Martin Girard

Self-proclaimed Chief Insurrectionist of the Rulebreakers.

Martin Girard September 16, 2023

If you're into protesting social injustice and live in the greater Victoria area, you've got plenty of events to choose...

Martin Girard September 15, 2023

About 250 people gathered at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria to demand an end to reliance on...

Martin Girard September 4, 2023

Around dinner time I was walking down the street where I live, through the city's largest encampment, when I was...

Martin Girard August 31, 2023

The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) rallied on this International Overdose Awareness Day to denounce government inaction in...

Martin Girard August 22, 2023

The recently released raw 911 call data for the city of Victoria's hot spots for homelessness made at least one...

Martin Girard August 14, 2023

Recently I learned there were no less than four vacancies in the supportive housing complex I live in due to...

Martin Girard August 11, 2023

As some of you may know, I've been hounding Victoria's city councillors on Twitter for several weeks, constantly flirting with...

Martin Girard August 5, 2023

We're advocates. We're activists. We're joining a hostile fray, pitting ourselves against the system. So activism is about fighting, right?...

Martin Girard July 29, 2023

Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the upcoming Atlanta Public Safety Training Center now has an official Twitter feed. If you haven't...

Martin Girard July 27, 2023

As those who have been following this blog for a while already know, I was helping with organising Aubrey's Run...