President of TEAM Vancouver resigns saying the get together is just not pro-development sufficient

Barj Dhahan advised some members he was stepping down as a result of he was not assured “that TEAM’s ongoing opposition to improvement is enough to earn optimistic outcomes on October 15.”

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The president of TEAM Vancouver has resigned over his issues the get together within the upcoming municipal elections is being seen as anti-development.

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On Wednesday, an e-mail from Barj Dhahan to some TEAM members was proven to Postmedia Information, by which he defined that he was stepping down as president of the get together as a result of he was not assured “that TEAM’s ongoing opposition to improvement is enough to earn optimistic outcomes on October 15.”

TEAM is certainly one of a number of political events on the Vancouver municipal scene vying for spots on council and parks board within the coming election: together with COPE, Imaginative and prescient Vancouver, the Non-Partisan Affiliation, Ahead Collectively, ABC Vancouver, Progress Vancouver, One Metropolis and the Inexperienced get together.

TEAM was revived by incumbent councillor Colleen Hardwick, who’s amongst a number of councillors who give up the NPA mid-term.

She is now operating for mayor and is against the large Broadway Plan for improvement alongside the Broadway hall in its present kind (she needed the vote on the plan to be made after the election). Political lobbyist Invoice Tieleman not too long ago joined the get together as he makes an attempt to be elected to council on an anti-Broadway Plan platform.

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Dhahan stated that the e-mail was solely despatched to members that he had recruited to hitch TEAM and never your complete membership.

He stated that he remained a TEAM Vancouver member and nonetheless helps the get together.

In accordance with the e-mail, Dhahan joined TEAM late final 12 months. He joined the board of administrators on Could 22 and was appointed president two days later.

“Inside two and a half weeks of me turning into president we had been in a position to nominate six credible council candidates, recruit an government assistant, and rent two effectively regarded marketing campaign consultants,” he wrote.

“Two candidate boot camps had been organized and a marketing campaign plan with a funds was developed.”

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