Camil Dumont, ballot number 119 for City Council in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: Food systems and the transition from parks to council.
Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
No action yetOur City Hall PledgeEquity · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity that campaigns on City policy, asked every candidate for mayor and council to commit to six policy asks if elected. Its pledge page prints a statement from Dumont under its heading for the candidates who said yes. Its results table marks him as committing to all six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
No action yetRight trees in the right places, with maintenance standardsClimate · Own promise
The party's September 25, 2026 release quotes Dumont saying Vancouver needs the right varieties of trees planted in the right spaces, and a commitment to effective maintenance standards.
“we need the right varieties planted in the right spaces and a commitment to effective maintenance standards.”
No action yetStronger tree protection bylawsClimate · Own promise
The release says the City Council platform would strengthen tree-protection bylaws, reward retention of significant trees on private property, and require stronger replacement when mature trees are lost to development.
“strengthen tree-protection bylaws, reward retention of significant trees on private property, require stronger replacement when mature trees are lost to development”
No action yetA Municipal Arborist OfficeClimate · Own promise
The release says the City Council platform would create a Municipal Arborist Office with in-house certified arborists (tree experts employed by the City).
“create a Municipal Arborist Office with in-house certified arborists”
No action yetThe 3-30-300 rule for every homeClimate · Own promise
The release says the City and Park Board platforms commit to the 3-30-300 rule for every home: three trees visible, 30 per cent neighbourhood canopy (the share of the neighbourhood covered by tree crowns), and green space within 300 metres.
“The City and Park Board platforms also commit to the 3-30-300 rule for every home: three trees visible, 30 per cent neighbourhood canopy, and green space within 300 metres.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: housing accessHousing · Own promise
The housing ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, has three parts. It asks candidates to add co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood by changing zoning rules (the City's rules on what can be built where) that delay non-market homes (also called social housing), within the first year of the term. It asks them to put non-market housing first on public land and to demand long-term funding from senior governments (the provincial and federal governments). It asks them to advance building upgrades that give low-carbon cooling during extreme heat, especially to low-income tenants.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: transit and mobilityTransport · Own promise
The transit and mobility ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to advocate to the province for a low-income transit pass for people earning less than $40,000 a year. It asks them to speed up buses with measures that give buses priority on streets, such as dedicated bus lanes, with the goal of completing at least nine transit corridors by 2030. It asks them to install more covered bus shelters, seating and lighting, especially in neighbourhoods with fewer resources, and to give seniors, people with disabilities and children more time at crosswalks.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: community spacesArts and culture · Own promise
The community spaces ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to extend library hours and support library workers with adequate staffing and a living wage. It asks them to report how many City properties are underused and to give community groups priority access and subsidized rent. It asks them to work with independent arts and culture venues and queer spaces to reform permit and bylaw (City law) barriers.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: food securityFood · Own promise
The food security ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to increase the City's Sustainable Food Systems Grant, widen who can receive it and add an Indigenous Food Sovereignty Grant, starting in the 2027 budget. It asks them to provide City-owned real estate for a South Vancouver Community Food Hub, and to direct the City Manager to create at least four food planner roles.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public washroomsPublic washrooms · Own promise
The public washrooms ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to install prefabricated public toilets in high-need areas or set up portable toilets for the short term. It asks them to increase funding for maintaining and upgrading existing City and Park Board washrooms, and to partner with Downtown Eastside service providers and other governments to sustain hygiene services such as mobile washrooms, staffed washrooms, showers and laundry facilities.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: gender safetyGender safety · Own promise
The gender safety ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to fund the City's work on the Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations as the ask names them. It asks them to reinstate the second Sex Worker Safety Planner role and give drop-in spaces for sex workers sustainable funding, and to carry out survivor-led safety and violence prevention strategies on time, including the safety and inclusion action plan the ask names.
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
No action yetHUB Cycling survey: 30 km/h on local streetsTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support 30 km/h speeds on local streets, with traffic calming that makes trips to and from school safer for young people. Its published Vancouver answers record Dumont as answering yes. In his comment he says it is something his party and its mayoral candidate feel strongly about.
“something our party and mayoral candidate feel strongly about”
No action yetHUB Cycling survey: street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods firstTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling asked candidates whether they support sending lower speed limits and quick street safety upgrades to neighbourhoods that have been underserved in the past, before other areas. Its published answers record Dumont as answering yes. His comment says he is committed to weighing fairness in every decision he makes, and that this ask is a good example.
“This is an excellent example of an opportunity to do so.”
No action yetHUB Cycling survey: join local bike routes to the regional networkTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling asked candidates whether they support faster links from local routes to regional walking and cycling corridors, closing gaps in the City's network with lanes separated from car traffic. Its published answers record Dumont as answering yes. His comment says connecting routes and completing broken ones is required.
“However, prioritizing connectivity and completing/connecting segmented routes is a must.”
No action yetPermanent City funding for community food programs (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit, before the vote, to fund community food systems adequately and permanently, at $7 per household a year by the coalition’s estimate. The coalition’s table for the Green Party marks Dumont as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetBuild community food spaces where food is hard to get (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to building community food infrastructure and filling gaps in access to food. The coalition’s table for the Green Party marks Dumont as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetProtect and add affordable independent food shops and markets (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to protecting and expanding affordable, independent and culturally relevant food shops and markets. The coalition’s table for the Green Party marks Dumont as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetMake food recovery a permanent City service (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to making the recovery of surplus food permanent civic infrastructure. The coalition’s table for the Green Party marks Dumont as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetElectric heating in new buildingsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to electrify new buildings. Asked about gas hookups in new buildings, he answers that he wants gas use cut as far as possible and that the decision to allow gas in new homes again should be reversed as soon as possible.
No action yetRestore full funding for the City’s Sustainability OfficeClimate · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow whether he would vote to restore full funding for the City’s Sustainability Office, Dumont answers yes. He says the office should cover climate work and also biodiversity, habitat, tree canopy and the management of water, and that the office would be a priority for him.
“The sustainability office would be a priority for me and funding it accordingly is crucial.”
No action yetMore energy upgrades for homes, businesses and public buildingsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to scale up energy retrofits, meaning upgrades that cut energy use, for existing homes, businesses and public buildings.
No action yetRecover climate costs from fossil fuel companiesClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to use the legal options available to recover a fair share of the community’s climate costs from fossil fuel companies and other large polluters.
No action yetPlant trees first where tree cover is lowestEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to plant native trees first in areas with low tree cover, more people and more vulnerable residents.
No action yetConnected greenways for people and wildlifeEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife.
No action yetBylaws to cut waste from building and demolitionEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Dumont as supportive of its policy to bring in bylaws that eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation and demolition projects, and that use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
No action yetA City plan for climate emergencies and for long-term resilienceClimate · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow how he would protect everyone in Vancouver from climate extremes, including people without homes, Dumont says the City needs a working response and action plan for acute climate emergencies, so it can act quickly when they happen, and a plan for resilience that looks 50 to 100 years ahead or more.
“A response and action plan for acute climate-related emergencies needs to be operationalized, so the City can respond quickly and effectively when climate events occur.”
No action yetVote Palestine Vancouver platform: four actions by the CityGovernance · Own promise
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Dumont as committed to its full four-point platform on September 27, 2026, and says its volunteers recorded each candidate’s position, current as of October 6. As the group names them, the four points ask the City to condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions, including by reviewing City contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association’s framework of anti-Palestinian racism.
No action yetParty platform: faster and cheaper home buildingHousing · Party platform
The Green Party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026 that would offer pre approved housing designs including prefabricated options, streamline permits for low rise apartments, row homes, townhomes and infill, update lot size and building form rules, and prioritise mass timber and wood frame construction.
No action yetParty platform: buy local with city purchasingEconomy · Party platform
The Green Party released an economic plan on September 16, 2026 that would use the city's annual purchasing, which the party puts at nearly 800 million dollars a year, to favour Canadian suppliers, bring back Community Benefit Agreements on major developments, and prioritise British Columbia mass timber in city projects.
No action yetFund to buy rental buildings at riskHousing · Party platform
The Green Party of Vancouver’s 2026 platform proposes a Rental Housing Acquisition and Preservation program, using a rapid acquisition fund and partners to keep existing affordable rental homes.
No action yetFaster and cheaper approvals for child careChildcare · Party platform
The party platform proposes lower permit fees and faster approvals for licensed child care, and City-owned space leased below market rates to child care providers.
No action yetTurn 11% of streets to community useTransportation · Party platform
The party platform proposes converting at least 11% of Vancouver streets from car use to community use, such as tree canopy, small parks, walking and cycling space and food growing.
No action yetTrees and green space near every homeClimate · Party platform
The party platform adopts the 3-30-300 rule: every household can see 3 trees, lives in a neighbourhood with 30% tree canopy, and is within 300 metres of green space.
No action yetFewer closed Council meetingsGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says closed meetings should be the exception, with more public reporting on closed discussions and release of records once they no longer need to be kept private.
No action yetBring back the City’s Renter’s OfficeHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore the Renter’s Office as a front door for tenants, to help renters with City processes, track the loss of rental homes and identify problem landlords, paid for by the Empty Homes Tax. Fry moved a motion to restore it in July 2026, which Council voted down on July 28, the party reported.
No action yetVancouver Public Housing Bonds for City-owned homesHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Vancouver Public Housing Bond, under the Vancouver Charter, in which investors accept a modest, predictable return to pay for affordable homes that stay publicly owned.
No action yetA City lead for non-market and supportive housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes a new City role, an “Affordable Housing Czar”, to lead partnerships and policies that deliver non-market and supportive housing.
No action yetCity land used for affordable homes, co-ops and land trustsPublic land · Party platform
The party platform says City-owned land would be used for affordable housing, co-ops and community land trusts, planned for the best long-term public value and not the highest financial return.
No action yetFaster lease renewals for co-ops on City landHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up planning and lease renewals for housing co-ops on City land, such as False Creek South, and limit the cost formulas that make renewal unaffordable.
No action yetStronger protection for tenants moved out by redevelopmentHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen and enforce the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy across the city, including rented condos and suites, with fair compensation and help with moving.
No action yetClose Empty Homes Tax loopholes and check complianceTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with the Province to close loopholes that let apartment buildings sit empty, and audit compliance with the Empty Homes Tax before any rate increase.
No action yetA time limit between rezoning and the start of buildingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says that once a rezoning is approved, the City would set a time limit between the rezoning taking effect and construction starting.
No action yetPermits and fees for vacant lots used as parks to lower taxTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says developers who lower the tax on vacant land by using it as an informal park or garden while they wait to build would need permits, meet public benefit standards and pay fees.
No action yetAsk the Province to change Vancouver’s housing targetsHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with the Province on Vancouver’s housing targets, which it says cannot be met and do not deliver amenities such as promised schools.
No action yetMore public access to speak at CouncilGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says it would change the Council procedure bylaw so speakers can be heard on major zoning amendments, within provincial law, and would give the public more access to Council, with councillors able to ask speakers follow-up questions.
No action yetAn Office of Strong CommunitiesGovernance · Party platform
The party platform proposes an Office of Strong Communities to work with residents, community groups and business improvement areas on local priorities, and to bring their views into City planning.
No action yetExtend 30 km/h limits to some main roads near parks and schoolsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would continue 30 km/h limits on residential streets and extend them to some main roads, in particular near parks and schools.
No action yetTargets and money for safer pedestrian crossingsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would set targets and funding for safer pedestrian crossings, add more walk signals that start before the green light and audible crossings, and review crossings without traffic lights.
No action yetSchool zones at all hours and more car-free School StreetsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would remove the time and day limits on school zones, put safe routes to schools first, and expand School Streets, car-free areas beside schools.
No action yetComplete the bike network in South and East VancouverActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would connect safe cycling routes for all ages and abilities, with a focus on completing the Major Bikeway Network and the gaps in South and East Vancouver.
No action yetBike lanes on BroadwayActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would add active transportation lanes on Broadway while the street is still under construction for the subway. Daily Hive reported this as a commitment to bike lanes on Broadway.
No action yetFewer parking requirements near frequent transitTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would plan neighbourhood parking for actual demand, reduce parking requirements near frequent transit, and turn some parking into plazas, bike routes and green space.
No action yetA binding timeline for rapid transit to UBCTransit · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with partners to set a binding timeline for a rapid transit extension to UBC. Daily Hive reported on October 16, 2026 that Fry supports the extension and a firm schedule.
No action yetMore bus lanes and more late-night busesTransit · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with TransLink to make buses faster and more reliable with bus priority lanes and other street changes, and to expand late-night bus service.
No action yetAllow and simplify permits for plug-in and rooftop solarClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would simplify permits, update rules and cut red tape for rooftop solar and for plug-in solar panels sold direct to consumers.
No action yetBring back the ban on gas heating in new buildingsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would re-establish the policies that banned fossil gas for heat and hot water in new buildings, and bring back standard emission reporting and targets.
No action yetCooling, shade and clean air in homes and public placesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand cooling, shade and clean-air facilities so tenants are protected from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, and so every neighbourhood has climate-safe public spaces.
No action yetStronger tree protection and replacement rulesEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen tree protection bylaws, reward developments that keep large trees, require more replacement planting when mature trees are lost, and dedicate funding to plant trees suited to a changing climate.
No action yetBan the sale of invasive plantsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would ban the sale of prohibited invasive plants in Vancouver and create an incentive program to help gardeners remove them.
No action yetRestore a developer levy to buy land for new parksParks · Party platform
The party platform says it would add new green spaces, in particular in areas planned for more housing, by buying land with a restored park acquisition levy on developers.
No action yetMore zero-waste drop-off centres across the cityEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would add more satellite zero-waste drop-off centres across the city, supported by larger sites at False Creek Flats and on Kent Avenue.
No action yetA Vancouver Affordability IndexAffordable to live in Vancouver · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Vancouver Affordability Index that tracks real household costs against local incomes and is used to guide housing, transportation, tax and planning decisions.
No action yetBring back City food planning staff and a farmers market planFood · Party platform
The party platform says it would reinstate the food planning roles cut by the current Council, and develop a new City strategy for farmers markets with a clear framework for recurring markets.
No action yetCity money to fill gaps in school meal fundingFood · Party platform
The party platform says the City would fill gaps in school food funding when provincial and federal money falls short, and would press for a school food program paid for by senior governments.
No action yetRestore funding for sex worker safety coordinatorsGender safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore City funding for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a role recommended by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, which the current Council cut.
No action yetFaster cleanup of litter, dumping and graffiti, and more binsPublic services · Party platform
The party platform promises faster response to litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and full bins, more bins in busy areas, more street cleaning near business districts, transit hubs, parks and schools, and stronger enforcement against illegal dumping.
No action yetA wellbeing index for the CityGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says it will bring in a wellbeing index to measure how Vancouver residents are doing on housing, health, income, safety and other core issues.
“We will bring in a wellbeing index to The City of Vancouver to measure how Vancouverites are doing on core issues.”
No action yetFaster repair of mould and water damage in rental homesHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would update the Standards of Maintenance By-law to require timely repair of mould, moisture, water damage and indoor air problems, with stronger enforcement.
No action yetA citywide plan for more public washroomsPublic washrooms · Party platform
The party platform proposes a citywide washroom strategy that finds areas without washrooms, extends hours where needed and adds washrooms to plazas and public places, and says it would work with the Park Board to fund washrooms in parks.
No action yetSmall shelter villages with locking cabinsHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform proposes small shelter villages with private, locking cabins, storage, toilets and on-site support, with case management and a housing placement goal for every resident.
No action yetSimpler licences for small arts venues and eventsArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform proposes a new licence category for qualified arts venues and, until then, raising the limits to allow up to eight events a month with up to 60 people.
No action yetReplace affordable shop space lost to redevelopmentSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes a “no net loss” policy that requires major redevelopments to replace affordable commercial space that would otherwise be lost.
No action yetNew zoning rules for large data centresEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says data centres that need large amounts of power, water and local services would need new land use and zoning rules, higher standards and more benefits for residents.
No action yetNeighbourhood Enterprise Hubs for start-ups and makersSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes Neighbourhood Enterprise Hubs, low-cost spaces where start-ups, makers, non-profits and small businesses share equipment and get mentoring.
No action yetSimpler rules and cheaper permits for home businessesSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would support home-based businesses, market vendors, makers and food entrepreneurs with reasonable rules and affordable permits.
No action yetRanked ballots for future mayoral electionsGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will work with partners to bring ranked ballots to future mayoral elections. COPE, OneCity and the Greens named it a shared priority in their April 2026 agreement.
No action yetKeep the elected Park BoardPreserving the elected Park Board · Party platform
The party platform says it would keep an independent, elected Park Board with clear authority over parks, beaches and recreation, and put any major change to it to public consultation.
No action yetRestore the City’s share of the Park Board budget to 50%Parks funding · Party platform
The Park Board section of the party platform says the City-funded share of the park budget would return to its historical level of 50%, returning $6 million to the Park Board budget.
No action yetLimit the pace of change and act against empty buildingsHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect existing affordable housing and tenants with what it calls pace of change measures, and would prevent empty buildings through bylaw enforcement and taxes.
No action yetLower fees and faster permits for affordable housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would put fee and levy cuts and fast-tracked permits first for truly affordable housing, and would fast-track zoning and permits for co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood.
No action yetStandard rezonings agreed in advance near transit and servicesHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes dynamic zoning: standard rezonings agreed in advance and applied case by case, so more housing can be added near transit and services in a predictable way, with design rules on height, setbacks, trees and building form that fit each neighbourhood.
No action yetExpand public bike shareActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand shared transport, including public bike share, with more parking and docking spaces, in particular to help people reach frequent transit.
No action yetStable funding for pedestrian zonesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would give stable funding and equipment, such as posts that can be lowered to let vehicles through, to seasonal and year-round pedestrian zones, working with residents and business improvement areas.
No action yetCurb cuts, tactile paving and audible crossings in every neighbourhoodAccessibility · Party platform
The party platform says it would add curb cuts and accessibility features to all new and renewed street work, and expand curb cuts, raised tactile surfaces and crossings with sound signals in every neighbourhood.
No action yetCount trees, wetlands and creeks as City assets in budgetsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would treat trees, wetlands, waterways and green spaces as infrastructure by adding Natural Asset Accounting, a way of recording their value as City assets, to City decisions and budgets.
No action yetCount the emissions from building materials in City reportingClimate · Party platform
The party platform says the City’s emissions reporting would also count embodied and lifecycle emissions: the pollution from making building materials and from a building over its whole life.
No action yetFaster investment in seawalls and flood defencesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up investment in seawalls, flood defences, drainage and shoreline restoration to protect neighbourhoods from rising seas and extreme weather.
No action yetRezonings that add trees, and tree checks before occupancyEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says rezonings would have to increase tree canopy and green space, and that occupancy permits would depend on a check of tree health after construction, with repairs where building work has damaged protected trees.
No action yetFood gardens in every neighbourhood and neighbourhood food hubsFood security · Party platform
The party platform says it would create places for community food gardens and food growing in every neighbourhood, and support neighbourhood food hubs that bring meal programs, kitchens and food services together, especially where healthy food is hard to buy.
No action yetExpand food recovery programsFood security · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand food recovery programs that take surplus food from businesses, institutions and events to the people who need it most.
No action yetFunding for restorative justice programsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would release stalled funding for restorative justice programs made in Vancouver, which work to repair harm, resolve conflict and reduce repeat offences.
No action yetRestore City arts staff and grants, with a new arts strategyArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore and expand the arts and culture staff and grants that the current Council cut, and put in place a new citywide strategy for jobs and economic growth in the arts.
No action yetKeep the City’s ethics oversight independentGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will protect the independence of the City’s ethics oversight and support stronger provincial integrity laws. It says Fry opposed attempts by ABC to suspend and weaken the Integrity Commissioner.
No action yetPlan land use together with the School BoardSchool planning · Party platform
The party platform says Council would plan together with the Vancouver School Board so that land use decisions and new development match the schools that neighbourhoods need.
No action yetFund the repair and renewal of City infrastructure on schedulePublic assets · Party platform
The party platform says it would properly fund renewal of streets, sidewalks, sewers, buildings and green spaces on best-practice schedules, and use an asset management plan to reduce the backlog of maintenance.
No action yetA non-police team for non-emergency street calls (CROW)Public safety · Party platform
The party platform says it will create the CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) Team, a non-police, non-medical mobile team available at all hours that answers non-emergency calls about people experiencing homelessness, addiction or other needs, through a dedicated phone number for neighbours, businesses and emergency services.
“We will create a 24/7 non-police, non-medical mobile response team that reduces strain on emergency services by handling non-emergency calls for individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction or other vulnerabilities.”
No action yetAn Office of Community Safety that joins up City departmentsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform proposes an Office of Community Safety that brings fire, police, licensing, property use and planning together in one approach to neighbourhood safety.
No action yetRegular independent reviews of police performancePublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says police services, which it puts at 24% of the City’s budget, should have regular independent performance reviews, so that their funding is based on evidence and open to the public.
No action yetLarge developments provide affordable homes or pay toward themHousing · Party platform
The party platform says large developments would be required to provide affordable homes on site, or to contribute land, homes or cash toward City-owned and non-profit affordable housing.
No action yetA toolkit to speed up faith, community and non-profit housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would work with partners and communities on a toolkit to fast-track affordable and non-profit housing on land owned by faith groups, community groups and non-profits.
No action yetReverse the City’s ban on new supportive housingHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform says it would reverse the ban on new supportive housing brought in under Mayor Sim, and use occupancy permit conditions to make sure such housing has enough staff and services.
No action yetDaytime places to go and secure storage for people without homesHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand low-barrier daytime spaces where people experiencing homelessness can get services, store belongings and rest, and expand secure storage and community lockers for them.
No action yetAsk the Province for powers to limit small business tax increasesTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would work with the Province to give Vancouver more freedom to protect small businesses from property tax increases that fall unfairly on them.
No action yetA Business Navigator Service for small businessesSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Business Navigator Service: one contact person who guides a small business through the City’s permit and licence process and keeps it informed from start to finish.
No action yetFaster change-of-use permits for empty shopsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would simplify and speed up change-of-use permits, so empty storefronts and underused buildings can become businesses, services and community spaces, and would publish open data on approved uses.
No action yetTighter rules on cutting trees for construction accessEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would tighten the standards for removing trees because of construction needs, while setting clear rules for real construction and crane access needs.
No action yetA Youth Climate Corps to plant and care for treesEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would support a Youth Climate Corps for Urban Forestry, with matching funding, to plant and maintain trees with living-wage climate jobs for young people.
No action yetFaster earthquake safety upgradesPublic assets · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up upgrades so that City infrastructure and new development meet modern earthquake standards, with investment first where it protects residents, essential services and heritage.
No action yetMore support for community gardens, urban farms and local food producersFood · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand support for community gardens, urban agriculture, farmers markets and local food producers, to give people more access to healthy, affordable food.
No action yetPlan a new food hub to replace old food distribution sitesFood · Party platform
The party platform says the City would plan to replace and modernize ageing regional food distribution sites with one food hub for wholesale distribution, local food processing, food recovery and food security.
No action yetFunding partnerships and simpler rules for green retrofitsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would seek funding for climate-friendly upgrades of existing buildings through the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator, and would reduce the rules that force unrelated upgrades when a building is retrofitted.
No action yetKeep Vancouver’s own Building By-law and make it simplerHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would make the Vancouver Building By-law less complex, in particular for larger apartment buildings, while keeping it, and would use it for new solutions such as mass timber, cleaner heating, stairs and elevators.
No action yetOpen street events on calm streets and bike routesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would hold special events on calmed streets and active transportation routes, such as car-free days, to connect neighbourhoods and encourage walking and cycling.
No action yetSafer intersections: protected left turns and bus queue-jump lanesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would manage traffic with protected left-turn signals at chosen intersections, lanes that let buses go first at lights, and traffic signals that adjust to traffic.
No action yetRepair road surfaces, potholes and pavement markingsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would put targeted repairs to old road surfaces, potholes and pavement markings first, for safety and to make streets last longer.
No action yetElectric vehicle chargers on street lamps and utility polesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with partners to add electric vehicle charging to street lamps and utility poles across the city, in particular where new LED street lights leave spare electric capacity.
No action yetKeep investing in shared heating and cooling systemsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would keep investing in district energy, shared systems that heat and cool many buildings, to cut emissions and long-term energy costs.
No action yetModernize the Kent Avenue Transfer StationEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would modernize the Kent Avenue Transfer Station, as part of planned long-range capital upgrades, to support waste and resource recovery.
No action yetBetter composting and organics processingEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen local composting and organics recovery, to make the service more reliable, cut emissions and move toward the City’s zero-waste goals.
No action yetReusable takeout containers, and deposits on more single-use itemsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would support reusable dishes, takeout containers and packaging in restaurants and public venues, and would ask the Province to add deposits and refunds on more common single-use items.
No action yetLending libraries for tools and equipmentPublic services · Party platform
The party platform says it would support lending libraries that give residents low-cost access to tools, sports equipment, gardening supplies, repair equipment and other shared items.
No action yetCity licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sitesDrug policy · Party platform
The party platform says it would develop a set of City licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter facilities that reduce public drug use and overdose risk, connect people to care, and limit the effects on nearby residents.
No action yetCrisis intervention and de-escalation programsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would invest in crisis intervention and de-escalation programs to help residents, businesses and communities respond safely to difficult situations.
No action yetPress senior governments for low-income housing moneyHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would ask the Province to replace the BC Community Housing Fund, push for the return of the federal Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program, and press the federal government for $2 billion for homes for people with the lowest incomes.
No action yetA larger Business and Economy Office with an online business portalSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand the mandate and capacity of the City’s Business and Economy Office, with an easy-to-use online business portal, better coordination between departments and more support for people starting businesses.
No action yetAsk the Province to protect commercial tenantsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would ask the Province for protections for commercial tenants, and would use tax incentives, land use rules and financial help to keep affordable space for local businesses.
No action yetZoning for small storefronts and businesses above shopsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would update zoning to allow narrow storefronts, small shop spaces, active ground floors and business uses on upper floors, so homes, shops, studios and offices can share a street.
No action yetA mixed-use downtown, with offices turned into homesEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would encourage office-to-housing conversions downtown, attract schools and colleges, expand arts and culture programs and family amenities, and update downtown zoning to allow more flexibility.
No action yetStudy fair charges on large delivery firms for curb useTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will explore fair contributions from high-volume online delivery and logistics firms to help pay for the streets and curbs they use.
No action yetAn Eastside Arts DistrictArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen the Eastside as an arts district, keeping affordable creative space and supporting artists and cultural groups through zoning, land use conditions and incentives.
No action yetProtect and create affordable studios and cultural venuesArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect and create affordable studios, live-work spaces, workshops and cultural venues by reusing buildings and through flexible land use rules.
No action yetSupport Cultural Land TrustsArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would support Cultural Land Trusts to buy and keep creative spaces, venues, artist studios and live-work buildings as non-profit community assets.
No action yetProtect industrial and employment landEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect employment lands and cultural spaces from speculative conversion, and keep industrial land for manufacturing, logistics, marine industries and food processing where appropriate.
No action yetA night-time economy strategyEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would support a night-time strategy with more night transit, more zoning for live music venues, 24-hour industrial and creative land uses, longer permits and hospitality.
This record covers Camil Dumont's term as a Vancouver park commissioner from 2018 to 2022, including motions and votes from the Park Board minutes and from news reports, and the 2026 council candidacy with the Green Party of Vancouver. Dumont appears at ballot number 119.
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.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
“I'd be proud to collaborate, participate, activate community and champion the ideas put forth in this survey and more.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on housing: 7 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
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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. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
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 city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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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. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
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. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on culture: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
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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.
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.
01 / Introduction
About Camil Dumont
Camil Dumont appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 119. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The party page says Dumont co-founded Inner City Farms in 2009 and led it as Head Farmer and Executive Director for more than 10 years. The page says Dumont was elected as a Green to the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in 2018 and was elected Chair of the Park Board twice. The page says Dumont has been Education Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm since September 2020.
Dumont was elected to the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in the 2018 civic election as a Green Party candidate, taking 65,303 votes, or 37.01 percent, which placed third among park board candidates.
The party's candidate page says Dumont grew up in Vancouver, attended l'Ecole Bilingue, graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in 1997, and later earned an interdisciplinary bachelor's degree and a Master of Science from the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
The party's candidate page says Dumont worked for the Vancouver Park Board for close to a decade in seasonal horticulture before entering elected office.
The party's candidate page says Dumont co-founded Inner City Farms, an urban farm in Vancouver, in 2009, and served as head farmer and executive director for more than ten years.
The party's candidate page says Dumont has been Education Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm since September 2020. Daily Hive describes Dumont as an urban farming advocate.
The party's candidate page says Dumont was elected chair of the Park Board twice and committee chair once during the 2018 to 2022 term. The Georgia Straight and Daily Hive both identify Dumont as park board chair in March 2021.
The Green Party of Vancouver announced Dumont on March 23, 2026 as one of seven council nomination candidates, describing Dumont as a former park board chair and urban agriculture leader. Daily Hive reported the nomination contest the following day.
Daily Hive reported on May 14, 2026 that Green Party members confirmed Dumont as one of four council candidates for the ballot, alongside Annette Reilly, Bridget Burns and Stephanie Smith, with sitting councillor Pete Fry as the party's mayoral candidate.
Women Transforming Cities prints a statement from Dumont under its heading for the candidates who said yes to its City Hall Pledge.
Between September 25 and October 1, 2026, the campaign's Instagram account posted endorsement graphics for Dumont from Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Will Valley and Melissa Lem. These are the campaign's own posts.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
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.
23 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EquityCampaign pledge
Our City Hall Pledge
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity that campaigns on City policy, asked every candidate for mayor and council to commit to six policy asks if elected. Its pledge page prints a statement from Dumont under its heading for the candidates who said yes. Its results table marks him as committing to all six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page carries two sentences from Dumont. The results table is an image, which voche.me read by eye and noted in the archived copy of the page. The asks are Women Transforming Cities' wording, and each ask has its own commitment on this record. The page gives no money, number or date from Dumont.
What still needs checking
What money and which Council decisions Dumont would put behind each ask.
As a commissioner Dumont moved to bring the temporary protected bike lane on Stanley Park Drive back for 2021. Daily Hive quotes him saying the main driver was a realization that the car needs to become less central to our way of life, which he called a difficult change.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board minutes record that Dumont moved the motion and that it carried on March 10, 2021 by five votes to two, with commissioners John Coupar and Tricia Barker of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) opposed. The lane was approved until the end of October 2021. The sources do not record what happened after that date. No 2026 page from Dumont repeats this motion, so it stays an earlier-term entry and earns no points of its own.
What still needs checking
Whether Dumont is asking council to take the same approach to road space in 2026.
In 2019 Dumont wrote a motion asking the Park Board and BC Housing (the provincial housing agency) to share information and keep direct, open communication, so that services for people experiencing homelessness could be provided more efficiently and effectively.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board minutes of November 4, 2019 record that Dumont moved the motion and that it carried five votes to two, with Barker and Coupar opposed. The motion directed the general manager to contact BC Housing. No source was found on what that contact produced.
The Georgia Straight reported that the Park Board passed two motions by Dumont in September 2019. On September 5 it passed a request that the mayor create a task force across several levels of government on homelessness. On September 26 it passed a resolution committing to the goal of voluntary decampment (people leaving the camp by choice) at Oppenheimer Park and calling on the City to continue to seek housing for the people camping there.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board minutes of September 26, 2019 record that Dumont moved the Oppenheimer Park motion and that it carried four votes to two, with Giesbrecht absent. NEWS 1130 and the Canadian Press give the same count; CBC gave 5 to 2. For the September 5 task force motion, the Georgia Straight says it passed and quotes Dumont saying no official structure had been adopted since. voche.me found no minutes for September 5.
2026 · Food systems and the transition from parks to councilCampaign pledge
Food systems and the transition from parks to council
The campaign describes former Park Board service, urban farming and education work at UBC Farm.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the party's candidate page, read again on September 25, 2026. The entry describes background and states no measure, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which food or Park Board work Dumont would bring to Council, and what it would cost.
Right trees in the right places, with maintenance standards
The party's September 25, 2026 release quotes Dumont saying Vancouver needs the right varieties of trees planted in the right spaces, and a commitment to effective maintenance standards.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The quote states an approach to tree planting and upkeep. It names no bylaw, budget amount, number of trees or date.
What still needs checking
Which tree varieties and maintenance standards Dumont would set, and what they would cost.
The release says the City Council platform would strengthen tree-protection bylaws, reward retention of significant trees on private property, and require stronger replacement when mature trees are lost to development.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names Dumont as one of three candidates who outline the commitments and quotes him as the Council candidate, so voche.me records the City Council paragraph as his. The paragraph is written in the party's voice about the City Council platform. It gives no number of trees, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which bylaws Dumont would change, what replacement rule he would set, and when.
The release says the City Council platform would dedicate funding to climate-resilient planting (planting meant to cope with climate change).
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names Dumont as one of three candidates who outline the commitments and quotes him as the Council candidate, so voche.me records the City Council paragraph as his. The paragraph is written in the party's voice about the City Council platform. It names no amount, no source of the money and no date.
The release says the City Council platform would create a Municipal Arborist Office with in-house certified arborists (tree experts employed by the City).
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names Dumont as one of three candidates who outline the commitments and quotes him as the Council candidate, so voche.me records the City Council paragraph as his. The paragraph is written in the party's voice about the City Council platform. It gives no number of arborists, no cost and no opening date.
What still needs checking
How many arborists the office would hire, what it would cost, and when it would open.
The release says the City and Park Board platforms commit to the 3-30-300 rule for every home: three trees visible, 30 per cent neighbourhood canopy (the share of the neighbourhood covered by tree crowns), and green space within 300 metres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The rule is written in the party's voice and covers the City and Park Board platforms. The release names Dumont as the Council candidate. It gives no date for reaching the rule and no cost.
What still needs checking
Which neighbourhoods fall short of the rule, and by when Dumont would reach it.
The housing ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, has three parts. It asks candidates to add co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood by changing zoning rules (the City's rules on what can be built where) that delay non-market homes (also called social housing), within the first year of the term. It asks them to put non-market housing first on public land and to demand long-term funding from senior governments (the provincial and federal governments). It asks them to advance building upgrades that give low-carbon cooling during extreme heat, especially to low-income tenants.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. The ask gives no number of homes and no cost. It sets one date, the first year of the term.
What still needs checking
How many non-market homes Dumont would aim for, which zoning rules he would change, and what the change would cost.
The transit and mobility ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to advocate to the province for a low-income transit pass for people earning less than $40,000 a year. It asks them to speed up buses with measures that give buses priority on streets, such as dedicated bus lanes, with the goal of completing at least nine transit corridors by 2030. It asks them to install more covered bus shelters, seating and lighting, especially in neighbourhoods with fewer resources, and to give seniors, people with disabilities and children more time at crosswalks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. The ask sets a goal of at least nine corridors by 2030 and gives no cost. The transit pass is a request to the province.
What still needs checking
Which corridors Dumont would put first, what the measures would cost, and where the money would come from.
The community spaces ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to extend library hours and support library workers with adequate staffing and a living wage. It asks them to report how many City properties are underused and to give community groups priority access and subsidized rent. It asks them to work with independent arts and culture venues and queer spaces to reform permit and bylaw (City law) barriers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. The ask gives no number of library hours, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many library hours Dumont would add, which properties he would open, and what the changes would cost.
The food security ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to increase the City's Sustainable Food Systems Grant, widen who can receive it and add an Indigenous Food Sovereignty Grant, starting in the 2027 budget. It asks them to provide City-owned real estate for a South Vancouver Community Food Hub, and to direct the City Manager to create at least four food planner roles.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. Food policy sits outside the ten issues voche.me scores for City Council candidates, so this commitment earns no points.
What still needs checking
The size of the grant increase and the cost of the four roles.
The public washrooms ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to install prefabricated public toilets in high-need areas or set up portable toilets for the short term. It asks them to increase funding for maintaining and upgrading existing City and Park Board washrooms, and to partner with Downtown Eastside service providers and other governments to sustain hygiene services such as mobile washrooms, staffed washrooms, showers and laundry facilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. Public washrooms sit outside the ten issues voche.me scores for City Council candidates, so this commitment earns no points.
What still needs checking
How many washrooms Dumont would add and what they would cost.
The gender safety ask, which the results table marks Dumont as committing to, asks candidates to fund the City's work on the Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations as the ask names them. It asks them to reinstate the second Sex Worker Safety Planner role and give drop-in spaces for sex workers sustainable funding, and to carry out survivor-led safety and violence prevention strategies on time, including the safety and inclusion action plan the ask names.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities' wording. Dumont's own words are the one sentence quoted from the pledge page, and the results table records his yes. His sentence supports the survey as a whole. The ask concerns violence prevention and safety planning for particular groups. The public safety issue covers policing, fire rescue and street disorder programs, so voche.me tags this ask to no scored issue and it earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which measures Dumont would fund first and what they would cost.
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support 30 km/h speeds on local streets, with traffic calming that makes trips to and from school safer for young people. Its published Vancouver answers record Dumont as answering yes. In his comment he says it is something his party and its mayoral candidate feel strongly about.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is HUB Cycling's wording, so it earns no mechanism, target, cost or timeline point. The answers carry no date and name no street, cost or year.
What still needs checking
Which streets Dumont would slow first, what the work would cost, and by when.
HUB Cycling survey: street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first
HUB Cycling asked candidates whether they support sending lower speed limits and quick street safety upgrades to neighbourhoods that have been underserved in the past, before other areas. Its published answers record Dumont as answering yes. His comment says he is committed to weighing fairness in every decision he makes, and that this ask is a good example.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is HUB Cycling's wording. Dumont's comment names no neighbourhood, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which neighbourhoods Dumont would put first and how he would choose them.
HUB Cycling survey: join local bike routes to the regional network
HUB Cycling asked candidates whether they support faster links from local routes to regional walking and cycling corridors, closing gaps in the City's network with lanes separated from car traffic. Its published answers record Dumont as answering yes. His comment says connecting routes and completing broken ones is required.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is HUB Cycling's wording. Dumont's comment names no route, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which gaps in the bike network Dumont would close first, at what cost, and by when.
Green Party 2026 platform: affordability measured against incomes, and a fund to buy rental buildings
The party's platform release, dated September 29, 2026, says the Greens would set affordability targets at 30 per cent of median household income in place of market rents, and would create a fund that lets the City buy rental buildings at risk of being lost to speculation.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Dumont as one of its four council candidates, and no statement in it is from him. The release gives no size for the fund and no date.
What still needs checking
Whether Dumont has said which housing measure he would bring to Council first.
Green Party 2026 platform: a non-police response team for non-emergency calls
The platform release says the Greens would create the CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) Team, a non-police, non-medical team available at all hours that would answer non-emergency calls about homelessness, addiction and mental health through a dedicated phone number.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform, and no statement in it is from Dumont. The release gives no cost, no team size and no start date.
What still needs checking
Whether Dumont has spoken about the team and how it would be paid for.
Green Party 2026 platform: more bus lanes and a firm date for rapid transit to UBC
The platform release says the Greens would work with TransLink (the regional transit authority) to speed up buses with more dedicated bus lanes, push for more late-night routes and press for a firm timeline for rapid transit to UBC. VoteMate also lists the platform's plan to convert at least 11 per cent of Vancouver streets from car use to community use.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform, and no statement in it is from Dumont. Rapid transit to UBC needs TransLink and the Province.
What still needs checking
Whether Dumont has said which bus lanes or street changes he would support first.
The full platform's food security section proposes more support for community gardens, urban farming, farmers markets and local food producers, neighbourhood food hubs, wider food recovery, community food gardens in every neighbourhood, and restoring the food planning jobs it says the current Council cut.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform, and no statement in it is from Dumont, whose campaign centres on food systems. Food policy sits outside the ten issues voche.me scores for City Council candidates, so this entry earns no points. The platform gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which food measure Dumont would bring to Council and how it would be paid for.
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.
Approved
Temporary bike lane on Stanley Park Drive, 2021
Dumont, then board chair, stepped down from the chair for this item to move a motion directing staff to put a temporary bike path on Park Drive in Stanley Park, to stay in place until the end of October 2021, with a report back on the data and results. Commissioner Irwin seconded it. The minutes record that it carried five votes to two on March 10, 2021: Demers, Dumont, Giesbrecht, Irwin and Mackinnon in favour, Barker and Coupar opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
A motion by Commissioner Coupar to send the item to a committee meeting where the public could speak failed three votes to four, with Dumont voting against it. The lane had first been put in during 2020. Daily Hive quotes Dumont saying the main driver was a realization that the car needs to become less central to our way of life, which he called a difficult change.
Resolution on voluntary decampment at Oppenheimer Park
Dumont moved a motion at a special Park Board meeting on September 26, 2019 that thanked the Mayor and Council for their efforts to house the people camping in Oppenheimer Park, asked the City to keep seeking housing for them, called for temporary shelter options, and committed the board to the goal of decampment (people leaving the camp) at the park. Commissioner Irwin moved an amendment, seconded by Dumont, that added the word voluntary. The minutes record that the amended motion carried four votes to two: Demers, Dumont, Irwin and Mackinnon in favour, Barker and Coupar opposed, with Giesbrecht absent.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes also record that the chair ruled an amendment by Commissioner Coupar out of order, and that a challenge to that ruling failed two votes to four, with Dumont voting to keep the ruling. NEWS 1130 and the Canadian Press reported the same 4 to 2 count. CBC reported 5 to 2, which the minutes do not support.
Motion asking the mayor to create a task force on homelessness
The Georgia Straight reports that on September 5, 2019 the Park Board passed a motion by Dumont asking the mayor to create a task force across several levels of government to address homelessness.
Scope, limits and sources
Dumont told the Georgia Straight that no official structure had been adopted since the motion, and that there was dialogue going on. The Park Board minutes of September 16, 2019 record the chair's report that at a September 6 media event the chair asked for a task force on homelessness across several governments. voche.me found no minutes of a September 5, 2019 meeting among the Park Board records held by the Internet Archive, so the vote itself rests on the Georgia Straight report.
Announced by the Province; Dumont quoted as board chair
Park Board, City and Province sign an agreement on the Strathcona Park encampment
The Province of BC's news release says the Province, the City of Vancouver and the Park Board signed a memorandum of understanding (a written agreement) on the roles of each in ending the Strathcona Park encampment. Under it the Park Board leads on managing the park while the encampment is dismantled. The release quotes Dumont as board chair.
Scope, limits and sources
The release does not say who signed for the Park Board. CBC reported on December 14, 2020 that Dumont, as chair, said the situation at Strathcona Park needed a resolution. The sources record statements by Dumont on the agreement. The entry is tagged to no scored issue until a person opens the Park Board record.
Dumont moved a motion directing the Park Board's general manager to contact BC Housing (the provincial housing agency) to set up shared information and direct, open communication on ways to work together on the effects of homelessness in Vancouver parks. The Park Board minutes record that it carried on November 4, 2019, five votes to two: Demers, Dumont, Giesbrecht, Irwin and Mackinnon in favour, Barker and Coupar opposed. Commissioner Demers seconded it.
Scope, limits and sources
The Georgia Straight reported the motion on October 30, 2019, before the meeting. Dumont told the paper that the situation at Oppenheimer Park had shown how government bodies deal with each other. The minutes record the vote and do not say what contact followed.
Park Board motion to explore co-management of parks with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations
Global News reports that the Park Board voted on January 24, 2022 to direct staff to explore a partnership with the three nations on managing parks in their territories. It reports that Dumont spoke in favour in the debate and rejected the argument for delaying the motion. A Green Party release names Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon as the mover.
Scope, limits and sources
The subject is reconciliation and park jurisdiction, which is outside the ten issues scored for City Council candidates. voche.me has not opened the Park Board minutes.
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Interview
Interview on homelessness in parks and working with BC Housing
Dumont told the Georgia Straight that people experiencing homelessness are in parks in every part of the city, that Oppenheimer Park had shown how government bodies interact, and that humanitarian questions should be handled as governance rather than politics.
Remarks on returning the Stanley Park Drive bike lane
Speaking as park board chair during the meeting, Dumont said a temporary protected bike lane made sense and that the main driver was a view that the car needs to become less central to our way of life, a change he called difficult. The Georgia Straight reports that he also explained this in a news release.
Statement on ending the Strathcona Park encampment
CBC quotes Dumont, as Park Board chair, saying that the status quo at Strathcona Park was not acceptable, that the encampment needed a resolution, and that he believed the board was on track to reach one.
The Province's news release quotes Dumont, as board chair, saying the agreement defines the roles and responsibilities of the Park Board, the City and the Province, and that he was hopeful the three were on a new path on the relationship between park space and homelessness.
Dumont answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling’s asks: 30 km/h local streets with traffic calming, street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network. He added a short comment on each. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
Listed as committing to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group registered with Elections BC as a third party advertiser, lists Dumont as committed to its full four-point platform on September 27, 2026. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework of anti-Palestinian racism. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Dumont himself on these points.
Campaign posts an endorsement from Severn Cullis-Suzuki
The campaign's Instagram account posted a Green Party graphic headed "Dr. Severn Cullis-Suzuki endorses Camil Dumont for City Council". Dumont's caption says he is humbled and proud to have her public endorsement. This is the campaign's own post; voche.me did not contact the endorser.
The campaign's Instagram account posted a Green Party graphic headed "Dr. Will Valley Endorses Camil Dumont for City Council", with a caption thanking him. This is the campaign's own post; voche.me did not contact the endorser.
The campaign's Instagram account posted a Green Party graphic headed "Dr. Melissa Lem endorses Camil Dumont for City Council". Dumont's caption says he is grateful for her support and admires her. This is the campaign's own post; voche.me did not contact the endorser.
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.
Policy dispute
Decision not to seek re-election in 2022 after disputes over encampments and the Stanley Park bike lane
Daily Hive reported in March and again in May 2026 that Dumont placed third among park board candidates in 2018 but did not seek re-election in 2022, describing the term as turbulent and naming disputes over homeless encampments in parks and the Stanley Park Drive bike lane.
Candidate or party response
The party's candidate page gives a personal reason for the decision. No statement from Dumont about the disputes themselves was found.
Verified status and limits
Dumont left the Park Board at the end of the 2018 to 2022 term and is now a Green council candidate at ballot number 119. These were disagreements over policy, and no source shows any finding against Dumont.
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Reporting
Georgia Straight
Vancouver Park Board to reinstate temporary Stanley Park cycling path
Reported the board's approval of a temporary cycling path on Park Drive for 2021, with changes based on the previous year, and quoted board chair Dumont on reducing the place of the car.
Green party names seven Vancouver City Council nomination hopefuls
Listed the seven people seeking the Green council nomination and described Dumont as an urban farming advocate and former park commissioner who declined to seek re-election in 2022 after a difficult term.
Green Party confirms four Vancouver City Council candidates for election
Reported that members confirmed Dumont, Annette Reilly, Bridget Burns and Stephanie Smith as the Green council slate, and repeated that Dumont did not run again in 2022 after disputes over park encampments and the Stanley Park Drive bike lane.
‘We’re one call away from something very tragic’: Park Board won’t seek injunction to clear Oppenheimer
Reported that commissioners voted 4 to 2 for a motion by Dumont to work with the city on housing for the people camping in Oppenheimer Park and to decamp the park, without seeking an injunction.
Vancouver park board rejects injunction to clear tent encampment from Oppenheimer Park
Reported that Dumont said clearing the tents should be more collaborative and peaceful, and that his motion calling for shelter or permanent housing for the campers was adopted 4 to 2.
Vancouver Park Board to explore ways to co-manage parks with First Nations
Reported that commissioners voted to direct staff to explore co-management of parks with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and quoted Dumont in support.
Vancouver parks meeting cut short as public turn combative
Reported that Dumont, as committee chair, paused a July 18, 2022 Park Board meeting on the Stanley Park mobility study after 3 of 44 speakers, saying staff and commissioners felt threatened, and set it to resume the next day.
Vancouver Park Board finishes controversial term by approving new parks
Reported the outgoing board's last meeting, where it approved funding for three park projects, and quoted Dumont on the Tatlow and Volunteer parks creek project and on being proud of the board's work.
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 was found. The campaign's Linktree page links to a Facebook page and to the Instagram account innercityfarms, which posts as his campaign. The only 2026 policy statement from the party that names Dumont is its September 25, 2026 release on trees and shade, and its City Council paragraph is written in the party's voice. His own 2026 words found by voche.me are one sentence of support on the Women Transforming Cities pledge page and three short comments in HUB Cycling's survey. No 2026 interview or debate appearance by him was found, and the party's events page lists no appearance by him. The endorsement posts were read from their first image and caption only; the full endorsement text in the later images was not read. The Park Board's meeting site returns HTTP 403, so the minutes on this record were read through Internet Archive copies. No minutes of a September 5, 2019 meeting were found there, so the task force motion rests on the Georgia Straight report. The UBC Farm people page and a 2019 UBC article confirm the Master of Science, the Inner City Farms role and the seasonal Park Board horticulture work. The 1997 school graduation and the September 2020 start at UBC Farm come from the party page only. A blog post by Matchstick, a business that partners with Inner City Farms, says he grew up in Ontario farmland, while the party page says he grew up in Vancouver. voche.me has not settled which account is right.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate list, the party's candidate page, platform and releases, the campaign's Linktree and Instagram posts, HUB Cycling's survey answers, the Women Transforming Cities and Vote Palestine Vancouver lists, news reports, and the Park Board minutes for four meetings from his 2018 to 2022 term.
The Park Board record is now separate from the council candidacy: each Park Board entry names the minutes or the news report it rests on.
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.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Dates not stated
Seasonal horticulture worker, Vancouver Park Board
The party's candidate page says Dumont worked for the Park Board for close to a decade, mostly in seasonal horticulture, and developed an interest in plants, gardens and public green space.
Co-founder, head farmer and executive director, Inner City Farms
The party's candidate page says Dumont co-founded the urban farm in 2009 and led it for more than ten years, expanding chances for people to learn about farming and local food.
Commissioner, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Elected in 2018 with 65,303 votes. The Park Board minutes record that Dumont moved motions on homelessness in parks in 2019 and on the Stanley Park Drive bike lane in 2021, and that he chaired the board in March 2021. The party page says he chaired the board twice.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which food-security proposal requires council action, and how would you fund it?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Camil Dumont's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Camil Dumont do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Camil Dumont was elected to City Council with 62,540 votes, 7th of 56 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 Camil Dumont?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Camil Dumont's own campaign.
What is Camil Dumont's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Camil Dumont is number 119 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Camil Dumont run with?
Camil Dumont ran for City Council with Green Party of Vancouver.
Does Camil Dumont currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Camil Dumont.
How many sources does this Camil Dumont profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Camil Dumont filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Camil Dumont. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Camil Dumont's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Camil Dumont 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 Camil Dumont ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
October review: Park Board minutes, survey answers, endorsements and a new calendar entry
voche.me read the Park Board minutes for September 16 and 26, 2019, November 4, 2019 and March 9 and 10, 2021 through Internet Archive copies. They settle two open questions. The November 4, 2019 motion on BC Housing passed five votes to two; the record had called it proposed with no known outcome, and its date was the date of a news report, so the entry now uses the meeting date. The September 26, 2019 Oppenheimer Park vote was four to two with one commissioner absent, which matches NEWS 1130 and the Canadian Press; the CBC figure of 5 to 2 is not supported by the minutes. voche.me also added HUB Cycling's published survey answers, the Vote Palestine Vancouver listing, three endorsement posts from the campaign's Instagram, the party's 2026 platform as party positions, four news items and an October 13 online town hall. The experience entry for Inner City Farms gave an estimated end year of 2020, which no source states; it now repeats the party page's wording, more than ten years from 2009.
Score review of every commitment
voche.me checked each commitment against the archived page it cites and tagged it by issue and by whose words it is. The Stanley Park bike lane entry gave the vote date as March 11, 2021, and Daily Hive, the Georgia Straight and CBC place the vote on the evening of March 10. The entry on the 2019 motions said no source showed how the board voted, and the Georgia Straight says the board passed both motions, on September 5 and September 26, 2019. The Women Transforming Cities entry said Dumont signed the pledge. The page prints a statement from him under its heading for the candidates who said yes, so the entry now describes that statement, and each of the six asks has its own entry.
Personal reason removed from the accountability entry
The accountability entry repeated a personal reason from the party's candidate page for the 2022 decision not to run again. The entry now says only that the page gives a personal reason, and the archived copies of the page mark it as removed.
New commitments and Park Board record added
voche.me added the party's September 25, 2026 release on trees and shade, the six Our City Hall Pledge asks, and Park Board actions reported by the Georgia Straight, CBC, the Canadian Press, NEWS 1130, Global News and the Province of BC news service. The Park Board minutes could not be opened, so each Park Board entry is based on a news report.
