Vancouver’s mayor is taking heat after saying he was “blindsided” by a vote to cut one per cent of the city police force’s budget.
The vote came as the city grapples with how to fill a multi-million dollar hole in its budget, due to lost revenue due to COVID-19.
Speaking on CKNW’s Mornings With Simi Friday, Stewart said he had no indication about the plan ahead of an in-camera meeting Wednesday. “I actually, going into the meeting where this decision was made, I actually didn’t know that that would be a part of what was discussed, so I was blindsided,” said Stewart.
In-camera meetings are usually used to deal with real estate, legal or collective bargaining decisions in which sensitive information can not be made public; how the mayor and