CKNW has learned event goers – including well-known business people and developers – paid between $1,000 and $5,000 to attend the event, organized with the help of Citizens Services Minister Jinny Sims.

"I'm kind of baffled that there would be any delay."

"I'm going to fight tooth and nail within the existing laws. And the day after the election, I'm going to change them," said Horgan in April.