No action yetBetter and fully funded librariesPublic services · Own promise
COPE's page says Singh will push for better libraries. Her own site says she will fully fund libraries, which it says also act as heating and cooling centres. The party's 2025 platform said it would support increased funding, hours and wages at the Vancouver Public Library, and its 2026 platform says to expand library hours to seven days a week.
“Fully fund our Libraries which also act as heating and cooling centers.”
No action yetVancouver as a climate leaderClimate · Own promise
COPE's page says Singh will work to make Vancouver a climate leader again, and links the climate problem and the affordability problem to the political power of the richest people.
No action yetAffordable homes required in new projectsHousing · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will bring in a zoning rule that requires new projects to include affordable homes (the site calls it 'improved inclusionary zoning'), with a minimum of 30 percent affordable units across income levels, including homes for seniors and youth and units at $500 a month.
“Implement improved inclusionary zoning - min 30% affordable units across income levels, this includes housing for seniors, youth, and units at $500/mth.”
No action yetVacancy control at city levelHousing · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will work for vacancy control at city level. Her Bluesky post of September 24, 2026 says COPE is working to add vacancy control and wants to close a loophole that gives landlords a reason to raise rents.
No action yetPets allowed in rental housingHousing · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will work to remove the ban on pets in purpose-built rental housing, meaning apartment buildings built to be rented. Her Bluesky posts of August 25, 2026 say COPE is the only party proposing a comprehensive Pet-Friendly City Plan and that pet bans force renters to choose between high rents and giving up their pets.
“Pet friendly living by fighting to remove the no pets ban in purpose built rental housing”
No action yetMinimum green space in density approvalsHousing · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will ensure a minimum of 11 percent green spaces for any new density approvals. The page leaves the term 'density approvals' undefined.
“Ensure minimum of 11% green spaces for any new density approvals”
No action yetTriple the empty homes tax to 9 percentHousing · Own promise
Sitka Media reports that on August 31, 2026 Singh said COPE would triple the empty homes tax to 9 percent and that every dollar collected would go to building truly affordable housing across Vancouver.
“Every dollar collected from those refusing to fill those empty units will go to building truly affordable housing across Vancouver”
No action yetGraduated tax on the most expensive propertiesTaxation · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will institute a graduated tax on the most expensive properties, which it calls a 'mansion' tax, to fund climate-safe affordable housing for all income levels, seniors and youth. Her Bluesky post of September 1, 2026 says COPE will make owners of mansions and corporations that keep homes empty pay for the housing plan.
“Institute a graduated 'mansion' tax to fund climate safe affordable housing for all income levels, seniors and youth”
No action yetInvest in core City servicesPublic services · Own promise
Singh's own site says she will invest in core City services and keep roads, sidewalks, street lighting and sewage systems maintained to meet accessibility needs and the needs of a denser city.
“Invest in our Core city services - ensure our roads, sidewalks, street lighting and sewage are maintained to meet accessibility and density needs.”
No action yetHUB Cycling survey: 30 km/h local streets, underserved areas firstTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Singh as answering yes to 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming on routes to school, and yes to doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first. In her own words she supports 30 km/h neighbourhood buffers with traffic calming, and says upgrades should go first where the risk and the need are highest.
“Upgrades should go where the risk and the need are highest, first.”
No action yetClose bike network gaps and restore the Stanley Park and Broadway lanesTransportation · Own promise
In her answer to HUB Cycling's third ask, on joining local bike routes to the regional network, Singh says she would prioritize closing the gaps between Vancouver's network and the regional network, and restoring the Stanley Park and Broadway bike lanes, which she says ABC removed.
“I'd prioritize closing gaps that connect Vancouver's network to the regional grid, and restoring the connections ABC ripped out, like the Stanley Park and Broadway bike lanes, since those are exactly the kind of missing links this depends on.”
No action yetRestore the City's retrofit fundingClimate · Own promise
In the profile she submitted to VoteMate, Singh says that when elected she will fight to restore the retrofit funding the city needs, bring back protections for renters, and judge every City policy by whether it is affordable, fair and built for the coming climate. Retrofits are upgrades that make existing buildings use less energy.
“When elected, I'll fight to restore the retrofit funding this city needs, bring back real protections for renters, and make sure every policy this city passes is judged by the same standard: is it affordable, is it equitable, and is it built for the climate we're actually going to be living in.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: housing accessHousing · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to expand access to non-market and climate-resilient housing, to shorten waiting lists for housing.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public transportation and mobilityTransportation · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to make it easier, safer and more accessible to move around the city.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: community spacesPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to support free and low-cost gathering spaces, with investment in underserved areas first.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: food securityFood security · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to improve access to affordable, culturally relevant and nutritious food.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public washroomsPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to increase the number of accessible, maintained public washrooms open 24 hours a day.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: gender safetyPublic safety · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Singh as committing to all six asks of its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks candidates to put the asks into action if elected. This ask is to put gender equity at the centre of safety planning.
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 Singh among the COPE candidates who made 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 lists Singh among the COPE candidates who made 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 lists Singh among the COPE candidates who made 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 lists Singh among the COPE candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetBring back the ban on gas heating in new buildingsClimate · Own promise
In her answers to Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, Singh says gas hookups in new buildings should be banned. She says the last council removed the City's ban, and that as a councillor she would fight to bring it back.
“As a councillor, I'd fight to reinstate the ban.”
No action yetRestore full funding for the City's Sustainability OfficeClimate · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow whether she would vote to restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office, Singh answers that she would. She says the last council cut the office by 14 percent.
No action yetA pause on AI data centres in VancouverEconomy · Own promise
In her answers to Vote4Tomorrow, Singh says she supports a moratorium on AI data centres, meaning no approvals until their costs to the people living here are understood. COPE's 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.
No action yetExpand deeply affordable and supportive housingHousing · Own promise
In her answers to Vote4Tomorrow, asked how she would protect all residents from climate extremes, including people without homes, Singh says she will fight to expand deeply affordable and supportive housing.
“I will fight to expand deeply affordable and supportive housing”
No action yetIncentives for electric heat pumps and air filtersClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Singh as supportive of its policy to give incentives for electric heat pumps and air filtration systems in homes and other buildings.
No action yetBylaws to cut waste from building and demolitionEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Singh 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 yetConnected greenways for people and wildlifeEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Singh as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Devyani Singh's three earlier runs for provincial and federal office as a Green candidate, and her 2022 council run with the Vancouver Greens, with the published vote counts for each, including the City's official 2022 result. It also covers the 2026 council candidacy with COPE, at ballot number 121, and the answers she has given to third-party surveys this year.
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 rules7/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“push for climate-safe affordable housing that people can afford to live in”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 Devyani Singh
Devyani Singh appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 121. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page describes Singh as a climate scientist and a financial analyst. The page says Singh is a lead researcher at Stand.earth and helped stop millions of dollars of funding for cutting down the Amazon forest. The page says Singh helped design climate plans for several cities in North America.
COPE's council page describes Singh as a climate scientist and financial analyst, and uses the title Dr. The Ubyssey also refers to Singh as a doctor and as a climate scientist, financial analyst and economist.
The Ubyssey reported in 2024 that Singh had been a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and had spent between 80 and 100 percent of the student stipend on housing costs.
The University of British Columbia library holds a 2019 doctoral thesis by Devyani Singh in the Forestry program of the Faculty of Forestry, with a graduation date of May 2020. The thesis studies how households in rural India collect and burn wood for cooking, and how cleaner cooking fuels change the pressure on forests and on the climate. voche.me matched the library record to the candidate by her name, the university and the faculty, which her campaign site also gives.
Singh ran for the BC Greens in Vancouver-Point Grey in the 2020 provincial election and took 4,241 votes, or 17.27 percent, finishing third behind David Eby.
Singh ran for the Green Party of Canada in Vancouver Quadra in the 2021 federal election. Published results give Singh 6 percent of the vote, behind Liberal Joyce Murray on 43.6 percent, Conservative Brad Armstrong on 28.9 percent and New Democrat Naden Abenes on 19 percent.
Singh ran for Vancouver City Council with the Green Party of Vancouver in 2022. The City's official results give her 21,255 votes, 23rd of 59 council candidates, with 10 seats to fill.
Singh ran again for the BC Greens in Vancouver-Point Grey in 2024 and took 1,925 votes, or 8.72 percent.
In the 2021 Ubyssey profile Singh described themselves as a queer woman of colour.
Singh is one of the COPE council candidates for 2026, running alongside sitting councillor Sean Orr, Chloe Leslie and Solomon Yi-Kieran. Daily Hive's ballot list places Singh at number 121.
In a profile she submitted to VoteMate, a voter information website, Singh describes herself as a climate scientist, a finance professional and a renter. The profile says her work helped stop billions of dollars of bank funding for oil and gas extraction in the Amazon, exposed the logging of BC old-growth forests for wood pellets burned in UK coal plants, and that she has written climate motions that passed at City Hall. COPE's candidate page gives the Amazon figure as millions of dollars. These are the campaign's own claims, and voche.me has not confirmed the figures or the motions.
The Vancouver and District Labour Council, a council of local unions, lists Singh among the 10 City Council candidates it endorsed in a post dated June 25, 2026.
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.
42 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · TransitCampaign pledge
Free public transit
COPE's page says Singh will work to make life more affordable through measures such as free transit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page names free transit as one of Singh's aims. COPE's platform page as read on September 25, 2026 (the 2025 by-election platform) set out a staged version, starting with free transit for people under 18. COPE's 2026 platform, released on September 28, 2026, lists fare-free bus routes in Vancouver, free transit for everyone under 18, a low-income transit pass for people earning less than $40,000 a year and free transit on election days and holidays. Those are the party's words. Neither page explains how a Vancouver council would pay for it. A CityHallWatch post of September 8, 2026 says public transit is principally delivered through TransLink.
What still needs checking
What a Vancouver council can do about fares, and what the city's share of the cost would be.
COPE's page says Singh will push for better libraries. Her own site says she will fully fund libraries, which it says also act as heating and cooling centres. The party's 2025 platform said it would support increased funding, hours and wages at the Vancouver Public Library, and its 2026 platform says to expand library hours to seven days a week.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The library commitment appears on the candidate page and on the Platform page of her own site. The party's 2025 platform said: "Support increased funding, hours, and wages at the Vancouver Public Library". The 2026 platform, released on September 28, 2026, says to expand library hours to be open 7 days a week and to fund mental health workers at libraries. That is party text. No branch list, dollar figure or timeline is given. COPE's council page credits the motion to open libraries seven days a week to Sean Orr.
What still needs checking
Which branches would get longer hours, and what the added hours would cost.
COPE's page says Singh will push for climate-safe affordable housing that people can afford to live in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The phrase appears on the candidate page without a definition. The party platform sets out related measures: buying apartment buildings to hold as permanent public housing and co-ops, closing the rent increase gap between tenancies, stopping evictions that come with demolition, a landlord registry and a stronger renters office. Those are the party's commitments. Singh's own site adds specific measures, which are recorded as separate entries.
What still needs checking
What standard 'climate-safe' means here, and how many homes Singh is asking council to fund.
COPE's page says Singh will work to make Vancouver a climate leader again, and links the climate problem and the affordability problem to the political power of the richest people.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the framing. The party platform lists climate measures: rejoining the Sue Big Oil case, blocking gas heating in new buildings, supporting heat pump retrofits, and building for extreme weather. Those are the party's commitments, and the candidate page does not repeat them one by one.
What still needs checking
Which climate measure Singh would bring to council first.
COPE's 2025 by-election platform committed the party to a progressive property tax of 1 percent on the value above 5 million dollars, and to a higher empty homes tax with the loopholes closed. COPE's 2026 platform, released on September 28, 2026, commits the party to tax mansions to end homelessness, with no rate given, and to reverse the cut to the empty homes tax, close its loopholes and phase in increases to 9 percent.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are the party's commitments, and Singh is not named as the person who will act in either platform's text on these items. The 2026 platform lists her among the four COPE council candidates. A CityHallWatch post of September 8, 2026 said COPE had not shared a 2026 platform; COPE released it on September 28. Singh's own site lists a graduated 'mansion' tax and a stronger empty homes tax, and she spoke about the 9 percent rate on August 31; those are recorded as separate entries.
What still needs checking
The rate of the mansion tax and the value above which it would apply.
2026 · Free transit and better librariesCampaign pledge
Free transit and better libraries
The party page says Singh would push for free transit and better libraries to lower daily costs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This repeats the sentence recorded in free-public-transit and libraries-open-more-of-the-week, which carry the two policies. It is tagged to no scored issue so that one sentence earns no points twice.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
The page says Singh would work on climate change and on the cost of living at the same time.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The same sentence on the party's candidate page as the free transit entry, read again on September 25, 2026. It states an approach to climate change and the cost of living and names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
COPE's platform commits the party to set up a lobbyist registry, meaning a list of people who are paid to persuade City officials.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's commitment. It appeared in the 2025 by-election platform, and the 2026 platform repeats it as a municipal lobbying registry. Singh is not named in either text as the person who will act. Her own site lists a fossil fuel and developer lobbyist registry, recorded as a separate entry.
What still needs checking
Who would have to register, and what the registry would record.
Party plan for more public comment time at council
COPE's platform commits the party to increase time for comment at council and to allow follow-up questions.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's commitment, from the 2025 by-election platform. Singh is not named in that text. voche.me did not find the same item for Council meetings in COPE's 2026 platform, read on October 3, 2026.
What still needs checking
How much time the party would add, and by what rule.
Party refusal of developer and big business donations
COPE's platform says the party always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's statement, from the 2025 by-election platform. Singh is not named in that text. voche.me did not find a statement on donations in COPE's 2026 platform, read on October 3, 2026.
What still needs checking
Whether Singh's campaign accepts donations from developers or businesses, which voche.me has not checked.
Singh's own site says she will bring in a zoning rule that requires new projects to include affordable homes (the site calls it 'improved inclusionary zoning'), with a minimum of 30 percent affordable units across income levels, including homes for seniors and youth and units at $500 a month.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Platform page gives the rule and the 30 percent minimum. It leaves 'affordable' undefined, does not say whether the 30 percent applies to every project or only to projects that need a change of zoning, and gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which projects the 30 percent would apply to, how 'affordable' is defined, and when the rule would start.
Singh's own site says she will protect renters by reopening the Renters office.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site names the office and gives no staffing, cost or date. COPE's platform page describes an office with new enforcement powers, which is the party's text.
What still needs checking
What the office would do, what it would cost and when it would open.
Singh's own site says she will work for vacancy control at city level. Her Bluesky post of September 24, 2026 says COPE is working to add vacancy control and wants to close a loophole that gives landlords a reason to raise rents.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
COPE's platform page describes the vacancy loophole as landlords being able to raise rent as much as they want between tenants (party text). Neither the site nor the post says how the City would do this or when.
What still needs checking
How the City would limit rent increases between tenants, and by when.
Singh's own site lists a registry of landlords, to track landlords who behave badly.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site gives no detail on what the registry would record, who would run it, what it would cost or when it would start. COPE's platform page also lists a landlord registry (party text).
What still needs checking
What the registry would record and who would run it.
Singh's own site says she will work to remove the ban on pets in purpose-built rental housing, meaning apartment buildings built to be rented. Her Bluesky posts of August 25, 2026 say COPE is the only party proposing a comprehensive Pet-Friendly City Plan and that pet bans force renters to choose between high rents and giving up their pets.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site and the posts give no detail of the plan, the City powers it would use, a cost or a date. The claim that COPE is the only party with such a plan is the campaign's own claim, and voche.me has not checked it.
What still needs checking
What the Pet-Friendly City Plan contains, and which City powers it would use.
Singh's own site says she will ensure a minimum of 11 percent green spaces for any new density approvals. The page leaves the term 'density approvals' undefined.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no basis for the 11 percent (the site, the building or the neighbourhood), no way of measuring it, no start date and no cost.
Singh's own site says she will fix the empty homes tax loophole. The empty homes tax is the City tax on homes that are kept empty.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
COPE's platform page (party text) lists two changes to the tax: a partial tax on empty new buildings that are now exempt, and closing loopholes that let investors keep homes vacant. Singh's site gives no detail on which loophole she means.
What still needs checking
Which loophole and which exemption Singh means, and when it would be closed.
Sitka Media reports that on August 31, 2026 Singh said COPE would triple the empty homes tax to 9 percent and that every dollar collected would go to building truly affordable housing across Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Sitka's report also gives her figure of a 67 percent fall in the number of empty homes when the rate went from 1 to 3 percent. That figure is hers as reported, and voche.me has not checked it. The report gives no date for the change and no estimate of the money it would raise. The Platform page of her own site says the rate would rise 'to fund city services', which is a wider use of the money than the housing-only use she gave on August 31.
What still needs checking
When the rate would change, how much money is expected and how much of it would go to housing.
In a Bluesky post dated September 1, 2026, Singh wrote that COPE will secure 20,000 units of truly affordable housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post gives no cost, date or list of the measures that would produce the units. Sitka Media reported that COPE's mayoral candidate Stephanie Allen announced the plan on August 31, with 4,000 of the units built by the City. Singh's own Bluesky post of September 2 says COPE withdrew from the mayor's race. voche.me has not found a statement on whether the plan changed.
What still needs checking
What “truly affordable” means, how the units would be paid for and by when.
Singh's own site says she will institute a graduated tax on the most expensive properties, which it calls a 'mansion' tax, to fund climate-safe affordable housing for all income levels, seniors and youth. Her Bluesky post of September 1, 2026 says COPE will make owners of mansions and corporations that keep homes empty pay for the housing plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site gives no rate, no property value above which the tax would apply, no estimate of the money it would raise and no date. The party's platform page gives a rate of 1 percent on the value above 5 million dollars (party text, written for the 2025 by-election). voche.me has not checked what legal power the City would use to set this tax.
What still needs checking
The rate, the value above which it applies, the expected income and the legal power the City would use.
Singh's own site lists a yacht tax next to a mansion tax, under the line 'Make the super rich pay for creating the affordability and climate crises'.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site gives no rate, no size of yacht, no use for the money and no date. voche.me has not checked what legal power the City would use to set this tax.
What still needs checking
The rate, the expected income, where the money would go and the legal power the City would use.
Singh's own site says she will invest in core City services and keep roads, sidewalks, street lighting and sewage systems maintained to meet accessibility needs and the needs of a denser city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no dollar amount, no list of projects and no date.
What still needs checking
Which services and projects, at what cost, and paid from which budget.
In a Bluesky post dated September 22, 2026, Singh wrote that people need to believe in a more ecological city and be willing to give up some comfort and their reliance on cars to reach it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post names no measure, number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which measures Singh would bring to Council to reduce car use.
A COPE release of July 15, 2026 quotes Singh saying Vancouver needs to defend its coast and wildlife against pipeline expansions and tanker traffic.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release says the ABC majority on Council changed the schedule on July 14 to block five motions by Sean Orr, one of them on the proposed West Coast pipeline expansion. The quote names no step the City would take, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which step Singh would take on Council about pipelines and tanker traffic.
Singh's own site lists a fossil fuel and developer lobbyist registry, meaning a registry of people who are paid to persuade City officials.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The site gives no detail on who would have to register, what would be recorded, who would run it or when it would start. COPE's platform page also commits the party to a lobbyist registry (party text).
What still needs checking
Who would have to register, what would be recorded and by when.
Singh's own site lists a goal of removing big money from City Hall. Her Bluesky post of September 14, 2026 says to vote COPE to protect the environment and to remove lobbyists and billionaire interests from City Hall.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are statements of approach. The lobbyist registry, the one measure named under this goal, is recorded as a separate entry.
What still needs checking
Which rules or laws Singh would bring to Council for this goal.
Singh's own site says she will push for more off-leash spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no number of spaces, location, cost or date. The scoring rules place parks with the Park Board, so no points are available to a Council candidate here.
What still needs checking
How many spaces, where, and which body would decide.
Singh's own site says she will limit fees for access to community centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page gives no fee level, cost or date. The scoring rules place community centre fees with the Park Board, so no points are available to a Council candidate here.
HUB Cycling survey: 30 km/h local streets, underserved areas first
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Singh as answering yes to 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming on routes to school, and yes to doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first. In her own words she supports 30 km/h neighbourhood buffers with traffic calming, and says upgrades should go first where the risk and the need are highest.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The asks are HUB Cycling's wording. Her written answers name the speed and the order of work, and give no street list, cost or year. Her comparison of tree cover in Strathcona and Shaughnessy is her own figure, and voche.me has not checked it. The answers carry no date.
What still needs checking
Which streets would be slowed first, what the work would cost, and by when.
Close bike network gaps and restore the Stanley Park and Broadway lanes
In her answer to HUB Cycling's third ask, on joining local bike routes to the regional network, Singh says she would prioritize closing the gaps between Vancouver's network and the regional network, and restoring the Stanley Park and Broadway bike lanes, which she says ABC removed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The removal of those lanes is her account, and voche.me has not opened the Council record for it in this entry. The answer gives no cost, length of lane or date.
What still needs checking
When the two lanes would be restored, at what cost, and which other gaps come first.
In the profile she submitted to VoteMate, Singh says that when elected she will fight to restore the retrofit funding the city needs, bring back protections for renters, and judge every City policy by whether it is affordable, fair and built for the coming climate. Retrofits are upgrades that make existing buildings use less energy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile names the funding and gives no dollar amount, no program and no date. COPE's 2026 platform lists slashed climate retrofit funding among what it calls the failures of Ken Sim and ABC (party text). voche.me has not opened the City budget to check the cut.
What still needs checking
How much retrofit funding Singh would restore, for which program, and in which budget year.
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.
Report published; authorship shown on the report’s title page
Primary author of a report on local rules that limit gas in new homes
A Roadmap to Fossil-Free Homes, a September 2023 report by Stand.earth Research Group, SAFE Cities and Lead Locally, lists Singh first among three primary authors. It studies where local building rules that limit gas connections in new homes would cut the most emissions in the United States.
Scope, limits and sources
The report covers counties in the United States only. The title page shows her role, and voche.me has not checked how the work was shared among the authors. The SAFE Cities page, which says it is an initiative from Stand.earth, gives September 21, 2023 as the publication date.
Lead researcher on Stand.earth’s bank scorecard on fossil fuel financing
Common Dreams reported that Stand.earth’s analysis found banks had added 2 billion dollars in direct financing for oil and gas in the Amazon since 2024, and quoted Singh as lead researcher for the bank scorecard.
Scope, limits and sources
The figures are Stand.earth’s. The article reports the findings, and the campaign’s claim that her work helped stop financing rests on the campaign’s own pages. Bank lending abroad is outside what a Vancouver council decides, so the entry is tagged to no scored issue.
Motion announced: food recovery, put together by Singh and Chloe Leslie for Councillors Sean Orr and Pete Fry
Sean Orr’s report of February 2, 2026 says a food recovery motion co-submitted with Pete Fry was put together by COPE members Chloe Leslie and Dr. Devyani Singh, and that it focuses on committing to the City’s climate targets. The report says the motion was item 3 on that Wednesday’s Council agenda.
Scope, limits and sources
A COPE report is the only source. The motion was submitted by two councillors, and voche.me has not opened the Council agenda or minutes, so the outcome and Singh’s part are unconfirmed. A person must open the Council record before this counts toward a score.
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Interview
Ubyssey profile interview, Vancouver Quadra
Singh named the climate crisis, affordable housing and Indigenous rights as the reasons for running, said there is little time left and action is needed as soon as possible, and backed student loan forgiveness and a guaranteed livable income. Singh said working across party lines inside Parliament matters, and warned that voting out of fear shapes the future that follows.
UBC council candidates forum, 2022, reported by The Ubyssey
As a Green Party council candidate in 2022, Singh joined Grace Quan of TEAM in proposing that affordable housing mean rent below 30 per cent of the median renter’s income, agreed with other candidates that safe supply programs work, and said “Climate change has come out of colonialism and capitalism.” The report says all candidates promised cooling standards for new and existing buildings.
Singh called for an end to fossil fuel subsidies, free public transit, more affordable housing, more campus housing and childcare for graduate students and families, keeping the carbon tax, and lowering the voting age to 16, and opposed long-term involuntary care for people with addiction. Singh said every vote should be earned and that people who vote for you deserve respect.
Listed as committed to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Singh as committed to its full four-point platform since July 11. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions including reviewing contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework on 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 in Singh's own words on these points.
A COPE release quotes Singh on Sean Orr’s blocked motion about the proposed West Coast pipeline expansion: “We need to stand up for Vancouver’s coast and wildlife against pipeline expansions and tanker traffic.”
Sitka Media reports that Singh said COPE would triple the empty homes tax to 9 percent, that every dollar collected would go to building truly affordable housing across Vancouver, and that housing is a basic human right that should not be treated as an investment.
Committed to all six asks of the Our City Hall Pledge
Women Transforming Cities' results for its Our City Hall Pledge show Singh as committing to all six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety. The results are an image with no text version, read by voche.me, and the page quotes no words from Singh.
Panellist at Take Back Your City, a queer town hall at the Birdhouse
The Tyee reported that Singh spoke for COPE on a panel of candidates at the Birdhouse, a queer arts venue in Mount Pleasant. Questions covered AI data centres, housing, work with Indigenous communities, vote splitting and overdose prevention sites. The article quotes no words from Singh. The Tyee's text places the event on a Sunday afternoon and a photo caption gives September 19; the Women Transforming Cities event list gives September 20.
Singh answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks and wrote a comment on each. She supports 30 km/h neighbourhood speeds with traffic calming, says safety upgrades should go first where risk and need are highest, citing tree cover of 9 percent in Strathcona and 41 percent in Shaughnessy as the same kind of gap, and would restore the Stanley Park and Broadway bike lanes. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
Singh or her team submitted a biography and a reason for running to VoteMate. She says housing, affordability and climate share one cause, which she names as corporate greed, and that she will fight to restore the City's retrofit funding and bring back protections for renters. The profile lists her aims: renter protections and vacancy control, affordable housing, transit, funded libraries, limits on park and community centre fees, green space, a graduated tax on the most expensive properties and a strong empty homes tax. The page held no such text on September 25 and shows no date, so this date is the day voche.me read it.
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
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Reporting
Daily Hive
COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priority
Reports COPE's 2026 platform and lists Singh among its four council candidates, with her name printed as Devyani Sign.
The Tyee's report of the Take Back Your City town hall names Singh as COPE's council candidate on the panel, shows her in two photographs and carries no quote from her.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Stand.earth's staff page and Business in Vancouver's copy of the May 14, 2026 article returned HTTP 403 (access refused). Two independent pages confirm the Stand.earth role: a Common Dreams article of October 21, 2025 and the title page of a 2023 report that lists Singh as a primary author. The claims that her work helped stop financing for deforestation or for oil and gas in the Amazon come only from campaign pages, which give the amount as millions of dollars (COPE) and billions of dollars (her VoteMate profile), with no dates. The claim about exposing old-growth logging for wood pellets comes only from her VoteMate profile. Her site and her VoteMate profile say she wrote climate motions that passed at City Hall, and no source found names those motions. The doctorate is confirmed by the UBC library record. The City's candidate list for council returned HTTP 403 to every method tried on October 3, 2026. A Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association page lists her among candidates expected at an all-candidates meeting on September 23, 2026, and no report of what was said there was found. Women Transforming Cities held a council debate in mid September and posted a recording; voche.me has not watched it and does not know whether Singh took part. The Tyee's report of the September 20 queer town hall quotes no words from her. Instagram posts were read through Instagram's public embed pages: the recent posts shown on her profile were made by other accounts (COPE, QSAW Network and Solomon Yi-Kieran) and hold no statement in her words. Facebook, X and LinkedIn show a login page to automated reads.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 3 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Sources reviewed again on October 3, 2026: the party page, Singh's own site, her Bluesky account, her VoteMate profile, the HUB Cycling and Women Transforming Cities results, COPE's 2026 platform, the City's 2022 results and the UBC thesis record. The doctorate is now confirmed by the university library record.
Checks still to do: Verify professional roles and the assumptions behind any cost or emissions estimates.
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
Thesis 2019, degree May 2020
Doctor of Philosophy, Forestry, University of British Columbia
The UBC library record lists her thesis on household cooking energy, forests and climate change in rural India, in the Faculty of Forestry.
COPE's candidate page says the work involved stopping financing linked to deforestation in the Amazon and designing climate plans for cities across North America. No date range is given.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which emissions measure would you prioritize, and how would you protect low-income residents from added costs?
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 Devyani Singh's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Devyani Singh do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Devyani Singh was elected to City Council with 65,473 votes, 4th 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 Devyani Singh?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Devyani Singh's own campaign.
What is Devyani Singh's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Devyani Singh is number 121 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Devyani Singh run with?
Devyani Singh ran for City Council with COPE.
Does Devyani Singh currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Devyani Singh.
How many sources does this Devyani Singh profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Devyani Singh filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Devyani Singh. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Devyani Singh's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Devyani Singh 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 Devyani Singh 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
New sources added and four entries corrected
voche.me reviewed the record on October 3, 2026. Added: Singh's answers to HUB Cycling's survey, the profile she submitted to VoteMate, her commitment to all six asks of the Women Transforming Cities pledge, her listed commitment to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform, her place on The Tyee's report of the September 20 queer town hall, the labour council endorsement, COPE's 2026 platform, her 2022 council result from the City's official results and her doctoral thesis record at UBC. Corrected: a biography paragraph that repeated the paragraph before it was removed. The party tax, free transit, library and lobbyist registry entries described COPE's platform page as it read on September 25, which held the 2025 by-election platform. On October 3 that page showed the 2026 platform, so each entry now separates the 2025 text from the 2026 text. The party page and Singh's own site were read again and had not changed.
Commitments tagged and three entries corrected
voche.me read every commitment against its source and tagged each to an issue. Three entries were corrected. The libraries entry had said the party platform commits to keeping libraries open seven days a week. The platform page says: "Support increased funding, hours, and wages at the Vancouver Public Library", and COPE's council page credits the seven-day motion to Sean Orr, so the entry now carries the platform's own words. The party tax entry had described the property tax as applying to properties worth more than 5 million dollars. The platform says 1 percent on the value over 5 million dollars, and the entry now says so. The transit entry had said fares are set by TransLink, a statement no page opened for this review carries. It now cites the CityHallWatch post's comment that public transit is principally delivered through TransLink. Commitments found in Singh's own site, her Bluesky account, Sitka Media and COPE releases were added.
