B.C. Premier David Eby has terminated a consultancy contract to improve conditions in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that came under fire from critics, who called it a political favour that lacked transparency.

As Global News first reported last week, the province hired former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Bryant on a six-month contract to review programs in the Downtown Eastside.

A local MLA is calling on British Columbia's premier to "come clean" after a controversial Downtown Eastside consultancy contract was cut short by the provincial government. Conservative Surrey–White Rock MLA Trevor Halford asked NDP Premier David Eby to "come clean" in a Tuesday release,