Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Frances Bula
Publication Date: January 31, 2025 - 20:44
Rising costs for planned North Vancouver wastewater treatment plant prompt demands for governance change
January 31, 2025
Soaring spending and complaints about lack of accountability and poor governance in the regional body that oversees services in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland has prompted one mayor to seek major changes.Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West brought a notice of motion to the Metro Vancouver board meeting Friday that recommended cutting the number of committees by half, putting new limits on pay for meetings, and initiating a comprehensive review of all its core functions.
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An investigation by Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found that internal meetings involving Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party amounted to improper, backroom decision-making.Lisa Southern also examined text messages from a senior ABC official to ABC park board commissioners at a separate party retreat, threatening “appropriate disciplinary action” if they did not vote in accordance with “party values.”
February 23, 2025 - 21:52 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
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