There is no shortage of potential issues of protest in Vancouver and beyond – a lack of support for homelessness, mental illness and addiction, the missing and murdered women of the downtown eastside, a dearth of affordable housing, an increasing gap between the rich and poor in Canada; all of these problems come quickly to mind.
I confess that I have never been a big booster of the 2010 Olympics; I’ve always thought that the money we’ve spent and continue to spend on inviting the world to the Lower Mainland for two weeks could have been better invested in more worthy causes – supportive housing for the mentally ill and addicted, the creation of a more progressive system of taxation, improvements in the quality of public education and health care, and more accessible and environmentally friendly public transit.
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