Peoples' Commission hearings, Vancouver

Established by community groups following the Solidarity Coalition campaign against the provincial government's 1983 austerity program, the People's Commission on Social and Economic Alternatives began hearings in Kelowna September 14, 1984 and continued around the province, winding up in Vancouver December 16. Photograph shows Commission members from left to right: Jane Evans, Ray Haynes, Rev. Margaret Marquardt, and Mel Watkins.