B.C. housing minister apologizes to Vancouver mayor for calling city’s tactics on homeless ‘amateurish’

By Neal Hall,
Vancouver Sun
June 29, 2009

VANCOUVER — B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman apologized Monday to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson for calling the city’s bargaining on housing homeless people “amateurish.”

“I apologized to the mayor for it,” Coleman said during a joint news conference with Robertson.

They both smiled when the matter was raised by a reporter.

“I think it was taken out of context,” Coleman said of his comment to a reporter over the weekend, but added he regrets making the comment.

“I think some criticism through all this is fine,” Robertson said.

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