The bill would have criminalized people that police “believe” consumed drugs outdoors.
Author: Mainlander Editorial Collective
On Sept. 11, a near-unanimous majority of workers at Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the Arts and Cultural Workers’ Union, IATSE Local B778. Twelve employees of Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the union, according to a Massy union member. The union drive took place largely in August. Two of the now-unionized workers are Indigenous, according to three members of Massy Union who spoke with The Mainlander.
The text from a speech by Sparkling Fast River Rising Woman (Mona Woodward) from the Surrey Union of Drug Users bringing attention to the settler colonial underpinnings of displacement and BC’s drug laws
Harm reduction advocates and concerned community members from across the Lower Mainland gathered at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre to speak out against the PROSPER Conference, an event organized by the US-based Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions. The Foundation changed the event’s venue to Richmond’s Westin Wall Centre at the last minute.