Sep 23
Public appearance confirmedAll Candidates Meeting, Mount Pleasant · 7 pm
Candidate research / September 22, 2026
This record covers Jon Girard, ballot number 204, running for Vancouver Park Board with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Most of the available material relates to the court case Girard helped bring over the size of the pool in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement.
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Public forums and announcements
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7 pm
All Candidates Meeting, Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Community Centre, 1 Kingsway
The organisers list Jon Girard as TEAM's Park Board representative at the meeting.
Organised by the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association and the Strathcona Community Centre Association, with one council candidate and one Park Board candidate listed per party. The moderator is named as Alex Sasha Burton.
- All Candidates Meeting, September 23Event organizer · Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association
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01 / Introduction
About Jon Girard
Jon Girard appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 204. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Girard works as a consultant in software and explains technical detail to people who must decide without being experts. The page says Girard was founding managing director of Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society, which raised over $110,000 from the public and filed a court petition over the Aquatic Centre replacement. The campaign says Girard has lived in Vancouver for the last ten years and swims in public pools several times a week.
The TEAM campaign page says Girard works as a software consultant and has lived in Vancouver for the past ten years.
Girard is one of three directors of the Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society. CityHallWatch named Girard, Susan Boutwood and Carlie McPhee as the three directors in July 2025, and the society's own petition announcement lists the same three names.
Daily Hive reported in September 2026 that Girard is one of two directors of that society who are running for Park Board, the other being Mayeli Alvarez.
TEAM announced Girard as a Park Board candidate on August 27, 2026, alongside Mayeli Alvarez and Allan Fawley.
Girard appears at ballot number 204 on the Park Board ballot, listed with TEAM.
The TEAM campaign page says Girard swims at public pools and uses city gyms, and names the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre.
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.
Promises / Commitments and evidence
Commitments and the available evidence.
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.
11 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
Halt the Aquatic Centre project
Girard and Mayeli Alvarez say they will move to stop the current Vancouver Aquatic Centre project and reopen the planning so that a ten lane, fifty metre public pool is built and operating on the site.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- The pledge is set out in the September 1, 2026 post on the society's website, written by the two candidates. The post does not say how many of the seven commissioners would need to agree, or what the cost of stopping the project would be.
- What still needs checking
- What would stopping the contracted project cost, and does any other party support reopening the plan?
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
- The Petition Was DismissedCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Public choice before design
Put costed options for a facility in front of the public early and record the public's choice of shape before design work starts.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Stated in the September 1, 2026 candidates post. The post does not describe the form the recorded choice would take.
- What still needs checking
- Which decisions would trigger this step, and who would run the vote?
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Publish the full option set
Require every major capital decision to be published before the vote with the full list of options, including options staff advise against, a cost estimate for each, and a written reason each rejected option was dropped.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Stated in the September 1, 2026 candidates post. No draft policy or motion text has been published.
- What still needs checking
- Would this be a board policy, and how would it apply to work the City runs rather than the Park Board?
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Written plan before a facility closes
No facility would close until a written interim programming plan has been given to the user groups affected.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Stated in the September 1, 2026 candidates post, which refers to eighteen days of notice given to user groups at Britannia. The eighteen day figure comes from the society and was not confirmed in an independent source opened for this record.
- What still needs checking
- How much notice would the plan require, and who would sign it off?
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Stop the process being repeated
Make sure the way the Aquatic Centre replacement was planned is not used again for coming projects such as Kitsilano Pool and other ageing facilities.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Stated in the September 1, 2026 candidates post. No specific rule or timeline is given.
- What still needs checking
- Which facility decisions are due in the next term, and what rule would apply to them?
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Sharing pool time
Girard says swimming is a life skill and wants pool time shared between learn to swim programs, lifeguard training, school programs, masters swimmers, seniors and people swimming for rehabilitation.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Stated on the TEAM campaign page. The page does not set out how the time would be divided.
- What still needs checking
- Which pools are oversubscribed, and what change in scheduling is proposed?
- Jon Girard for Park BoardCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Party position: fifty metre pool and parks funding
TEAM's parks and recreation platform commits the party to $739 million over four years for parks and recreation facilities and to a 50 metre pool in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- This is the party's platform position, published on the TEAM website. Girard cited the same platform when announced as a candidate. The platform page says more than 70 percent of recreation facilities carry one of the two lowest condition grades the page names, "poor" and "very poor", a figure the party does not source on that page.
- What still needs checking
- Where would the $739 million come from, and over which budget years?
- Parks and Recreation platformCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
- TEAM announces three more Park Board candidatesCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Party position: powers back to the Park Board
TEAM's platform commits to returning finance, operations and facilities to Park Board jurisdiction and to keeping the Park Board elected.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- This is the party's platform position. Girard's stated reason for joining TEAM is the party's defence of an elected Park Board.
- What still needs checking
- Which specific powers moved to the City, and what would be needed to move them back?
- Parks and Recreation platformCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
- Jon Girard for Park BoardCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
More pool time for swimmers
The campaign says adding aquatic resources will be one of Girard's main areas of work, because learn to swim, school, masters, seniors and rehabilitation swimmers share the same pool hours.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
- What still needs checking
- What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- Jon Girard for Park BoardCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Keep the elected Park Board
The campaign says Girard is running with TEAM because the party defended the elected Park Board while the plan to abolish it was still active.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
- What still needs checking
- What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- Jon Girard for Park BoardCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Give residents a say locally
The page says Girard wants residents to have real power over decisions about their own neighbourhoods, and would work on the process from inside the board.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
- What still needs checking
- What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- Jon Girard for Park BoardCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
City programs / Scope and delivery
Policies, budgets & programs
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No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
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Statement
Statement on joining TEAM
In TEAM's announcement of three Park Board candidates, Girard said TEAM was the only party that had put its answer on the Aquatic Centre pool in writing, and pointed to the party's parks platform and its commitment to fund the Park Board capital plan.
- TEAM announces three more Park Board candidatesCampaign · TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Statement
We're Running for Park Board
A post co-signed by Girard and Mayeli Alvarez on the society's website setting out five commitments, covering the Aquatic Centre project, consultation before design, published option sets for capital decisions, written plans before facility closures, and stopping the same process being used again.
- We're Running for Park BoardCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Statement
Statement after the petition was dismissed
The society said the disagreement with the court is about the standard a court uses to review this kind of decision, said it believes there is a basis for an appeal within the thirty day window, and asked the City to postpone the demolition set for October 1, 2026. The post urges voters to ask Park Board candidates whether they will halt the project.
- The Petition Was DismissedCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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.
Judicial review petition dismissed
The society Girard directs asked the Supreme Court of British Columbia to overturn the decision to build a 25 metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, arguing it did not match what voters were told in the 2022 plebiscite. The court dismissed the petition. Daily Hive reported the dismissal on September 15, 2026 and the society posted on September 16, 2026 that Justice Giaschi delivered the decision orally with written reasons to follow.
Candidate or party response
The society said it disagrees with the standard the court applied, said it believes it has a basis for an appeal, and asked the City to delay the demolition set for October 1, 2026 so an appeal could proceed.
Verified status and limits
The petition was dismissed. As of September 22, 2026 no appeal filing had been confirmed in a source opened for this record.
- Demolition of a beloved Vancouver pool is set to proceedReporting · Daily Hive
- The Petition Was DismissedCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
Dispute with the Park Board chair over an email
The society published an email it says the Park Board chair, Tom Digby, sent to Girard and one other director late on the evening before a board vote on demolition contracts. The society published the email in full and described it as an attempt to discourage its legal challenge. This account and the published email come from the society's own website.
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Tom Digby or from the Park Board beyond the email itself was found in any source opened for this record.
Verified status and limits
No independent report of the exchange, and no finding by any body, was found in a source opened for this record.
- Park Board Chair Emails the Society a Late-Night WarningCampaign · Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre
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.
Demolition of a beloved Vancouver pool is set to proceed
Reports that the B.C. Supreme Court dismissed the society's challenge, finding that the binding authority came from the wording of the borrowing bylaw and the plebiscite question rather than from supporting documents that described a 50 metre pool. Names Girard as one of two society directors running for Park Board.
- Demolition of a beloved Vancouver pool is set to proceedReporting · Daily Hive
How three citizens are taking City Hall to court over the Aquatic Centre pool
Names Girard, Susan Boutwood and Carlie McPhee as the three directors behind the judicial review, and describes the challenge to the June 18 council decision approving $170 million for a redesigned Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
- Fighting Vancouver's $170 million pool decisionReporting · CityHallWatch
Research / 11 linked sources
Check the evidence
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 2 sources
- Election dates and voting information
City of Vancouver
- Where to vote
City of Vancouver
Campaign 6 sources
- Jon Girard for Park Board
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
- TEAM announces three more Park Board candidates
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · August 27, 2026
- Parks and Recreation platform
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
- We're Running for Park Board
Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre · September 1, 2026
- The Petition Was Dismissed
Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre · September 16, 2026
- Park Board Chair Emails the Society a Late-Night Warning
Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre · July 17, 2026
Reporting 2 sources
- Demolition of a beloved Vancouver pool is set to proceed
Daily Hive · September 15, 2026
- Fighting Vancouver's $170 million pool decision
CityHallWatch · July 30, 2025
Event organizer 1 sources
- All Candidates Meeting, September 23
Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association
CBC News articles about the Aquatic Centre case return HTTP 403 to automated requests and were not opened, so reporting attributed to CBC is left out of this record. The two sources differ on the date the court gave its decision: Daily Hive published its report on September 15, 2026 and the society says the decision was delivered on September 16, 2026. The $110,000 fundraising figure comes from the campaign and the society, with no independent audit found. The TEAM campaign page lists an Instagram handle that belongs to a different name, so no social account is recorded here. No record of Girard holding elected office was found.
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.
Checks still to do: Verify organizational responsibilities and use actual court orders and City documents for descriptions of proceedings.
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
Managing director, Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society
The society filed a judicial review petition in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in August 2025 against the City of Vancouver and the Park Board over the decision to build a 25 metre pool in place of the 50 metre pool the society says voters approved in the 2022 plebiscite. The society's own page says it raised more than $110,000 from the public and retained legal counsel.
Jon Girard for Park BoardSoftware consultant
The TEAM campaign page says the work involves turning detailed technical information into a form that decision makers can use. No employer is named.
Jon Girard for Park Board04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What pool capacity, cost and construction timetable would your preferred plan provide?
No response has been submitted.
How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?
No response has been submitted.
05 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
Sources & transparency
- City of Vancouver · official Park Board candidate list Checked
- TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · candidate page Checked
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