BC ACORN started organizing in 2005, starting with our first chapter, Surrey. Since then we have built up six more chapters across the lower mainland (New Westminster, Burnaby, Tri-Cities, Whalley, Guilford, and Newton). Some of our biggest victories include: Canada’s first living wage policy in New Westminster; the introduction of a healthy homes bylaw in Surrey; regulation of payday lending; and many local victories against slumlords!
Despite losing our office in an explosion in 2013, BC ACORN is stronger than ever and continuing the fight for healthy homes, disability rights, and closing the digital divide!
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Posted June 21, 2021
BC ACORN reset and relaunched their provincial campaigns over the last couple of months, and it turned out really well. With the BC NDP Government in charge now is the time for BC ACORN to show that their campaigns are not only vital to low-to-moderate income people, but are also popular and make sense for the province!
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Posted March 15, 2021
BC ACORN has been looking for ways to get the attention of the BC NDP Government during COVID, and on Saturday they sent a message that could not be ignored: a gigantic banner over the Cambie St Bridge!
On Saturday, advocates dropped a banner off the Cambie Bridge in Vancouver calling for rent debt forgiveness.
‘We live in a rich province and there is no excuse for people to live in poverty,’ ACORN rep says
Renters worried about losing their homes as the COVID-19 pandemic numbers are growing rallied in Coquitlam on Tuesday to demand more protection from evictions and big increases in their monthly rents.