Libby Davies’ hunger strike may be over but it’s just starting for the 56th person to take up the wooden spoon

I stopped by the Carnegie Centre Saturday afternoon to ask MP Libby Davies a few questions for an upcoming M2M show.  Davies was on day 6 of a planned hunger strike organized by The Impact on Community Coalition. Today she passed the wooden spoon along to the 56th Vancouver participant in this stunning protest.

The whole point of getting  key people to go hungry for a week is to bring attention to how much Vancouverites and Canadians care about homelessness and want political action to eradicate it. A National Housing Strategy for one. Compassion and understanding for another.

I haven’t gone longer than 6 hours without eating in my entire life and I have never been forced to sleep outside.

I’ll think about that the next time I pass someone with a cardboard sign outside of Shoppers.  Even just to acknowledge their/our plight.

Here’s an excerpt from the interview with MP Libby Davies. You can hear the full interview in an upcoming M2M show on CJSF 90.1fm.