This record covers Peter Meiszner's term as a Vancouver city councillor since 2022, the ABC Vancouver platform the candidate runs on, and the public disputes and official findings on the council record. Sources are dated up to October 3, 2026.
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
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A position in the candidate’s own words
“He believes Vancouver can grow in a way that protects its character while creating more housing, expanding economic opportunity, and ensuring everyone has access to high-quality public services and a safe, welcoming community.”
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 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.
“Once we have a permanent pedestrian zone, we will have things like barriers that are in place permanently, we will have things like public art that’s in place permanently and that wouldn’t require ongoing police presence or security presence”
“Once we have a permanent pedestrian zone, we will have things like barriers that are in place permanently, we will have things like public art that’s in place permanently and that wouldn’t require ongoing police presence or security presence”
“Mayor and Council have passed the new Capital Plan for 2027 to 2030, a once-in-a-term event that guides capital spending for the next three years, or council term.”
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.
“Mayor and Council have passed the new Capital Plan for 2027 to 2030, a once-in-a-term event that guides capital spending for the next three years, or council term.”
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.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
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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.
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.
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 Peter Meiszner
Peter Meiszner appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 109. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The City of Vancouver's councillor page lists Peter Meiszner as a member of the current Council, so this 2026 candidacy is a bid for re-election to the same office.
ABC Vancouver's candidate page says Meiszner was elected to council in 2022 and has worked on public safety, neighbourhoods and public spaces. It says he worked in media relations at the University of British Columbia as a senior digital strategist, and that he was Global BC's first online news producer and also reported on air.
Wikipedia's article says Meiszner was born in 1983 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and moved to Vancouver in 2002. The ABC page says Meiszner has lived in East Vancouver, Gastown, Yaletown and the West End.
Meiszner studied broadcast journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and worked as a television journalist at Global BC. The ABC page dates that work from 2008 to 2014 and describes the role as the station's first online news producer and on-air reporter.
Before election, Meiszner published urbanYVR, a site about housing and urban development in the Lower Mainland, and was vice-chair of the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee.
In the 2022 municipal election Meiszner received 63,275 votes, 36.90 percent, and was elected on the ABC Vancouver slate. The term began on November 7, 2022.
The City's councillor page, read on October 3, 2026, lists his current appointments: chair of the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities, Council liaison to the 2SLGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee, seats on the City of Vancouver Public Housing Corporation, the Vancouver Civic Development Corporation and EasyPark, member of the Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee, trustee of the Vancouver Art Gallery, and director of Metro Vancouver with seats on its Water and Housing committees.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, City records, news reports 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.
35 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Public spaceIn progress
Permanent Granville Street pedestrian zone
Global News reports that Meiszner said Vancouverites want the Granville Street pedestrian zone to continue after the World Cup and become a permanent pedestrian street. He defended the cost of the seven-week extension as a trial of that long-term vision.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Global News reported on August 6, 2026 that Meiszner said permanent barriers and public art would remove the need for ongoing police or security presence, and that the city needs to spend money to program the space. Daily Hive reports that he spoke for the extension at the July 2, 2026 special Council meeting, where Council approved it by 8 votes to 2 with up to $4.75 million in city spending. The extension was approved. A permanent pedestrian street has not been decided. The reports give no cost or date for a permanent zone.
What still needs checking
Whether council approves a permanent pedestrian zone, and at what capital and operating cost.
ABC Vancouver's platform commits to a 0 percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform published on the ABC Vancouver site. Meiszner runs as a party candidate. The personal campaign site does not restate this item, and its platform link points to the 2022 ABC platform document. On his VoteMate profile Meiszner names a property tax freeze in his reason for running. That statement is recorded as its own commitment.
What still needs checking
Which services would be cut or which fees raised to hold the tax increase at zero.
ABC Vancouver's platform commits to rebuilding or renewing five community centres for $400 million, starting a second phase of five more in the next capital plan, and rebuilding the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform. The $400 million figure is the party's own. No financing plan is set out on the platform page. Parks and recreation belongs to the issues scored for the Park Board, so this entry earns no points for City Council.
What still needs checking
How the capital plan funds $400 million alongside a zero property tax increase.
Meiszner proposed a permanent Vancouver sign in February 2024.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Wikipedia's article says Meiszner put forward a motion in February 2024. Daily Hive reports that Council unanimously supported his motion in March 2024 and approved the sign in May 2025 by 10 votes to 1, with up to $300,000 in city funding, and that Council approved his amendment asking staff to look for community partners and donors to reduce the city's share. CBC reports the city's share as up to $300,000 in capital costs and $50,000 in operating costs, and $200,000 each from Destination Vancouver and the Vancouver Hotel Destination Association. COPE's campaign page separately describes it as a million-dollar proposal that one councillor voted against. The Council minutes were not opened.
What still needs checking
The final installed cost and the date the sign is put up.
Meiszner and Councillor Lisa Dominato submitted a motion asking staff to report back by the end of the third quarter of 2025 with options and costs for increasing the number of schools that the School Travel Planning program serves each year.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The motion document, read through a saved copy, names both councillors as submitters. Vision Zero Vancouver's 2025 review lists the motion as passed, and its 2026 term report card lists it among Meiszner's highlights. The Council minutes were not opened. The motion gives no dollar figure and no target number of schools.
What still needs checking
How many schools the program would serve each year after the expansion, and by when.
2026 · Public space projects downtownCampaign pledge
Public space projects downtown
The page lists public space work Meiszner backs, including a planned fan zone on Robson Street, a Davie Street plan, changes in Gastown, and a walking area on Granville Street.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the biography on the ABC Vancouver page, which his VoteMate profile also carries as text submitted by the candidate or the campaign. The sentence lists projects he has worked on, so voche.me treats it as background and it earns no points. It gives no cost, number or date for any project. The Robson Street fan zone motion and the Granville Street pedestrian zone extension are listed under Record on this page.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
2026 · More housing as the city growsCampaign pledge
More housing as the city grows
The biography on his VoteMate profile, submitted by the candidate or the campaign, says Meiszner believes Vancouver can grow while protecting its character, creating more housing, expanding economic opportunity and ensuring access to high-quality public services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence states a belief. It names no zoning rule, permit change, number of homes or date. The ABC Vancouver page carries the same biography.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
Parking fees at beaches, community centres and residential permits
ABC Vancouver's platform commits to removing pay parking at beaches and community centres, mandating a city-wide universal parking app and ending residential parking permit fees.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform. It names no cost, date, number of parking spaces or candidate.
What still needs checking
How the city would replace the fee revenue, and when the changes would start.
Involuntary care beds and consumption sites away from schools and parks
ABC Vancouver's platform commits to fighting for more than 100 involuntary care beds in Vancouver and to mandating that provincially run drug consumption sites sit away from schools and parks.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform. Care beds and drug consumption sites are run by the Province, so both items describe a request to another government.
What still needs checking
What step Council can take on its own vote on either item.
Swimming lessons in the school day and after-school programs
ABC Vancouver's platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day and expanding after-school programming.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform. School programs belong to the School Board and recreation belongs to the Park Board, so this entry earns no points for City Council.
What still needs checking
Which body would pay for pool time and instructors, and which grades would be covered.
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says he is running to continue ABC's work on council to improve public safety in Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile is text submitted by the candidate or the campaign. The sentence states a reason for running. It names no measure, budget line, number or date.
What still needs checking
Which public safety measures Meiszner would bring to Council next term, at what cost, and by when.
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says affordability for residents is a reason for running and names a property tax freeze.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The profile is text submitted by the candidate or the campaign. It names a freeze with no percentage, year or dollar amount. The ABC Vancouver platform states 0 percent for 2027 and names no candidate.
What still needs checking
The tax rate and years the freeze would cover, and which services or fees would change to hold it.
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says he wants to continue ABC's work to build a vibrant city that attracts investment and well-paying jobs, particularly for young people.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence states an aim. It names no program, licence or purchasing rule, and gives no number or date.
What still needs checking
Which business and jobs measures Meiszner would bring to Council, with numbers and dates.
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says that, if re-elected, he will push to ensure vulnerable people receive the help that they need.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence names no shelter, program, budget line, number or date.
What still needs checking
Which services Meiszner would fund or ask other governments to fund, and how many people they would reach.
A variety of housing and limits on some development
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says that, if re-elected, he will object to development that does not make sense for the city and its neighbourhoods, while ensuring that a variety of housing is built for all income types.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence names no zoning rule, permit change, number of homes or date.
What still needs checking
Which development Meiszner would oppose and which housing he would support, with numbers and dates.
Meiszner's campaign site says he is focused on finding solutions, listening to residents, thoughtful decisions and accountability.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence states an approach. It names no rule, committee, policy or date. The home page carries no date. Its board list matches the current term, and the linked Latest Updates page carries an entry dated July 22, 2026.
What still needs checking
Which City Hall rules Meiszner would change, and when.
The reason for running on Meiszner's VoteMate profile says he is a constituent-focused councillor who prides himself on his responsiveness and ability to assist residents who have issues with City Hall.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence states an approach. It names no service standard, response time, rule or date.
What still needs checking
What response times or service standards Meiszner would set for resident requests.
In a July 22, 2026 update on his site, Meiszner calls the 2027 to 2030 Capital Plan pragmatic and focused. He says it focuses on restoring the city's roads, bridges, utilities, community centres, fire halls and civic facilities instead of launching many new policy initiatives.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The update describes a decision Council has taken, and ReNew Canada reports that Council approved a $3.5 billion capital plan. The update gives no dollar total for the plan and no vote by councillor. The Council vote was not opened.
What still needs checking
The cost and completion dates of each project in the plan, and how the plan is paid for.
The same update lists new neighbourhood plazas across the city and a new fan celebration zone on Robson Street, outside BC Place, among the plan's highlights.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The update gives no number of plazas, no cost and no date. Meiszner submitted a motion on a Robson Street fan zone in November 2024, listed under Record.
What still needs checking
How many plazas would be built, where, at what cost and by when.
The same update lists $400 million to renew and replace community centres, new pools including plans for a 50 metre pool, and other facilities among the plan's highlights.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Parks and recreation belongs to the issues scored for the Park Board, so this entry earns no points for City Council.
What still needs checking
Which centres and pools would be built, and by when.
Meiszner and Councillor Zhou co-submitted a motion, for the May 20, 2026 committee meeting, asking staff to review the City's multiplex housing policies and zoning regulations, to write best-practice guidelines and to report back to Council.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The motion document was read through a saved copy of the City's page. Daily Hive and VanPlex report that Council approved it. Daily Hive names Councillor Zhou as its mover, and the May 5, 2026 Council minutes record that both councillors submitted the notice of motion. Daily Hive also carries a May 22, 2026 post by Meiszner that says a review of this policy is urgently needed. The motion gives no completion date. It asks staff to report back within a timeframe that aligns with upcoming housing and planning work programs. The minutes of the May 20 meeting were not opened.
What still needs checking
What the review finds, and when staff report back to Council.
Stopping the overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street
Meiszner supported Mayor Sim's May 5, 2026 motion directing staff to use all tools available to the City, including permits, licences and legal settlements, to try to stop an overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street. He said such sites improve health outcomes and prevent overdoses, and that his concern is that people do not get access to treatment and recovery.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The motion passed on May 5, 2026 (Vote No. 11579), with Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed. The minutes name Meiszner as Acting Mayor for this item, who ruled that the motion followed the meeting rules and took part in the debate, and 604 Now reports that he supported it. Vancouver Coastal Health later said it and RainCity are not proceeding with the site at this time. The reports give no cost or date for any City action.
What still needs checking
What City actions were taken under the motion, and whether the site opens.
Support for the public safety questions on the ballot
At the August 14, 2026 special Council meeting, Meiszner spoke for putting two public safety questions to voters on October 17. Daily Hive reports that he said the City has used the measures within its own powers and that a citywide vote could add pressure on the provincial and federal governments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
One question asks whether the City should strengthen its laws against open-air hard drug use. The other asks whether the City should ask the Province to convert part of the old St. Paul's Hospital into a facility with 100 or more involuntary care beds. Daily Hive reports that a yes vote would show the next Council that voters want both aims pursued. Meiszner's quoted words give no bylaw text, cost or date. The Council record of the meeting was not opened.
What still needs checking
What bylaw Council would adopt if voters say yes, and by when.
Amendment removing speed reductions on major streets
Meiszner proposed an amendment to the City's Vision Zero action plan directing staff not to proceed with speed reduction on major streets. He said Council should instead prioritize targeted, data-driven solutions at the locations with the highest risk of traffic deaths.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
CBC's June 11, 2026 report says the ABC majority passed the amendment on Tuesday (June 9), with Councillors Orr, Bligh and Maloney voting against. Staff had proposed speed limits of 30 or 40 kilometres an hour on major streets, with the change in place by 2031. Vision Zero Vancouver, a road safety group, criticized the change. The Council minutes were not opened. Meiszner's quoted words give no list of locations, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which locations the targeted approach would cover, at what cost, and by when.
In a February 11, 2025 statement on his site, Meiszner said he is 100 per cent supportive of the city strengthening its efforts to buy local and buy Canadian, and supports adopting the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's three per cent growth challenge for the city's economy.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The statement is dated 2025 and no 2026 page repeats it, so voche.me records it as earlier term material. His site says Council passed the motion unanimously. The statement gives no dollar figure or date.
What still needs checking
The staff report on buying local, and any change to City purchasing rules.
Replacing single room occupancy units on Granville Street
On June 4, 2025, Meiszner proposed an amendment to the Granville Street Plan directing staff to work with BC Housing and the Province to offer City-owned sites to replace single room occupancy and supportive housing units in the Granville entertainment area with self-contained housing and support services, with capital and operating funding to come from BC Housing and the federal and provincial governments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Standing Committee minutes record the amendment as passed unanimously (Vote No. 10750). Funding is assigned to other governments. The amendment gives no number of homes and no date.
What still needs checking
Which City-owned sites, how many homes, and when the report back to Council is due.
Funding for the cultural precinct feasibility study
On June 4, 2025, Meiszner proposed an amendment directing staff to report back on giving up to $250,000 from the Coal Harbour Arts Complex Reserve to the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society for Phase II of its Cultural Precinct Feasibility Study.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Standing Committee minutes record the amendment as passed unanimously (Vote No. 10757). His site describes him as the councillor who brought forward a successful motion to secure City funding for the study.
What still needs checking
What staff recommended, and whether Council gave the money.
Grant for Granville Street activity during the World Cup
Meiszner moved a motion for a one-time City grant of up to $300,000 to the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, to pay for programming, cleaning and upkeep on Granville Street between West Georgia and Davie Streets during the FIFA World Cup. The motion says the money comes from the City's reserves.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The committee minutes of March 11, 2026, read in a saved copy, record that he moved the motion, seconded by Mayor Sim, and that it carried unanimously (Vote No. 11468). The motion gives the amount, the source of the money and the dates. It sets no number of visitors or businesses to be reached.
What still needs checking
The staff report on results that the motion asks for after the World Cup.
Review of relief tools for small business, arts and non-profit spaces
Meiszner moved an amendment directing staff to talk with other cities and review the tools they use to ease development pressure on existing small businesses, arts groups and non-profits. The same amendment removed a clause that asked staff to explore a wider framework including tax relief, zoning tools, help for commercial tenants who must move, and grants or loans.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The committee minutes of May 20 and 21, 2026, read in a saved copy, record that his amendment carried (Vote No. 11650), with Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed, and that the amended motion carried (Vote No. 11651). The amendment gives no cost, number or date for the report.
What still needs checking
What the staff report recommends and when it reaches Council.
Granville Street pedestrian zone as a seasonal feature
ABC Vancouver's platform, as quoted on VoteMate's page for Meiszner, says the party will invest in Granville Street and bring back the Granville Street pedestrian zone as a permanent seasonal feature.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text with no candidate name. VoteMate quotes it from abcvancouver.ca, retrieved September 28, 2026. Meiszner's own words on Granville Street, as reported by Global News, are recorded in the commitment on a permanent pedestrian zone. The party text gives no cost, length of season or start date.
What still needs checking
Which months the zone would run, and what the City would spend each year.
ABC Vancouver's platform, as quoted on VoteMate's page for Meiszner, says the party will keep cutting wait times and simplifying approvals for businesses, patios, home construction and other City permits and licences.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text with no candidate name. VoteMate quotes it from abcvancouver.ca, retrieved September 28, 2026. It gives no target wait time, cost or date.
What still needs checking
The permit wait times the City publishes, compared with the start of the term.
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.
Seconded the motion; the committee carried it (Vote No. 11668), with Councillor Maloney opposed
Co-submitted the motion to review multiplex housing rules
Councillors Zhou and Meiszner co-submitted a motion, for the May 20, 2026 committee meeting, asking staff to review the City's multiplex housing policies and zoning regulations. Daily Hive and VanPlex report that Council approved it.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion document names both councillors as submitters, and the May 5, 2026 Council minutes record their notice of motion. Both were read through saved copies of the City's pages. The May 20 minutes were not opened.
Proposed the approval of 222 rental homes at 531-595 West 27th Avenue
At the May 5, 2026 Council meeting Meiszner proposed the rezoning of 531-595 West 27th Avenue to allow two six-storey residential buildings with 222 rental units, approved in principle. The first vote was reconsidered and the second vote passed unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The Council minutes are the source, read through a saved copy. The approval is in principle and needs a bylaw to take effect.
Vote recorded in the committee minutes (Vote No. 10761); the motion was defeated
Voted against the motion asking for a plan for a City tenant advocacy office
The Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities voted on a motion by Councillor Maloney asking staff for a plan to create a City department or centre that supports renters. The minutes list Councillors Kirby-Yung, Meiszner, Montague and Zhou as opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
Read through a saved copy of the minutes. The minutes also record that Meiszner gave his comments on the motion, and they do not record what he said.
Proposed the amendment to replace single room occupancy units on Granville Street
During the Granville Street Plan item, Meiszner proposed an amendment asking staff to work with BC Housing and the Province to offer City-owned sites to replace single room occupancy and supportive housing units in the non-residential Entertainment Core of the Granville Entertainment District with self-contained housing and support services, funded by BC Housing and the federal and provincial governments.
Scope, limits and sources
Read in the Standing Committee minutes through a saved copy. The amendment asks staff to report back as soon as possible and sets no number of homes or date.
Acting Mayor and supporter on the motion against the overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street
Mayor Sim's urgent motion directed staff to use City permits, licences and legal settlements to try to stop the site. The minutes name Meiszner as Acting Mayor for the item. He ruled that the motion qualified as urgent business, twice ruled that it followed the meeting rules, and took part in the debate. 604 Now reports that he supported the motion. Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr were opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
Vancouver Coastal Health later said it and RainCity are not proceeding with the site at this time.
Council approved the questions; Daily Hive reports Meiszner's remarks
Spoke for the public safety questions at the special Council meeting
Council approved two advisory questions for the October 17, 2026 ballot, one on strengthening laws against open-air hard drug use and one on asking the Province for a treatment facility with 100 or more involuntary care beds. Meiszner spoke in the debate and said a citywide vote could add pressure on the provincial and federal governments.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive is the source. The Council record of the meeting was not opened.
Vote recorded in the minutes; the minutes name only the councillors opposed
Committee approved $5.0 million for Task Force Barrage
The Standing Committee on City Finance and Services approved a one-time $5.0 million increase to the Vancouver Police Department budget for Task Force Barrage (Vote No. 11101). The minutes list Councillors Fry, Maloney and Orr as opposed. The Tyee reports that the ABC councillors and then-independent Councillor Bligh outvoted them.
Scope, limits and sources
Neither source names how Meiszner voted, so this action is tagged other and earns no point. A person can open the record of the later Council vote and change the tag.
Proposed the amendment removing speed reductions on major streets from the Vision Zero plan
Meiszner proposed an amendment to the City's Vision Zero plan for reducing traffic deaths, directing staff not to proceed with speed reduction on major streets. CBC reports that the ABC majority passed it, with Councillors Orr, Bligh and Maloney voting against, and that Council supported every other staff recommendation in the plan.
Scope, limits and sources
The date is the Tuesday before CBC's June 11, 2026 report. The Council minutes were not opened. Vision Zero Vancouver, a road safety group, criticized the change.
Spoke for extending the Granville Street pedestrian zone
At a special meeting Council approved extending the Granville Street pedestrian zone to at least September 7, 2026, with up to $4.75 million in City spending. Meiszner spoke for the extension.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive names Councillors Bligh and Fry as the two opposed and quotes Meiszner's remarks. The Council minutes were not opened.
Motion co-submitted; reported passed by Vision Zero Vancouver
Co-submitted the motion to expand the School Travel Planning Program
Councillors Dominato and Meiszner asked staff to report back by the end of the third quarter of 2025 with options and costs for increasing the number of schools the program serves each year. Vision Zero Vancouver lists the motion as passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion document was read through a saved copy. The minutes of the June 18 meeting were not opened.
Submitted the motion to make the 100 block of Robson Street a dedicated fan zone
Meiszner submitted a motion asking Council to recognize the 100 block of Robson Street as a dedicated fan zone and asking staff to explore permanent street improvements and report back before the end of the second quarter of 2025 with a plan and budget.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive reported on November 22, 2024 that Council was expected to approve it. The Council minutes were not opened, so the outcome is not established here. His July 22, 2026 site update lists a new fan zone on Robson Street in the 2027 to 2030 Capital Plan.
Votes recorded in the Council minutes (Vote Nos. 11160, 11162 and 11163)
Voted against sending the 2026 budget back to staff
Council voted on three motions to send the 2026 operating and capital budget back to staff. One asked for a revised budget that explains the $47 million in new fees and their service effects. One asked staff to cancel the 0 percent property tax increase and create a grant for resident homeowners. One asked for a new public survey on the 0 percent direction. The minutes list Meiszner among the councillors opposed on all three. All three were defeated, and Council then approved the budget with a 0 percent property tax increase.
Scope, limits and sources
Read in the Council minutes through a saved copy. The Tyee reported on November 26, 2025 that the ABC majority passed the budget, and it names Meiszner only for a comment on baby changing tables.
Vote reported by CBC; the motion was defeated 5 to 5
Voted against removing the ban on natural gas heating in new homes
CBC reports that Councillors Carr, Fry, Meiszner, Dominato and Bligh voted against reversing the ban on natural gas for heating in new homes, and that the motion was defeated in a 5 to 5 vote.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC reports that Meiszner chaired that meeting. Council later voted 7 to 4 on May 27, 2026 to allow natural gas heating in new homes again. That vote is listed next.
Vote reported; the reports name no individual votes
Council voted 7 to 4 to allow natural gas heating in new homes again
Daily Hive and VanPlex report that the ABC majority voted with the mayor and the four opposition councillors voted against.
Scope, limits and sources
Neither report names how each councillor voted, so this action is tagged other and earns no point. A person can open the Council minutes and change the tag.
Proposed the amendment for up to $250,000 toward the cultural precinct study
During the 2025 cultural grants item, Meiszner proposed an amendment directing staff to report back on giving up to $250,000 from the Coal Harbour Arts Complex Reserve to the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society for Phase II of its Cultural Precinct Feasibility Study.
Scope, limits and sources
Read in the Standing Committee minutes through a saved copy. Staff were to report back with recommendations before any money moves.
Motion submitted; support recorded in a June 2026 Council motion
Submitted the motion to bring back the Davie Street Block Party
Meiszner submitted a motion asking staff to work with the West End Business Improvement Association, the Vancouver Pride Society and Qmunity to close Davie Street from Burrard to Jervis on Pride weekend in 2025, with the aim of continuing in 2026 if it succeeded, and to report back by the end of the first quarter of 2025. A June 2026 motion by Councillor Bligh says the return of the Davie Village Pride Festival in 2025 was supported by this motion.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion documents were read through saved copies. The February 26, 2025 minutes were not opened.
Sign approved 10 to 1 and his amendment approved, as reported by Daily Hive and CBC
Proposed the motion for a permanent Vancouver sign and an amendment to seek outside funding
Daily Hive reports that Council unanimously supported Meiszner's motion in March 2024 asking staff to explore a permanent VANCOUVER sign. In May 2025 Council approved the sign with up to $300,000 in city funding, and approved Meiszner's amendment asking staff to look for community partners and donors to reduce the city's share.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC reports the city's share as up to $300,000 in capital costs and $50,000 in operating costs. The Council minutes were not opened. The date is the Wednesday before CBC's May 22, 2025 report.
Ruled on an urgent motion and two objections as Acting Mayor
The minutes record that Mayor Sim handed the chair to Acting Mayor Meiszner for an urgent motion. Meiszner ruled that the motion qualified as urgent business. He then ruled twice that it followed the meeting rules, after Councillors Orr and Fry objected under the Procedure By-law that a rule was broken.
Scope, limits and sources
Read through a saved copy of the minutes. The motion concerned the overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken Street, listed under Homelessness.
Chaired the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities
The minutes of the June 4, 2025 meeting list Meiszner as Chair. He handed the chair to the acting mayor when he proposed amendments or spoke on items, and took it back afterward.
Motion and his amendment carried unanimously at committee (Vote Nos. 11467 and 11468)
Moved the $300,000 grant for Granville Street activity during the World Cup
Meiszner moved a motion, seconded by Mayor Sim, for a one-time grant of up to $300,000 from the City's reserves to the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association for programming, cleaning and upkeep on Granville Street between West Georgia and Davie Streets from June 11 to July 19, 2026. His amendment added the clauses that let the City Manager sign the grant agreement.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion says the grant adds to the business association's own $800,000 contribution, and it asks staff to report on the results after the event. On September 25, 2026 this motion could not be opened; the saved minutes were read on October 3, 2026.
Carried unanimously after reconsideration (Vote No. 11469)
Moved the 2026 Renter Services Grants
Meiszner moved the staff recommendation to give 16 grants totalling $500,000 to non-profit groups that help renters at risk of losing their homes, paid from Empty Homes Tax money, and to set aside a further $500,000 from the Empty Homes Tax reserve to continue the program in 2027.
Scope, limits and sources
The committee carried the motion, reconsidered it later in the same meeting, and carried it again unanimously.
Motion lost (Vote No. 11470); the minutes name Meiszner among those opposed
Voted against the motion on a right to food and public grocery stores
Councillor Orr's motion asked staff to treat access to food as a guiding principle in City planning, and to report on City land in areas with poor food access, options for a publicly owned or community-run grocery store on City land, and ways to protect affordable food stores. Councillors Dominato, Klassen, Meiszner, Zhou and Mayor Sim voted against it.
Scope, limits and sources
Food policy is outside the issues voche.me scores for City Council, so this vote is listed for the record only.
Carried (Vote No. 11625), with Councillor Orr opposed and Councillor Fry abstaining
Moved the update to the zoning rules for rental buildings
Meiszner moved the staff recommendations to add a new set of zoning rules for rental buildings (RR-3C), remove another (RR-2C), and approve in principle four rental rezonings on Joyce Street, Fraser Street, West 49th Avenue and East 49th Avenue under the updated rules.
Scope, limits and sources
The report was titled "Fast-Tracking Rental Housing: Updates to Residential Rental Districts" and was dated May 4, 2026.
Amendment carried (Vote No. 11650), with Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed; amended motion carried (Vote No. 11651)
Moved the amendment that narrowed the motion on development pressure on small business, arts and non-profits
Councillor Fry's motion asked staff to explore a policy framework that could include tax relief, zoning tools, help for commercial tenants who must move, and grants or loans. Meiszner's amendment removed that clause and added a direction for staff to talk with other cities and review the relief tools they use.
Scope, limits and sources
The final motion asks staff to report on how development pressure affects existing small businesses, arts groups and non-profits, and on longer-lasting ways to reduce it.
Referral carried (Vote No. 11661), with Councillors Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed
Moved to refer the arts and culture impact website motion to staff for information
Councillor Maloney's motion asked staff to report on the cost and timeline of a website that would bring together data on the economic and social value of Vancouver's arts and culture sector. Meiszner moved to refer the motion to staff for information. The referral carried, so the committee did not vote on the motion itself.
Scope, limits and sources
The motion was modelled on a Toronto Arts Council website, according to its text.
Main motion carried unanimously (Vote No. 11648); the minutes name Meiszner among those opposed to two amendments (Vote Nos. 11645 and 11646)
Votes on the free swimming lessons motion
Mayor Sim's motion directed staff to design free access to the first three levels of swimming lessons, with priority for children aged 3 to 12, and to propose a target for pools per resident to be reached by 2035. Meiszner voted against an amendment asking staff to work with the unions CUPE 15 and CUPE 1004 on working conditions and a plan to keep auxiliary lifeguards, and against an amendment naming the Park Board's role in delivering pools and directing the funding to the Park Board.
Scope, limits and sources
Parks and recreation are outside the issues voche.me scores for City Council, so these votes are listed for the record only.
Motion lost (Vote Nos. 11712 and 11713); the minutes name Meiszner among those opposed both times
Voted against a public report on City staffing cuts
Councillor Orr's motion asked the City Manager for a public report within 10 days on positions cut, layoffs, hiring freezes, contracting out and other staffing changes made since January 1, 2024 to meet budget targets, with the budget effect of each change. It lost, was brought back for a second vote, and lost again. The minutes list Meiszner among those opposed on both votes.
Scope, limits and sources
Councillor Zhou moved the reconsideration and then moved the same motion again. The motion asked that no information be withheld on the basis of budget confidentiality.
Council approved the change unanimously, as reported by Daily Hive
Spoke for the land use change at the former Molson brewery site
At the public hearing, Council changed the planned use of the former Molson Coors brewery site at the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge from industrial to high-rise mixed use, and endorsed asking Metro Vancouver to change its regional designation. Daily Hive reports that Meiszner spoke for the change.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive reports that no rezoning application had been filed and that the plan was expected to return to Council for final approval in October 2026. The minutes of this hearing were not opened.
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Statement
Remarks on the cost of extending the Granville pedestrian zone
Meiszner defended the cost of a seven-week extension of the Granville Street pedestrian zone after the World Cup, describing it as a test of whether a permanent pedestrian street would work. Meiszner said permanent barriers would remove the need for ongoing security, and said money has to be spent on programming to give people a reason to come.
Remarks on the Yaletown overdose prevention site lease
Meiszner said the Thomus Donaghy overdose prevention site is a life-saving service that is needed, and at the same time said the Yaletown space was too small, with no area to queue, no area for respite after use and no inhalation room. Meiszner said the area around any future site needs better management.
Interview with The Tyee on ABC's public safety advertising
Meiszner told The Tyee that ABC's advertisements about Pete Fry were meant to highlight Fry's voting record on council, and that the ABC majority had put effort and money into public safety. He said he believed violent crime had been at a 23-year low the year before. On ABC's 2022 promise of 100 mental health nurses, he said Vancouver Coastal Health told the City it needed 40 to 50 mental health workers, and that is what the City funded. He said public safety remains a concern for residents.
Post on the end of the Granville Street pedestrian zone
In a post on X the day before the Granville Street pedestrian zone was taken down, Meiszner thanked the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association for its programming and thanked the councillors who voted for the zone.
On May 11, 2026, Meiszner posted on X that the federal government, Westbank and Telus had announced three AI data centres in B.C., two of them in Vancouver, and called it a multibillion-dollar investment in Canadian data sovereignty and the city. Daily Hive reported that on May 12 he answered concerns about water use by repeating Telus's figure that the centres would use 90 percent less water than traditional data centres, with plans to use recycled water from BC Place. He gave Telus as the source of the figure.
Remarks at the public hearing on the former Molson brewery site
Daily Hive reports that Meiszner said preliminary talks showed broad support at the regional government for the land use change. It quotes him saying that, with the Squamish Nation's Senakw project next door, it would not be appropriate to insist on industrial use at the site, and that he hoped the owner's rezoning application would not be held up.
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Meiszner as having declined its four-point platform. 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 of anti-Palestinian racism. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Meiszner himself on these points.
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
Yaletown overdose prevention site lease not renewed
The City told Vancouver Coastal Health in a July 19, 2023 letter that it would not renew the lease for the Thomus Donaghy overdose prevention site in Yaletown. Global News quoted Meiszner explaining the decision by concerns from the community about safety, camping, cleanliness and street disorder outside the site, and calling the space small and not an ideal location. Wikipedia's article records that in April 2023 Meiszner called for closure on the condition that the site be relocated.
Candidate or party response
Meiszner called the site a life-saving service that is needed and said any replacement requires better management of the surrounding area.
Verified status and limits
The lease expired in March 2024. Vancouver Coastal Health said it had not identified an alternative location at the time of the Global News report. Wikipedia's article says the city closed the site without an immediate replacement plan.
Amendment removing speed reductions from the Vision Zero plan
Council passed a Vision Zero Action Plan in June 2026. Meiszner moved an amendment directing staff not to proceed with speed reduction on major streets. Vision Zero Vancouver said the amendment removed the plan's central measure of lower speeds on the deadliest streets, and gave Meiszner the lowest score on its councillor report card.
Candidate or party response
No published reply from Meiszner to the Vision Zero Vancouver assessment was found.
Verified status and limits
Daily Hive reported on September 3, 2026 that the amendment was supported by ABC colleagues and carried. The council minutes were not opened, so the exact date and the named vote split are not confirmed here.
Integrity Commissioner finds a breach of the open meeting rule
The City's Integrity Commissioner, Lisa Southern, investigated a complaint by Councillor Pete Fry against Mayor Ken Sim and seven ABC councillors, Meiszner among them. Her report of August 22, 2025 found that all eight breached the Code of Conduct By-law, because a quorum of Council worked on amendments about the Climate Justice Charter report by email in February 2023, outside a public meeting. She found that seven of them, Meiszner included, breached it again in a July 2023 email chain on Moberly Park funding. She dismissed the other allegations, including the one about an ABC voting protocol. In his interview, Meiszner said the ABC group chat on the Signal app was used to share ideas and test support for motions and amendments, that it did not include how members would vote, and that Mayor's Office staff had told ABC members it was acceptable to meet if they were not making decisions or voting.
Candidate or party response
Meiszner, Councillor Bligh and Councillor Dominato shared legal counsel. Their group asked the Commissioner to recommend no sanction, saying any breach was not intentional and was at most an error in judgment. The Commissioner wrote that she did not find the conduct unintentional or inadvertent, and agreed it amounted to bad judgment. voche.me found no public statement by Meiszner on the report.
Verified status and limits
The report is final. It says Council decides any sanction, and that Council could not reach a quorum to decide because eight of its members were named in the complaint.
Complaint about a concert promotion at City Hall dismissed
A member of the public complained that Mayor Ken Sim and Councillors Kirby-Yung, Klassen and Meiszner broke the Code of Conduct By-law when the Rolling Stones logo was shown on City Hall on November 21, 2023 to promote a concert. The councillors attended and spoke at the event. The Integrity Commissioner found that the display was City business, because the promoter paid the City $500 for a licence and covered the costs.
Candidate or party response
The report says no response was needed from the councillors. Mayor Sim responded for the group.
Verified status and limits
No breach of the Code of Conduct By-law was found.
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Reporting
Global News
Vancouver will not renew lease for Yaletown overdose prevention site
Global News reported that the city would not renew the lease, which expired in March 2024, and quoted Meiszner on the site's limits. Vancouver Coastal Health said it was disappointed, said the site had saved many lives, and had not found an alternative location at the time of the report.
Vision Zero Vancouver: 2025 Vancouver Council in Review
The road safety group's yearly review names Meiszner as co-sponsor, with Councillor Lisa Dominato, of a motion widening the school active travel program. The group also publishes a cumulative score for each councillor.
Labour Day block party planned for post-FIFA Granville pedestrian zone
The report covers the seven-week extension of the Granville Street pedestrian zone and quotes Meiszner defending the spending as a pilot for a permanent street.
What has Vancouver City Council accomplished in 2026?
Daily Hive reported that Meiszner amended the Vision Zero Action Plan passed in June 2026 to direct staff not to proceed with speed reduction on major streets, and that Vision Zero Vancouver gave Meiszner the lowest score on its councillor report card.
The Tyee examined ABC Vancouver's campaign advertising on public safety and Pete Fry's record, and quoted Meiszner on the ads, on crime rates and on the 2022 promise of 100 mental health nurses.
Vancouver City Council endorses high-density, mixed-use future for former Molson brewery site
Daily Hive reported Council's unanimous approval of the land use change at the former Molson Coors brewery site and quoted Meiszner's remarks at the public hearing.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The Council minutes for the June 2026 Vision Zero vote (the regular meeting of June 2 and 9, 2026) and for the July 2, 2026 special meeting on the Granville Street extension had no saved copy on October 3, 2026, so those votes rest on news reports. council.vancouver.ca and vancouver.ca return HTTP 403 to automated reads: minutes were read from Internet Archive copies, and the City's own pages through a reader service. No 2026 personal platform from Meiszner was found. The campaign site's platform page still links the 2022 ABC platform, and its newest update is dated July 22, 2026. His Instagram and Facebook pages could not be read. Posts on X were read one at a time through X's public embed service, so only posts that a search turned up are recorded. The HUB Cycling survey results read on October 3, 2026 have no row for him, and Women Transforming Cities reports that an ABC spokesperson said the party's candidates were not signing its pledge. Campaign finance disclosures for 2026 are filed after the election and were not available. No public forum or debate appearance was confirmed for October 3 to 17, 2026.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's councillor page and candidate list, Council and committee minutes, two Integrity Commissioner reports, news reports and campaign material.
The ABC Vancouver candidate page was read on September 22 and again on October 3, 2026. This site blocks automated requests, so it was read through a fetching tool. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here come from it.
Checks still to do: the Council minutes for the June 2026 Vision Zero vote and the July 2, 2026 Granville Street extension vote, which had no saved copy on October 3, 2026.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current term
Vancouver city councillor
The City's councillor page lists Peter Meiszner as a member of the current Council and as chair of the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities. Votes and motions read in the Council and committee minutes are listed in the record below.
Wikipedia lists appointments as alternate to the Metro Vancouver Regional District board, member of the Housing Committee and the Electoral Area A Committee, and board member of the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver Civic Theatres and EasyPark. The campaign site lists current board seats at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Metro Vancouver and EasyPark, with the library and civic theatres boards listed as past.
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Is this an official page for Peter Meiszner?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Peter Meiszner's own campaign.
What is Peter Meiszner's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Peter Meiszner is number 109 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Peter Meiszner run with?
Peter Meiszner ran for City Council with ABC Vancouver.
Does Peter Meiszner currently hold public office?
Yes. Peter Meiszner currently serves as Vancouver city councillor.
How many sources does this Peter Meiszner profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Peter Meiszner filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Peter Meiszner. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Peter Meiszner's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Peter Meiszner 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 Peter Meiszner 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
Biography corrected
The biography said his current office was separate from the office on the 2026 ballot. He is a sitting city councillor running for City Council, so this is a bid for re-election to the same office, and the sentence now says so. A paragraph that repeated his ballot number and party was removed. A paragraph that said only "the page" now names the ABC Vancouver candidate page. The current term entry under experience said his votes had not been reviewed; it now points to the votes and motions in this record.
Council minutes, Integrity Commissioner reports and campaign statements added
Saved copies of four more sets of Council and committee minutes were read. They show Meiszner moved the $300,000 Granville Street grant for the World Cup, the 2026 Renter Services Grants, the update to the zoning rules for rental buildings, an amendment on development pressure on small businesses and arts groups, and a referral of an arts data motion, and they name his votes on several other motions. The multiplex review entry now cites the committee vote. Two Integrity Commissioner reports that name him were added: an August 2025 finding of a breach of the open meeting rule, and a dismissed 2023 complaint. Also added: his interview with The Tyee, his remarks on the Molson brewery site, his posts on the Granville Street zone and on AI data centres, his listing on Vote Palestine Vancouver, two ABC platform items shown on VoteMate, and an October 13 online forum with attendance not confirmed.
Commitments checked against their sources and tagged
voche.me reopened the sources behind each commitment on this page and tagged each by issue and by whose words it is. The Granville Street entry said Meiszner wants a permanent pedestrian street. Global News reports that he said Vancouverites want one and called the extension a trial, so the entry now says that. The party platform entries on property tax, drug policy and childcare were each split so that one entry holds one policy. The school travel entry now says the motion asks staff for options and costs, where it had said it widened the program. The housing entry now follows the wording of his VoteMate biography. 22 commitments were added from his VoteMate profile, his July 22, 2026 site update, news reports and Council documents.
The entry said Meiszner announced that the City would not renew the lease. Global News reports that the City told Vancouver Coastal Health in a July 19, 2023 letter, and that Meiszner explained the decision in an interview. The entry now says so.
Council votes checked against the minutes where a saved copy exists
Saved copies of four sets of Council minutes and five motion documents were opened. The record now lists motions and amendments that name Meiszner as their author or proposer, and votes that name him. Votes that name nobody are listed under other until a person opens the Council minutes.
