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Vancouver mayor says he was ‘blindsided’ by closed-door vote to cut police budget

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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

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