Dan Fumano: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has made his first public ask of the new B.C. government: Hurry up and dissolve the park board.

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim made his first public ask of the new B.C. government Thursday: Please get on with it and dissolve the park board.

At a well-attended news conference at city hall, Sim announced the city has done its homework, releasing its final report this week on the plan to bring parks and recreation under council’s jurisdiction.

Now, the only thing left is for the province to fulfil council’s request, Sim said, and make legislative changes to abolish the elected body, which is unique among B.C. cities.

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And, Sim said, he expects it to happen pretty quickly.

Sim referred to Premier David Eby’s statement in March that, if the B.C. NDP formed government after the October election, they would work in the “next earliest legislative session” to implement Vancouver council’s request to dissolve the park board.

Sim said Thursday: “We have a great working relationship with the premier’s office, and we fully expect him and their office to do exactly what they said they’re going to do.”

Sim still expects that change in spring 2025.

But it’s not entirely clear how quickly Sim’s wish might be fulfilled.

During an all-candidates meeting last month, Eby said the province “sent the city back with a list of homework” to do on the park board transition, and the city........

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