the reason that it is the criminalization of the poor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it only applies to that four block radius
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.83,0:02:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poorest [off reserve] postal code in canada, so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.81,0:02:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, we ask that they repeal those laws
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.68,0:02:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ask, we're not asking, we're demanding that they reinstate the housing here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.49,0:02:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're demanding that the next electioin
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.19,0:02:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they purchase the tent {\u1}{\u1}?{\u0}{\u0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.10,0:02:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Tent City was quickly disrupted by a growing presence of police
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.62,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually there was an announcement made that they had to leave the public space
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.38,0:02:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or face arrests.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.31,0:03:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[police announcements and loud protester feedback: "You are on city-owned land"... "shut the fuck up!!" ...can't make out the rest ]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.15,0:03:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the campers picked up their tents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.01,0:03:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and left athlete's village.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.86,0:03:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They moved to an empty lot about 2 blocks away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.22,0:03:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this Tent City didn't last long either.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.46,0:03:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The private owner of this space filed an injunction and had them evicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.08,0:03:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The campers then looked for a space to have a meeting and plan what to do next.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.69,0:03:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't get into the community centre,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.30,0:03:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the {\u1}{\u1}{\u0}?{\u1}{\u0}{\u0} suite where they could meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.16,0:03:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the police saw this as illegal trespassing and break and entry.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.77,0:03:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, they arrested 11 peple who were in the space
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.94,0:03:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to have a quiet, warm meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.69,0:03:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the spirit of solidarity, other protesters remained
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.57,0:03:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they were driven off in a paddywagon[sic].
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.94,0:04:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chants of "let them go!"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.40,0:04:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tent City could't happen in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.41,0:04:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the message remains
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.43,0:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is happening here today should happen right across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.84,0:04:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because homelessness is an issue from one atlantic to the pacific,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.11,0:04:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the great lakes to the arctic circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.15,0:04:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a housing plan here in canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.88,0:04:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only the federal government can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.12,0:04:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We haven't had one since the 80's.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.36,0:04:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since then, homelessness has gone up in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.50,0:04:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right across the board.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.87,0:04:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enough is enough."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.72,0:04:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chanting: the people united will never be defeated...El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido...]