Victoria City Council walks back on proposal to ask military to fund Remembrance Day events
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That was Mayor of the City of Victoria, Lisa Helps, speaking at City Council last night.
A controversial proposal to ask the Canadian military to fund Remembrance Day ceremonies in Victoria died at last night’s city council meeting
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and her fellow councillors declined to bring the amendment to a vote. The councillor who introduced the motion, Ben Isitt claimed there’s been a smear campaign against his character. Here’s what he told the chamber.
Council did vote last night to approve $135,000 in additional funding for policing "special event policing costs," including Canada Day and Remembrance Day. The money will come from the city's 2019 contingency budget.
Yesterday, we told you a group of Navy veterans celebrating their 50th anniversary reunion decided to boycott the city of Victoria. In light of this reversal by City Council, what does that mean for their event?
Let’s check in again with the man who first announced this boycott.
Guest: John Appler
Retired Navy veteran, part of the deployment of Canadian military personnel who shipped out to the coast of Vietnam in 1973 - he’s leading this boycott of Victoria
That was Mayor of the City of Victoria, Lisa Helps, speaking at City Council last night.
A controversial proposal to ask the Canadian military to fund Remembrance Day ceremonies in Victoria died at last night’s city council meeting
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and her fellow councillors declined to bring the amendment to a vote. The councillor who introduced the motion, Ben Isitt claimed there’s been a smear campaign against his character. Here’s what he told the chamber.
Council did vote last night to approve $135,000 in additional funding for policing "special event policing costs," including Canada Day and Remembrance Day. The money will come from the city's 2019 contingency budget.
Yesterday, we told you a group of Navy veterans celebrating their 50th anniversary reunion decided to boycott the city of Victoria. In light of this reversal by City Council, what does that mean for their event?
Let’s check in again with the man who first announced this boycott.
Guest: John Appler
Retired Navy veteran, part of the deployment of Canadian military personnel who shipped out to the coast of Vietnam in 1973 - he’s leading this boycott of Victoria