A document from Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s team that lists local businesspeople as significant fundraisers for his re-election campaign contains the names of three lobbyists who target Vancouver city hall.
Former NDP corporate fundraiser Rob Nagai, former NDP president Craig Keating and former Liquor Control and Licensing Branch general manager Bert Hick are among three dozen fundraising “captains” on the two pages, which were found by a Georgia Straight contributor.
“We are reviewing a spreadsheet that was found by Stanley Woodvine and posted about on social media,” said Elections B.C. spokesman Andrew Watson. “At this point, the origins of the spreadsheet and the nature of the information contained in it are unclear and we have made no conclusions in this matter.”
Last December, after eight years as party president, Keating joined the Vancouver office of Seattle-headquartered Strategies 360 as a vice-president and leader of the municipal lobbying practice, with a focus on zoning, permitting and regulatory matters. Vancouver Charter to allow the city to establish its own registry. Neither happened and municipal lobbying remains unregulated.
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