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If you live in Vancouver, by now you’ve probably heard of the Anti-Poverty Commitee. Basically, they’re a group of people in Vancouver who are protesting the Olympics in 2010 because they believe it is detrimental to the homeless situation. They’ve gone around to the homes of Olympic organizers and to the office of the Premier and caused chaos. While there is a situation with homeless folks in Vancouver, very, very few believe that the APC is doing any good at all. Heck, even the homeless have voiced their opinion about these idiots, especially given their ridiculous tactics of terrorizing those in charge of the Olympics at their homes.
There was an interview with the head of the APC, David Cunningham, on the radio Team 1040 this afternoon on the Pratt and Taylor show. The hosts asked Cunningham a series of straight up questions to which he answered with giggles and basically sounding like an moron. He makes comments about how the Olympics is evicting people from the Downtown Eastside and making rent too expensive.
The issue is…if you can’t afford to live in the city, why not move? I mean, there are obviously expensive parts of the city, why not move to somewhere with cheaper housing? There’s plenty of cheaper areas to live in the Lower Mainland. Cunningham also says that he’s a poor guy with a kid who works two days a week. Why not work five days a week? He says he’s okay working two days a week. He expects everything to be handed to him. This should anger everyone who has to do some work for money. I don’t think he understands that he might not be poor if he wasn’t such a lazy bastard.
That means that I, and others like me who pay taxes, have to pay welfare for this idiot. I’m not sure about him but I think as long as you are able bodied, you can find yourself some type of work. You can get a fast food job but apparently that’s not good enough for him since he laughed when Don Taylor suggested he should move to Port Moody where there is plenty of houses being built and construction job opportunities. I find it funny that he can complain about being poor but wants to pick and choose want kind of work he does.
This is the thing that pisses off most of us when the issue of welfare is brought up. It’s lazy hippies like David Cunningham who believe they are entitled to a home and money without having to work for it while the rest of us have to bust our ass to earn our own way. It’s like they deserve to have all this stuff that most people have to work for. He would have an argument if he had a disability or was unable to work but he already has a job that he chooses to work only two days at. Don’t expect me to feel sorry for you if you’re poor from being a lazy idiot. Heck, if he got off his lazy ass and worked an honest week, we could give the money he gets from the government to someone who actually deserves and needs it. He is hurting the people he says he represents.
It’s true that there are folks that need some help but he and the APC are not those people. There’s a difference between a hand-up and a hand-out. These people expect the government and in turn, the rest of us to provide for them because they choose not to work. He even said that this is what he believes he is entitled to according to the Canadian constitution. That’s bullshit.
I encourage all Vancouver residents to either ignore or actively oppose what the APC is doing. They represent no one but themselves. Hard work is a fundamental Canadian trait. Maybe they should learn to do some.
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Yea..those APC guys sure have done a good job of making thier presence known…while tarnishing all they stand for at the same time. How are they hoping to gain sympathy or public favor on thier side by engaging in acts like trashing public offices??
I forgot to say…..i fully agree with Ed and will either ignore or actively oppose what the APC is doing.
The APC sucks. They don’t represent anyone but themselves. Trashing the reception area at the Vancouver cabinet offices doesn’t achieve anything.
They are nothing but urban terrorists!
The ideals that they “uphold” have been lost in their struggle for media presence.
I’m no Vancouver resident, but what a jackass.
I personally am against and have always been against holding the Olympics in Vancouver, and our ever-increasing homelessness that the governments are doing absolutely nothing to help with (and are actively increasing) is deplorable and deeply alarming. We have lots of jobs available, yet it’s rare that any of them are full time or pay a living wage. I work 40 hours a week, yet leaving my parents’ home and continuing to live within the city is not an option for me, because of my extremely low pay. Something must be done, and that message needs to be heard loud and clear.
The APC is actively discrediting all anti-poverty activists who are trying to, through legitimate and peaceful means, get help for the homeless people of Vancouver. While some of their members may have the right idea in mind, by supporting this group they are pushing back the fight for fair wages and welfare.
And while I agree with you that these actions the APC are taking are completely unforgiveable, I have to say that I don’t agree with your simple assumption that people can just up and move to avoid the expense of living in Vancouver. Not only is moving an expense in itself (and the lower mainland as a whole is becoming a very expensive place to live) but the homeless may have family, or support, or medical doctors here who know their history and are their support network, and they can not give them up in favor of a home.
I would have preferred the Olympics not be held in Vancouver as I do not believe the monetary costs to Vancouver will outweigh the benefits; not to mention the inconvenience to the general public with all the Skytrain construction.
However, the Olympics are going to go through and nothing is going to stop them now so live with it but it’s totally unfair for a lazy, waste-of-space, moocher like David Cunningham to blame them for all of the poor’s woes.
Sadly, there are real homeless issues but welfare sucking, potheads like the APC want to get free homes, free handouts, and not work for them, are clouding the real problem of those with mental illnesses roaming the streets — the ones who truly deserve help and sympathy.
As for Cunningham, I’d give him $100 if he’d let me punch his stupid face and I resent that he has a kid. He’s got no right to offspring which will create yet another generation of lazy, stoned Cunninghams leeching on society.
Well after the news this week about DERA and their buddies the APC, I guess we all know what Mr Cunningham stands for. Exploitation of the homeless for the gain and free rent of the few.