Vancouver: No Fixed Address

Vancouver: No Fixed Address

Vancouver: No Fixed Address

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Vancouver: No Fixed Address

"The free market costs."

2017

1h 15m

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Overview

There is no topic that unites all of Vancouver quite like that of housing. At every dinner party, social gathering, or chance meeting in the street, everyone has an opinion, and they want to share it. Charles Wilkinson’s new film Vancouver: No Fixed Address tackles the subject from a multiplicity of perspectives. A chorus of voices chime in — everyone from David Suzuki, to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Seth Klein, Condo King Bob Rennie, Senator Yuen Pau Woo, and lots of regular Vancouver citizens.

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Quelemia Sparrow

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David Suzuki

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David Suzuki

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Angel Chang

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Rosalind Sadowski

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Cal Anderson

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Ray Wong

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Shannon Galt

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Fayyaz Alimohamed

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Bob Rennie

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Sandy Garossino

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Margaret Stephens

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David Ley

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Yuen Pau Woo

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Pei Huang

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Maurice Bilovus

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Seth Klein

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Sphenia Jones

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Gregor Robertson

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Gregor Robertson

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Timo McElderry

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Thomas Sloss

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Katie Beardsley

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Samantha Gambling

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Jamila Nazerali

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Dave Hilborn

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Piers Bonifant

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Sam Cooper

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