Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.
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Rebecca Bligh’s Vancouver mayoral profile: housing, transit and service promises, Council experience, interviews, public events and nomination papers.
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A researched record of Rebecca Bligh’s campaign promises, Council motions and votes, an Integrity Commissioner finding, and news covering her mayoral run. Several Council votes were checked in the official minutes; others rest on news reports, which each entry names.
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 2, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
“Rebecca will work with community land trusts and community organizations to build more co-op and community housing while keeping public land in community ownership.”
Stated by the candidate.
Housing platform“Rebecca will use public land to build permanently affordable homes for middle-income earners”
Stated by the candidate.
Housing platform“1.25 FSR”
Stated by the candidate.
Mayor skips out on UBC housing debate ahead of October election“the Affordable Housing Endowment Fund”
Stated by the candidate.
Housing platformNo date or term milestone.
“Voted against the Villages Plan”
Vote reported by The Ubyssey and CBC News, July 28, 2026.
Mayor skips out on UBC housing debate ahead of October electionThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on housing: 9 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
“Rebecca will work to replace unsafe SROs with affordable supportive housing.”
Stated by the candidate.
Housing platform“the new version called for allowing city contributions of land or funding for supportive-housing projects again”
Stated by the candidate.
Vancouver Keeps New Supportive Housing on PauseNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Motion to end the pause on new supportive housing”
Motion lost, according to the Council minutes, April 1, 2026.
Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities minutes, April 1, 2026 (read through an Internet Archive copy)The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 4 commitments, none 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.
Every Mayor candidate on homelessness and drugs, scored the same way
““It is about alignment, and alignment that I’m hearing does not exist,” Bligh said.”
Stated by the candidate.
ABC city council majority defeats bid for World Cup community input in Vancouver“unsuccessfully proposed the FIFA Public Safety and Local Readiness Working Group to the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities”
Stated by the candidate.
ABC city council majority defeats bid for World Cup community input in VancouverNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Proposed a FIFA public safety and readiness working group”
Motion lost, according to the Council minutes, February 25, 2026.
Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities minutes, February 25, 2026 (read through an Internet Archive copy)The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
“Rebecca will work with TransLink and the Province to make transit free for Vancouver youth under 18.”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 platform and deadlines“Rebecca will turn underused Downtown EasyPark space into free seasonal bike valets”
Stated by the candidate.
Transportation platform“repairing broken streetlights within 72 hours of reporting”
Stated by the candidate.
Transportation platform“The vessels and all infrastructure updates to the docks will be paid by Greenline and its partners.”
Stated by the candidate.
News release: proposed electric passenger ferry to link Vancouver, Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast“Free transit passes for youth under 18 - within 100 days”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 platform and deadlines“Voted against extending the Granville Street pedestrian zone pilot”
Vote reported by CBC News, July 2, 2026.
Vancouver to keep part of Granville Street car-free for 7 weeks post-FIFA after council approves $4.75MThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, 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.
“Rebecca will work to keep property tax increases in line with inflation, bringing more predictability to what residents and businesses pay.”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platform“keep property tax increases in line with inflation”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platformNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Voted against the 2026 operating and capital budget”
Vote reported by The Tyee, November 25, 2025.
Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget PassesThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 1 commitment, none 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.
Every Mayor candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
“Rebecca will reinstate Energize Vancouver and focus on practical measures that reduce building emissions, improve energy performance and strengthen Vancouver’s climate resilience.”
Stated by the candidate.
Public services platform“Rebecca will reinstate Energize Vancouver”
Stated by the candidate.
Public services platform“Rebecca will maintain Vancouver’s 30% tree-canopy target”
Stated by the candidate.
Public services platformNo cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Voted against allowing natural gas heating in new homes”
Vote reported by CBC News, November 27, 2024.
Vancouver councillors vote to keep ban on natural gas heating for new homes in cityThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on climate: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
“Rebecca will establish an Arts Council with greater independence from City Hall.”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platform“Rebecca will establish an Arts Council with greater independence from City Hall”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platformNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Moved $75,000 in one-time funding for the 2026 Pride parade”
Motion carried unanimously, according to the Council minutes, June 3, 2026.
City of Vancouver approves $75K in one-time funds for 2026 Pride paradeThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on culture: 3 commitments, at least one 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.
“by creating new childcare facilities on underused City land”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platform“by creating new childcare facilities on underused City land”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platformNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Seconded a motion on $10 a day child care and City land for child care”
Motion carried after an amendment she voted against, according to the Council minutes, February 25, 2026.
Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities minutes, February 25, 2026 (read through an Internet Archive copy)The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vote Vancouver’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, none 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.
“Rebecca will create a Small Business Concierge: one place to get help with permits, regulations, and City processes.”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platform“Rebecca will create a Small Business Concierge”
Stated by the candidate.
Economic platformNo number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Motion to review the cannabis retail licence fee”
Motion introduced; outcome not read by voche.me, February 5, 2021.
Vancouver City Councillor seeking to lower $30,000 Vancouver cannabis licensing feeThe 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.
“City hall has more locked doors than open doors.”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 platform and deadlinesNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
“Open the North doors to City Hall - within 10 days”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 platform and deadlines“Added a public forum and community advisory group on the St. Paul’s Hospital move”
Amendment carried unanimously, according to the Council minutes, November 5, 2025.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services minutes, November 5, 2025 (read through an Internet Archive copy)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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Rebecca Bligh is a two-term Vancouver city councillor running for mayor with Vote Vancouver, the party she founded in September 2025. Her official ballot number is 52.
She was born in New Zealand and moved to Canada at age ten. She has lived in Vancouver for more than 20 years. Before politics she worked for local businesses, including a security company, and founded BLACKPiiN, a consulting practice that trains executives and teams. Her Federation of Canadian Municipalities biography also lists leadership training delivered in Ethiopia and Mozambique for two non-profit organizations.
She was elected to Council in 2018 with the Non-Partisan Association, receiving 44,053 votes. In December 2019 she left the NPA, saying the party no longer supported her as its only queer elected official after people linked to anti-SOGI activism joined its executive. She joined ABC Vancouver and was re-elected in 2022 with 62,765 votes.
On February 14, 2025, ABC removed her from its caucus. The party said she was not aligned with its shared priorities; she had publicly disagreed with the mayor’s proposed halt on new supportive housing. She then sat as an independent councillor until she announced Vote Vancouver and her mayoral candidacy on September 22, 2025.
She has sat on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities since 2018 and served as its president from October 2024 to June 2026, according to the federation’s own board page. She is also a director of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner found in August 2025 that she and seven other members of Council, all elected with ABC in 2022, broke the Council Code of Conduct by discussing Council business in private email chains while enough of them to make a quorum were present. Since leaving ABC she has moved Council motions on supportive housing, a BC Housing grant and a FIFA safety working group that did not pass.
Archive photo 2025Rebecca Bligh at the launch of Vote Vancouver in September 2025.
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.
58 commitments shown · Checked Oct 2
Proposes community and co-op housing while retaining public land ownership.
Would pair public land with permanently affordable homes and non-profit childcare.
Proposes replacing unsafe single-room occupancy housing with affordable supportive homes.
Promises free youth passes within 100 days, working with TransLink and the Province.
Commits to a 72-hour repair standard.
Promises to make every timed crosswalk accessible within a year.
Proposes free seasonal bike valets using underused downtown EasyPark space.
Proposes ten additional pedestrian plazas over four years.
Would create a dedicated service desk for older residents.
Would reinstate Energize Vancouver and focus on measures that reduce building emissions, improve energy performance and strengthen climate resilience.
Proposes a service helping businesses with permits and City processes.
Would work to keep property tax increases in line with inflation.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will make it easier to redevelop qualifying sites, including land owned by faith-based communities, into mixed-use communities with new homes.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will simplify and speed up the development process so good housing can get built sooner.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will make better use of the Affordable Housing Endowment Fund and pair it with City land to build affordable homes.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will support new approaches to seniors housing, including Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, so that people can age in their communities.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will plan new public housing together with childcare, schools, public spaces, healthcare and community services.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh said City-owned land should be used for public housing and that the City should use all the land it owns to build below-market housing people can afford.
The Vote Vancouver housing page says Bligh will support housing that connects residents with mental health and addiction services, case management, and employment and training services.
Bligh moved a motion called Reversing the Costly Ban on Supportive Housing, which asked Council to allow City contributions of land or funding for supportive-housing projects again. At a September 8, 2026 debate, The Ubyssey reports, she said she would reverse the pause if elected.
In a report published May 8, 2026, The Tyee says Bligh criticized the Mayor’s urgent motion to block a new overdose prevention site and said it does not make sense for the City to take a combative approach against Vancouver Coastal Health.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh said less bureaucratic health-care responses to the addictions crisis work best, such as mobile health units and health services inside supportive housing.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Sean Orr seconded, a motion for a FIFA Public Safety and Local Readiness Working Group at the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities on February 25, 2026.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh said a reactive police response is one short-term tool and that longer-term policy goals can address the reasons people feel unsafe.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will bring in clear safety rules for e-scooters.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will fix known cycling trouble spots.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will complete the Broadway bike lane and improve connections to the routes around it.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will push to extend SkyTrain to UBC.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will review parking meter rates and locations.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will protect short-term and accessible parking around medical facilities and places seniors rely on.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will introduce a prepaid parking pass for people who do not use parking apps.
The Vote Vancouver transportation page says Bligh will deliver an all-electric passenger ferry program. A February 7, 2025 joint news release that quotes Bligh and lists her as the contact says she would introduce a Council motion for a ferry from Coal Harbour to Bowen Island and Gibsons, with the ferry company paying for the vessels and dock upgrades.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh said property taxes need to be raised at a sustainable and predictable rate, and that taxes can be held in and around inflation while City services continue.
The Vote Vancouver public services page says Bligh will maintain Vancouver’s 30% tree-canopy target and track mature canopy and new plantings separately.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will establish an Arts Council with greater independence from City Hall.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will make childcare part of Vancouver’s economic strategy by creating new childcare facilities on underused City land.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh said she would put child care in each of the public housing developments on City land. The housing page says the same about not-for-profit childcare.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will work to establish Vancouver as the western headquarters for growing sectors including natural resources and technology.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will use better technology and simpler processes to cut permit delays and get decisions made faster.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will compete to bring more major events to Vancouver and keep the teams and events already here.
The Vote Vancouver economy page says Bligh will open vacant City commercial spaces to people and organizations that can put them to use.
The Vote Vancouver platform page lists opening the North doors to City Hall within 10 days. In a Vancouver Sun interview published September 18, 2026, Bligh said City Hall has more locked doors than open doors.
The Vote Vancouver public services page says Bligh will make City Hall more open, accessible and responsive, including making sure people can reach an actual person.
Vancity Lookout reported on September 24, 2025 that Bligh said she would rebuild real consultation so residents shape decisions, work with the City’s integrity commissioner and lead a council that works in public.
In an interview published by The Tyee on April 20, 2026, Bligh was asked whether she would make Vote Vancouver councillors vote as a group. She said no.
The party’s policy document says five parcels of public land will be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.
The party’s policy document says new public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.
The party’s policy document says that within the first 100 days of taking office a Vote Vancouver majority would launch a pilot running throughout 2027, and that Vancouver residents under 18 could apply for a free transit pass valid for the 2027 calendar year.
The party’s policy document says a free seasonal bike valet pilot would start on April 1, 2027 and run through October 31, 2027 in existing, underused city-owned parking spaces, with results reported publicly at the end of the season.
The party’s policy document says an Independent Arts Council would receive a dedicated annual allocation from the City, with at least 90% of the funding going directly to the arts and creative sector and no more than 10% used for administration.
The party’s policy document says that within six months it would establish an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator at City Hall to help artists and cultural non-profits with permits, liquor licensing and special-event approvals.
The party’s policy document says Vote Vancouver would set a 10-day response commitment for City Hall inquiries, so that people hear back within 10 days about what the City plans to do.
At the September 8, 2026 UBC debate, The Ubyssey reports, Bligh said she would support a floor space ratio of 1.25 for multiplexes. Floor space ratio is the total floor area of a building divided by the area of its lot. The report says nearby neighbourhoods are generally zoned for 0.6.
At the October 2, 2026 Board of Trade forum, CTV News reports, Bligh proposed a leadership table of the mayor, the premier and Vancouver Coastal Health to deal with homelessness and street disorder.
At the Metro Vancouver Alliance assembly on September 23, 2026, Church for Vancouver reports, all four candidates present, including Bligh, agreed to the alliance’s ask to pilot a traffic pattern on Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside that limits through traffic and makes walking safer.
At the same assembly, Church for Vancouver reports, Bligh agreed to the alliance’s ask to expand the tree canopy by funding Vancouver’s first Youth Climate Corps program.
At the same assembly, Church for Vancouver reports, Bligh agreed to the alliance’s ask to address homelessness by lobbying the federal government for $2 billion for 4,000 homes for people with the lowest incomes.
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity, asked candidates to commit to six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety. Its results table marks Bligh as committing to all six.
Selected past work and proposed programs. A proposal is not an operating City program; delivery needs funding, authority and approval.
Council rejected a plan for 17 denser neighbourhood villages with more apartments and street-level shops by a vote of 10 to 1, CBC reports. The Ubyssey reports that Bligh voted against it. At a September 8 debate she said Council should have started with three to five pilot locations.
CBC dates the vote to Tuesday, July 28, 2026. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes for this vote.
The committee approved a contract of $3,469,927.88 to demolish the existing Vancouver Aquatic Centre after 17 speakers spoke against it. The minutes record Councillors Bligh and Orr as opposed.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests. Pools are a Park Board matter, so this vote is not one of the issues scored for Mayor.
Council voted on July 2, 2026 to extend the pilot through Labour Day weekend at a cost of up to $4.75 million. CBC reports that Bligh and Coun. Pete Fry voted against the extension and that Bligh objected to the cost.
CBC reports the vote. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes.
CBC reports that Bligh proposed the funding in a motion at the Council meeting on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 and that it passed unanimously.
The committee minutes show Bligh as the mover and Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung as the seconder of a one-time grant of up to $75,000 to the Vancouver Pride Society. Her amendment to add a $60,000 grant for Carnaval del Sol was withdrawn after the chair ruled it off topic.
The Council minutes show that Bligh moved the motion Reversing the Costly Ban on Supportive Housing, with Coun. Lucy Maloney seconding. It asked staff to allow City contributions of land or funding for homelessness response supportive housing again. It was lost: Councillors Kirby-Yung, Klassen, Montague and Zhou and Mayor Sim voted against it, and Councillors Dominato and Meiszner were absent for the vote.
The motion was first on the February 25, 2026 agenda. The minutes of that meeting record that Bligh withdrew it that day, citing the spread of misinformation, and said she would bring it back. The Tyee and CTV News also reported the April 1 result.
The Council minutes show that Bligh moved the motion for a FIFA World Cup Public Safety and Local Readiness Working Group, with Coun. Sean Orr seconding. It asked staff to set up the group and write a readiness strategy covering neighbourhood safety, gender-based violence prevention and local business preparedness. Councillors Kirby-Yung, Klassen, Meiszner, Montague and Zhou and Mayor Sim voted against it. theBreaker also reported the vote.
Councillors Dominato and Fry were absent for the vote, according to the minutes.
The committee approved up to $4 million from a City reserve for Vancouver Police District 5 and a satellite police training academy. A motion to refer it to staff for more study was lost. The minutes record Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr as opposed to the funding.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
Bligh seconded Coun. Sean Orr’s motion Recommitting to $10 a Day Childcare. It asked staff, among other steps, to track public and non-profit child care spaces lost in rezonings and to keep finding City-owned land for public and non-profit child care. An amendment by Coun. Mike Klassen replaced all of it with a statement of concern and a letter to the Province. The minutes record Councillors Bligh and Maloney as opposed to the amendment. The amended motion then carried unanimously.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
Council passed the 2026 budget, which holds the property tax increase at zero per cent. The Tyee names Bligh, then an independent councillor, among the four councillors who voted against it.
The Tyee reports the vote. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Sean Orr seconded, the staff recommendations on Downtown Eastside actions. They included the SRO Revitalization Framework and a $1,000,000 capital grant to the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust to help it buy one privately owned SRO building. The committee voted on the parts separately. The grant was lost, with seven members opposed. The other parts carried unanimously, including her own addition asking staff to report back in early 2026 on the St. Paul’s Hospital social impact assessment and to hold a public forum on it in the Downtown Eastside.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
Bligh moved an amendment, seconded by Coun. Sean Orr, directing staff to report back in early 2026 on the 2017 St. Paul’s Hospital social impact assessment, to meet Providence Health Care and community groups, and to co-host a public forum in the Downtown Eastside and set up a community advisory group. It carried unanimously.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests. voche.me has not checked whether the forum took place.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Pete Fry seconded, a $1.4 million capital grant to BC Housing for 3077 Maddams Street, to help convert 81 homes from market rental to social housing, paid from an existing capital budget funded by the Empty Homes Tax reserve. Councillors Kirby-Yung, Klassen, Meiszner, Montague and Zhou and Mayor Sim voted against it.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Brian Montague seconded, a motion directing staff to prepare a memo before the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, to recommend a City prevention strategy with a task force that includes the police, community groups and survivors, and to report the budget needed. An amendment by Coun. Pete Fry added sex worker safety. The amended motion carried unanimously.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests. voche.me has not checked what staff delivered.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung seconded, a motion directing staff to report by early 2026 on the Women’s Equity Strategy, including gaps caused by the closure of the City’s Equity Office, and to involve the Women’s Advisory Committee. It carried unanimously.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
Bligh moved, and Coun. Lisa Dominato seconded, a motion asking staff to invite the provincial housing ministry and BC Housing to a Council meeting to discuss the proposed freeze on new supportive housing, and to work out how many supportive homes Vancouver and the region need to end chronic homelessness. Councillors Kirby-Yung, Klassen, Meiszner, Montague and Zhou and Mayor Sim voted against it.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
The committee passed Mayor Sim’s motion to pause City land or funding for new homelessness response supportive housing, except projects that replace single-room occupancy hotels or temporary modular housing. The minutes record Councillors Bligh, Dominato and Fry as opposed. The Ubyssey also reports that she voted against the pause.
voche.me read the minutes through an Internet Archive copy, because the City’s website refuses automated requests.
A joint news release that quotes Bligh and lists her as the contact, published by the Town of Gibsons, says she would introduce a Council motion to establish an electric passenger ferry from Coal Harbour to Bowen Island and Gibsons.
The release says a motion would be introduced. voche.me has not found a Council record that shows it was introduced or voted on, so this entry earns no record point.
Council voted 5 to 5 on a proposal to allow new homes to be heated by natural gas, so the proposal was defeated. CBC names Bligh among the five councillors who voted against it.
CBC reports the vote. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes.
Bligh submitted a motion on supportive housing, SRO replacement and coordination between governments.
The original proposal is available. A City of Vancouver news release of February 25, 2025, republished by the Indo-Canadian Voice, calls it the November 2023 approved Council motion. Global News reported on November 23, 2023 that it was to go to Council the following Wednesday. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes. Spending since then and completed homes require separate verification.
StratCann reported on February 5, 2021 that Bligh introduced a motion asking staff to prepare a lower fee structure for cannabis retail licences. Global News reported that the annual fee was $33,958.
The date is the date of the StratCann report. voche.me has not opened the Council record or found a report of the vote.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
CTV News reports that she criticized the City’s budget approach, saying a zero per cent tax increase does not by itself lower the financial burden, and pointed to user fee increases and use of the property endowment fund. She proposed property taxes tied to inflation with steady increases over a four-year term, a small-business concierge service, and a leadership table with the premier and Vancouver Coastal Health on homelessness and street disorder.
Global News reports that she would press the Province as mayor, saying Vancouver is short of psychiatric beds and needs a full response to repeat offenders.
Church for Vancouver reports that she took part with three other mayoral candidates, praised the alliance for connecting people, and agreed to all five of its proposals: a meeting with its leaders within 30 days of taking office, lobbying Ottawa for funding for low-income homes, removing barriers to housing on faith land, a Hastings Street traffic pilot and a Youth Climate Corps.
In excerpts published by the Vancouver Sun, she said City Hall should open its locked doors, that seniors who do not use technology need a place to get answers, and that small businesses need a concierge service. She said affordability also includes child care costs and wages.
The charity’s results table marks her as committing to all six of its Our City Hall asks. The table is an image and carries no statement in her own words.
At Helena Gutteridge Plaza at City Hall she released the Vote Vancouver platform, with housing, child care, transit and City services as its main parts. The Tyee reports she said the campaign was just getting started and she would stay in the race, and that she called the three progressive parties’ decision to run one mayoral candidate a manufactured narrative.
The Ubyssey reports that she said the Villages Plan failed by not starting with three to five pilot locations, that she would reverse the pause on supportive housing if elected, and that she would support a floor space ratio of 1.25 for multiplexes. On the economy she said Vancouver could be the head office location for federal investments.
She told The Tyee that non-partisan, cross-party work is the basis of her campaign and of Vote Vancouver, and spoke about supportive housing, small business and the city’s economy. The interview took place in late March; this is its publication date.
Discusses listening, leadership and the work of local government. The interview took place in August; this is its publication date.
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.
Integrity Commissioner Lisa Southern investigated a complaint by Coun. Pete Fry against Mayor Sim and seven councillors elected with ABC, including Bligh. She found that all eight broke section 2f of the Code of Conduct By-law by moving Council business forward in private email chains with a quorum present, on amendments to the Climate Justice Charter report in February 2023. She found that seven of them, all except the Mayor, did the same on Moberly Park funding in July 2023.
Bligh, Dominato and Meiszner, who shared a lawyer, told the commissioner the conduct was not intentional and was at most an error in judgment, as reported by CBC News. The commissioner wrote that she had concerns the conduct was intentional, and agreed it showed poor judgment.
The report recommends no sanction. It states that Council decides sanctions, and that no quorum could be formed to decide one because most of Council was named in the complaint.
ABC said Bligh’s approach did not align with its priorities and teamwork expectations. She remained a councillor.
Bligh said Sim had moved away from the principles that originally attracted her to ABC.
A political separation, not a finding of misconduct. She subsequently formed Vote Vancouver.
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.
Reports the positions of all five candidates at the Board of Trade forum, including her tax, small business and homelessness proposals.
Compares the candidates’ public safety plans and quotes her on psychiatric beds and repeat offenders.
Reports the September 8 housing debate and her positions on the Villages Plan, supportive housing, density and the economy.
Reports the September 23 assembly, where four mayoral candidates, including Bligh, agreed to the alliance’s five proposals.
Reports her platform launch and her refusal to step aside over concerns about splitting the vote.
Reports the launch and her commitment to work with TransLink on youth fares.
Summarizes the Vote Vancouver platform she announced, as described by the party.
An analysis of Council votes since the 2025 by-election. Across 23 significant votes, it finds Bligh agreed with the ABC majority on 86 percent of the comparable votes, and that she and Pete Fry agreed on every comparable significant vote.
Contains an earlier interview and context about her new party.
Reports her announcement of Vote Vancouver and her criticism of the mayor. It notes she had earlier voted with ABC on dissolving the Park Board.
Reports the finding that the mayor and ABC councillors, including Bligh, broke the Code of Conduct, and the response she gave with two other councillors.
Reports the party’s explanation and Bligh’s response.
Sources checked October 2, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Town of Gibsons · February 7, 2025
City of Vancouver · February 26, 2025
City of Vancouver · November 5, 2025
City of Vancouver · February 25, 2026
City of Vancouver · April 1, 2026
City of Vancouver · June 3, 2026
City of Vancouver · July 15, 2026
City of Vancouver Integrity Commissioner · August 22, 2025
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Daily Hive · February 14, 2025
CBC News via Yahoo News · September 20, 2026
The Tyee / Katie Hyslop · April 2, 2026
CTV News / Isabella Zavarise · April 1, 2026
The Tyee / Michelle Gamage · May 8, 2026
theBreaker / Bob Mackin · February 26, 2026
Daily Hive / Hanna Hett · September 25, 2026
CBC News / Lauren Vanderdeen · July 2, 2026
The Tyee / Katie Hyslop · November 26, 2025
CBC News / Yasmine Ghania and Chad Pawson · November 28, 2024
CBC News, via Yahoo News Canada
StratCann / David Brown · February 5, 2021
Global News · February 6, 2021
Global News / Simon Little · November 23, 2023
Indo-Canadian Voice (republishing a City of Vancouver news release) · February 25, 2025
CBC News · August 25, 2025
The Ubyssey / Spencer Izen, Stephen Kosar · September 28, 2026
Church for Vancouver · September 24, 2026
CTV News / Kraig Krause · October 2, 2026
Global News / Alissa Thibault, Amy Judd · September 30, 2026
The Tyee / Katie Hyslop · September 10, 2026
Daily Hive · September 9, 2026
Georgia Straight · September 22, 2025
Spacing Vancouver / Erick Villagomez · August 24, 2026
CBC News, republished by Yahoo News Canada · July 28, 2026
Women Transforming Cities · September 16, 2026
Vancity Lookout
The Tyee / Katie Hyslop · April 20, 2026
Vancouver Sun / Stuart McNish, via Yahoo News Canada · September 18, 2026
Metro Vancouver Alliance
The Cultch / Vancouver Public Space Network
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
SFU Public Square
604 Now · September 28, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition, on Eventbrite
Campaign spending returns are filed after the election and were not available. Endorsements published by the campaign have not been listed. Council minutes were read for six meetings; the minutes for the Granville Street, natural gas, budget and Villages Plan votes were not opened, so those entries rest on news reports. voche.me found no report showing whether she took part in the October 1 forums (Last Candidate Standing, the seniors centres forum and the neighbourhood houses dialogue). No complete daily campaign itinerary has been verified.
Her City page links the 2026 financial statement, monthly calendars and gift disclosures. These are official records to review, not a current campaign itinerary or evidence of a conflict by themselves.
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President of the federation, according to its own board page. She has sat on its board since 2018.
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Rebecca Bligh is number 52 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Mayor.
Rebecca Bligh ran for Mayor with Vote Vancouver.
Yes. Rebecca Bligh currently serves as Vancouver city councillor.
This profile lists 1 sourced reference, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
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The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Rebecca Bligh 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.
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Mayor race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
This page listed the nominators, the financial agent and the signing details read from the nomination papers filed with the City. Section 45 (8) of the Vancouver Charter allows information in those papers to be used only for the purposes of the Charter and of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so voche.me no longer copies anything from them. The page links to the City’s copy instead.
Read the updatevoche.me read six sets of Council committee minutes and added the motions she moved and the votes recorded against her name, including her February 2025 vote against the supportive housing pause and her motions on BC Housing grants, gender-based violence prevention and the Women’s Equity Strategy. The April 2026 supportive housing motion, the FIFA working group motion and the Pride grant now cite the minutes. Added: the August 2025 Integrity Commissioner finding, statements from the September 8 UBC debate, the September 23 Metro Vancouver Alliance assembly and the October 2 Board of Trade forum, the Women Transforming Cities pledge, and nine news reports. Correction: the Federation of Canadian Municipalities entry now gives her presidency as October 2024 to June 2026, from the federation’s own page. Calendar: the September 23 assembly, which Church for Vancouver reports she attended, is now listed under talks. The October 1 Last Candidate Standing listing was removed because no source shows whether she took part. Forums on October 2, 5 and 13 were added.
The economy page says Bligh will work to keep property tax increases in line with inflation. The earlier wording said she would seek property-tax increases in line with inflation. The pledge now matches the page.
Read the updateThe public services page says Bligh will reinstate Energize Vancouver and focus on practical measures that reduce building emissions, improve energy performance and strengthen climate resilience. The pledge now uses the words of the page. The page does not describe what the program is.
Read the updateGlobal News reported on November 23, 2023 that the motion was to go to Council the following Wednesday. A City news release of February 25, 2025, republished by the Indo-Canadian Voice, calls it the November 2023 approved Council motion. voche.me has not opened the Council minutes.
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