The City of Vancouver has paused the work of abolishing the elected park board after the provincial government failed to implement Mayor Ken Sim’s requested amendments to the Vancouver Charter in the spring session of the B.C. legislature.
The decision to pause the transition of bringing duties of park commissioners under the jurisdiction of city council was announced Friday in a staff memo authored by Sandra Singh, one of the city’s deputy city managers.
Singh noted the provincial government’s spring session ended Thursday.
“The provincial government has reaffirmed its commitment at a future date [to] enact these legislative changes and we will share any further indication of regarding potential
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