City of Vancouver's expenses grow

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-vancouver-property-tax-increase-budget-forecast

Unlike most cities, Vancouver hasn't put as much money into its infrastructure. Yet, there are budgetary problems.

https://biv.com/article/2021/07/city-vancouvers-expenses-growing-faster-revenues

So many other cities were able to bring back streetcars or trams.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-municipalities-budget-covid-april-8-1.5525741

https://globalnews.ca/news/7346119/vancouver-capital-budget-cut/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-police-board-approves-vpd-budget-sets-up-fight-at-council-2022-4799937

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/here-is-how-much-youll-pay-for-a-one-bedroom-apartment-in-metro-vancouver-this-november-4798479

An expensive city that can't afford to have proper big city infrastructure, when so many other cities can.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-ranked-least-affordable-city-in-north-america-4549989