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In May 2023, Klassen moved an amendment to a city staff report concerning the municipal vacancy tax, which had been raised from 3% to 5% by the previous council under mayor Kennedy Stewart. City staff recommended lowering the tax back to 3%, but $3.8 million had already been collected from property developers and was allocated for social housing.
With the party forming a majority on council, ABC approved several of its key policy planks in the first few council meetings of the 2022–2026 term, including adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, [11] green-lighting "urgent measures to uplift Vancouver's Chinatown," [12] and directing city staff to budget $16 million to hire 100 police officers and 100 mental health nurses.
President Barack Obama supports merit pay for teachers but believes teachers' pay should be increased based on performance tests, not arbitrary tests. He wishes to work with the National Education Association (NEA) to find a new system to get rid of performance pay. [17] [18] [19]
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Within his first 45 days in office Ken Sim and the ABC-dominated Council expedited work camp-style housing in partnership with BC Housing that implemented 90 units on City property. [22] On March 27, 2023, Sim and Provincial Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon announced a plan to open 330 additional units by June, 2023. [ 23 ]
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The subject of teacher salary reform is addressed in light of the teacher accounts therein that portray a job that, however rewarding, is demanding and trying upon one's time and finances. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The book follows the wide range of teacher testimonies with a chapter that contrasts a typical day of a teacher alongside that of a ...
Members of Congress may be getting an up to $6,600 raise this year. That's due to a provision in a must-pass funding bill that's set to get a vote this week. Rank-and-file lawmakers have been ...