Vancouver city hall withholds all documents from the Breaker.news about controversial street renaming
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Vancouver city hall withholds all documents from the Breaker.news about controversial street renaming
Vancouver city hall withholds all documents from the Breaker.news about controversial street renaming
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Vancouver city hall refused to release a copy of all contracts, work orders, invoices and proof of payment about the replacement of Trutch Street signs with a name gifted by the Musqueam Indian Band.
theBreaker.news applied under the freedom of information law after the June 20 unveiling of new signs that read Musqueamview Street and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm (pronounced “ShMusqueam-awsum”). City hall took an extra month because it claimed the request interfered with its operations. When it finally replied Oct. 6, it withheld all information, alleging that disclosure would harm intergovernmental relations and the interests of Indigenous people.
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However, a document published on social media by Dallas Brodie, the One BC MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, shows the Musqueam Indian Band drafted a $33,500 budget for reimbursement of: expenses ($10,000), meeting fees ($6,000), work to design the signs, participate in a pronunciation video and lunch-and-learn sessions with city hall staff ($7,500) and planning and executing the renaming event ($10,000).
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