Vancouver ethics watchdog criticizes Mayor Ken Sim’s party’s secret meetings

Vancouver’s integrity commissioner has found city council members belonging to Mayor Ken Sim’s party contravened the city’s code of conduct by holding private meetings aimed at moving along their policy agenda.

Commissioner Lisa Southern, who spent a year trying to get interviews and documentation from members of the ABC municipal party, said there was a clear pattern in e-mails that demonstrated the councillors were co-ordinating on bringing forward motions and on how to vote in public meetings.