B.C.’s minister of municipal affairs has terminated any progress on a provincial bill that was meant to force the City of Vancouver to have residents vote on dissolving its park board, saying the city has more "clarifying" work to do with First Nations.

Nearly two years ago, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim announced he wanted to get rid of the separately elected department that oversees the city’s parks and recreation services, including community centres, in order to achieve efficiencies over decision making and save the city money.

To do so, Vancouver would need the province to change the city's governing document, the Vancouver Charter , which enshrines the need for the elected park board.

Earlier in October, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Christine Boyle announced legislati

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