Mayor Ken Sim's requested amendments to Charter won't happen until after Oct. 19 provincial election.
A group representing 17 Vancouver community centre associations has requested Premier David Eby reconsider his commitment to follow through with Mayor Ken Sim’s wish to abolish the elected park board.
The seven councillors, in this case, was the ABC Vancouver contingent who voted with Sim at a Dec. 13 council meeting to begin the steps to abolish the board. Sim’s move to bring parks and recreation under city council’s control requires amendments to the Vancouver Charter, which only the provincial government can do.
In that meeting, Fast said, he and Murphy urged Eby to reconsider following through with Sim’s wish but the premier did not commit to blocking the mayor’s request. Fast and other APG members also met with Sim in February. 'Irreparable damage' Former ABC commissioners Brennan Bastyovanszky, Laura Christensen and Scott Jensen have pushed back against the mayor’s plan since Sim announced his decision in December 2023.
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