St. Ann's update- Friday, Jan. 29th, 2010: The City...

St. Ann's update- Friday, Jan. 29th, 2010: The City...

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Got an email yesterday from the City's lawyer with a pdf attached of their rough draft of a statement of facts. I'll attach it to this as well. Basically, it is a blatant and all out lie stating that there are two shelters in town (Streetlink and the Salvation Army) that have 10ish shelter beds open 24 hours a day. I presume they did this knowing full well that David and I could not sign off on it, leading to the difficulty of getting transcripts and potentially blocking the appeal.

I can imagine that Streetlink and the Sally Ann backing the City on this as they stand to lose a significant amount of business if people are recognized as having the right to provide their own shelter for free (instead of having to pay the maximum welfare allows, $525ish, for a cot in a dorm with more than a dozen other men). Essentially, don't believe the hype- the Sally Ann is a 'for profit' corporation that IS on the front line of the poverty war... its just the other side from the righteous soldiers. The right thing, in this case, is to recognize the right to sleep for free and just deal with the consequences, however severe, of the economic calamity of no longer being able to depend on a monopoly on sleep.

We still go in next week on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2010, at 2:00 PM in the Supreme Court at the Victoria Law Courts to try to get this litigation to proceed. If we fail then no Canadian, who cannot afford it otherwise, has the right to sleep in a municipality during the day... and I'll be dead in jail with a bunch of retarded politicians and taxpayers pretending like its not their fault. Woo hoo.

Then you'll get some 'compassionate' high-level Constitutional pro bono lawyer working at the behest of some 'anti-poverty' law firm to ignore the rights we should already have and try to initiate a 'NATIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY' to help the government to continue to own the issue... and people will get all gushy and naysay anyone who points out that a national housing strategy is the shittiest way to go.

That's the way of it, as far as I can see.

much love,

David Arthur Johnston

Victoria, BC, Canada

Hatrackman@Gmail.com

Home page- http://www.angelfire.com/apes/hatrackman

Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann's Academy (Victoria, BC, Canada)- http://www.angelfire.com/apes/hatrackman/welcome.htm

Crimes of Necessity- http://www.loveandfearlessness.com (from filmmaker Andrew Ainsley. Very comprehensive.)

Everything Tent-city- http://tentcity.wikidot.com

PS: a text of the PDF-

No.: 145835-1
Victoria Registry

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

BETWEEN:
DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSTON and
DAVID MICHAEL SHEBIB

APPELLANTS

AND:

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA

RESPONDENT

DRAFT STATEMENT OF FACTS – PRELIMINARY
AND NOT AGREED UPON

1. Streetlink has 10 to 12 cots in the main area that are available during the day.

2. The Salvation Army has 21 beds that are accessible 24 hours a day.

3. There are no other official sleeping spaces available at the other drop-in centres during the day.

DATED at the City of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this

____ day of January, 2010.
__________________________
Solicitor for the Respondent
This Draft Statement of Facts is filed and delivered by Troy DeSouza, of the firm of
Staples McDannold Stewart, solicitors for the Respondent, whose place of business and
address for delivery is 2nd Floor -837 Burdett Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W
1B3 Telephone: (250) 380-7744 Fax: (250) 380-3008

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