Trying to Make Ends Meet in Vancouver

“That October, the family decided to move to a city where the weather was milder and the window-washing season longer. They left Edmonton with their belongings packed in a 1970s RV. Since neither Shawn nor Sabrina have a driver’s licence, they hired two people from an online classifieds site to drive to Vancouver. The group travelled nine hours the first day, then slept in the RV in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. At the end of the second day, they arrived at the Guildford Town Centre, in Surrey, thirty minutes’ drive from Vancouver. Shawn, Sabrina, and the girls slept in the RV behind the mall, waiting for their drivers to return in the morning. But the drivers never came.”

Emily McCarty – The Walrus – April 2018

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