Vancouver Sun
Premier David Eby has suspended work for now on a controversial housing project for homeless people in Richmond, where three NDP MLAs are fighting for re-election.
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon announced the news on the Friday before the Labour Day long weekend, the preferred timing for a government seeking to minimize the fallout from a cynical decision. …
Caught off guard by the NDP government’s reversal was Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
“We have been working on this project for quite a number of years,” he told Global News. Scrapping it would not make the homeless disappear, said Brodie.
“So I ask the question, would people rather deal with them when they are housed, when they have a basic level of housing and a roof over their head and some kind of security?” …