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June 7, 2011 Speeches in Parliament

House of Commons
HANSARD
June 7, 2011

Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):

Congratulations to you, Mr. Speaker, for being appointed to the chair.

I am happy to rise in the House today and follow the member for Churchill, hearing what she had to say about the budget. Although we represent very different parts of Canada, she from the north and I from an urban centre in the south on the west coast, it is really quite incredible to know that what she heard on the doorsteps during the election was very similar to what I had heard from my constituents in Vancouver East.

I would like to thank the good folks of East Vancouver for re-electing me the sixth time. It is a pretty amazing community of very diverse neighbourhoods. It is a place where immigrants come, where people make their way in Canada. It is a place that has a lot of labour history and social activism. However, it is also a place that is really struggling. People are struggling with the incredibly high housing costs in Vancouver. It is a good place to live, but people are really hurting and are having a hard time.

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Politicians join call to keep Vancouver temporary homeless shelters open

May 6, 2011
The Georgia Straight
Politicians join call to keep Vancouver temporary homeless shelters openVancouver housing advocates say they’re planning a campaign over the next month to press for year-round funding of temporary homeless shelters in the city. Vancouver East MP Libby Davies and Vancouver city councillor Ellen Woodsworth joined a crowd of advocates in front of the closed Fraser Street temporary shelter today (May 6).
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Libby Davies on her bill's amendment

March 8, 2011
Hill Queeries: Ottawa's federal politics blog on Xtra.ca
Libby Davies on her bill's amendmentOTTAWA - NDP MP Libby Davies’ housing bill, Bill C-304, has just had another bit of good news from committee today. I caught up with Davies after QP.
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Update: Libby's Bill for a National Housing Strategy

November 26, 2010
Updates from Libby

Dear Friends,

Just a quick update on Bill C-304.

The Bill has enjoyed strong support from all three opposition parties and on November 24th, the Bloc and the Liberals helped us to send it back to committee for further work on a key amendment relating to the provincial jurisdiction of the Bill.

We are currently working to get it on the HRSDC agenda as soon as possible, so as to bring it back to the house for its final reading and vote in a timely manner.

The willingness of these parties to move this Bill forward was made possible thanks to the incredible work of all the organizations and citizens who keep this issue in the forefront and who continue to contact their Members of Parliament and rally support for the Bill. Thanks again for all your hard work.

Sincerely,

Libby

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Libby and the Red Tent Day of Action for Housing

October 19, 2010
CBC.ca
Orders of the DayMeanwhile, NDP MP Libby Davies will preside over the launch of the Canada Day of Action for a Federal Housing Strategy, which is -- exactly what it sounds like, as far as I can tell. Oh, although it might be fun to see how the Liberal Party reacts to one of the more camera-friendly visuals set to be unveiled: One hundred red tents, which will be opened, amid much symbolic fanfare, just across from Parliament Hill before being marched to the Human Rights Monument on Elgin Street for a second rally.
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Libby's Bill for a National Housing Strategy and the Canadian Day of Action for Housing

October 18, 2010
The Toronto Star
Red tent campaign calls for housing strategyAffordable housing advocates are setting up red tents in cities across Canada Tuesday to highlight the country’s homelessness crisis and need for a federal housing strategy. The demonstrations come on the eve of final debate in the House of Commons Wednesday on an NDP bill that would commit Ottawa to drafting a plan.
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Canadian Day of Action for Housing and Bill C-304

October 20, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press
Inaction on housing 'disgraceful'CANADA needs a plan to deal with a housing shortage that's reached crisis proportions, according to a coalition dedicated to drawing attention to the cause. On Tuesday, at demonstrations in cities across the country, including Winnipeg, housing advocates demanded that federal politicians support a private member's bill (Bill C-304) that would require Ottawa to develop a strategy to deal with the estimated 150,000 to 300,000 homeless people in Canada.
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