St. John's Area Council organizes Social Justice Float for the Santa Claus Parade

The St. John's Area Council of the PSAC organized a Social Justice Float for the Downtown St. John's Santa Claus Parade on November 27, 2005. This is the first year that a labour organization participated in the parade. The theme of the float was Make Poverty History, specifically focusing on the need to end Child Poverty in Canada and around the World. This event gathered well over 50,000 spectators. MPH bands and postcards were handed out to onlookers. Eight children from the Big Brother's / Big Sister's Association of St. John's eagerly volunteered to ride the float. Amazingly, as the float passed, children watching the parade from the roadside shouted out “Make Poverty History,” recognizing the motto as something they had learned from schools.