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Vancouver City Hall refuses to reveal cost of surge in severance payouts
Dan Fumano: Many Vancouver taxpayers applaud ABC Vancouver's attempt to shrink the municipal payroll — but it's reasonable for them to want to know how much they're paying for this surge in severance payouts.
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The City of Vancouver paid out severance to what might be a record number of non-union employees last year, but the municipality is refusing to say how much those payouts cost taxpayers, despite the fact it has released this information in past years.
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Carson Binda, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s B.C. director, said the ABC-majority city council’s efforts to shrink the bloated civic bureaucracy are overdue, but a “good move” for the city. But, he says, there’s no legitimate reason to prevent taxpayers from knowing how much these cuts are costing.
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“It certainly seems like the City of Vancouver is trying to hide these dollar figures and that’s........