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Ryan Fletcher and I down at the Red Tent City in Vancouver DTES.  A tent city was erected in one of downtown Vancouver’s empty lots on Monday Feb 15th.  The lot owned by Concord Pacific was intended to be a parking lot for VANOC vehicles during the games has been occupied by members of the community.  As of Wednesday Feb 17 there were about 200 people staying at the tent site and a statement to the number of homeless in Vancouver and the call for more low income and social housing within the city.  We spoke with some of the people in tent city, their views on the protest and how the homeless have been treated with the games in town.

Nestor, our media liason at the site,  shares his observations on what has been happening over the past few days. (2:11)

Rick and John’s thought on Tent City (5:16)

Stella August on women and the Downtown East Side (5:03)

Derick a musician who is staying in tent city, plays a tune in the street (1:59)

Stuart Richardson Programmer and Host of the CJSF Program Latin Waves, interviews Rick, one of Vancouvers working homeless

Ryan Fletcher attends the Tent City Press Conference and hears the passionate pleas from the community. (23:51)

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Part 2