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Surrey's only opposition councillor challenges Mayor McCallum's 16 priority projects

The challenge to Mayor Doug McCallum's agenda comes at the start of the new council term and has caused dismay on the ruling slate.

By Northline Newsroom
1 min read

Reported by Vancouver Sun; City of Surrey confirmation pending.

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Exterior of a municipal city hall building in Metro Vancouver. Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Bogotá / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 · CC BY 2.0

Surrey's only opposition city councillor is challenging Mayor Doug McCallum's plans right at the start of the new council term.

The target is the mayor's list of 16 priority projects, the Vancouver Sun reported. The move has caused dismay among the ruling slate, according to the newspaper.

The pushback is notable for where it lands: the 16 projects are the ones McCallum has put at the front of his agenda for the term, in a city council where one councillor sits outside the governing group.

The City of Surrey has not yet published a response to the challenge. Council meeting agendas and minutes on the city's website are where any motion or vote on the projects would appear.

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