Photos from the sit-in protests and march to parliament during the budget session of parliament.

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British Columbia:  ACORN Canada's campaign against slum landlords won a major victory in a landmark case that has led to $115,000 fine against Surrey Slumlord Gurdyal Singh Sahota for failing to comply with orders of the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) to properly maintain their buildings.

This is a precedent setting decision in that this case marks the first time the RTB has exercised the power to fine a landlord. To see the press coverage follow one of the links below:

Korogocho Education Awareness campaign procession - few minutes before being disrupted by rioting angry youths.

Korogocho education awareness campaign procession on 8th March 2012

I join ACORN International and the Remittance Justice Campaign in demanding that any new candidate being considered as President of the World Bank commit to aggressively making all available efforts to achieve the World Bank and G-8 goal of stopping predatory pricing of remittances and reducing maximum costs for migrant workers and immigrants to no more than 5% for remittances.

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