Ken Sim talks public safety, housing policy in first TV interview as Vancouver mayor-elect
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Vancouver-mayor elect Ken Sim spoke exclusively with CTV News in his first television interview since his election win. The one-on-one conversation touched on his public safety promises and his plan to address the housing crisis.
Vancouver-mayor elect Ken Sim held his first news conference Monday and struggled to answer questions about the details of his public safety plan. He spoke exclusively with CTV News shortly after in his first television interview since his election win.
Watch the full interview here, and read some excerpts of that conversation below.
Reporter: “First big news conference as Vancouver mayor, how do you think that went?”
Sim: “Well it was the first news conference…no, it was a lot of fun actually, it was actually pretty exciting to get out and talk to media and tell our story again and let people know that we’re working incredibly hard.”
Reporter: “That was a big campaign promise, I’m going to ask you again - where are the nurses coming from?”
Sim: “So these are recruiting issues. What I want to say is the City of Vancouver made it very loud and clear they wanted change. They elected me as mayor and a majority on council, park and school board and they saw that in our platform. So, they want it – we’ll make it happen. We know that there are nurses out there that have left the institutional or the hospital system that would leap at this opportunity.”
Reporter: “The City of Vancouver doesn’t hire nurses, they come from Vancouver Coastal Health or they come from the province so who are the partner agencies that you’re talking to?”
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