Anti-Poverty Committee
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The Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) is an organisation based in Vancouver, British Columbia that campaigns against poverty and homelessness.
The APC participates in direct action events such as sit-ins and squats[1] to protests closure of low-income housing projects and has garnered considerable attention with disruptive protests[2] centred around the 2010 Winter Olympics, to be held in Vancouver.
According to its website, the Anti-Poverty Committee "is an organization of poor and working people, who fight for poor people, their rights and an end to poverty by any means necessary."[3]
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[edit] Opposition to the 2010 Winter Olympics
On a May weekend in 2007, Vancouver Police used a ruse to arrest APC organizer David Cunningham as part of their investigation into threats made to "evict" 2010 Winter Olympic Games board members from their homes and offices. The police had pretended to be a reporter with Vancouver's commuter newspaper 24 Hours. This ruse was criticised in newspaper editorials as endangering the media's appearance of independence.
On May 22, 2007, following Cunningham's arrest, three APC activists pretended to be delivering flowers as a ruse to gain entry to the Vancouver offices of BC Premier Gordon Campbell. The group began destroying glassware, as well as overturning furniture and scattering documents. The group stated that this action was an eviction of 2010 Winter Olympic Games special advisor Ken Dobell from his office. [4]
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[edit] References
- ^ Anti-poverty squat a 'last resort'. CBC News. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- ^ Dignitaries, Spectators and Protestors. News1130. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- ^ Statement. Anti-Poverty Committee website. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- ^ Housing activists trash B.C. Premier's offices. Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
