Global News
There are calls for an investigation into the use of restaurant gift cards by the City of Richmond.
Documents obtained by Global News through the freedom of information requests indicate about $498,000 was spent on the cards over three years. Minus possible duplicates, it’s about $445,000.
Richmond had previously indicated that gift cards cost taxpayers $32,800 in 2022, $71,550 in and $71,300 in 2024. The FOI results indicate much larger numbers. $156,000 in 2022, $218,000 in 2023 and $124,000 in 2024. …
Richmond says that now the gift cards are “only permitted for long service retirement and volunteer service.”
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie has declined to comment. …