B.C. has tasked a former provincial cabinet minister with repairing the conflict between the mayor of Kamloops and city councillors, after some councillors and critics have said the dysfunction is having a “detrimental” impact on the city’s residents and operations.
Peter Fassbender will serve as a municipal adviser to Kamloops until April and offer recommendations to Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, city council and the province for next steps, a spokesperson for the City of Kamloops confirmed Monday.
Fassbender served as a City of Langley councillor and then three-term mayor before being elected in 2013 to represent the then-B.C. Liberal party in the legislature. The
