Vancouver councillors demand tighter oversight on municipal spending
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 2:21 pm
Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have banded together to demand increased provincial oversight of municipal spending following allegations of misuse in a city hall gift card program. Their petition underscores mounting frustrations over public funds management, ensuring that every loose buck is brought under scrutiny.
"It's on everyone's mind in the city, it doesn't matter if you go to McDonald's or you go shopping," one Richmond city counicllor said of the scandal.
The petition comes amid a police investigation into alleged misuse of a city hall gift card program
VICTORIA - Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia government for closer oversight of municipal spending in the province, amid a police investigation into alleged misuse of a city hall gift card program.
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