theBreaker.news Podcast: Catching-up with Councillor Colleen

August 29, 2021 00:25:10
theBreaker.news Podcast: Catching-up with Councillor Colleen
theBreaker.news Podcast
theBreaker.news Podcast: Catching-up with Councillor Colleen

Aug 29 2021 | 00:25:10

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Show Notes

For the week of Aug. 29, 2021:

The big announcement from Vancouver city hall this summer was the hiring of its first auditor general, Michael McDonnell. On this edition of theBreaker.news Podcast, hear from Colleen Hardwick, the councillor behind the establishment of the waste and corruption-fighting office.

Host Bob Mackin asks Coun. Hardwick about budget and livability challenges facing Vancouver as the one-year countdown to the October 2022 civic election campaign is just around the corner. 

Plus commentary and Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines.

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