Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart has tweeted about the East Hastings decampment, saying, “Welcome to Cruel Vancouver.”On the heels of a significant announcement by the City of Vancouver about removing tents and structures from East Hastings Street, the former mayor entered the conversation with some fiery thoughts. On Wednesday morning, Stewart reflected on the October 15 civic election last year, tweeting, “85,732 of you voted to elect a new mayor and council who today abandoned our attempts to reconcile with Indigenous people and resume traditional genocidal practices.”The former Vancouver mayor added, “Welcome to Cruel Vancouver,” and hashtagged #Vanpoli and #UNDRIP in his tweet about the East Hastings decampment. This rests 100% on your failures.”Before today’s tweet from the former Vancouver mayor about “Cruel Vancouver,” Stewart has been relatively active on Twitter, but until today his tweets mostly strayed away from political conversations. The decampment of tents and structures in the Downtown Eastside has been ongoing, though work escalated on Wednesday. The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users has been tweeting photos of the ongoing decampment efforts.
