Delta mayor evades questions over thousands in travel expenses
Global News
George Harvie has expensed tens of thousands of dollars in travel so far this year but hasn't explained why, and did not answer Global News' questions when interviewed.
Delta Mayor George Harvie has refused to answer questions over his travel bills as chair of the Metro Vancouver board of directors.
Harvie has expensed tens of thousands of dollars in travel so far this year but has not provided an explanation as to why.
He was voted off the board, but still has an upcoming trip to the Netherlands.
Harvie did not answer questions from Global News about his travel plans at a time when North Shore households are possibly on the hook for more than $700 annually for 30 years and Metro Vancouver taxpayers could pay up to $140 a year, absorbing the extra costs of the nearly $4-billion North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In New Westminster, Coun. Daniel Fontaine is calling for an independent review of the plant’s costs and how the budget has nearly quadrupled.
“Discussion around the actual costs, what triggered it and what we can learn from that particular project to make sure that we don’t have that happen again at the wastewater treatment plant,” Fontaine told Global News.
He is also calling on the Metro Vancouver board to cancel the Amsterdam trip.
“It looks absolutely awful,” Fontaine said.