Living wage policy should be in place for Vancouver city workers: councillor [Video]

A Vancouver councillor is hoping the city will reinstate its living wage policy for employees after it was scrapped last year.

Coun. Christine Boyle is bringing forward a motion to council through a standing committee on policy and strategic priorities meeting Wednesday, calling for the city to bring back its living wage policy by 2025. Boyle’s motion points to rising costs like food and rent as some reasons for why a living wage policy should be in place.

“I think the living wage is an incredibly important city policy, both in terms of the message it sends about who belongs in Vancouver and I feel really strongly that working people belong here, that they should be able to call Vancouver home,” Boyle told CTV News Vancouver.

On Monday, a town hall was held with city workers about the potential policy change. Boyle said they heard from many employees about how …