City of Delta Has No Record of Mandatory Council Action — Community Charter Compliance Issue Emerges
The issue is no longer simply whether Council supported or opposed the adoption of a Code of Conduct.
The statutory deadline
The Community Charter required Delta Council to reconsider its earlier decision not to establish a Council Code of Conduct before January 1, 2026 — the year of the next general local election. Ministry correspondence confirms the requirement and the deadline.
This issue was not raised only after the deadline had passed. In November 2025, a notice concerning the adoption of a Council Code of Conduct was submitted to the City and Council. Neither Council nor the City identified a reconsideration.
What the City produced
DCC Now sought the records documenting the reconsideration required by section 113.2 of the Community Charter.
The City has not identified a Council meeting, agenda item, resolution or minutes showing that the mandatory reconsideration occurred. It provided its existing Code of Ethics Policy.
Mayor George Harvie has stated that he has no knowledge of this topic being requested by Council members for reconsideration.
The record is this: the statutory deadline was January 1, 2026; the issue was brought to the City and Council before that deadline; the City has identified no record that Council completed the required reconsideration; and the Mayor has said he has no knowledge of a Council request.
On the evidence now available, this is an apparent failure by Delta Council to comply with section 113.2 of the Community Charter before the statutory deadline.
What the records do not establish
The records do not show why the requirement was not completed. Whether that was an administrative oversight, a failure to act after the November 2025 notice, a failure to track the deadline, or some other reason is for the City and Council to explain.
DCC Now will not speculate about intent where the evidence does not establish it.
The City has already been asked to identify the record and has not done so.
Accountability for the present Council
Sitting Council members should explain, on the record, why the required reconsideration was not completed before January 1, 2026 — and why no meeting, agenda item, resolution or minutes documenting it have been identified.
This is not a question of who supported or opposed a Code of Conduct. It is whether Council completed a mandatory requirement under the Community Charter.
Why was a mandatory statutory requirement not completed before the deadline — particularly when the issue had been brought to the attention of the City and Council before that deadline?
Source records
DCC Now is publishing the underlying records so residents can review the evidence directly.
Document 1 — B.C. Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs
Ministry correspondence confirming the requirement to reconsider a decision not to establish or review a Council Code of Conduct before January 1 of the year of the next general local election.
Read Ministry letterDocument 2 — City of Delta correspondence
Correspondence with the City concerning the requested Council meeting, agenda, resolution, minutes and other records documenting the required reconsideration.
Read City correspondenceDocument 3 — Statutory notice
The notice submitted on November 15, 2025, before the January 1, 2026 deadline, bringing the Council Code of Conduct issue to the attention of the City and Council.
Read statutory notice