Vancouver 2010: Using Canada’s bid for social change

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Jim Green could have been a huge thorn in the side of the Vancouver 2010 bid committee. City councillor, agitator for affordable housing and social justice, Green was poised to fight the bid to the death. Then he decided “to walk hand in hand with the devil.” His new strategy is to work for change from within, using Vancouver’s hunger for the Games as leverage to help the city’s most needy. In this CBC clip, Canada Now profiles the Vancouver bid’s most unlikely booster. Credits: CBC TV …

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One Response to “Vancouver 2010: Using Canada’s bid for social change”

  1. So little social …
    So little social help it is amazing the public actually thinks the 2010 games and Woodwards fiasco could do anything but help speculators with inside tips. No benefits for Seniors, pensioners, disabled of Hastings street so far. Green should be screaming but guess it’s just a talking point.

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