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Mayors' new report pushes for elected body to govern Translink
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Laura Baziuk | Email news tips to laura.baziuk@corusent.com
3/22/2013

Metro Vancouver appears to have one of the only transportation systems in the world that isn't governed by an elected body.

That's the result of a new report commissioned by the region's mayors, who have long been striving to get more say in how public transit is funded and planned.

Richard Walton, mayor of North Vancouver District and chair of the mayors’ council on transportation, says the right governance model is key to maintain public confidence.

"What we want to do is to have a say in the model, and certainly I think it needs to have elected people, but to what extent there's people from the province or Metro Vancouver? That remains to be discussed."

The report suggests giving the mayors the bigger role they want, as well as rolling governance into the Metro Vancouver regional board, or appointing a group from within that board.

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  1. DavidSB posted on 03/22/2013 09:46 AM
    That's all we need is those mayors with their greedy paws on that money. The first thing you'll see is the mayor of Surrey, the mayor of Langley and the mayor of Vancouver sitting around deciding how to spend the tax dollars of the citizens of Port Moody

    There is a distinct difference between elected and accountable
    1. JohnM_9819 posted on 03/22/2013 10:08 AM
      @DavidSB I prefer elected to anonymous political appointees.
    2. Giepher posted on 03/23/2013 09:17 AM
      @DavidSB I could go either way on this matter, elected or appointed; the problem is accountability, there dosen't seem to be any when it comes to these matters. Our elected representatives will not take responsibility for the moronic decisions made by the Board of Directors and their choice of Executive. If oversight actually existed, things may not necessarily have to be all that bad - but I guess pigs will never fly, will they? However, our politicians never seem to problem horking out of the public trough, do they? ENTITLEMENT is a sickness and the BC Liberals along with their "independanr statutory agencies", should all be institutionalized; for their continual abuse of this unqualified and subjective illness. Brings new meaning to snorting and living large.
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  2. BY_7463 posted on 03/22/2013 10:00 AM
    Not sure Dave. kevie "HAIRBOY" falcon has sure done the pooch over a few times on this nonsense he created!!!!!!!!!! Can't remember for sure if this was after he was pretending he knew something about health care (that he screwed up) or after. Not that it really matters. Everything that he touched turned into that stuff you put on that paper that is on that roll beside the toilet!!!!!!!!
    1. JohnM_9819 posted on 03/22/2013 10:07 AM
      @BY_7463 Falcon is bar non the most overrated politician of the Liberal government.
    2. Dale - left coast posted on 03/22/2013 01:33 PM
      @BY_7463 Was there a time when "Healthcare" was NOT Screwed Up?
      One day . . . we will learn what they know in Germany, Denmark and France . . . that PRIVATE Competition lifts all boats . . . eliminates waiting lists . . . don't believe me . . . check it out.
      The Status-quo is all about Public Sector Unions and protecting their turf . . . of course the Dippers and Dix are in bed with these Unions.
      Nothing will change . . . remember the 90's . . .
      Did you hear about the 2 people that dies in Emergency last year . . . in the People's Republic of Manitoba? Dipper Paradise . . . lol
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  3. JohnS_4384 posted on 03/22/2013 10:57 AM
    To make Translink more accountable, the Translink board should be elected by the taxpayers of Metro Vancouver. Leave the Mayors the way they are now, but allowed to have a little more input. This way, we have an accountable board and equal transit spending across the region.
    1. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/23/2013 11:05 PM
      @JohnS_4384 I like my PayPerView MMA in a different taxpayer supported "entertainment facility" once a month meetings better.
      And if you're a mayor, or city councillor you're on the card.
      You win, you get a vote on the next decision.
      Of course with the insane profits watching the cat fights, all of translink's pet projects will be paid for over and again, maybe with free fares for everyone.
      People will park their cars at home and no more traffic except tourists.
  4. StephenG_3 posted on 03/22/2013 01:45 PM
    Frankly, the current system has failed, most systems under the GVRD have failed, the Regional Health Boards have failed, most Municipalities are in the twilight zone and nothing gets done except for politicians and senior staff getting paid magnificently for hundreds of meetings.

    The entire system should be centralized under the Provincial Government Ministry of Transportation and Highways to bring back some sanity.
  5. BY_7463 posted on 03/22/2013 01:51 PM
    Yes dale. THere was a time when Medicare was super. But that was back before we let all "THE NEW CANADIANS" wash up on shore and say You silly Canadians have to look after us because Trudeau said so. I'm 65 and I DO remember when healthcare worked.
    1. Giepher posted on 03/23/2013 09:34 AM
      @BY_7463 I too am of the same vintage; the only thing wrong with healthcare are the BC Liberals and the best way to turn people off from the best system in the world is to make sure it dosen't work and wait for the public to demand change. I maintain that our Medicare is sustainable, but it must be managed and brought back into reality, because some of the most attrocious abuses have come into play and caused this dilema. It is wrong to blame it all on the unions - no I am not a union member, or supporter - but the reality is we all pay taxes and the more money people make the more taxes they should pay; much like computers, garbage in, garbage out, that's what the BC Liberals are peddling. Do you know when politicians say they are floating and idea; well they're actually saying they're throwing the best known substance against the wall to see if it'll sticks, but in actuallity it all STINKS. Good riddens to Falcon and the rest of them
  6. joes_2868 posted on 03/22/2013 07:48 PM
    Dale-left coast: RIGHT ON!
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