--- title: "Common Sense on budget | Richmond 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance/platform/taxes-and-budget" last_updated: "2026-10-31T17:02:47.845Z" meta: description: "The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. The platform also promises spending: a municipally operated medical clinic, AI traffic light syste..." "og:description": "The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. The platform also promises spending: a municipally operated medical clinic, AI traffic light syste..." "og:title": "Common Sense on budget | Richmond 2026" "twitter:description": "The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. The platform also promises spending: a municipally operated medical clinic, AI traffic light syste..." "twitter:title": "Common Sense on budget | Richmond 2026" --- Common Sense · Richmond 2026 # Strict fiscal responsibility, a City-run medical clinic, and AI traffic lights The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. The platform also promises spending: a municipally operated medical clinic, AI traffic light systems, digitized municipal forms and housing for first responders. It gives no cost for any of them and no tax target. [Compare all parties on this ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/taxes-and-budget) [All four issues](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance/platform) [**2**Candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance/candidates) [**4/4**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance/platform) [**20**Sources on file](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance/money) **7**Questions answered TAXES AND THE CITY BUDGET ## Common Sense on budget The second pillar, "Accountable City", opens with strict fiscal responsibility. The third pillar, "Healthy City", promises a municipally operated medical clinic "to directly combat the severe provincial healthcare shortage". Thomas Leung's statement to the City says he studied the public clinic models of Colwood and Langford for use in Richmond. The first pillar promises AI traffic light systems to reduce congestion. Chiu's statement to the City proposes using AI to improve traffic circulation and City communication. The fifth pillar promises to digitize municipal forms. The organization's Core Values page says City Hall should fix problems instead of blaming the provincial or federal government, and gives the doctor shortage as an example. Health care is a provincial responsibility, and the platform does not say how a City clinic would be funded. 4 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS ## What they say they will do - ### Strict fiscal responsibility The second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility. It names no tax target, no saving and no year. [Common Sense Alliance Association](https://richmondcommonsense.ca/core-values-and-pillars) - ### A municipally operated medical clinic The third pillar promises a City-run medical clinic to address the shortage of family doctors. Leung's statement to the City says he studied the clinic models of Colwood and Langford. No cost or funding source is given. [Common Sense Alliance Association](https://richmondcommonsense.ca/core-values-and-pillars) [City of Richmond](https://richmond.ca/electionservices/candidates/CandidateProfile.aspx?ID=82) - ### AI traffic light systems The first pillar promises to deploy AI traffic light systems to reduce gridlock. Chiu's statement to the City proposes AI for traffic circulation. No cost or intersection is named. [Common Sense Alliance Association](https://richmondcommonsense.ca/core-values-and-pillars) [City of Richmond](https://richmond.ca/electionservices/candidates/CandidateProfile.aspx?ID=81) - ### Digitize municipal forms The fifth pillar promises to digitize municipal forms to streamline processes and improve efficiency. [Common Sense Alliance Association](https://richmondcommonsense.ca/core-values-and-pillars) ### What is not published - No pillar gives a cost, a saving or a tax figure. - The platform does not say how a City-run clinic would be paid for or staffed. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ## Questions about this
Does Common Sense promise a property tax freeze? No. Its second pillar promises strict fiscal responsibility with no figure, and its platform adds spending items such as a City-run medical clinic and AI traffic lights without costs. Common Sense Alliance Association
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