'Deliberate pattern’: Vancouver mayor looks to remove opposition councillors from acting, deputy mayor roles
CTV
Two Vancouver city councillors are questioning why they’ve been ousted from city appointed roles.
Two Vancouver city councillors are questioning why they’ve been ousted from city appointed roles.
A report from Mayor Ken Sim, titled “Appointments of Council Representatives,” shows opposition councillors removed from holding acting, deputy and duty mayoral roles.
Green party Coun. Pete Fry, along with Green Coun. Adriane Carr will no longer serve in these roles. OneCity Coun. Christine Boyle's name was also removed from the roster before she was elected as an MLA last weekend.
Only councillors who are part of Sim's ABC Party, which has a majority on council, will fill these roles.
Fry described the move as concerning – but unsurprising.
“It's further entrenching this highly partisan kind of toxic political environment that's coming out of the mayor's office that is totally inappropriate for local governing,” Fry said.
CTV News asked for an interview with the mayor, but was granted an interview with his chief of staff, Trevor Ford, instead.
