Richmond Review
Mayor Malcolm Brodie, among those on TransLink’s mayors’ council backing a new sales tax to fund transit projects, said the mayors have little real role despite efforts to convince the province change is needed…
BC’s refusal to reform TransLink raises mayor’s ire
The Globe and Mail
The B.C. Transportation Minister’s declaration this week that he won’t reform the Vancouver-region transportation authority has complicated efforts to win voter approval for a new tax to pay for transit expansion, says a Vancouver-area mayor…
Vaughn Palmer: On transit vote, mayors make the most of an unwanted situation
Vancouver Sun
If Metro Vancouver voters reject this plan, onus is back on B.C. Liberals…
Jim Pattison a boost for Yes side
Richmond Review
Billionaire businessman Jim Pattison gave transit referendum Yes forces a lift Thursday by agreeing to chair a committee to oversee the flow of money if voters approve the proposed sales tax increase…
Mayors say ‘Yes’ vote critical to local economy
Richmond News
Mayor Malcolm Brodie was joined by his Vancouver counterpart Mayor Gregor Robertson at Brighouse station in Richmond Wednesday morning to stake claims that a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming transit tax plebiscite will improve the economy as well as the environment and, notably, the money raised will be at arms-length of TransLink’s base budget…
Property tax may be Plan B if referendum fails: Premier
Maple Ridge News
Premier Christy Clark says the possible defeat of a proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax by the No side in this spring’s referendum on transit expansion might force Metro Vancouver mayors to raise TransLink’s property tax instead…
TransLink plan needs support, says mayor
Richmond Review
Richmond’s mayor urged business and community leaders Tuesday to get behind TransLink’s sales tax plan to pay for transit improvements…
Mayor plays down fears congestion tax could rise further if voted in
News1130
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who has previously chaired TransLink‘s board of directors, says if the transportation body came looking for more money, the mayors would likely suggest an alternative revenue stream…
Pete McMartin: Dislike the idea of a transit referendum? Blame Victoria
Vancouver Sun
The mayors’ vote to OK the transit referendum question was held Thursday in New Westminster’s Anvil Centre, and it was Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan who struck the first hammer blow. Corrigan, ever the contrarian, said he would vote no, in part for the fact that he, for one, was not in charge…
Developers step up to pay for transit stations
Business in Vancouver
The economic benefits of being linked to rapid transit are so important that Metro Vancouver developers are paying millions of dollars to upgrade old stations and even help pay for new stations…