In the last two weeks, there were finally signals that the themes of the party's election campaign were aligning with the tactics of the council
The last two weeks have been of substantial rebooting for Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his majority slate of council.When you win as resoundingly as the ABC team did, with a clear message from the city for change and with such a wide range of interests to satisfy, you can find it difficult not only in knowing where to start but in whom to first please. And it has shown.
The party heard profound disappointment and anger from its most ardent base of support when the new mayor and council conveyed a property tax increase of 10.7 per cent for this year. The increase is at a passive remove from the inflationary, recessionary context of the times and the lives of those who will bear the bill.
But last week, to dampen the furore, Sim announced a task force of accountants and advisers that will spend six months poring through and recommending reductions where it can in about two-thirds of the $1.9 billion in civic spending. Two days later, and about nine months late, city workers backed by the police descended into and dismantled the elongated encampment along East Hastings. Sim, abetted by Premier David Eby, ensured there was shelter for those who wished it. Many didn’t.
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