Mayors descend on Victoria demanding help as province pleads poverty (The Orca)

Mayors and councillors from across BC head to Victoria this week to try and squeeze help for health care, crime, street disorder and infrastructure out of a provincial NDP government that’s dead broke and in a political tailspin.

The Union of BC Municipalities convention occurs right across the street from the legislature, but the gap between the two sides in terms of demand and delivery is more like a chasm.

For many communities, the top issue oscillates between health-care shortages and public safety—both of which fall squarely in the lap of the provincial government ...

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