Oak Bay-Gordon Head candidates lay out plans to address poverty

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The UVIC Poverty Law Club and the Coalition hosted an All Candidates Meeting on Poverty and Homelessness on Saturday. The Times Colonist’s coverage:

The subject of Saturday’s Oak Bay-Gordon Head all-candidates forum couldn’t have been clearer. Even before walking into the University of Victoria’s Fraser Building, visitors were presented with a sleeping bag laid out on a bench at the front door. “Homelessness is unacceptable” was the simple message that went with it.

Read the article: Oak Bay-Gordon Head candidates lay out plans to address poverty

Source: Times Colonist

Author: Jeff Bell

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