November 08, 2006 – 9:37 pm
By: Katharine Kitts

Vancouver (NEWS1130) – Many of Vancouver’s homeless gathered with the Anti-Poverty Committee to protest a dinner and speech by Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan. More than a hundred protestors showed up to have their say.

Banners with messages demanding an end to homelessness in Vancouver rose above steaming bowls of soup that were handed out to the hungry and cold. The message was loud and clear from members of the Anti-Poverty Committee to Mayor Sam Sullivan. The mayor spoke at the dinner hosted by the Vancouver Association.

David Cunningham with the Anti-Poverty Committee says they showed up for a few reasons. Commuters honked in support of the activists and the contrast was something hard to miss. The small bowls of vegetable soup were clearly not on the menu for the dinner planned for the people inside.