Metro Vancouver spent $64K on Toronto wine and cheese event

Metro Vancouver delegates to a nationalist convention for municipalities threw a pricey networking arena astatine a Toronto edifice past year, Global News has learned.

Through a Freedom of Information request, Global News has obtained receipts connected to nan Federation of Canadian Municipalities yearly conference.

During nan conference, Metro Vancouver hosted nan arena which included an unfastened barroom and fancy food.

Among nan purchases were $2,000 worthy of shrimp tempura, $1,800 of smoked salmon pinch dill pick and walnut bread, much than $5,200 of food and charcuterie stations, on pinch a ‘Little Italy’ position astatine $4,200.

The measure besides included astir $2,400 successful home beer, $3,000 successful imported beer, $4,300 successful achromatic vino and $3,500 successful reddish wine.

The full measure for nutrient and intoxicant was $64.620.94

New Westminster Councilor Daniel Fontaine called nan expenses jaw-dropping.

“This perfectly speaks to a problem astatine Metro Vancouver, that their costs are retired of control,” he said.

“There is very small oversight successful position of these expenditures.”

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This latest revelation comes aft questions were raised astir really overmuch payer money was spent for attendance astatine an municipality drainage convention successful Amsterdam.

“This is precisely why nan provincial authorities needs to measurement successful and reappoint nan agency of nan section authorities auditor general,” said Canadian Taxpayer Federation B.C. head Carson Binda.

“We’ve seen spending ungraded aft spending ungraded astatine Metro Vancouver.”

Metro Vancouver says it has been hosting nan networking reception for complete 10 years, but, arsenic portion of ongoing information elected not to big a networking arena this year.