![]() Sim has promised those new hires - which would cost more than $20 million a year - would not result in an increase in property taxes, which have averaged over five per cent during Stewart's term as mayor. But when you compare it to the mayor's plan to hire 25 counsellors or Coun. Hardwick's plan to hire a commissioner and study the issue, those aren't bold actions, and we have serious safety issues in our streets," he said. But Sim argues it's a necessary first step. Opponents have raised questions about how quickly those cops could come on board and how the nursing component would work, given the well-documented shortage regionwide. On crime and policing, Sim promises to hire 100 new cops and 100 mental health nurses over his term, ideally as quickly as possible. (Christer Waara/CBC) More cops - but vague on budget cuts ![]() It's the only party hoping to have more than 70 per cent of council and park board seats, more than any other party right now and enough to fully control city hall after four years of a minority council.ĪBC promises to hire 100 new police officers and 100 nurses to help deal with the increase in crime in certain neighbourhoods and disorder in the Downtown Eastside. Running for council along with Sim are incumbents Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato and Sarah Kirby-Yung, along with Mike Klassen, Peter Meiszner, Brian Montague and Lenny Zhou.ĪBC's park board ticket consists of Brennan Bastyovanszky, Jaspreet Virdi, Marie-Claire Howard, Scott Jensen, Laura Christensen and Angela Haer, and its school board candidates are Alfred Chien, Peeti Faridkot, Victoria Jung, and Josh Zhang. Instead of being with the NPA as in 2018, Sim is with a new party, ABC Vancouver. "They're just working with a broken process." "I do want to stress that there are a lot of good things going on in the city, and we have amazing people at City Hall," said Sim. Four years ago, Ken Sim came within a thousand votes of becoming mayor of Vancouver.Ī lot has changed in the city since then, but a lot hasn't: Sim is still running for mayor, still hoping to defeat Kennedy Stewart, and still running on themes of affordability, safety, and moderate change.
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