"My colleagues in Burnaby and Richmond will go to the wall."
District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton discusses the solidarity among municipalities that have not yet signed the new RCMP contract (from a June 3 news story).
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"The policy vacuum is particularly worrying when it occurs in a city in which developers donate tens of thousands of dollars to the election campaigns of politicians responsible for approving their applications for additional density."
Marc Pederson of the citizens' group North Van City Voices comments on the difficulties created by campaign donations (from a June 6 news story).
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"It's a sweeping agenda to remake Canadian society. It's undemocratic for all these changes to be put together in one bill and then rushed through Parliament."
Jamie Biggar, executive director of leadnow.ca, protests the Conservative government's 450page omnibus budget legislation, which includes amendments to dozens of laws (from a June 8 news story).
