Opinion: Businesses want fast changes from the new ABC Vancouver council, citing economic problems affecting Vancouver, and the world.
luncheon indicated a sense of optimism about the new entrepreneur-turned-mayor and his ABC party’s majority on Vancouver council. But, they said, they also have high expectations.Sign up to know what's really happening by reading daily editorials and commentary by British Columbia's opinion leadersBy clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Sim had never held public office before being sworn in as Vancouver’s mayor. He worked as an accountant and investment banker before co-founding twothat still operate today: health-care company Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt bagel bakeries. Sim said the proposed extension of Broadway subway to the University of B.C. would be “transformational” for Vancouver, connecting the Downtown business district and the Broadway corridor’s health-care institutions with UBC, the province’s second-largest commuter destination.
“They really do want to take action on a number of initiatives, and what I’m hearing from members, is that this is a real shift and a welcome shift,” Anderson said.
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