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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.25,0:00:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will no longer hold people for CBSA \N(Canada Border Services Agency);
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.68,0:00:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor will CBSA ask us to.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.91,0:00:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're aware of everything that's been going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.34,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they understand that this \Nis not activity we will participate in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.75,0:00:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just here to say that we think that the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.75,0:00:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the directives that \NTransit Police have submitted to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a step in the right direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.47,0:00:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we just want to ensure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that information sharing does not occur
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.84,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Transit Police and CBSA
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.18,0:00:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we have oversight of these directives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.60,0:00:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're really glad to see these reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hopefully make it so that folks without status
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.78,0:00:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can access transit with less fear \Nof being reported to CBSA and deported.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.65,0:00:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point that we want to bring up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.52,0:00:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we still have \Ntens of thousands of people in this region
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.44,0:00:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who actually can't afford the bus fares.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.67,0:00:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who structurally, because of low wages,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.27,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the welfare rates,\Nbecause of the high rents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.10,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot afford to pay for transit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a fundamental human right\Nand a basic public service that people rely on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.17,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people, which includes many migrant workers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are working often for very low wages
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.18,0:01:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still don't have access without fear \Nto our public transit system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.37,0:01:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're still gonna have skytrain police with guns
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.05,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being paid over $100,000 a year at a cost \Nto taxpayers of $32 million a year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,checking their busfares.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.23,0:01:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'd really like to see \Nthe Transit Police out of fare enforcement.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.05,0:01:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to start by acknowledging that we're here \Non un-ceded Coast Salish territories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.54,0:01:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thank you for the opportunity to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.96,0:01:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all I want to start by\Ncongratulating everyone in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.79,0:01:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has been part of making possible\Nthe recent encouraging developments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.04,0:01:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the termination of the Memorandum of \NUnderstanding between Transit Police & CBSA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.63,0:01:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us here have spent \Nhours and hours advocating on this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.46,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do so because we care \Nvery very deeply about this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:01:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see it affecting our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about Lucia Vega Jimenez,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.03,0:02:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who committed suicide and died in CB(S)A custody.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.65,0:02:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was initially turned over to CBSA by Transit Police
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.73,0:02:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in part because Transit Police officer Jason (Schuss) \Nbelieved that she wasn't originally from Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.81,0:02:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only did she get a ticket for lack of fare,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.15,0:02:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she was then detained by Transit Police,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.90,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually driven to the holding centre \Nby Transit Police, to do CBSA's work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.39,0:02:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Lucia's tragic death that spurred a movement \Nwithin the community over 10 months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.29,0:02:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In May and in June, conversations \Namong members of various groups
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.33,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to look at and to challenge Transit Police policy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in light of what became known to us in Lucia's death.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.67,0:02:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This includes groups like Mexicans Living in Vancouver, \Nwho are here today;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.64,0:02:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BCCLA, who is here today;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.60,0:02:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sanctuary Health, No One Is Illegal, Rainbow Refugee,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.97,0:02:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many other organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.22,0:02:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we are witnessing all across this continent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.18,0:02:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are questioning the role of police,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.86,0:02:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the impact of policing \Non marginalized communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.61,0:02:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From police inaction \Non missing murdered Indigenous women,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.02,0:02:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to police impunity being raised by \Nthe Black Lives Matter south of the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.97,0:03:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the killing of Naverone Woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.13,0:03:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Migrants without permanent legal status
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.11,0:03:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are some of the most vulnerable \Nmembers of our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.66,0:03:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're often vilified in the media,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.58,0:03:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but migrant workers and non-status people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.37,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the ones taking care of our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.08,0:03:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing our food, serving us food, \Ngrowing our food,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.92,0:03:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building our homes, pumping our gas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.96,0:03:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refugees are fleeing war, persecution and \Nunimaginable and horrendous levels of violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.31,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often escaping paramilitaries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arriving here seeking some level of safety,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.36,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to question whether they can ride transit safely,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.48,0:03:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to get to and from work \Nlike Lucia was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.22,0:03:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in memory of Lucia Vega Jimenez and the \Nthousands of other migrants in our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.22,0:03:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public transit should not be a border checkpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.32,0:03:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are far too many lives at stake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.44,0:03:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Next speaker) Lucia is just one of the cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.23,0:03:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear many cases around the time \NI remember since 6 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.61,0:03:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about immigrants that were sent back just because \Nthey didn't have a fare in the skytrain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.41,0:03:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immigration didn't look at them when \Nthe Olympics were starting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.74,0:04:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were needed in order to construct \Nand create infrastructure that we didn't have;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.98,0:04:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once that was done, they didn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.14,0:04:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I heard a lot of members that were sent back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.48,0:04:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard hard working people that was contributing \Nenormously to this country sent back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.09,0:04:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard people that was in risk sent back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.61,0:04:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with humane cases sent back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.53,0:04:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over a $2.50 fare.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.97,0:04:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to congratulate everybody in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.64,0:04:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for working to end the Memorandum of Understanding\Nbetween CBSA and the Transit Police.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.89,0:04:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an important step,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.87,0:04:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as has already been said, that's a first step.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.58,0:04:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I personally as a transit user, \Nand I think many of the people in the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.01,0:04:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would like to get clarity about \Nwhat that process is going to look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we're going to ensure that there is adequate\Nseparation between CBSA and the Transit Police.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.47,0:05:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to keep in mind the real realities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.88,0:05:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what criminalizing, scrutinizing, racially profiling, detaining and deporting people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.39,0:05:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how all that stuff affects them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.03,0:05:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real, these policies are very very real.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.41,0:05:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are being deported, people are fearful,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.24,0:05:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are going as far \Nas Jimenez and my uncle went.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.83,0:05:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(same speaker continues) We're happy about \Nsome of the changes you've made,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.35,0:05:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the concessions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.02,0:05:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need to see that they're implemented.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.82,0:05:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all gonna hold you to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.09,0:05:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we just want to see the end \Nof detentions and deportations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.31,0:05:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, to everyone here, \Nand to everyone who couldn't be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.11,0:05:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who's still involved, \Nand who cares about this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:06:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's keep fighting, let's keep pushing for \Nthe end of detentions and deportations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.51,0:06:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's ensure that public transportation \Nis not a border checkpoint. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.15,0:06:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[APPLAUSE]