Vancouver City Council Votes to Provide up to $660,000 for Legal Fight Against ‘Big Oil’ After Mayor Breaks Tie

Vancouver City Council Votes to Provide up to $660,000 for Legal Fight Against ‘Big Oil’ After Mayor Breaks Tie
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver city council has voted to endorse a proposal to spend up to $660,000 to fund a class action lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies, asking them to pay for climate change-related costs borne by municipalities.

In a council meeting on July 20, Mayor Kennedy Stewart voted to break the tie in favour of the decision.