it was meiszner who introduced the contentious motion in october 2023, to greatly reduce the protection of up to 38 mountain view corridors in the city, which staff said would give developers the chance to sell an extra 10 million to 20 million square metres of new floor space . meiszner said he wanted to address the “unprecedented housing crisis.”
advertisement
advertisement
she said she wanted to be clear that meiszner “was not under investigation, nor was i of the view that there was an open complaint against him.”
the integrity commissioner had earlier told renger she could not make a ruling on his inquiries because the time period he was asking about — when meiszner was owner of urban yvr and meeting with major developers — had occurred more than 180 days earlier.
advertisement
advertisement
last week, non-abc members of vancouver city council, especially councillors pete fry and christine boyle , expressed strong opposition to the suspension of the work of the integrity commissioner, a position brought into being by former mayor kennedy stewart.
advertisement
bookmark our website and support our journalism: don’t miss the news you need to know — add vancouversun.com and theprovince.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.