VICTORIA - Former senator and past Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell has been appointed as British Columbia's new point-person to improve quality of life for those living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Campbell, who served as mayor between 2002 and 2005, then in the Senate until 2023, says in a statement that he will use his experience and relationships to improve housing and care for unhoused people, especially women, Indigenous people and those with complex mental health and addictions.