No action yetKeep the elected Park BoardGovernance · Own promise
The party release of August 21, 2026 quotes Smart saying she is running to protect the Park Board and to keep parks and community spaces open and welcoming as the city grows. The release says she supports keeping an independent, elected Park Board.
“I’m running because I want to protect the Park Board and make sure these public spaces are accessible, welcoming, and ready to meet the needs of a growing city.”
No action yetA Park Board voice in neighbourhood growth plansGovernance · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says the Villages Plan was passed without enough public input and left out parks and recreation. She says that if a similar plan comes back she would push for the Park Board to take part in its design and delivery, so that new housing and green space are planned together.
“we need to stop treating housing and access to green space as separate decisions”
No action yetRenew aging community centres such as BritanniaParks and recreation · Own promise
In an Instagram post on October 2, 2026, Smart says Britannia Community Centre is a good model for a family centre and is now falling apart, and asks voters to support her so that centres like Britannia are renewed. The party release of August 21, 2026 lists investing in aging community facilities and improving access to swimming and recreation programs among her priorities.
“see more community centres like Britannia revitalised”
No action yetParks and centres that work for young familiesParks and recreation · Own promise
In an Instagram post on September 25, 2026 asking for donations, Smart says she wants to make parks and community centres easier for young families to use.
“Donate at the link in my bio so I can help create more accessible parks and community centres for young families!”
No action yetMore washrooms, drinking fountains and misting stations in parksParks and recreation · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says she would make it a priority to add misting stations, public washrooms and drinking fountains in parks and keep them clean and open 24 hours a day, all year. The party release of August 21, 2026 also lists more public washrooms and water fountains among her priorities.
“In parks themselves, expanding misting stations, public washrooms, and drinking fountains, and keeping them clean and maintained 24 hours, year round, would be a priority of mine on Park Board.”
No action yetBetter food at Park Board facilitiesParks and recreation · Own promise
The party release of August 21, 2026 lists improving food options at Park Board facilities among Smart's priorities. The party's 2026 platform separately proposes a plant-based food rule for all restaurants and concessions in parks.
No action yetPark Board buildings as 24-hour heat and smoke refugesClimate · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says the Greens would use Park Board facilities as 24-hour refuges where people can stay cool during extreme heat and wildfire smoke, working with health authorities and Downtown Eastside groups.
“The Greens would put Park Board facilities as the front line infrastructure to keep people cool during extreme heat and smoke events, as 24 hour refuges.”
No action yetMore tree cover and protection from heatClimate · Own promise
The party release of August 21, 2026 lists growing Vancouver's urban tree cover and its protection from heat among Smart's priorities. In her Vote4Tomorrow answers she marks herself supportive of planting native trees first in areas with low tree cover.
“expanding Vancouver’s urban tree canopy and heat resilience”
No action yetSafe bike routes to parks and community centresTransportation · Own promise
In HUB Cycling's survey, Smart supports closing gaps in the bike network so that protected lanes connect across the city, and says safe bike routes must lead to parks and community centres. The party release of August 21, 2026 lists making major parks safer and easier to reach by bicycle among her priorities.
“We also need to ensure that there are safe, accessible bike routes leading to our public spaces like parks and community centres.”
No action yetA new 50 metre pool at Hastings or KensingtonParks and recreation · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network what she would change first, Smart says the first Board meeting in November is expected to review a staff report on Kensington and Hastings as places for a 50 metre pool, and that the Greens' goal is a 50 metre pool in East Vancouver.
“Our goal as Greens is to have a 50m pool in East Vancouver, a very underserved area in our city for aquatics.”
No action yetPlan new and renewed centres for climate, such as using rink heat for poolsClimate · Own promise
In her answer to the Vancouver Public Space Network on climate, Smart says the Park Board should plan ahead for climate as it renovates and builds community centres, and gives the example of pools using the heat taken from cooling ice rinks.
“What we need to focus on as a Park Board is ensuring that we are proactive as we renovate and build new community centres.”
No action yetAdopt the Plant Based Treaty and a plant-based food rule at community centresFood · Own promise
In the same answer to the Vancouver Public Space Network, Smart says the Board can cut the emissions of its facilities by offering more plant-based food, adopting the Plant Based Treaty and setting a plant-based food rule at community centres.
“Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change and by adopting the Plant Based Treaty and adding a mandate for plant-based food at community centres, we can greatly reduce the impact these centres have.”
No action yetBorrow to pay for park and recreation buildingParks and recreation · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network how she would pay for her priorities, Smart says the Greens have committed to fully funding the Park Board again, and that borrowing $60 million for repairs would give community centre renewal the money it needs in the short term. She asked voters to vote yes on that question on the 2026 ballot.
“In addition to a fully funded budget, there is opportunity to generate the short term funding needed desperately for renewal of our community centres by borrowing $60 million to fund infrastructure repair.”
No action yetTranslated materials and outreach to cultural groupsEquity · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network how the Board should serve different cultural groups, Smart proposes translation services at Park Board facilities, print and online materials in the main languages spoken in Vancouver, and staff reaching out to cultural groups to encourage them to use parks, instead of waiting for permit applications.
“Translation services at our facilities, as well as print and online materials available in the major languages spoken in Vancouver would help to message our programs and activities.”
No action yetKeep seeking First Nations advice on every major park changeReconciliation · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network whether she would continue the Park Board's reconciliation work and shared management with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, Smart says the next board must protect that work, and that as a commissioner she would meet the Nations' leaders early, ask how they want to be involved, and bring the Nations into planning for park changes and facility upgrades from the start. Vote4Tomorrow also lists her as supportive of working with Indigenous peoples as partners in caring for land, air and water.
“Bring the Nations into planning for park changes and facility upgrades from the start, and respect their processes and timelines.”
No action yetPay for the Nations' part in shared management of parksReconciliation · Own promise
In the same answer, Smart says shared management asks a lot of the Nations' own staff, and that she would make sure the Park Board budget pays for their part in it.
“I’d make sure the budget supports their participation so reconciliation isn’t the first line item cut under funding pressure.”
No action yetIndigenous-led programs, restored place names and work for Indigenous-owned businessesReconciliation · Own promise
In the same answer, Smart says she would support programs led by Indigenous people, the revival of Indigenous languages and the return of Indigenous place names, and would use Park Board purchasing to give work to Indigenous-owned caterers, artists and businesses.
“Support Indigenous-led programming, language revitalization, and place-name restoration, and use procurement to create real opportunities for Indigenous-owned caterers, artists, and businesses.”
No action yetReport reconciliation progress openly, including what has not workedReconciliation · Own promise
In the same answer, Smart says she would report progress on reconciliation in plain terms, including what has not worked, so the Nations and the public can hold the Board to account.
“Share progress plainly, including what hasn’t worked, so the Nations and the public can hold us accountable.”
No action yetSimpler, faster permits and help for community events in parksPublic spaces that bring people together · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network how the Board should support community use and care of parks, Smart proposes a simpler and faster permit process for community events, and reaching out to community groups that lack money for large events to help them run events and use park space.
“Simplify and accelerate the permitting process for community events, taking into consideration the use of space.”
No action yetFund food events and programs that bring people together in parksCommunity programmes · Own promise
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network what the Board should do about social isolation, Smart names food events such as the Trout Lake harvest dinner, the Burrard View Park food forest and family cooking classes at Kitsilano Community Centre, and says that as a commissioner she would encourage funding for such programs.
“As a commissioner, I would encourage funding of these initiatives in our spaces.”
No action yetAdvise Council on protecting green space as the city growsProtecting city green spaces · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answer on the City's Sustainability Office, Smart says that as a commissioner she would be a direct partner to that office, and would use her position to advise Council and the office on keeping and fitting in green space as the city grows.
“I'd use my position as a Park Board Commissioner to advise Council and the Sustainability Office on the integration and protection of green spaces as the city grows.”
No action yetA motion so every major change of park use comes to the BoardGovernance · Own promise
In a joint answer by the three Green Park Board candidates, published by the Burrardview Community Association on October 3, 2026, they say every major change of use in part of a park must be reviewed by the commissioners, and that the Greens will bring a motion to make this clear to staff.
“Greens will bring a motion to ensure staff understands our expectations on this requirement.”
No action yetAdvance notice to neighbours of recurring smoky or noisy park activitiesParks · Own promise
In the same joint answer to the Burrardview Community Association, the Green candidates say yes to giving nearby residents reasonable advance notice of recurring park activities likely to cause smoke, noise or other effects beyond the park. They add that enforcement against activities held without a permit needs to be stronger and faster.
No action yetOpen park land and facilities to community food (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked Park Board candidates to commit to one Park Board decision: open park land and facilities to community food, which its platform describes as finding suitable park land, supporting Indigenous food practices and making more room to grow, harvest, prepare and share food. The coalition's table for the Green Party marks Smart as fully committed to the platform. Vote4Tomorrow also lists her as supportive of its policy to support local agriculture and community gardens, and in her answer to the Vancouver Public Space Network she names community gardens and food forests as programs the Board should pilot.
No action yetConnected greenways for people and wildlifeEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, lists Smart as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife.
No action yetParty platform: restore the City share of the park budgetParks and recreation · Party platform
The Green Party's Park Board platform says the City-funded share of the park budget should return to 50 percent, putting $6 million back into the Park Board budget, and that the Board depends too much on user fees.
No action yetParty platform: keep an independent elected Park BoardGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's platform commits to keeping an independent elected Park Board with clear authority over parks, beaches, recreation, urban forestry and community facilities.
No action yetReplace 5,000 tree stumps with new treesEnvironment · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would keep working toward 30% tree cover across the city by removing 5,000 existing stumps and planting new trees in their place.
No action yetMore tree cover in the neighbourhoods with the least, starting with StrathconaEnvironment · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would increase tree cover in the neighbourhoods that have the least, starting with Strathcona, which the platform says had 9% tree cover in 2022.
No action yetProtect community gardens and pollinator corridorsEnvironment · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would protect community gardens and pollinator corridors, the linked planted areas that bees and other pollinating insects use.
No action yetArtificial turf fields only with rainwater retention and nature workAccess to turf, tracks and courts · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would support artificial turf sports fields only when they come with rainwater retention and work for plants and wildlife.
No action yetTurn old fountains into low-water natural water featuresParks · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would continue converting historic fountains into water features that recirculate their water or use little of it, in a natural style.
No action yetWork with Council on trees and green space near every homeClimate · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would work with City Council to put the 3-30-300 rule into practice for every home: three trees visible, 30% tree cover in the neighbourhood, and green space within 300 metres.
No action yetLower fees for swimming lessons, field permits and ice rentalsRecreation people can afford · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would subsidize the fees for core activities such as swimming lessons, sports field permits and ice rentals, so Vancouver families can afford them.
No action yetExpand the Leisure Access ProgramRecreation people can afford · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would expand and promote the Leisure Access Program, which gives seniors and low-income families lower-cost access to recreation.
No action yetParks and programs that meet inclusion standards for all abilitiesAccessibility · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would make sure park design and programs meet inclusion standards for people of all abilities, neurodivergent people and seniors.
No action yetKeep parks free of encampments through safety and peer programsParks everyone can use safely · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would keep parks free of encampments by paying for community safety and peer stewardship programs for people with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, mental illness and substance use.
No action yetExpand and connect safe cycling routes and greenwaysActive transport · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would expand, improve and connect safe cycling networks and greenways, working with City Council and the School Board to link routes to schools, community centres, parks, transit and places of work.
No action yetInclude urban Indigenous groups in Park Board planningReconciliation · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would work with urban Indigenous organizations and community members so that they are included in the Park Board’s planning and projects.
No action yetIndigenous names, art and healing gardens in park designReconciliation · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would include Indigenous naming, values, art and healing gardens in the design of park facilities and outdoor spaces.
No action yetRenew Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew community centres firstRecreation facilities · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would put the renewal of Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew community centres first, as the Community Centre Strategy 2022 sets out, and keep its focus on renewing Britannia.
No action yetRenew four pools and build a new 50 metre poolRecreation facilities · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would renew the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and the Kitsilano, Kerrisdale and Britannia pools, and build a new 50 metre pool at Hastings or Kensington.
No action yetBuild all new park facilities to a high climate standardClimate · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would build all new infrastructure to climate-resilient gold standards and keep its carbon emissions as low as possible.
No action yetMore small events in parks, and permits for small businessesPublic spaces that bring people together · Party platform
The party’s Park Board platform says it would increase small activations of parks and public spaces and let small businesses offer useful services inside parks.
No action yetNatural shorelines with accessible waterfront areasWaterfront · Party platform
The party's Park Board platform says it would promote native shoreline improvements that add to the waterfront's natural beauty and provide accessible waterfront recreation areas, such as Tatlow Park.
No action yetExplore shared management of parkland with the three host NationsReconciliation · Party platform
The party's Park Board platform says it would put first its work with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations to explore co-management of parkland, meaning the Nations and the Board managing it together.
No action yetSeek advice from traditional knowledge keepers on caring for park natureReconciliation · Party platform
The party's Park Board platform says it would seek guidance from traditional knowledge keepers, and give their voices more weight, on ways to care for the plants, animals and natural systems of the parks.
Breanne Smart is the Green Party of Vancouver candidate for Park Board at ballot number 216 in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers what the party has published about Smart, her Instagram posts, her own answers to two third-party questionnaires (Vote4Tomorrow and HUB Cycling), and news reports that name her.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Parks and recreation2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“She is a huge advocate for kid and adult access to not just natural green space, but artificial turf, paved tracks, and hardwood courts.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on parks: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
“I’m running because I want to protect the Park Board and make sure these public spaces are accessible, welcoming, and ready to meet the needs of a growing city.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
“The Greens would put Park Board facilities as the front line infrastructure to keep people cool during extreme heat and smoke events, as 24 hour refuges.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on climate: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
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About Breanne Smart
Breanne Smart appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 216. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The page says Smart has spent the last ten years exercising in Vancouver community centres and pools and volunteering in its parks. The page says Smart is a vegan chef who helped build the plant based food offering at MILA and Virtuous Pie. The page says Smart has played for the Jokers Field Hockey Club and sat on its board for the past four years.
The campaign page says Smart moved to Vancouver from Toronto in the candidate's early twenties and has spent the last decade using the city's community centres, pools and parks.
The campaign page says Smart lives in East Vancouver and names Cedar Cottage Park, China Creek North and South, and Trout Lake as the parks Smart uses.
The Green Party announcement of May 1, 2026 describes Smart as a vegan chef, an athlete and a volunteer across Vancouver parks and community spaces over ten years.
Daily Hive reported on May 1, 2026 that Smart is a chef who worked at MILA Plant Based, a restaurant that has since closed.
The campaign page says Smart has volunteered with the Trout Lake Arts and Social Committee, The Looking Glass Foundation, Big Sisters of Vancouver and Ronald McDonald House.
Daily Hive listed Smart at ballot number 216 for Park Board on September 22, 2026, in a race with 35 candidates.
The Vancouver Rowing Club's own listing of the VRC Jokers Field Hockey Club executive committee for the 2026/27 season names Smart as Communications Officer. That listing names a different person as the club's Board of Directors Representative, so it does not by itself confirm the campaign page's description of a board seat held for four years.
The Green Party's nomination announcement of June 8, 2026 named Gabi Tremblay, Spencer van Vloten and Tom Digby as its three Park Board candidates. A party release of August 21, 2026 says Tremblay stepped back from the campaign for new professional commitments and the party nominated Smart in her place.
The party's August 21, 2026 release describes Smart as an East Vancouver parent, vegan chef and operations manager. It says she ran plant-based restaurants including MILA, Virtuous Pie and To Live For Bakery, holds a biology degree from Queen's University, and has worked in university administration, technology and hospitality. These are the party's statements and have not been checked with the university or the businesses.
Daily Hive and Vancouver Is Awesome both reported on January 20, 2021 that Smart was head chef at MILA when the restaurant launched a brunch menu, and both quoted her about the dishes.
The City's Park Board candidate list links an Instagram account (breannesmartvancouver) and an X account (breannesmart) for Smart. The Green Party candidate page links the same Instagram account.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, campaign material, two third-party questionnaires that published her own answers, and the news reports linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no content on this page was supplied to voche.me by the candidate.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
27 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Parks and recreationCampaign pledge
Access to every kind of play surface
The campaign page says Smart will push for children and adults to have access to natural green space and also to artificial turf, paved tracks and hardwood courts.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the position. It does not name a budget, a site or a timeline, and no council or board record exists because Smart has not held office.
What still needs checking
Which specific fields, tracks or courts would Smart fund first, and from which budget.
The campaign page says Smart is running to win a Green Party seat on the Park Board and says the party brings an environmental perspective that protects park access.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the reason for running. The Green Party announcement of May 1, 2026 lists Smart among five approved Park Board contestants.
What still needs checking
How Smart would vote on keeping the Park Board separately elected.
The party release of August 21, 2026 quotes Smart saying she is running to protect the Park Board and to keep parks and community spaces open and welcoming as the city grows. The release says she supports keeping an independent, elected Park Board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party release of August 21, 2026 quotes Smart and lists her priorities. It names no step she would take, and gives no date.
What still needs checking
What Smart would do if Council or the Province moved again to end the elected Park Board.
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says the Villages Plan was passed without enough public input and left out parks and recreation. She says that if a similar plan comes back she would push for the Park Board to take part in its design and delivery, so that new housing and green space are planned together.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are her own written answers to a third-party climate guide, read on October 3, 2026. The page shows no date. She names no rule or agreement that would give the Park Board this role.
What still needs checking
How Smart would ask Council to include the Park Board, and whether through a written agreement.
In an Instagram post on October 2, 2026, Smart says Britannia Community Centre is a good model for a family centre and is now falling apart, and asks voters to support her so that centres like Britannia are renewed. The party release of August 21, 2026 lists investing in aging community facilities and improving access to swimming and recreation programs among her priorities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post and the release give no cost, no timeline and no list of centres beyond Britannia. No board record exists because Smart has not held office.
What still needs checking
Which centres Smart would put first after Britannia, and where the money would come from.
In an Instagram post on September 25, 2026 asking for donations, Smart says she wants to make parks and community centres easier for young families to use.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post states the aim only. It names no change, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which changes Smart means, for example change tables, stroller access or program times.
More washrooms, drinking fountains and misting stations in parks
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says she would make it a priority to add misting stations, public washrooms and drinking fountains in parks and keep them clean and open 24 hours a day, all year. The party release of August 21, 2026 also lists more public washrooms and water fountains among her priorities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own words name the facilities and the hours. They give no number of new facilities, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many washrooms and fountains Smart would add, in which parks, and at what cost.
The party release of August 21, 2026 lists improving food options at Park Board facilities among Smart's priorities. The party's 2026 platform separately proposes a plant-based food rule for all restaurants and concessions in parks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party release of August 21, 2026 quotes Smart and lists her priorities. It does not say what change she would make to the food sold, and names no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart supports the party's plant-based rule for park restaurants and concessions in her own words.
Park Board buildings as 24-hour heat and smoke refuges
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says the Greens would use Park Board facilities as 24-hour refuges where people can stay cool during extreme heat and wildfire smoke, working with health authorities and Downtown Eastside groups.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are her own written answers. She names the Park Board's own buildings as the place this would happen, which the board controls. She gives no number of buildings, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which community centres Smart would open overnight first, and how the staff time would be paid for.
The party release of August 21, 2026 lists growing Vancouver's urban tree cover and its protection from heat among Smart's priorities. In her Vote4Tomorrow answers she marks herself supportive of planting native trees first in areas with low tree cover.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party release of August 21, 2026 quotes Smart and lists her priorities. It gives no number of trees, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many trees Smart would plant on park land, and where first.
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says she does not support gas connections in new buildings and says Vancouver should heat and power homes with its low-cost hydro power.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The building rules that decide this are made by Council, so this sits outside the Park Board's powers.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart would apply the same rule to new Park Board buildings.
Restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says that on Council she would vote to restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office, and that as a commissioner she would advise that office and Council on protecting green space as the city grows.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The City budget is set by Council, so this sits outside the Park Board's powers. She names no dollar figure.
What still needs checking
What advice Smart would give the office, and through which board committee.
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Smart says she supports a moratorium on AI data centres, and says city use of AI needs strict rules on privacy and on the resources it uses.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Data centre rules are outside the Park Board's powers. She names no rule and no date.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart sees any Park Board decision this would touch.
Slower traffic around parks, community centres and schools
In HUB Cycling's survey, Smart answers yes to 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming, and writes that traffic calming must be put in around all parks, community centres and schools. She also says the work should start where crashes are frequent and many people rely on walking and cycling, naming curb extensions and islands in large intersections.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The asks are HUB Cycling's wording. Her own words name kinds of street changes, which are made on City streets by Council and City staff, outside the Park Board's powers. She names no street, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which park and community centre edges Smart would ask the City to slow first.
In HUB Cycling's survey, Smart supports closing gaps in the bike network so that protected lanes connect across the city, and says safe bike routes must lead to parks and community centres. The party release of August 21, 2026 lists making major parks safer and easier to reach by bicycle among her priorities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The routes that lead to parks are mostly City streets, which Council controls. She names no route, length, cost or date, and no path inside a park.
What still needs checking
Which paths inside parks Smart would change, since those are the Park Board's own decision.
Green Party platform: return 6 million dollars to the Park Board budget
The party's 2026 platform says the Greens would restore the City-funded share of the Park Board budget to 50 percent, return 6 million dollars to the board's budget, and reduce its reliance on user fees, which the platform puts at 56 percent of revenue.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform, released September 29, 2026. It lists Smart as one of three Park Board candidates and carries no statement from her. It gives no date for the change.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart would move a budget motion for the 6 million dollars in the first budget of the term.
Green Party platform: 5,000 new trees in place of stumps
The party's 2026 platform says the Greens on the Park Board would work toward 30 percent tree canopy across the city by replacing 5,000 stumps with new trees, starting with neighbourhoods that have the least canopy, such as Strathcona, and would pilot three small dense native forests.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smart on the Park Board slate and carries no statement from her. It gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart has said which parks would get the new trees first.
Green Party platform: community centre and pool renewal
The party's 2026 platform says the Greens would put the renewal of Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew community centres first, continue Britannia renewal, renew the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and the Kitsilano, Kerrisdale and Britannia pools, build a new 50 metre pool at Hastings or Kensington, and subsidize fees for swimming lessons, field permits and ice rentals.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smart on the Park Board slate and carries no statement from her. It gives no cost or date.
Green Party platform: plant-based food in park restaurants and concessions
The party's 2026 Park Board platform says the Greens would set a plant-based food rule for all restaurants and concessions on park land.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smart on the Park Board slate and carries no statement from her on this rule. It gives no date and does not say how existing leases would be handled.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart supports this rule in her own words, and how it would apply to current leases.
Green Party platform: cycling routes and greenways through parks
The party's 2026 Park Board platform says the Greens would expand, improve and connect safe cycling networks and greenways, working with Council and the School Board to link routes to schools, community centres, parks and transit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smart on the Park Board slate. It names no route, length, cost or date.
Green Party platform: parks free of encampments through peer programs
The party's 2026 Park Board platform says the Greens would keep parks free of encampments by paying for community safety and peer stewardship programs for people with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, mental illness and substance use.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smart on the Park Board slate and carries no statement from her. It gives no cost, number of workers or date.
What still needs checking
Whether Smart supports this approach in her own words.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Quoted in the party's release on her nomination
The Green Party's release on her nomination quotes Smart saying she visits a park or community centre every day and that she is running to protect the Park Board and keep public spaces open and welcoming for a growing city. The release lists six priorities for her: aging community facilities, tree cover and heat, swimming and recreation access, washrooms and water fountains, food at Park Board facilities, and bike access to major parks.
Instagram post on a conversation about family-friendly parks
Smart posted notes from a talk with the author of a Vancouver parenting resource account, naming Oakridge Park's access for families and a Richmond park that keeps smoking areas away from playgrounds.
Smart wrote that Britannia's design impressed her when she moved to East Vancouver, called it a model for community centres, said it is now falling apart, and asked for votes to see centres like it renewed.
Smart marked herself supportive of all 17 policy statements in the guide, from building electrification to tree planting and safe bike networks. In written answers she opposed gas connections in new buildings, said she would back full funding for the City's Sustainability Office, supported a moratorium on AI data centres, called for the Park Board to take part in neighbourhood growth plans, and proposed Park Board buildings as 24-hour refuges in heat and smoke. The page shows no date, so this date is the day voche.me read it.
Smart answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets with traffic calming, safety work in historically underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network. She wrote a comment on each, calling for traffic calming around parks, community centres and schools and for safe bike routes to parks. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Daily Hive
Vancouver Green Party Park Board contestants include celebrated chef
Daily Hive reported the five Green Party contestants approved to seek Park Board nomination and named Smart as a chef from the closed MILA Plant Based restaurant. Councillor Pete Fry is quoted in the article, and Smart is not quoted.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No personal campaign website separate from the Green Party candidate page was found. The City's list links an Instagram account and an X account; the X account could not be read without signing in. Smart is not in the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, which listed 13 candidates when last updated on September 29, 2026. VoteMate now shows Green Party platform items under Smart's name, each quoted from the party platform; Smart has added no promises of her own there. The party's Instagram account posted a video interview with Smart from its campaign launch on October 1, 2026; voche.me has not watched it, so nothing from it is recorded. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed Smart on September 23, 2026 among 23 Park Board candidates confirmed for its September 29 meeting, and the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association listed her as the Green Park Board candidate for its September 23 meeting. No report, recording or post found by voche.me shows that she took part in either, so neither is recorded as an appearance. None of Smart's own statements gives a cost, a number or a date for any commitment. One, opening Park Board buildings as 24-hour refuges in heat and smoke, names a step the board controls. The Vancouver Rowing Club's own listing names Smart as Communications Officer of the VRC Jokers Field Hockey Club for 2026/27 and names a different person as the club's board representative, so the campaign's description of a four-year board seat is unconfirmed. Her volunteer roles and her work at Virtuous Pie and To Live For Bakery are known only from the party and campaign pages. Her head chef role at MILA is confirmed by two news reports from January 2021. No dated, independently sourced public action naming Smart was found, so dossier.programs is empty and the record point is zero on every issue. The City's page links her nomination papers, which voche.me has not reviewed.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's Park Board candidate list, the Green Party candidate page, its 2026 platform and three party releases naming Smart, her VoteMate profile, her Instagram posts from September 22 to October 3, her answers to the Vote4Tomorrow guide and HUB Cycling's survey, the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, three forum listings, the Vancouver Rowing Club's field hockey executive listing, and news reports from 2021 and 2026.
Smart's own statements cover parks, governance, climate and transportation. Several transportation and climate statements concern City streets, building rules and the City budget, which Council controls; those are marked as outside the Park Board's powers.
Checks still to do: a voche.me questionnaire has not been sent, her nomination papers have not been reviewed, and the party's video interview with her has not been watched.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source, except where a source other than the campaign is named.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Dates not given
Chef in plant-based restaurants
The campaign page says Smart helped establish the plant-based dining programs at MILA and Virtuous Pie. Daily Hive reported in May 2026 that Smart worked at MILA Plant Based, which has closed.
Daily Hive and Vancouver Is Awesome reported on January 20, 2021 that Smart was head chef at MILA when it launched a brunch menu. The Green Party release of August 21, 2026 says she also ran Virtuous Pie and To Live For Bakery; no independent record of those roles was found.
The campaign page says Smart plays field hockey and served four years on the board of the Jokers Field Hockey Club. The Vancouver Rowing Club's own executive listing for the 2026/27 season names her as the club's Communications Officer.
The Green Party announcement describes Smart as a volunteer across Vancouver parks and community spaces over the past decade. The party page lists four organisations. No independent record of these roles was found.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
How would you allocate investment between natural spaces, pools and sports surfaces?
No response has been submitted.
How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Breanne Smart's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Breanne Smart do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Breanne Smart was elected to Park Board with 62,420 votes, 5th of 35 in the preliminary count. The City of Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Breanne Smart?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Breanne Smart's own campaign.
What is Breanne Smart's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Breanne Smart is number 216 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
What party did Breanne Smart run with?
Breanne Smart ran for Park Board with Green Party of Vancouver.
Does Breanne Smart currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Breanne Smart.
How many sources does this Breanne Smart profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Breanne Smart filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Breanne Smart. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Breanne Smart's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Breanne Smart in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Breanne Smart ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
New statements, questionnaire answers and corrections
Added Smart's answers to the Vote4Tomorrow climate guide and HUB Cycling's survey, three of her Instagram posts, the commitments in the party's August 21, 2026 release that quotes her, six Park Board positions from the party's 2026 platform recorded as party positions, two January 2021 news reports that quote her as MILA's head chef, the City's candidate list entry with her Instagram and X accounts, and the October 3 Park Board forum in the West End as an unconfirmed event. Corrections: a biography paragraph said nothing explained the change from Gabi Tremblay to Smart on the Green slate, although the party's August 21 release explains it; the paragraph now says so. The research notes said Smart's VoteMate profile had no promises; it now lists party platform items under her name. Removed the September 23 Mount Pleasant meeting and the September 29 Kerrisdale meeting from the calendar, because no source opened shows Smart took part in either; both organiser listings are described in the research notes.
Reopened the Green Party candidate page, the VoteMate profile, both Green Party news releases naming Park Board contestants, the two Daily Hive articles, the two all-candidates meeting pages, and the Vancouver Rowing Club's Jokers Field Hockey Club executive listing, and archived all of them. Tagged all seven existing dossier commitments against the six issues the Park Board is scored on; no wording changes were needed. Added three new dossier sources (VoteMate, the June 8, 2026 nomination announcement and the Jokers Field Hockey Club executive page) and completed the seven-step search log.
A party release dated August 21, 2026 says Gabi Tremblay stepped back from the campaign for new professional commitments and the party nominated Breanne Smart in her place. This resolves the discrepancy between the June 8, 2026 nomination announcement and the party’s later candidate directory.
