Orientation briefings from senior bureaucrats, introductions to B.C. and federal cabinet ministers and city council meetings dominated Ken Sim’s first month-and-a-half schedule as Vancouver mayor.
According to his calendar, Sim started his first full day as the city’s 41st mayor on Nov. 8 with a Global TV interview. He was formally sworn-in the previous afternoon at the Orpheum Theatre. The first week ended with Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Victory Park cenotaph and Chinatown memorial plaza.
Despite that, Sim’s calendar makes no mention of taking time out to see Canada’s first tournament appearance in 36 years. For Nov. 23, at the same time as Sim watched Canada outplay Belgium in a 1-0 loss, his calendar shows a council orientation briefing about the civic code of conduct followed by the weekly meeting with the city manager’s office.
Rather than travelling to Ottawa, Sim met virtually with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other big city mayors on Dec. 6, and spoke with the mayors of Coquitlam , Burnaby and North Vancouver District on Nov. 9, Nov. 30 and Dec. 13, respectively. Sim attended the Union Gospel Mission Dec. 3, where he helped serve Christmas dinner to the needy, and later attended the Vancouver Police Department executive’s Christmas reception.
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