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Vancouver City Hall refuses to reveal cost of surge in severance payouts

Dan Fumano: Many Vancouver taxpayers applaud ABC Vancouver's attempt to shrink the municipal payroll — but it's reasonable for them to want to know how much they're paying for this surge in severance payouts.

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The City of Vancouver paid out severance to what might be a record number of non-union employees last year, but the municipality is refusing to say how much those payouts cost taxpayers, despite the fact it has released this information in past years.

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