Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim dismissed the police-commissioned report that pegged social services spending in Vancouver at $5 billion. The report has been called flawed, misleading and opaque by some city councillors. 

Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.

Published Thursday, November 10, 2022. 

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/10/Vancouver-Mayor-Says-Police-Report-Not-Useful/

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim dismissed the police-commissioned report that pegged social services spending in Vancouver at $5 billion. The report has been called flawed, misleading and opaque by some city councillors. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter. Published Thursday, November 10, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/10/Vancouver-Mayor-Says-Police-Report-Not-Useful/

Mayor Says 150,000 Police Report Is ‘Not Useful’

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