[thread] Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sim
* Canadian politician/businessman
* 41st mayor of Vancouver 2022+
* during 2022 campaign Sim promised to hire 100 nurses + 100 police officers
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Millionaire Ken Sim, no political experience; newly-founded party - elected w. carte blanche majority
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110455236639465780
* supporters: Vancouver Police | Lululemon billionaire/far-right political operative Chip Wilson
* Wilson funded "Vancouver is Dying" populist copaganda film demonizing homelessness/addiction
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(2022-10-24) Billionaire Chip Wilson/Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543467219717686
(2022-10-05) Vancouver Police Union backs Ken Sim for mayor
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543465623668803
THEN (2022): Sim promised to hire 100 nurses, 100 police officers
NOW (2024): Here's what's actually happened so far
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/in-2022-vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-promised-to-hire-100-cops-and-100-nurses-here-s-what-s-actually-happened-so-far-1.7086308
* 2022: Sim promised to hire 100 cops + 100 nurses
* Aug 2024: 35 positions filled; 50% of them nurses
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An update on the health-care piece of Mayor Ken Sim's pledge to hire 100 mental health nurses to pair with 100 police officers has revealed just how little resemblance what is being implemented bears to what was promised in 2022.
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️