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4 unusual facts about Philip Owen


David Cadman

Cadman ran for Mayor of Vancouver in 1999, endorsed by both the Coalition of Progressive Electors and the Vancouver Green Party, but was defeated by incumbent mayor Philip Owen.

Expressions of Social Justice Festival

-Fix: the Story of an Addicted City a documentary set in Vancouver about the Mayor Philip Owen, and a group called VANDU's efforts to reduce drug-related harm to users resulting in North America's only safe injection site.

Philip Owen

Under his leadership, the city also opened Library Square, a new downtown headquarters for the Vancouver Public Library which features an innovative architectural design by Moshe Safdie.

On February 15, 2011, Owen published letters in several major Canadian newspapers apologising for comments that he made blaming former Vancouver Police Department Inspector Kim Rossmo for delays in the investigation of serial killer Robert Pickton.



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