Vancouver’s new mayor is facing criticism over plans to head to Qatar this month for the 2022 World Cup.
Ken Sim says the soccer trip was booked well before he became mayor, and that it is being paid for with his own money.
The trip will see Sim miss his first police board meeting, and will put him on the world stage at a time when Qatar is facing allegations of human rights abuses including the mistreatment of workers and repression…