Vancouver's mayor makes a bold step to eliminate the park board …
Dec 6, 2023 · The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has separate oversight for the city's more-than 200 parks and dozens of community centres. The motion also asks the province to ensure that green...
Vancouver Park Board votes to continue work in defiance of …
Dec 12, 2023 · In what may go down as a purely symbolic motion, a majority of Vancouver Park Board commissioners voted to continue the elected board's plans and reaffirm their oaths on Monday.
Vancouver mayor announces plan to remove city's independent park board
Dec 7, 2023 · (Ben Nelms/CBC) Vancouver's mayor says he will bring forward a motion to ask the province to change the city charter so the city's independent, elected park board can be removed and its...
Turf war: Inside what could be the Vancouver park board's final …
Dec 8, 2023 · News of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's plan to abolish the city's elected park board surprised voters, as well as his own party's politicians.
Move to abolish Vancouver park board reveals rift in mayor's …
Dec 8, 2023 · Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s decision to seek the abolition of the municipal elected park board seems to have tapped into community frustration with the current system, but also exposed a rift...
Council moves closer to scrapping the Vancouver Park Board
Dec 13, 2023 · Vancouver’s mayor and council approved a controversial motion — in favour of amending key legislation to allow the abolition of the city’s elected Board of Parks and Recreation. Councillors...
New motion seeks to stave off abolition of Vancouver Park Board
Sep 23, 2024 · The Vancouver Park Board is set to vote on a motion aimed at modernizing its mandate and safeguarding its future.
‘System is broken’: Vancouver mayor announces plan to remove …
Dec 6, 2023 · The future of Vancouver’s parks is up in the air after mayor Ken Sim held a Wednesday morning news conference to announce he will table a motion next week to eliminate the elected park board.
Vancouver council passes initial vote to dismantle elected park board
Dec 14, 2023 · Vancouver City Council has voted to take a step toward abolishing the city’s elected park board — a move the mayor says would cut down on bureaucracy, streamline processes, and save millions...
Ken Sim appoints 5 people to group to abolish park board - Vancouver …
Jan 25, 2024 · Mayor Ken Sim is forging ahead with his plan to abolish the elected Vancouver park board and announced five additional members Thursday to the “transition working group” to bring parks and recreation under the direct oversight of city council.
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