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230 Fightback protesting KingSett Capital offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal
For Immediate Release May 2, 2023 Protests are presently occurring at KingSett Capital Offices in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Members of 230 Fightback are presently protesting inside the KingSett Capital office at 40 King Street to let Jon Love and KingSett Capital’s know that low income people are opposed to their plans to build a luxury
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To Toronto Mayoral Candidates:
To Toronto Mayoral Candidates: 230 Fightback is a newly formed organization that is challenging a particularly destructive example of the commodification of housing in Toronto and we are asking for your support in opposing it. We are confronting a situation where a luxury condo tower is set to be built at 230 Sherbourne, in
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May Day Rally and March
May Day Rally and March Sunday, April 30, 1.00 PM. Meet in Nathan Phillips Square (Bay and Queen) March on Queen’s Park 230 Fightback will be marching with unions and other community organizations to mark International Workers’ Day. The struggle for housing is a vital part of the fightback that we have to build and we
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Rally, March and community meal
No Condo Tower at Dundas and Sherbourne Rally, March and Community Meal Saturday, June 10 2023 Gather at 230 Sherbourne KingSett Capital plans to build a luxury condo at Dundas and Sherbourne and 230 Fightback intends to stop them. We demand that social housing be built at the site instead. Come out on June 10
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Letter of Support from Japanese Canadians for Social Justice
March 16, 2023 Attn: Jon Love , CEO KingSett CapitalScotia Plaza, 40 King St. W., Ste. 3700Toronto ON M5H 3Y2 This letter is addressed to you on behalf of Japanese Canadians for Social Justice, a group that aims to build community support for human rights and social justice. Our history of Japanese Canadians is one
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Questions remain about eviction of 150 Toronto seniors in 2019 (Rabble)
By Gaetan Heroux March 6, 2023 Nearly four years ago residents of the Davenhill Senior Living centre were told they were being evicted. In the summer of 2019 residents of 877 Yonge St., a senior’s home operated by the non-profit organization Davenhill Senior Living, were given notice that they would have to find new accommodations
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March on Kingsett
Today, community members and supporters brought our voices to city hall and the KingSett office building. We first gathered outside Toronto city hall to deliver a letter to the mayor’s office. Our delegation of 3 was stopped by security and told that the “mayor’s office is unavailable.” However, security took the letter with the assurance
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Letter to Jon Love
Mr. Love: This letter will convey to you the outrage that many in the Downtown East community feel over your plans to erect a condo tower at 214-230 Sherbourne. The unhoused people and low income tenants who live in this area are in desperate need of real housing solutions and more upscale housing and
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Letter to John Tory
Mayor Tory: The Downtown East is facing a housing disaster. Many people are unhoused and even greater numbers are inadequately and precariously housed. While this appalling situation continues, an oversupply of upscale housing is generated and this brings with it a process of gentrification that drives up rental costs and obliterates vital community services.
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Call to action: Feb. 13 @ 10am – March from City Hall to KingSett Capital!
SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL HOUSING AT DUNDAS AND SHERBOURNE Meet at the doors of Toronto City Hall, 10:00 AM, Monday, February 13 KingSett Capital, a major property developer, has bought up the vacant property at 230 Sherbourne. A community with urgent and pressing housing needs now faces the prospect of a luxury condo town
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