Show Notes:
(0:36 - 4:48): David Eby speaks about how Pivot Legal Society will manage without him while he seeks a Vision Vancouver nomination and how his announcement last week was received by people in the Downtown Eastside and Vancouver in general. (4:48 - 10:35): Devon Carr chats with Rebecca Cuttler about Pivot Issues in the News, including David Eby's decision to try for Vision Vancouver. Discussed today include The Vancouver Courier article, Pivot Lawyer Courts Vision Nomination and Civil City program gives itself a pat on the back, in the Vancouver Sun.
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Gabor Maté is interviewed by Nancy Macdonald (back to camera) and recorded by James Ash as Darren Fleet looks on. Absent from this photo are Erin Millar, Rebecca Cuttler and Paul Ryan.
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