This record covers Lisa Dominato, ballot number 137, a sitting Vancouver city councillor seeking a third council term with ABC Vancouver. It sets out the public career record, the campaign's own account of the term, and independent records of the council term: Council and committee minutes on motions she moved and votes she cast, an August 2025 Integrity Commissioner finding about private email discussions among ABC council members, a road safety group's review of council votes, and reporting on budgets, child care, natural gas heating rules and the Granville Street Bridge.
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 rules5/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“Enabling affordable, supportive, and rental housing options for families and vulnerable citizens through partnerships, incentives, and expedited processes.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on housing: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
“the approximately $8 million per year the City has committed through its partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver Police, and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 2 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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 5 commitments, at least one 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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 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.
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.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on culture: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on child care: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
“Since being elected, Lisa has championed fiscal responsibility, affordable housing, safe neighbourhoods, quality city services, small business, and child care.”
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.
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01 / Introduction
About Lisa Dominato
Lisa Dominato appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 137. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The City of Vancouver's list of current councillors includes Lisa Dominato. The 2026 ballot entry is for the same office, so she is seeking a third council term.
The page says Dominato was first elected to council in 2018 and served as a School Board Trustee the year before that. The page says Dominato held senior management jobs in the BC Public Service working on social policy and was Chief of Staff to members of the provincial cabinet. The page says the candidate spent six years as a board member and board chair of the Kettle Society, working on affordable housing and mental health supports.
Dominato was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, after being elected to the Vancouver School Board in a 2017 by-election. The ABC party page states this sequence, and Wikipedia's 2022 election results confirm the 2022 council win.
In the 2022 council election Dominato received 70,415 votes, 41.05 percent, and was elected.
Wikipedia's article on ABC Vancouver records that the party was formed on April 14, 2021 out of a split in the Non-Partisan Association, and that three NPA councillors, including Dominato, joined it before the 2022 election.
The party page says Dominato held senior management roles in the British Columbia public service working on social policy and served as chief of staff to members of the provincial cabinet. The personal campaign site describes that role as chief of staff to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Education.
The party page says Dominato spent six years with the Kettle Society as a board member and later chair, working on affordable housing and mental health supports. The personal site adds a board role with FamilySmart.
The party page lists a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France.
The City's page for Councillor Dominato lists her current roles: vice-chair of Council's Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities, chair of the Auditor General Committee, chair of the Metro Vancouver Air Quality and Climate Committee, a seat on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and Vancouver representative at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Indo-Canadian Voice reported in January 2026 that she chairs the Metro Vancouver air quality committee for 2026.
Daily Hive's ballot order lists Dominato at number 137 for council with ABC Vancouver.
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.
18 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Housing that families and vulnerable residents can afford
The personal campaign site lists enabling affordable, supportive and rental housing for families and vulnerable residents through partnerships, incentives and faster processes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The priorities page states the aim. It sets no housing target and names no site or programme.
What still needs checking
How many homes, of what kind, and through which city tool?
The re-election announcement says the term's work included speeding up building and development permits to reduce housing costs, and the forward pledge is to keep cutting red tape.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement is the candidate's own account of the record. No independent measure of permit times is cited.
What still needs checking
What are current city permit processing times against 2022?
The re-election announcement says community centre renewal and recreation spaces were a priority in the term, including a turf field at Beaconsfield Park, and the personal priorities page lists continued investment in community centres and public spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both pages are the candidate's own. The ABC party platform, reported by Daily Hive on September 22, 2026, commits the party to 400 million dollars for community centres, which is the party's commitment rather than a personal one.
What still needs checking
Which centres are funded in the approved capital plan?
The re-election announcement lists expanding childcare options for families as part of the record and the continuing aim.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement gives no number. The ABC party platform reported by Daily Hive commits the party to doubling 2,000 new childcare spaces, which is a party commitment.
What still needs checking
How many licensed spaces opened in Vancouver during the term?
The re-election announcement says the term doubled road safety investment and tripled the sidewalks and roads budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These figures come from the candidate's own announcement. The road safety group Vision Zero Vancouver published a review on September 16, 2026 that describes a different pattern of votes on street safety measures. The two accounts are not reconciled by any source opened here. Business in Vancouver reported that on February 24, 2026 Council voted unanimously for the mayor's motion to put $104 million for road and sidewalk repair into the next capital plan, up from $34 million in the 2023 to 2026 plan; that is a plan for future spending, and the report gives no figure for road safety spending.
What still needs checking
What do the approved city budgets show for road safety and for sidewalks and roads in 2022 compared with 2026?
Working with other governments on mental health and addiction services
The personal priorities page lists working with other levels of government to improve local mental health and addiction services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the candidate's own statement. It names other governments as partners and sets no target, cost or date. The City's own funded diversion programs, which Dominato described in an August 2026 council debate, are recorded as a separate commitment below because that measure does not depend on another government.
What still needs checking
Which programme produced the 2,500 figure, and is it published by the city or the health authority?
A 2023 post on the personal site argues that municipalities hold about 60 percent of Canada's public infrastructure on a small share of tax revenue, and calls on the provincial and federal governments to give local government better revenue tools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post is the candidate's own writing, dated November 4, 2023. It is an argument rather than a council decision.
What still needs checking
Has any such tool been granted to Vancouver since 2023?
2026 · City spending, housing and child careCampaign pledge
Fiscal responsibility, city services and small business
The ABC candidate page says that since being elected, Dominato has championed fiscal responsibility, affordable housing, safe neighbourhoods, quality city services, small business, and child care.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This one sentence names six topics. The housing, public safety, taxes and child care threads are each covered by their own commitment elsewhere in this dossier, sourced to more specific pages. This entry is tagged to economy because small business and general city services have no more specific home in this dossier. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What Dominato would do differently for small business in a third term.
The re-election announcement lists freezing property taxes as part of the term's record. Independent reporting confirms the City passed a 2026 budget with no increase to municipal property taxes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
CBC News and the Globe and Mail both confirm the property tax freeze in the 2026 budget. Neither report names Dominato's individual vote on the overall budget; she is named only for a specific amendment on baby-change tables, recorded separately as a program below.
What still needs checking
Whether council keeps the freeze in the 2027 budget, and what would have to be cut to do it.
The re-election announcement lists investing in police and fire to ensure public safety as part of the term's record and the continuing aim.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The announcement names no dollar figure and no target. No source opened here names Dominato's individual vote on a specific police or fire budget line.
In an August 2026 council debate, Dominato described a City partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services that pays for psychiatric nurses, expanded Car 87 and Car 88 crisis response, mobile de-escalation teams and an Indigenous crisis response team, and said it diverted 2,500 people from police to health services last year, a figure she gave as approximate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Daily Hive reports Dominato made these remarks during council debate on the public safety plebiscite questions. The dollar figure and the 2,500 person count are her own account in debate; no separate city or health authority report was opened to confirm them.
What still needs checking
Whether the City or Vancouver Coastal Health publishes the underlying data behind the $8 million figure and the 2,500 person count.
Making it easier to open child care in residential neighbourhoods
Dominato proposed a council amendment, passed unanimously, directing city staff to explore options for making it easier and cheaper to expand child care in residential neighbourhoods. In January 2026 she said the resulting policy work was continuing and could reach a public hearing the following month.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Yahoo News Canada, republishing Vancouver Sun reporting, names Dominato as the amendment's mover and quotes her on the follow-up work. The article does not give the exact date of the amendment itself, only that it followed a 2023 news story by about three months, so no program entry with a precise date is made for it here. Dominato declined to describe the substance of the changes still to come.
What still needs checking
What the resulting bylaw change says, and when it takes effect.
One-time grant for Italian Day on Commercial Drive
Dominato moved a 2026 council motion for a one-time grant of up to $60,000 from the City's 2026 operating budget to the Italian Day Festival Society.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The committee minutes show the motion carried unanimously, with the mayor out of the room because of a declared conflict. The minutes do not show whether the grant agreement was signed or the money paid.
What still needs checking
Whether the grant was paid, and whether staff reported back on festivals in years with major international events.
Heritage and character retention in the multiplex housing rules
Dominato moved a 2026 amendment directing staff to report on updating the City's heritage and character retention policies to fit the new multiplex zoning, with incentives to keep older houses while adding homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The committee minutes show the amendment carried with one councillor opposed. It asks for a report; it sets no number of homes, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
What the staff report recommends, and whether Council adopts it.
In a September 28, 2026 Instagram post, Dominato said the ABC platform includes free swimming lessons for the first three levels and swimming lessons delivered through schools with the Vancouver School Board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post repeats the ABC Vancouver platform. Swimming lessons are run by the Park Board, and lessons in schools need the School Board, so Council cannot deliver this by its own vote. Council passed a motion from Mayor Sim on free beginner lessons in May 2026.
What still needs checking
Which body would pay for the lessons, and when they would start.
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.
Motion published by the councillor, council outcome not established here
Motion for a cross-government task force on mental health and addiction
Dominato published a motion asking council to call for an expert-led provincial, federal and municipal emergency task force on mental health and addiction, to look at service delivery, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and coordination between governments, and to direct the mayor to write to the Premier and the Prime Minister.
Scope, limits and sources
The text is on the councillor's own site. The site does not record whether council passed it, and the city's council record system refused automated access, so the outcome is not confirmed here.
The road safety group Vision Zero Vancouver's review of the full council term says Dominato co-sponsored two motions with ABC colleagues, one to increase the number of leading pedestrian intervals at crossings and one to expand the school active travel programme, and says both passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The date given is the date of the review, because the review does not date the individual motions. The group describes itself as a road safety advocacy organisation, so this is its account of the record.
Amendment to repair vandalized baby-change tables instead of removing them
During the November 2025 debate on the 2026 budget, Dominato brought an amendment, passed unanimously, that directed staff to prioritize replacing damaged baby-change tables in city facilities and to look for more durable materials or alternative locations, instead of removing them from vandalized sites as a cost-cutting step staff had floated in an earlier report.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News and the Globe and Mail both report this amendment and name Dominato as its mover, quoting her response to the controversy. Neither the Council minutes nor the full budget document were opened for this record.
Carried unanimously by committee and ratified by Council
Motion on means prevention fencing for the Granville Street Bridge
Dominato moved a motion, seconded by Councillor Zhou, asking Council to reaffirm its commitment to means prevention fencing on the Granville Street Bridge, direct staff to prioritize it in the draft 2027 to 2030 Capital Plan, expedite the conceptual design and costing work, seek cost-sharing from the provincial and federal governments, and have the Mayor write to the Premier and the Prime Minister. The Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities carried it unanimously, and full Council later approved the committee's recommendations.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion text and the committee minutes were read from City of Vancouver documents preserved by the Internet Archive, because council.vancouver.ca refuses direct and automated requests. OneCity Vancouver's own account of the week independently confirms the unanimous vote and describes it as a reversal of Dominato's earlier position on similar fencing motions. This measure does not fit any of the issues this office is scored on, so it earns no point, but it is a real, dated, sourced action and is kept in the record.
Remarks defending the City's diversion programs during the plebiscite debate
During the council debate on the public safety plebiscite questions, Dominato responded to a proposed amendment by pointing to the City's $8 million a year partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, and said 2,500 people were diverted from police to health services through it in the previous year. She gave both figures as approximate.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive's report names Dominato as the speaker. The dollar figure and the person count are her own account in debate, not independently confirmed by a city or health authority document opened here.
Spoke in support of the new PNE amphitheatre as council approved it
Council approved a $69.7 million outdoor amphitheatre for the PNE at Hastings Park. Dominato, then sitting as an independent councillor and chair of the PNE board, spoke in favour, calling it a win for the city and for arts, culture and entertainment.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive's report names Dominato and quotes her remarks. This is from 2021, before she joined ABC Vancouver, and before the current election cycle, but it is a dated, sourced record of her speaking for a measure in debate.
Dominato moved a motion, seconded by Councillor Zhou, directing staff to report back with a plan to find more capital money for pedestrian safety measures near schools, community centres and parks, including targets to increase pedestrian signals and flashing beacons and to double or triple the number of leading pedestrian interval crossings, where walkers get a head start on a green light. An amendment on walk signal timing near schools was added, and the motion carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. Vision Zero Vancouver's term review credits her with a motion on leading pedestrian intervals.
Voted against allowing natural gas heating in new homes
Council voted 6 to 5 for a motion to reverse the City's ban on natural gas for space and water heating in new homes. CBC News reported that Dominato and Councillor Meiszner, both ABC, joined the opposition councillors in voting against it.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News names her vote. The council minutes for this meeting were not opened.
Voted to keep the ban on natural gas heating in new homes
When the bylaw change to allow natural gas heating in new homes came back to Council, it failed on a 5 to 5 vote. CBC News reported that Dominato, Meiszner and Bligh of ABC voted against removing the ban, with the two Green councillors.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News names her vote. The council minutes for this meeting were not opened.
Motion on container truck traffic and the Clark Drive port entrance
Dominato, then vice-chair of the committee, handed over the chair to introduce a motion she moved, seconded by Councillor Fry, asking staff to work with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority on reopening the Clark Drive entrance to container trucks, at all times or at some hours, and to study noise and traffic measures for East Vancouver streets. She voted against an amendment from Councillor Maloney for a public monitoring program on truck traffic, noise and pollution, which lost.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. Decisions on port entrances belong to the Port Authority, as the motion itself states.
Motion to move the Beaconsfield Park turf field into the 2027 to 2030 capital plan
Dominato moved a motion, seconded by Councillor Kirby-Yung, directing staff to prioritize converting the Beaconsfield Park gravel field to artificial turf in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan, earlier than the 2031 to 2034 date in the City's sport field strategy.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. Park fields fall outside the issues this office is scored on, so the entry earns no point.
Motion on National Child and Youth Mental Health Day
Dominato moved a motion, seconded by Councillor Kirby-Yung, to proclaim May 7 each year as National Child and Youth Mental Health Day and to direct staff to work with the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee and Vancouver Coastal Health on ways to raise awareness of youth mental health.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests.
Voted against a motion on a public land strategy and right of first refusal for non-market housing
Councillor Orr moved a motion asking staff to recommend a public land strategy, including a right of first refusal for the City, non-profits and Indigenous governments to buy rental buildings, and a way for tenants to buy their buildings as co-operatives. The minutes name Dominato among the seven members who voted against it, and it lost.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests.
Moved approval of a new fee for freedom of information requests
Dominato moved, and Councillor Kirby-Yung seconded, a staff recommendation to add an application fee for requests for City records that are not about the person asking, and to cut five other fees in the by-law by half on a trial basis, with a staff report due in November 2026. The motion carried; Councillors Maloney and Orr voted against and Councillor Fry abstained. Five speakers spoke against the change.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. The minutes do not give the amount of the new fee, which is set out in the staff report.
Approved unanimously, according to independent reporting
Spoke for the mayor's motion on road and sidewalk repair funding
Council voted unanimously for Mayor Sim's motion directing staff to include $104 million for road and sidewalk repair in the next capital plan, up from $34 million in the 2023 to 2026 plan. Dominato spoke in support, saying residents raise sidewalk safety and access with her and cyclists raise road conditions and falls.
Scope, limits and sources
Business in Vancouver names and quotes her. The council minutes for this meeting were not opened.
Carried unanimously in committee, Mayor Sim not voting because of a declared conflict
Motion for a one-time grant to Italian Day on Commercial Drive
Dominato moved a motion, seconded by Councillor Klassen, for a one-time grant of up to $60,000 from the 2026 operating budget to the Italian Day Festival Society, after organizers said sponsorship had fallen in the year of the FIFA World Cup. It also asks staff to report, if needed, on supporting community festivals in years with major international events.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. The committee met on May 20 and 21, 2026, and the minutes do not say on which day this item was decided. Daily Hive reported the motion on May 19, 2026.
Amendment adding all City pools to the request to restore pre-pandemic pool access
On Mayor Sim's motion for free beginner swimming lessons, Dominato moved an amendment, seconded by Councillor Kirby-Yung, so that the request to the Park Board to restore pre-pandemic drop-in access covers all pools in Vancouver as well as Kitsilano Pool. She also voted against an amendment that would have named the Park Board's legal role and directed funding to the Park Board, which lost.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. The committee met on May 20 and 21, 2026, and the minutes do not say on which day this item was decided. Pools are run by the Park Board, so this falls outside the issues Council is scored on.
Votes on amendments to the mayor's motion to align City building and energy rules with the provincial code
Mayor Sim's motion directs staff to review the City's building and energy rules against the provincial building code, to pause enforcement of the Energize Vancouver by-law, and to bring a repeal report for the by-law that limits gas hot water heater replacements. The minutes name Dominato among the seven members who voted against three amendments from opposition councillors: one that would have dropped the pause on the Energize Vancouver by-law, taken energy rules out of the review and added yearly monitoring, one to disclose meetings between the Mayor's Office, staff and industry, and one on alignment with neighbouring cities. The main motion carried with Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. The committee met on May 20 and 21, 2026, and the minutes do not say on which day this item was decided. The minutes list only the opposed members on the main motion, so Dominato's vote on it is not recorded here.
Voted not to sanction the mayor after a harassment finding
A lawyer appointed by the integrity commissioner found that Mayor Sim broke the code of conduct by harassing Councillor Orr and recommended a written apology. Councillor Montague moved to receive the report for information and apply no sanction. The Tyee reports that Dominato voted for that motion with the other ABC councillors present, and that Councillors Orr, Fry, Bligh and Maloney voted against.
Scope, limits and sources
The Tyee names her vote. Mayor Sim did not take part, citing a conflict of interest. The council minutes for this meeting had no Internet Archive copy.
Amendment adding heritage and character retention to the multiplex housing review
On a motion for a quick review of the City's multiplex housing rules, Dominato moved an amendment, seconded by Councillor Zhou, adding heritage and character retention to the review and asking staff to report on updating heritage and character retention policies to fit the 1.0 floor space ratio (the building size allowed compared with lot size) in the new multiplex zoning, with incentives to keep older houses while adding homes. It carried with Councillor Maloney opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes were read as an Internet Archive copy of the City's PDF, because council.vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to direct requests. The committee met on May 20 and 21, 2026, and the minutes do not say on which day this item was decided.
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Statement
Open letter announcing departure from the NPA
Dominato signed an open letter with two other councillors leaving the Non-Partisan Association. The letter objected to the board choosing a mayoral candidate without the elected caucus, set out 18 months of governance complaints, and said the three would sit as independents.
Reporting on the council decision to put two public safety questions on the October ballot quotes Dominato saying 2,500 people, a figure she gave as approximate, were moved from police to health services through those programmes in the previous year, and saying there is a silent majority of residents frustrated by provincial inaction.
Dominato announced a re-election bid with ABC Vancouver, listed the term's work on property taxes, permits, public safety, community centres, road safety, childcare and downtown public space, and said the aim for the next term is a safer and more affordable city with less red tape.
Asked about the status of options to expand child care in residential neighbourhoods, Dominato said she could not describe the substance of the coming changes but that the City has been working on the proposed new policies and she looked forward to updates from staff.
Business in Vancouver quoted Dominato in the budget debate saying the City needed to change direction and act as careful managers of public money, closing gaps that had been named for 10 to 15 years while protecting emergency, front line and recreation services.
Speaking to Business in Vancouver about the jump in rezoning applications before Council, Dominato linked it to the Broadway Plan, demand for rental housing and applicants changing plans because of economic conditions. She said the hours of hearings are a large amount of reading and preparation and are part of the job.
Supporting the mayor's motion to raise road and sidewalk repair funding in the next capital plan, Dominato said this work is basic to the city and that residents and cyclists raise sidewalk and road safety with her.
On Instagram, Dominato said she spent an afternoon with business owners and residents in the Fraser Street area and heard about roads and sidewalks, property taxes and small business.
On Instagram, Dominato said the party had released its full campaign platform, naming free swimming lessons for the first three levels and lessons through schools with the Vancouver School Board.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
Policy dispute
Road safety group's assessment of the council voting record
Vision Zero Vancouver, a road safety advocacy group, reviewed the full council term. It wrote that Dominato co-sponsored two motions with ABC colleagues that passed: increasing the number of leading pedestrian intervals at crossings, and expanding the school active travel programme. It also wrote that, along with the rest of ABC, she voted against Broadway bike lanes, intersection safety cameras, Halloween block parties, a 30 kilometre per hour limit on Cornwall, and lower speeds on arterial roads in the city's Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan, and voted for rolling back the Water Street pedestrian zone, for removing the Beach Avenue bike lane, and for the mayor's budget, which the group says cut transportation staff and services. The group's own written summary of her term says: "Although not the lowest score, Lisa has probably been the biggest disappointment all term. From personal conversations with her, we know that deep down she cares about this issue more than her other ABC colleagues. It's a shame she could never find the courage to show it."
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Dominato to this review was found. The campaign's own September 1, 2026 announcement says the term doubled road safety investment and tripled the sidewalks and roads budget.
Verified status and limits
This is one advocacy group's assessment of votes and of her level of engagement. The page refers to a letter grade system, but no letter grade for Dominato appears anywhere in the page's own text, so none is reported here. The individual votes could not be checked against the city's official council minutes, because the city's council record site refuses automated requests.
Dominato signed an open letter with Colleen Hardwick and Sarah Kirby-Yung leaving the NPA caucus. The letter said the party board had selected a 2022 mayoral candidate without the elected councillors, described 18 months of governance complaints including board appointments and resignations, and said the party could not be trusted to govern fairly under its leadership.
Candidate or party response
The letter is Dominato's own published statement. No reply from the NPA board was found in the sources opened here.
Verified status and limits
Wikipedia records that ABC Vancouver was formed on April 14, 2021 from the NPA split and that Dominato was one of three NPA councillors who joined it before the 2022 election. Dominato was elected with ABC in 2022.
Integrity Commissioner finding on private email discussions among ABC council members
Councillor Pete Fry complained in August 2024 that ABC council members discussed City business in private with enough members present to make decisions. The City's Integrity Commissioner, Lisa Southern, found that eight members of Council, Dominato among them, broke the Code of Conduct By-law by failing to follow the Vancouver Charter's open meeting rule in email chains that shaped amendments to a climate report in February 2023, and seven members, Dominato among them, did the same on funding for a Moberly Park turf field in July 2023. The report says Dominato suggested changes to the draft amendments on the climate report. The commissioner wrote that the conduct was not unintentional and amounted to bad judgment.
Candidate or party response
The report records that Dominato told the commissioner the email chain did not concern her because its purpose was to share information and get feedback on wording, that she admitted it could be seen as outside the open meeting rule, and that she pointed to the difficulty of following the rule inside a political party. Legal counsel she shared with Councillors Meiszner and Bligh asked that no sanction be recommended and called the conduct at most an error in judgment. Mayor Sim's statement, reported by Vancity Lookout, disagreed with parts of the report.
Verified status and limits
No sanction was imposed. Under the by-law Council decides sanctions, and the report says Council could not reach the number of members needed to vote because a majority were named in the finding.
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Daily Hive
It's official: Vancouver public safety plebiscite approved after heated opposition to ABC plan
The report says council approved two advisory ballot questions for October 17, one on stronger bylaws against open drug use in public and one on asking the province to turn the old St. Paul's Hospital into a secure facility with at least 100 involuntary care beds. It records that the ABC majority approved the questions, that Lucy Maloney voted against, and that three councillors left before the vote. Dominato is quoted in support.
Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates
The report names Dominato as one of five sitting ABC councillors seeking re-election, alongside Sarah Kirby-Yung, Mike Klassen, Peter Meiszner and Lenny Zhou, bringing the ABC council slate to nine.
A road safety advocacy group reviewed every sitting councillor's votes on street and transport motions across the four year term. It credits Dominato with two co-sponsored motions that passed and lists a series of votes against street safety measures. No letter grade for her appears in the page's text.
Vancouver has vastly increased early child-care spots but is still short thousands of spaces
The report covers a city staff update on child-care space numbers and quotes Dominato saying adequate child care is essential for Vancouver to keep attracting families and workers.
Should Vancouver's city hall make it easier to open daycares in residential neighbourhoods?
The report covers a mayoral candidate's child-care policy proposal and separately describes Dominato's earlier council amendment on child care in residential areas and her comments on the follow-up work still underway.
Funding remains unclear for suicide prevention fencing on Granville Bridge
The report covers a 2024 council debate in which Dominato introduced amendments committing the City to a third of the fencing cost while seeking matching funds from senior governments, weaker than the full funding a OneCity councillor had proposed.
Unanimous support for ABC councillor Lisa Dominato's reversal on Granville Bridge fencing
A rival party's own weekly account of council business describes Dominato's June 2026 motion on Granville Bridge fencing as a reversal of her earlier vote, and confirms it passed unanimously.
Vancouver reverses ban on natural gas heating in new homes
The report covers Council's 6 to 5 vote to allow natural gas heating in new homes and names Dominato as one of two ABC councillors who voted against it.
ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules
The report covers the Integrity Commissioner's finding against the ABC council members, names Dominato among them, and quotes her account to the commissioner.
Vancouver Council won't sanction Mayor for harassing councillor
The report covers Council's vote against sanctioning Mayor Sim after a code of conduct finding and names Dominato among the councillors who voted for the motion to apply no sanction.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Council minutes for the June 2, 2026 meeting and for most meetings in January, February and July 2026 had no Internet Archive copy, and the City's own document site refuses automated requests, so votes from those meetings rest on reporting. The minutes of the May 20 and 21, 2026 committee meeting list only the members opposed on the main motion about provincial building code alignment, so her vote on that motion is not recorded here. No snapshot was found for the outcome of the September 2020 mental health task force motion or for the City's news release on the February 2026 child care zoning changes. Several claims about the current term, including the road safety budget figure, the $8 million mental health partnership figure and the 2,500 person diversion count, come from Dominato herself and were not confirmed against a separate City or health authority document. No 2026 long form interview with Dominato was found. No forum or event listing opened here names Dominato as attending; the Georgia Straight reported in August 2026 that ABC members were not scheduled to attend a council debate held by Women Transforming Cities, without naming individual candidates. No third-party questionnaire with her own answers was found. Women Transforming Cities reports that an ABC spokesperson said its candidates would not sign its pledge.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the campaign's own website and Instagram account, the City's candidate list and councillor page, Council and committee minutes from 2024 to 2026, an Integrity Commissioner investigation report, and independent reporting.
City pages, Council minutes and the Integrity Commissioner report return HTTP 403 to direct requests. The City pages were read through a reader service, and the minutes and the report were read as Internet Archive copies of the City's own files.
Checks still to do: minutes of the June 2, 2026 Council meeting, and of the meetings in January, February and July 2026, had no Internet Archive copy, so votes from those meetings rest on reporting.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Material described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and is labelled as such; independent reporting and official council documents are labelled separately.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current term
Vancouver city councillor
The official roster lists Lisa Dominato in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. Council minutes from 2024 to 2026, read for this profile on October 3, 2026, record motions she moved and votes she cast; they are listed in the record section below.
Chair, Metro Vancouver Air Quality and Climate Committee
The City's councillor page lists this role. Indo-Canadian Voice reported on January 8, 2026 that the Metro Vancouver board chair named her chair of the air quality committee for 2026.
Vice-chair, Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities; chair, Auditor General Committee
The City's councillor page lists both Council committee roles. Committee minutes from September and November 2025 record her as vice-chair handing over the chair to take part in debate.
Board member, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
The City's councillor page lists a seat on the national association's board and the Vancouver representative role at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.
The party page says the roles involved developing social policy and serving as chief of staff to members of provincial cabinet. The personal site names the Deputy Premier and the Minister of Education.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which adopted housing or childcare measures have achieved their stated targets?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
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Ask Lisa Dominato directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Lisa Dominato's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Lisa Dominato?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Lisa Dominato's own campaign.
What is Lisa Dominato's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Lisa Dominato is number 137 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Lisa Dominato run with?
Lisa Dominato ran for City Council with ABC Vancouver.
Does Lisa Dominato currently hold public office?
Yes. Lisa Dominato currently serves as Vancouver city councillor.
How many sources does this Lisa Dominato profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Lisa Dominato filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Lisa Dominato. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Lisa Dominato's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Lisa Dominato 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 Lisa Dominato 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
Council record, integrity finding and corrections
Added motions she moved and votes she cast from Council and committee minutes read as Internet Archive copies: pedestrian safety funding (2024), the Clark Drive port entrance and the Beaconsfield Park turf field (2025), youth mental health day and a vote against a right of first refusal for non-market housing (2025), a new fee for freedom of information requests (2025), and in 2026 an Italian Day grant, a heritage amendment to the multiplex review, a pool access amendment and votes on the building code motion. Added her reported votes on natural gas heating in 2024 and on sanctions for the mayor in 2026, the August 2025 Integrity Commissioner finding that named her, three Business in Vancouver articles that quote her, two Instagram posts, her City committee roles and the October 13 food systems town hall as an unconfirmed event. Corrected the second biography paragraph, which said her current office differs from the office on the ballot; both are City Council. Corrected a news entry that still gave Vision Zero Vancouver's grade for her as C; the group's page gives her no letter grade. No calendar event was dated before October 3, so none was removed or turned into a talk.
Commitments tagged, new commitments added, and an unverified grade removed
Every existing commitment was checked against its source, tagged with an issue and, where the candidate's own words support it, a position, mechanism, target, cost or timeline fragment. A multi-topic sentence from the ABC candidate page, previously recorded as one untagged commitment, is now tagged to economy; the housing, public safety and child care threads it named are covered by their own commitments elsewhere in this dossier. Five new commitments and four new programs were added from independent reporting and two Internet Archive snapshots of city council documents, covering a 2025 budget amendment on baby-change tables, a 2026 council motion on Granville Bridge suicide prevention fencing, a 2026 child care zoning amendment, an August 2026 debate on the City's mental health diversion programs, and a 2021 vote approving the PNE amphitheatre. The road safety group's accountability entry previously stated a letter grade of C for Dominato; no letter grade for her appears anywhere in that page's own text, so the claim has been removed and the entry now quotes the group's written summary of her term instead.
