The Portland Hotel Society should be defended

Mark Townsend and Liz Evans, founders of the Portland Hotel Society (PHS) have resigned following two audits from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and B.C. Housing that raise questions over the distribution and accounting of administrative fees for a twenty-year old organization that provides homes and harm reduction services to Vancouver's most vulnerable population. The PHS is best known for operating InSite, North America's first and only safe injection site -- a clinic universally lauded by health care professionals and poverty activists worldwide.