Campaigns in crisis mode as B.C. mayors pivot from parks and potholes to big picture
“It was, ‘Are you going to build us a dog park?’ ‘When are you going to fix the roads?’” Blackwell said.
“Health care is not part of the mandate of municipal governments in any way, but it’s what our citizens need us to do, so we have to get involved,” said Blackwell, who is running again. In some cases, they’re teaming up to share information, help one another and unify for a louder voice to advocated for what they need.
Coyne, who first joined local government in the early 2000s, said he’s noticed a marked change in the relationship between municipalities. “We started out with the five of us by the time we hit UBCM. A couple weeks later, we had 30 or 40 people that wanted to be involved,” Blackwell said. That said, Stamer said he was also happy with the conversations he had with cabinet ministers and others at UBCM and hopes to see some changes as a result.Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, who is not running again, said city mayors recently came up with a way to influence provincial action on social disorder, which she attributed to the near collapse of the mental health and health-care systems.
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