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Vancouver's new mayor and council sworn in

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Nov, 2022 04:49 PM

VANCOUVER - Ken Sim is officially Vancouver's new mayor and is promising to set a tone of co-operation — despite his ABC Vancouver party holding a strong majority on council.

Sim and the new council were sworn in at an inauguration ceremony at the Orpheum theatre where he also called for help from the federal and provincial governments to address the opioid crisis.

Join us in watching the City of Vancouver’s newly elected Mayor and Council being sworn in at their inauguration ceremony, happening now.

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— City of Vancouver (@CityofVancouver) November 7, 2022

Sim is making history as the city's first Chinese Canadian mayor after beating incumbent Kennedy Stewart in the October election.

All seven candidates for Sim’s centre-right ABC Vancouver party won a seat on the 10-member council, setting the stage for a more united municipal government than under Stewart.

The ABC Vancouver slate was elected on promises to tackle housing affordability by speeding up the permitting process and hire 100 more police officers and 100 more mental health nurses to address public safety concerns.

In his inaugural address, Sim asked for other branches of government to help deal with Vancouver's opioid crisis, saying the city can't solve the situation alone.

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