With the taxpayers picking up the tab for the multi-billion dollar overrun on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, critics say its no time for mayors to be jetting overseas.
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Delta, B.C., Mayor and Metro Vancouver board chair George Harvie says he won't travel to Amsterdam, where he was to learn about urban drainage and flooding mitigation approaches meant to benefit the region, because of recent attention over his role on Delta council and travel expenses.
George Harvie has expensed tens of thousands of dollars in travel so far this year but hasn't explained why, and did not answer Global News' questions when interviewed.