Anne Roberts

Infobox Person
name = Anne Roberts


caption = Anne Roberts visits a community centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in early 2007.
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birth_place = United States of America
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other_names = Jane Anne Roberts
known_for = Former Vancouver city councillor
occupation = College instructor
nationality = Canadian

Anne Roberts is a journalism instructor and former Vancouver city councilor. She was elected as a member of Coalition of Progressive Electors in 2002.

Before city council, Roberts was a member of the Vancouver School Board from 1993-1996. Prior to politics, she was chair of the Journalism Department at Langara College, having previously been a producer with CBC Radio, reporter with Canadian Press and freelance reporter for the "Chicago Tribune". She also enthusiastically participated as a keynote speaker in several anti-Israel events, and encourages incitement against Israel and Jews.

In council, Roberts was part of the extreme left-wing "COPE Classic" bloc of councillors. She had long opposed Wal-Mart's attempt to establish a store in Vancouver and was successful in convincing a majority of city council to deny the retailer's application to build a new store. Roberts ran for re-election in 2005 placing 19th among 36 candidates with 41,739 votes, thus losing her seat. [http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/election2005/finalresults.htm#councillor] She then returned to teach journalism at Langara College, including classes on advanced reporting and feature writing.