No action yetInvestment in public librariesPublic services · Own promise
The COPE page says Leslie will work to invest in libraries. A September 10, 2026 commentary article says Leslie has made equitable public services part of the campaign, in the context of COPE's push to restore Vancouver Public Library hours.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: housing accessHousing · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public transportation and mobilityTransportation · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: community spacesPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: food securityFood security · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public washroomsPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: gender safetyPublic safety · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
No action yet30 km/h streets near schools, with traffic calming (HUB Cycling survey)Transportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates to support 30 km/h speeds on local streets, with traffic calming for young people travelling to and from school. Leslie answered yes and wrote that she supports 30 km/h safety zones around schools, backed by traffic calming.
“I support 30 km/h neighbourhood safety buffers around schools, backed by traffic calming that puts children and communities ahead of moving cars faster.”
No action yetStreet safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first (HUB Cycling survey)Transportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling asked candidates to send speed cuts and quick safety upgrades to neighbourhoods that have been underserved first. Leslie answered yes and wrote that this work should go first to communities that received less public money in the past and where the risks are highest.
“we should direct speed reductions and quick-build safety improvements first to communities that have historically received less public investment and where the risks are highest.”
No action yetProtected bike links to the regional network (HUB Cycling survey)Transportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling asked candidates to speed up local links to regional cycling routes, closing gaps with routes separated from traffic. Leslie answered yes and wrote that she supports putting protected local links to TransLink's Major Bikeway Network first.
“I support prioritizing protected local connections to TransLink’s Major Bikeway Network so people can reliably bike and roll between neighbourhoods, transit, jobs, and communities across the region.”
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 lists Leslie among the COPE candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetProtect farmers’ marketsFood security · Own promise
On 13 October 2026 Leslie posted on Instagram that farmers’ markets keep money in the local economy and connect people with local growers, and that COPE is committed to protecting them.
“@copevancouver is committed to protecting our markets!”
No action yetCOPE 2026 platform: bring back the Renters Office with enforcement powersHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will bring back the Renters Office with powers to track landlords and rents, help tenants bargain together and act on displacement.
No action yetCOPE 2026 platform: a binding tenant rights bylawHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform release says COPE will establish a binding tenants rights bylaw and build on the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy to protect tenants from displacement.
No action yetCOPE 2026 platform: a Climate Defence StrategyClimate · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform release says COPE will create a Climate Defence Strategy to upgrade infrastructure, help communities prepare for climate events and start tool libraries.
No action yetTenants, then the City, get the first chance to buy apartments for saleHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will create a right-of-first-refusal policy that gives tenants, and then the City, first priority to buy apartment buildings that go up for sale, to turn them into affordable housing.
No action yetA fund to help co-ops, land trusts and non-profits buy rental buildingsHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will create a Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Fund to help land trusts, co-ops and non-profits buy rental housing and prevent people being pushed out.
No action yetDevelopers pay the full cost of moving tenantsHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says developers would bear the full cost of tenant relocation, and that redevelopment would be planned so renters get a home of the same size, with the same accessibility, in their own neighbourhood.
No action yetCity staff to support tenants during redevelopmentHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will appoint public workers to support tenants during redevelopment, paid for by a fee on developers, in place of relocation coordinators hired by developers.
No action yetCharge developers the full fees for lost rooms in old hotelsHousing · Party platform
Single room accommodation (SRA) rooms are the small rooms in older hotels and rooming houses, and the City charges a fee when one is converted. The COPE 2026 platform says these fees must cover the cost of replacement homes, and that the City will end fee waivers for developers.
No action yetSecure 20,000 or more affordable homesHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will negotiate, build and secure more than 20,000 affordable homes in Vancouver, including Indigenous, public, co-op, non-profit, supportive, shelter-rate and modular housing.
No action yetA penalty on land left empty for profitHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will place a penalty on land banking for profit, meaning land held empty while its value rises, so that empty lots are used for housing, services and shops.
No action yetA tax on mansions to pay for housingTaxes and budget · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will tax mansions to end homelessness, and will use every option the City has, and pressure other governments, to tax wealth through measures like a mansion tax.
No action yetThe City repairs neglected rentals and bills the landlordHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says landlords must keep rental homes in good condition, including temperature control and safety from black mould and pests, or the City will do the repairs and bill them. The platform release says COPE will use the Standards of Maintenance bylaw to keep rental homes safe.
No action yetFamily-sized affordable homesHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says that in public housing, and in negotiations with private developers, the City must secure homes that are big enough, and affordable enough, for families.
No action yetBring back the social housing initiativeHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will speed up affordable and social housing by bringing back the City’s social housing initiative and working with non-profits and other governments to restart stalled projects.
No action yetRestore the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District zoningHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will restore the zoning rules of the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District and end what it calls the developer windfall for condos in the Downtown Eastside.
No action yetEmergency shelters, tiny home villages, day spaces and storageHomelessness · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will use every City power to respond to homelessness, with emergency shelters, support programs, meal programs, tiny house villages, daytime respite spaces and storage for unhoused people’s belongings.
No action yetStop street sweeps of unhoused peopleHomelessness · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will stop street sweeps, in which people without homes lose their belongings and identity documents during enforcement.
No action yetFollow the national protocol on homeless encampmentsHomelessness · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says the City will follow the eight principles of the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada, to protect the human rights of people living in encampments.
No action yetBan hostile architecture in public spacesHomelessness · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will ban hostile architecture, meaning design that stops people resting or sheltering, in public spaces such as transit hubs and community centres.
No action yetAn emergency budget to reverse the last council’s changesTaxes and budget · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will bring in an emergency transitional budget and act right away to reverse changes made at the City by Ken Sim and ABC.
No action yetBring back the City’s cut climate programsClimate · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will bring back the climate programs that were cut, including the sustainability department, the 2026 to 2030 climate plan that was put on hold, and climate safety programs.
No action yetAn Affordability Audit with new cost-of-living targetsAffordable to live in Vancouver · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will appoint a team to deliver an Affordability Audit that shows where living costs are rising and where the City can lower them, and sets new targets for a more affordable city.
No action yetReview City AI data use and check for leaks of private dataGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will review the City’s rules on AI and data, and investigate whether senior staff or elected officials gave private City information to American tech companies through AI tools.
No action yetCarry out the Auditor General’s 10 recommendations on land salesGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will implement the 10 recommendations of the Auditor General’s 2026 Land Sales Audit, which it says found more than $60 million in lost revenue.
No action yetA stronger Integrity Commissioner and code of conductGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will give the Integrity Commissioner the power to hold politicians accountable, and update the City’s code of conduct to put breaches of public trust first.
No action yetA ranked ballot for mayor from 2030Governance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fight for a ranked ballot for mayor starting in 2030 and push the Province to give cities full control over their own electoral systems.
No action yetDemocracy Dollars for local election donationsGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will set up a Democracy Dollars program, based on one in Seattle, under which residents can ask for a $25 voucher of public money to donate to local parties or candidates.
No action yetEnd votes for non-resident owners and widen the right to voteGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will end voting by property owners who do not live in Vancouver, and work to give the vote to permanent residents and everyone aged 16 or older.
No action yetMore voting places and mobile votingGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will make voting easier with enough voting places, mobile voting stations and accessible options for seniors and people with disabilities.
No action yetCitizens’ assemblies, participatory budgeting and referendumsGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says the City should use advisory committees, public hearings, citizens’ assemblies, participatory budgeting and referendums to engage with the public and answer to it.
No action yetLibraries open 7 days a week with full staffingPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will expand library hours to 7 days a week and give libraries the support they ask for, including mental health workers. The platform release says COPE will fully fund libraries so they can open 7 days a week with full staffing and programs.
No action yetFully funded library programs for newcomers, seniors, families and teensPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fully fund library programs for newcomers, seniors, families and teens, including digital skills, help with tax filing and English classes.
No action yetFaster upgrades to neglected community centresRecreation facilities · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will speed up needed upgrades to parks, recreation facilities and community centres, starting with community centres that have been under-maintained.
No action yetFree public Wi-Fi across the cityPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will expand VanWifi, the City’s free public internet service, across the city, starting with areas that have less access now.
No action yetOppose privatization and bring contracted work back to City staffPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will oppose privatization and public-private partnerships, and work to bring City contractors in as unionized City employees.
No action yetA rule that big grocers and chain restaurants give away edible foodFood security · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will bring in an edible food recovery law for big box stores and chain restaurants, so food that can still be eaten goes to people.
No action yetCity bulk buying from local farmersFood security · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says the City will use its buying power to buy in bulk from local farmers and sell the food at a discount to community grocers, non-profits, public grocers and school meal programs.
No action yetA mix of shop sizes and more affordable storefrontsSmall business · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will require a mix of shop sizes in new buildings, limit oversized shop spaces on key streets, and use zoning, incentives and City land to create more affordable storefronts.
No action yetSimpler business licences, including shared spaceSmall business · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support business licence changes that make it easier for start-ups to open, including letting businesses with different licences share a space.
No action yetBring back the Community Benefits Agreement policyEconomy · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will reinstate the Community Benefits Agreement policy so developers create local jobs and give back to the communities they profit from.
No action yetOppose AI data centres and set rules for themEconomy · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will oppose AI data centres in Vancouver and fight for rules that hold any data centre accountable for water use, energy, noise and public health before a project goes ahead. COPE’s petition asks for a pause on AI data centres until those rules exist.
No action yetGet back on track for the six climate targetsClimate · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will get Vancouver back on track to meet its six climate action targets: walkable neighbourhoods, active transportation and transit, zero-emission vehicles, zero-emission space and water heating, low carbon construction, and restored coasts and forests.
No action yetLocal wind, water and solar energyClimate · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will encourage wind, water and solar energy production across the city and coordinate energy upgrades at the neighbourhood scale.
No action yetMore bike share and scooters under public ownershipActive transport · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will expand bike share, scooters and other small vehicles and bring them under public community control and ownership.
No action yetAt least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030Childcare · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will negotiate with developers, provide public land and seek money from other governments to secure at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030.
No action yetSuicide prevention barriers on bridgesPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support infrastructure that reduces the risk of suicide, like barriers on bridges and other high-risk places, and programs to support people in crisis.
No action yetMove mental health calls from police to peer care teamsPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will remove mental health calls from police priorities and fund community programs for mental health crises, such as peer-assisted care teams.
No action yetCommunity safety captains at protests and eventsPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will set up community safety programs with public safety captains at protests and community events, in place of police overtime.
No action yetDemocratic oversight and an audit of the Vancouver PolicePublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will challenge the legal structures that tie the City to an unelected police board, and push for democratic community oversight and an audit of the Vancouver Police Department.
No action yetAn arts spaces strategy that uses City landCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will create a Vancouver Arts and Cultural Spaces Strategy that uses City-owned land for galleries, venues, theatres and rehearsal spaces, and encourages arts use of empty commercial spaces.
No action yetHigher arts grants tied to inflationCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will raise operating grants for the arts and then tie them to inflation, and explore an arts endowment or a dedicated tax for arts funding.
No action yetBandstands, street performers and free festivalsCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will bring art and music into public spaces with more covered bandstands, support for street performers and support for free and low-cost festivals.
No action yetFree museum and theatre access through the library or Leisure Access PassCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support museums, galleries and civic theatres and offer free entry through the Public Library or the Leisure Access Pass.
No action yetRename Dunsmuir Street and review City place namesCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street and review the City’s street names, statues and plazas for names that go against Vancouver’s values.
No action yetSupport Indigenous land trusts and work with host nationsReconciliation · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support the development of Indigenous land trusts, address anti-Indigenous racism in institutions, and work with host nations and urban Indigenous groups so their voices are heard at City Hall.
No action yetSign the Apartheid-Free Communities pledgeEquity · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will make Vancouver an Apartheid-Free Community and join Burnaby in signing the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge. COPE’s release of 22 September 2026 repeats the commitment and quotes Orr.
No action yetReview City contracts linked to apartheid and genocideEquity · Party platform
COPE’s release of 22 September 2026 says COPE will fight for Vancouver to take all actions to withdraw from any municipal contracts that, in COPE’s words, support or empower apartheid and genocide.
No action yetRecognize a framework on anti-Palestinian racismEquity · Party platform
COPE’s release of 22 September 2026 says COPE will fight for Vancouver to recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework of anti-Palestinian racism.
No action yetEnd the pause on new supportive housingHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will end the freeze on new supportive housing set by the last council, and work with non-profits and other governments to speed up stalled affordable housing projects.
No action yetRestore the sex worker safety planning job at the CityPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will restore the sex worker safety planning position that the last council cut, and support front-line services that protect people from violence and exploitation.
No action yetStop the crackdown on small artist-run venuesCulture · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will end the crackdown on do-it-yourself arts venues, and support independent, artist-run nightlife as part of the city’s culture.
No action yetA People’s Audit of the last council’s decisionsGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will run a People’s Audit: a review led by City workers that interviews current and past staff, City partners and the public, reports on what happened under the last council, and improves services and cuts waste.
No action yetRules on AI use for City managers, staff and elected officialsGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will set AI rules for City managers, staff and elected officials, so that public data and data about residents is never used to train AI systems owned by what it calls tech billionaires, and so that City partnerships protect personal data.
No action yetAct on the five calls to cities from Battered Women’s Support ServicesPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will carry out the five calls to action for cities from Battered Women’s Support Services, including a task force on intimate partner violence, support for victim services and transition houses, and better local data.
No action yetA tax on empty commercial and industrial spaceTaxes and budget · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will put a tax on empty industrial and commercial spaces, with a program that encourages using empty spaces for performance and art.
No action yetClose the vacancy loophole so rent limits apply between tenantsHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fight to close the vacancy loophole, so that rent controls also apply when one tenant leaves and the next one moves in.
No action yetMore community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchensFood security · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will expand community gardens, seed sharing and food storage, set up community kitchens, and link the City’s community gardens so more people have space to grow food.
No action yetGive pools, recreation centres and public services the money they needPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will give pools, recreation facilities and public services the funding they need, and sets this against a police budget that, it says, grew by more than $100 million under the last council.
No action yetPush to reverse TransLink cuts and restore bus frequencyTransit · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fight to reverse cuts to TransLink and restore how often buses run, starting with working-class neighbourhoods whose service was cut after COVID.
No action yetNon-profit land offered to non-market buyers before any private saleHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will protect land held by non-profit community groups from sale to speculators. It says faith-based groups, charities and other non-profits should be required to offer their land first to another non-market buyer before selling it to a private one.
No action yetSupport community-led land trustsHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support the development of community-led land trusts, to protect land from speculative development and create permanently affordable housing for public benefit.
No action yetPlan growth on single-family lots, parking lots and storefrontsHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will plan the city to grow where there are single-family homes, parking lots and storefronts, and to stop tearing down affordable apartments.
No action yetRetrofit existing affordable housing for earthquakes and climateHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will retrofit existing affordable housing for earthquake safety and climate preparedness, and work to transfer its ownership to tenants, non-profits or the City.
No action yetTemporary homes on City land for tenants during redevelopmentHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will use City-owned land for swing-site housing, meaning homes where tenants live while their own building is redeveloped. It says these homes can later become co-op or public housing.
No action yetBan rent fixing between landlords, including by softwareHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will ban rent-price collusion by any means, including pricing software, landlords working together, or third parties acting between them.
No action yetProtect tenant unions and require landlords to bargainHousing · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will protect the right of tenants to organize into unions, and require landlords to bargain with tenants in good faith.
No action yetTax land value and take rezoning gains for public useTaxes and budget · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will support taxation on land value, and capture the gains landowners make when land is rezoned, to use for public benefit.
No action yetA partnership of Metro Vancouver cities on homelessnessHomelessness · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will start a partnership between cities in the Greater Vancouver area to address and prevent homelessness permanently, and use it to press the provincial and federal governments for the money to end homelessness.
No action yetMore public pools, including a new 50 metre poolRecreation facilities · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will build more public pools across the city, and respect the 2022 plebiscite by building a new 50 metre pool in Vancouver.
No action yetPush for fairer commercial leases for small businessesSmall business · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will push for changes to commercial tenancy agreements, with standard leases and negotiation rules, clear landlord responsibilities, and limits on rent increases that would force small and local businesses to close.
No action yetOne Compass Card for transit, bike share and scootersTransit · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will push to join the Compass Card system with bike share, scooters and other small shared vehicles, as a step toward one public transit system.
No action yetBring HandyDART under public controlTransit · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will continue to push for HandyDART, the door-to-door transit service for people with disabilities, to be brought under public control, to improve its service.
No action yetCycling and walking links to every community centreActive transport · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will connect walking and cycling routes, and small shared vehicles such as scooters, to all community centres and public recreation facilities.
No action yetCity land for children's programsChildcare · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will use City-owned land to deliver City-owned spaces for children's services and programs, including theatre, science and technology, sports and recreation, education and music.
No action yetSafe work, and a safe way out, for sex workersPublic safety · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will expand support for the safety of people working in the sex trade, and create policy so that sex workers can work in safe places and have the right to leave the industry safely.
No action yetAct on ultra-bright headlightsTransportation · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform lists tackling ultra-bright headlights, which it says increase the risk on roads, among the steps COPE will take to reduce pedestrian deaths.
No action yetCampaign finance reform for local electionsGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fight for campaign finance reform to close what it calls the loopholes the super-rich use to buy politicians and elections. It names tax rebates for donations in municipal elections and stronger rules for third party advertisers.
No action yetProportional representation and wards for VancouverGovernance · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will fight for an electoral system with proportional representation, ranked ballots and wards. It says COPE members have endorsed the system used in Portland, Oregon, with several members elected from each ward.
No action yetMore accessible public washrooms open 24 hours a dayPublic services · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will increase the number of accessible public washrooms open 24 hours a day, with permanent buildings and sanitation stations across the city.
No action yetProtect affordable community grocersFood security · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will protect affordable community grocers from rent increases, the sale of their buildings and rising prices, and invest in the local shops that neighbourhoods depend on.
No action yetPublic food distribution networks in public spaces and community kitchensFood security · Party platform
The COPE 2026 platform says COPE will partner with community groups to fund and create public food distribution networks that use publicly owned spaces and community kitchens.
This record covers what COPE and the campaign publish about council candidate Chloe Leslie, her answers to HUB Cycling's election survey, the party nomination record, the ballot listing, a labour council endorsement, archived staff pages from her former employer, and news and commentary 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.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on housing: 7 commitments, at least one 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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 3 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.
COPE’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 3 commitments, at least one 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.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on public safety: 3 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.
“If elected, I’ll fight to expand public, co-op and non-market housing, affordable public transit, food security, public washrooms and free community spaces.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on transport: 3 commitments, at least one 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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, at least one 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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 6 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.
COPE’s platform on climate: 6 commitments, at least one 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.
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. COPE publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
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States a measurable target
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, 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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
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.
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 Chloe Leslie
Chloe Leslie appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 124. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page describes Leslie as a food security worker and poverty reduction advocate with years of work in the Vancouver non-profit sector.
Archived copies of Vancouver Food Runners' own staff page, a food recovery charity, list Chloe Leslie as Program Coordinator in January 2022 and as Program Manager in May 2023. The May 2023 page says she was also an organizer and advocate with groups in the Downtown Eastside.
COPE named Leslie on April 3, 2026 as one of eight people seeking the party's council nomination. In a release on May 12, 2026, the party listed her among the five council candidates its members chose on May 11.
Her VoteMate profile, written by the candidate or her team, describes her as a renter, a member of the public sector union CUPE, and a food security worker in the Downtown Eastside.
The Vancouver and District Labour Council, which speaks for local unions, listed Leslie among its endorsed City Council candidates on June 25, 2026.
Leslie is listed on the 2026 ballot as number 124 for COPE. Daily Hive reports that 56 candidates are running for the 10 council seats.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie among the COPE candidates who signed its Our City Hall Pledge, a set of six policy priorities the organisation asked candidates to commit to.
COPE released its 2026 platform, Fight for Vancouver, on September 28, 2026. It names Leslie as one of the party's four council candidates. Its positions are the party's; the commitments on this page are the ones a source ties to Leslie herself.
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.
27 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Food securityCampaign pledge
Access to affordable food
The COPE page says Leslie will work to make sure everyone in Vancouver can get affordable food.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party page states the goal. It does not name a program, a budget figure, or a city policy that would deliver it.
What still needs checking
Which city program or budget line would carry this, and at what cost.
The COPE page says Leslie will work to invest in libraries. A September 10, 2026 commentary article says Leslie has made equitable public services part of the campaign, in the context of COPE's push to restore Vancouver Public Library hours.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party page names libraries as a priority. The commentary article ties Leslie to the library issue but credits the specific council motions on library hours to COPE councillor Sean Orr, not to Leslie.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a target for library hours or a funding amount.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed Women Transforming Cities' Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to expanding non-market and co-op housing access. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
Our City Hall Pledge: public transportation and mobility
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed the pledge's ask on affordable public transportation and mobility. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed the pledge's ask on free community spaces. Community spaces is not one of the issues voche.me scores for City Council. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed the pledge's ask on food security. Food security is not one of the issues voche.me scores for City Council. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed the pledge's ask on public washrooms. Public washrooms is not one of the issues voche.me scores for City Council. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
Women Transforming Cities lists Leslie as a signatory to its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to commit to six community-set policy asks: housing access, public transportation and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Leslie signed the pledge's ask on gender safety. Her own quoted statement does not name gender safety directly; the pledge is a single yes covering all six asks together. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, not Leslie, and her own quoted statement restates the asks in general terms without a mechanism, a number, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie has stated a specific mechanism, target, cost or timeline for this ask.
At a July 15, 2026 COPE press event, Leslie said Sean Orr's motion on AI use would have required senior City staff to formally attest to their use of AI with private city information.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A COPE press release quotes Leslie describing the motion Council blocked that day. It gives no cost, target number or date for when such a rule would apply.
What still needs checking
Whether Leslie would bring the same requirement back as her own motion, and when.
30 km/h streets near schools, with traffic calming (HUB Cycling survey)
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates to support 30 km/h speeds on local streets, with traffic calming for young people travelling to and from school. Leslie answered yes and wrote that she supports 30 km/h safety zones around schools, backed by traffic calming.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her answer names the speed. It gives no list of streets or schools, no cost and no date. The asks are HUB Cycling's wording. The sheet holds a second row under her name with the same three yes answers and no comments. The answers carry no date.
What still needs checking
Which school areas would get 30 km/h limits first, what the traffic calming would cost, and by when.
Street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first (HUB Cycling survey)
HUB Cycling asked candidates to send speed cuts and quick safety upgrades to neighbourhoods that have been underserved first. Leslie answered yes and wrote that this work should go first to communities that received less public money in the past and where the risks are highest.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her answer gives the order of the work. It names no neighbourhood, budget, number of projects or date. The asks are HUB Cycling's wording. The sheet holds a second row under her name with the same three yes answers and no comments. The answers carry no date.
What still needs checking
Which neighbourhoods would come first and how the City would rank them.
Protected bike links to the regional network (HUB Cycling survey)
HUB Cycling asked candidates to speed up local links to regional cycling routes, closing gaps with routes separated from traffic. Leslie answered yes and wrote that she supports putting protected local links to TransLink's Major Bikeway Network first.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her answer names the regional network the links would join. It names no route, length, cost or date. The asks are HUB Cycling's wording. The sheet holds a second row under her name with the same three yes answers and no comments. The answers carry no date.
What still needs checking
Which gaps in the bike network she would close first, and at what cost.
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.
Announced by the party; official record not opened
Helped draft a Council food recovery motion
Sean Orr's newsletter says a food recovery motion co-submitted with Councillor Pete Fry for the February 4, 2026 Council meeting was put together by COPE members Chloe Leslie and Dr. Devyani Singh, and that it was focused on the City's climate targets rather than duplicating staff work.
Scope, limits and sources
Only Orr's own newsletter names Leslie's role in drafting the motion. voche.me searched for the Council record and for independent reporting on a related March 2026 food motion, and neither names Leslie. On October 3, 2026, council.vancouver.ca again refused automated reads, and the Internet Archive held no copy of that meeting's motions, so the motion's exact content, its mover of record and its outcome are not established.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Statement on Council's blocked AI-use motion
At a COPE press event, Leslie criticized the mayor's use of AI tools and described what Sean Orr's blocked motion on senior staff AI use would have required.
Leslie introduced her campaign on Instagram, describing six years in Vancouver's non-profit sector, five of them focused on food security, and a seat on her local Community Centre Association board.
Leslie answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets near schools, street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and protected links to the regional bike network. She added a comment of her own to each. 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
VanRamblings
COPE and restoring funding to the Vancouver Public Library
A commentary piece by Raymond Tomlin about COPE's library funding position. It says Leslie has made equitable public services part of the campaign and describes the argument that reduced library hours fall hardest on people with low incomes.
OneCity, COPE choose candidates for 2026 civic election
Mike Howell's report names Leslie, described as a non-profit professional, among COPE's five council candidates alongside Sean Orr, Solomon Yi-Kieran, Devyani Singh and Angela Liu, following the party's May 11 nomination meeting.
COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priority
Hanna Hett's report on COPE's 2026 platform lists its main promises, among them library hours seven days a week, a return of the Renter's Office and a higher empty homes tax. It names Leslie as one of COPE's four council candidates. The report does not quote her.
A voter guide on a personal blog that describes each party. In its section on COPE it names Leslie as a food-security worker running for council. It does not discuss her positions.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Leslie's campaign website, chloeleslie.votecope.ca, returned HTTP 404 with the page “Squarespace - Website Expired” on October 3, 2026, as it did on September 26; the City's candidate entry lists the COPE council page as her website. Campaign posts made after September 17, 2026 were not read: Instagram's public embed pages no longer show captions to automated reads, and her TikTok profile, which shows 36 videos, needs JavaScript to list them. Vancouver Food Runners' own staff pages, as archived in January 2022 and May 2023, confirm that a Chloe Leslie worked there as Program Coordinator and then Program Manager; the start year of 2020 and the network of more than 180 businesses and groups are her own account. A March 2026 blog list on canadianveggie.com says she works for the United Way at a Downtown Eastside food centre; no United Way page confirms it, so it is not used. A BC Green Business staff profile for a “Chloe Leslie”, based in Metro Vancouver and originally from Winnipeg, and a 2021 Young Women in Business interview with a food-security worker named only “Chloe”, still cannot be linked to the candidate, so neither is used. Sean Orr's newsletter says Leslie helped draft a February 2026 Council food recovery motion; the Council record could not be read on October 3, 2026, so her role is recorded as a program with no independent source. Women Transforming Cities posted a video of its Our City Hall council forum; its text does not name the panelists, so no statement from it is attributed to Leslie here. A person who watches it and identifies the speakers can add any commitment she made. No record of Leslie standing in an earlier Vancouver election was found. No public role or elected office is on record for her, so no minutes or voting search applies.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-10-03: the City's candidate entry, current party and campaign material, COPE's 2026 platform, HUB Cycling's published survey answers, a labour council endorsement list, archived staff pages from Vancouver Food Runners, and four independent articles or guides that name her.
The City's candidate entry, read on October 3, 2026, gives her campaign's Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts and the COPE council page as her website. It lists no contact details.
Checks still to do: confirm the Council record for the food recovery motion she is said to have helped draft, confirm her current work, and read campaign social posts made after September 17, 2026.
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 unless the entry says so.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2020 to a date not stated
Program Manager, Vancouver Food Runners (candidate's own account)
Leslie's VoteMate profile says that as Program Manager at Vancouver Food Runners she coordinated a network of more than 180 local businesses and nonprofit organizations to redistribute surplus food, and that she now works on a separate food access initiative in the Downtown Eastside. Archived copies of the organization's own staff page confirm that she held the Program Manager title in May 2023. The start year and the network size are her own account. The organization's current team page does not list her.
Program Coordinator, then Program Manager, Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Food Runners' staff page, as archived on January 28, 2022, lists Chloe Leslie as Program Coordinator and its newest team member. The copy archived on May 30, 2023 lists her as Program Manager. The pages describe the organization's own staff; they give no end date.
Community program coordination, YM-YWCA of Vancouver Island
Vancouver Food Runners' January 2022 staff page says that before joining it, Leslie worked in community program coordination with the YM-YWCA of Vancouver Island and volunteered with a community food support group there. voche.me has not checked this with the YM-YWCA.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which food-access intervention can council deliver, and what would its annual cost be?
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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Ask Chloe Leslie directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Chloe Leslie's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Chloe Leslie do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Chloe Leslie was elected to City Council with 67,791 votes, 3rd 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 Chloe Leslie?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Chloe Leslie's own campaign.
What is Chloe Leslie's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Chloe Leslie is number 124 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Chloe Leslie run with?
Chloe Leslie ran for City Council with COPE.
Does Chloe Leslie currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Chloe Leslie.
How many sources does this Chloe Leslie profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Chloe Leslie filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Chloe Leslie. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Chloe Leslie's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Chloe Leslie 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 Chloe Leslie 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
Research review: survey answers, labour endorsement, employment record
Added Leslie's answers to HUB Cycling's election survey, the Vancouver and District Labour Council endorsement, the City's candidate entry, COPE's 2026 platform, two news items and archived Vancouver Food Runners staff pages that confirm her Program Manager title. Corrections: removed a biography paragraph that repeated the one before it; relabelled the COPE platform source, because the party's platform page now carries the 2026 platform and the earlier note described the 2025 by-election text; removed the October 1 Last Candidate Standing event, because the review date moved to October 3 and no source shows whether Leslie took part.
Removed two duplicate dossier commitments
Removed “local-economy-and-cultural-spaces” and “libraries-and-affordable-food”, which duplicated other entries word for word from the same COPE page. Each underlying claim stays recorded once, split by issue.
