A financial statement revealed that former mayor Jonathan Cote received $103,443 from New Westminster taxpayers after he left civic politics and took a job at Metro Vancouver.
RELATED VIDEO: Metro Vancouver is launching an independent review of the North Shore wastewater treatment plant, which is billions of dollars overbudget. North Vancouver District Coun. Catherine Pope joins 'Global News Morning' to discuss what she hopes will come out of the review.City councillors in New Westminster, B.C., are ringing the alarm about a “transition allowance” payment to former mayor Jonathan Cote.
Minhas said Cote was able to find new employment at Metro Vancouver in less than two months, pocketing more than $100,000 in the process. New West Progressive councillors Daniel Fontaine and Minhas looked to change the rules around the transition allowance to limit how much a former politician could receive in the event they are able to find employment.
Also in the financial statement, it was revealed Cote was paid more than $209,407 in 2023. In total, Cote received more than $315,000 last year.On Tuesday, Metro Vancouver said it is launching an independent review of the wastewater treatment plant, even though it said a day before that it had no plans to take such action. The announcement was made by George Harvie, Delta’s mayor and chair of Metro Vancouver’s board of directors.
The announcement of an independent review also comes one day after B.C. Premier David Eby called for an independent audit of Metro Vancouver.‘6-year-old is gone’: Boy struck, killed by Ontario school bus picking up kids Last week, seven city councillors from across Metro Vancouver called for auditor general Michael Pickup to investigate the cost overruns.
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