🛌 "How Do They Sleep?" — While the Rest of Us Are Left Out in the Cold
$707,500.
That’s what the Chief Administrative Officer of Metro Vancouver made last year.
That’s more than 3 times what the Premier of British Columbia earns.
While thousands of us go to bed hungry — or worse, don’t have a bed at all.
Since COVID, homelessness has worsened across BC.
The fentanyl crisis has stolen over 16,000 lives.
The rental market is a disaster — $3,000/month for a modest 2-bedroom.
And countless working families now rely on food banks just to survive.
Meanwhile, our so-called "public servants" at Metro Vancouver are living like royalty:
- $300K+ salaries for mayors.
- A $707,500 payday for one bureaucrat.
- Perks, stipends, and overlapping payments for board meetings, travel, and bonuses.
All while people live in squalid SROs, sleep in tents, couch surf, or die quietly in alleyways.
How do they sleep?
Very well, apparently.
💭 But We’re Here to Invade Their Dreams.
This is our collective alarm clock. It’s time to:
- Demand transparency.
- Cap public compensation.
- Redirect resources where they’re needed most — to housing, mental health, detox, and dignity.
❓Reflective Questions
- How is it justifiable for public employees to earn $700,000/year while families can’t afford diapers or rent?
- What does it say about our system when mayors make more than the Prime Minister of Canada?
- Why are working families going to food banks, while unelected bureaucrats live like executives?
- If you're not outraged yet — what will it take?
- What would our cities look like if those salaries were reinvested into tiny homes, food programs, or treatment centers?
✅ Solutions and Actions We Can Take Now
🔹 Legislate a Cap on Public Salaries
No municipal or board member should earn more than a BC cabinet minister (~$183K).
🗳 Ask your MLA to introduce or support this legislation.
🔹 Freeze Rent Increases & Build Real Affordable Housing
Stop luxury developments and redirect zoning for deeply affordable, publicly owned housing.
🏘 Support groups demanding non-profit, co-op, and Indigenous-led housing.
🔹 Audit All Public Salaries and Contracts
Where is the money going? Who approved these raises?
🧾 Demand independent audits and make the reports public.
🔹 Pressure Local Media and Speak Out
Use social media, blogs, letters to the editor — keep the spotlight on injustice.
📣 Share this post. Name the numbers. Ask the hard questions.
🔹 Support People, Not Empires
Donate to grassroots, not bloated charities with CEOs making 6 figures.
🍽 Volunteer with mutual aid. Invest in community kitchens, not corporate pipelines.
🔹 Organize Peaceful Action
City halls, board meetings, and media events — make our presence felt.
👣 If we show up in numbers, they’ll be forced to listen.
✊ Public service must mean service, not self-enrichment.
If they won’t feel our pain, we’ll make sure they hear our voices.
Loud. Clear. And unforgettable.
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