Vancouver councillors told to stop displaying children’s artwork at meeting [Video]

Two Vancouver city councillors were told to remove children’s artwork from their desks during Tuesday’s meeting, after one of their colleagues called the display of the drawings “intimidating.”

A move to allow natural gas for heating and hot water in new construction in the city was on the agenda, a controversial proposition that drew over 100 speakers to the chamber.

During the meeting, the Green Party’s Adriane Carr and Pete Fry displayed several brightly coloured creations rendered in crayon on construction paper that opposed the use of natural gas, a sentiment consistent with the councillors’ position on the matter.

ABC Coun. Brian Montague, who was behind a motion to reverse a city-wide ban on natural gas in new builds, asked Mayor Ken Sim – as chair – to weigh in on whether the drawings violated council’s procedure bylaw.

“I understand counselors are permitted to have an opinion, but earlier this …