In a major demonstration in Toronto this weekend, hundreds of women occupied an abandoned building to demand more affordable housing. They called on the government to raise social assistance, revamp national housing policies, and use some of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's $5 billion in reserve funds to renovate deteriorating buildings and create more livable space -- particularly for women, who are statistically more likely to be hungry and homeless. Not only did the women garner media attention, their actions were cited in a speech in the House of Commons. Awesome.
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testing, dammit.
Awesome. This reminds me of the surprise take over in Cambridge when after the women's march, a bunch of women claimed Harvard's run down "knitting factory" as the Women's Center and occupied it for 10 days.
Rock on.
Way to Go!