COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 215.
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Sacia Burton, ballot number 215 for Park Board in Vancouver, COPE. Profile focus: Affordable community spaces.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
Phase out natural gas heating in public facilities.
“Phase out the use of natural gas for heating in all public facilities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Look at capturing solar energy at community centres.
“Build on the success of the Creekside Community Center project to explore the use of solar energy capture on community centers.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Expand the urban forest canopy to 30 percent by 2050, planting native species chosen to survive a changing climate.
“Expand the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050 with a priority for climate-resilient native species.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Join up cycling and walking networks so they reach community centres.
“Work with the City to connect cycling and walking networks to community centers.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Add lighting to the Expo Line cycleway and walking path.
“Explore lighting the Expo Line cycleway and pathway.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Add bike racks and secure bike parking at community centres.
“Increase the number of bike racks and secure bike parking at community centers.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Secure renewal funding for the Renfrew, Strathcona and Thunderbird community centres.
“Work with City Council to secure renewal funding for Renfrew, Strathcona, and Thunderbird community centers, and ensure that community center renewal is prioritized through a fair and impartial metric.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Change public washroom hours from dawn to dusk to 24 hours a day.
“Expand public washroom access from dawn-dusk to a 24/7 model across parks and fieldhouse sites.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Add more universal and gender neutral washrooms, and install change tables in public facilities.
“Expand availability of universal and gender-neutral washrooms. Expand the availability of change tables in public washrooms.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Make community centre kitchens available for food literacy programmes.
“Expand access to community center kitchens and spaces for organizations and neighbourhood groups advancing food literacy and access.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Look at using city greenhouses to grow free plant starters for households on low incomes.
“Explore the use of city greenhouses to grow free food plant starters for low-income households.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Coordinate community gardens so that more people can get growing space.
“Integrate and coordinate the network of community gardens on public land to improve access to growing space.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with educators and knowledge holders from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to create signage and public learning tools that give local Indigenous names for plants and animals.
“Work alongside educators and knowledge holders in Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh to develop signage and public learning tools for local nations' names for flora and fauna (as culturally appropriate).”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to develop co-management agreements for suitable sites.
“Work alongside the Musquem, Squamish, and Tseleil-Waututh nations to develop and navigate co-management agreements for appropriate sites.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with educators and knowledge holders from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to make traditional place names more widely known to the public.
“Work alongside educators and knowledge holders in Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh to expand public knowledge of traditional site names.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Create off-leash spaces in Mount Pleasant and Grandview, plant more trees for shade at dog parks, and add water, waste bags and rubbish bins.
“Develop and maintain public off-leash spaces across the city, particularly in Mount Pleasant and Grandview where there are no publicly-led off-leash spaces. Increase tree canopy at dog parks to increase shade and rain cover. Increase public access to water, garbage bins, and dog waste bags.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
The party page says Burton would work to keep parks, community centres and public spaces affordable and sustainable for future generations.
“On the Park Board, they will fight to ensure our parks, community centres, and public spaces are affordable, enjoyable, and sustainable for generations to come.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Park Board candidates page (opens in a new tab).
Burton says COPE will make the Park Board more independent.
“We’re going to strengthen the independence of the Park Board”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students (opens in a new tab).
Burton says COPE will provide good services and programs for people at pools, parks and community centres.
“deliver high-quality services and programming for people at pools, parks, and community centres”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students (opens in a new tab).
Burton says COPE will manage the city's green spaces so they are better able to withstand climate change.
“We’re going to steward our green spaces to be more resilient to the climate crisis, and improve the well-being of people in Vancouver.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students (opens in a new tab).
The same September 13, 2026 post says that with the COPE team on the Park Board the city can have more green spaces and more tree canopy.
“more green spaces and tree canopy”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE campaign accounts, Instagram: Elect the COPE team for Park Board, Instagram post co-authored by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same September 13, 2026 post says the COPE team would protect public land from being sold or handed to private operators.
“protect our public land from sell-offs and privatization”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE campaign accounts, Instagram: Elect the COPE team for Park Board, Instagram post co-authored by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
A September 10, 2026 Instagram post on Burton's account says that on the Park Board the COPE team will work to reduce pollution in the ocean.
“mitigate marine pollution”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Shoreline cleanup and Park Board aims, Instagram post by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to open up streams and creeks that now run in underground pipes.
“daylight streams and creeks”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Shoreline cleanup and Park Board aims, Instagram post by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to protect places where shorebirds live.
“protect shorebird habitat”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Shoreline cleanup and Park Board aims, Instagram post by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to improve living shorelines, meaning shores held in place by plants, rocks and sand instead of concrete walls.
“enhance living shorelines”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Shoreline cleanup and Park Board aims, Instagram post by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will act early on sea level rise.
“respond proactively to sea level rise”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Shoreline cleanup and Park Board aims, Instagram post by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
An August 24, 2026 Instagram post co-authored by Burton's account says COPE's council and parks candidates will add off-leash areas in neighbourhoods, including set early-morning hours when dogs may be off leash in parks.
“Expand neighborhood off-leash spaces, including dedicated early-morning off-leash park hours.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE campaign accounts, Instagram: Day of the Dog and COPE's pet-friendly city plan, Instagram post co-authored by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
The same August 24, 2026 post says COPE's council and parks candidates will add shaded areas, water fountains and waste stations to parks.
“Improve park infrastructure with shaded areas, water fountains, and waste stations.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE campaign accounts, Instagram: Day of the Dog and COPE's pet-friendly city plan, Instagram post co-authored by @sb4pb (opens in a new tab).
Burton says her first change would be to run the 15 public washrooms in Stanley Park 24 hours a day, as a trial for doing the same in all city parks.
“I would propose a 24/7 operating system for the fifteen public washrooms in Stanley Park as a pilot for expanding 24/7 service to public washrooms across all city parks.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says community centres, rinks, pools and fieldhouses run with the Park Board should be heated and cooled without fossil fuels, that repairs and new projects should favour low-carbon options, and that solar projects like the one at Creekside Community Centre should be explored and sped up.
“ensure heating and cooling is done without fossil fuels”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says community centres should be equipped to serve as cooling and warming centres, with staff who can connect people to other help, and should stay open longer when it is unsafe to be outside for long.
“community centers should be adequately equipped to act as cooling and warming centers”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says the Park Board should bring in protections for employees and contractors who work outdoors when it is too hot to work, and should look at paid climate leave for them.
“Park Board to implement “too hot to work” protections”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton asks voters to vote yes to the capital plan borrowing questions on the ballot so the City has money for repairs and climate and accessibility work, and says Council should collect the payments that developers make for public amenities.
“Given the need for renewal across multiple facilities and for investment to meet myriad climate and accessibility targets, voting “yes” to the Capital Plan borrowing questions will open up funds for the city to tackle crucial infrastructure projects as soon as possible.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says the Park Board should keep its information up to date in widely spoken languages, help with translation when groups book space, and reach out to cultural organizations.
“by facilitating translation services for the space-booking process”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says the Park Board should adopt an equity policy for event permits so that public venues are not used for anti-LGBTQ+, racist or other discriminatory events.
“institute an equity policy for event permitting”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says she has no plan to abolish the Park Board, and that the only change she would explore is electoral reform, discussed first with Council, the School Board and the public.
“I have no plans (of any variety!) to abolish the Park Board.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says reconciliation work should include making sure unhoused people are not forced off public land.
“ensuring that unhoused community members (Indigenous or not) are not forcibly displaced from public land”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says the Park Board should explore returning land to First Nations, and gives the partial return of land at Vanier Park to the Squamish Nation as an example.
“that landback opportunities be explored, such as the partial return of land at Vanier Park to the Squamish Nation”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says native plants should come first when park land is restored, with ethnobotanists, people who study how a culture uses plants, and other local experts leading the planning.
“that native plants are prioritized in land restoration efforts, with ethnobotanists and local experts leading restoration planning”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says volunteer groups that care for parks, such as Free the Fern and the Everett Crowley Park Committee, should have their own stream of local government grants.
“stewardship groups should have access to a dedicated granting stream through local government that strengthens and supports their work.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Burton says she hopes to make progress during the coming term on five requests the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition made to the next Park Board: simpler licences for gardens, a renewed fieldhouse program, steady space for farmers' markets, room for Indigenous food uses in public space, and a public list of space available for food use.
“I hope to make progress on each of these asks during the upcoming term.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Food Justice Coalition: 43 Vancouver election candidates back policy commitments to improve city-wide food security (COPE table marks Burton as fully committed) (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Food Justice Coalition: Funding Our Food Systems Well (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, lists Burton as supportive of its policy to plant native trees in all areas, first where tree cover is low, more people live and more residents are vulnerable. In her written answer to the same guide she says canopy work should come first in the Downtown Eastside and in neighbourhoods that now get summer heat islands, and her post of October 7, 2026 says the COPE Park Board team will plant more trees, “particularly in East and South Van”.
“Similarly, we must ensure that the urban tree canopy strategy is planting climate resilient species that have higher drought tolerance, and that work to expand the shade canopy is prioritized in the DTES and neighbourhoods that now regularly experience heat island conditions in the summer.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Sacia Burton's answers (opens in a new tab), Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Healthy urban ecosystems and the COPE Park Board team's plans, post by @sb4pb (October 7, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow lists Burton as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife. Her post of October 7, 2026 says that at the Park Board the COPE team will “fortify habitat corridors”.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Sacia Burton's answers (opens in a new tab), Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Healthy urban ecosystems and the COPE Park Board team's plans, post by @sb4pb (October 7, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow lists Burton as supportive of its policy to upgrade critical infrastructure so it holds up in heat, fire, floods and storms.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Sacia Burton's answers (opens in a new tab).
Her post of October 7, 2026 says that at the Park Board the COPE team will expand rain gardens, which are planted low areas that soak up rainwater, to reduce flooding.
“expand rain gardens to reduce flooding”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Healthy urban ecosystems and the COPE Park Board team's plans, post by @sb4pb (October 7, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
The same post of October 7, 2026 says that at the Park Board the COPE team will plan and plant with pollinators, such as bees, in mind.
“plan and plant with pollinators in mind”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Sacia Burton campaign, Instagram: Healthy urban ecosystems and the COPE Park Board team's plans, post by @sb4pb (October 7, 2026) (opens in a new tab).
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow how the city should take in more people while dealing with climate change, Burton says people in every neighbourhood should reach the amenities they need within a reasonable walk, and that COPE's Park Board commissioners will work to make public spaces easier to reach and more available.
“Just as my colleagues on Council will work towards that goal through zoning and development approvals, COPE Park Board Commissioners will work to improve the accessibility and availability of public spaces.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Sacia Burton's answers (opens in a new tab).
In an answer for COPE's four Park Board candidates, sent by Stephanie Allen and received by the Burrardview Community Association on October 6, 2026, COPE says it will make sure major proposals for new permanent parks are reviewed by the Park Board, with as much community part in the design as possible. The same answer says minor technical changes are staff decisions and need no Board vote.
“COPE will make sure that major proposals for new permanent parks are reviewed by the Park Board and include community participation in co-creation as much as possible.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burrardview Community Association: 2026 Vancouver Park Board Candidate Questionnaire (COPE answer for its four Park Board candidates) (opens in a new tab).
In the same answer to the Burrardview Community Association, COPE says it will bring back community-led planning across the city and protect park spaces, and that it will not hand public parks over to corporate interests.
“COPE will bring back community-led planning across the city and protect park spaces as the vital public infrastructure they are for communities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burrardview Community Association: 2026 Vancouver Park Board Candidate Questionnaire (COPE answer for its four Park Board candidates) (opens in a new tab).
In HUB Cycling's 2026 election survey, Burton says yes to closing the gaps between local bike routes and the regional network. She writes that the seawall, a route the Park Board largely supports, needs work to close its gaps, and that other routes have breaks and dead ends.
“Even this lauded and celebrated route (largely supported by Park Board!) is in need of work to bridge gaps, and many less-popular routes have surprising breaks and dead-ends.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: HUB Cycling: 2026 Municipal Elections, candidate responses (opens in a new tab), HUB Cycling: 2026 Municipal Election, Vancouver public candidate responses (published sheet, Sacia Burton's row) (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network whether she would continue the Park Board's reconciliation work, Burton says that work should make sure there is space for growing and processing traditional food and for holding ceremony.
“that access to growing and processing traditional food and holding ceremony is upheld through access to space”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will add public washrooms that are accessible 24 hours a day, with permanent buildings and sanitation stations across the city.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will speed up needed park, recreation and community centre upgrades, above all for community centres that have long gone without needed upkeep.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will add tree cover at dog parks, give more public access to water and dog waste bags, and create more off-leash spaces. COPE's pet-friendly city page adds off-leash hours in parks in the early morning.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: You Shouldn't Have to Be Rich to Have a Dog in Vancouver (petition page) (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will upgrade playgrounds and the parks where children play, first in neighbourhoods that are being left behind.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will affirm an independent, elected Park Board, fund it and give it the power to do its work, and protect public parks from being sold or developed. Its democracy section opposes abolishing the elected Park Board.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), pages 13 and 26 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will ban private groups from making a profit from public amenities such as tennis courts and fields, and will oppose sharing agreements that let only people who can pay take part.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will build more public pools across the city and, saying it will respect the 2022 plebiscite, build a new 50 metre pool in Vancouver.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will train and hire the lifeguards and swim instructors needed to keep pools open and staffed, end line-ups, offer enough swimming lessons, and keep people safe at the beaches.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will expand the Leisure Access Program, which lowers the cost of City recreation for people with low incomes, so that residents of all incomes can use the facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will oppose private interests taking over public land and oppose industrial infrastructure in public parks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will grow the city's tree canopy to 30 percent by 2050, first with native species that can survive a changing climate.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will increase the variety of plant and animal life in public parks and plant native species.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will put the growth of green spaces and parks first, above all in dense areas where parks and other amenities have not kept up with new building.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will bring in better lighting and safety rules for travel paths in public parks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 18, Better Transit and Transportation (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will connect walking, cycling and other small-vehicle routes, such as for scooters and shared bikes, to all community centres and public recreation facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 18, Better Transit and Transportation (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will set up drop-in spaces at community centres and schools where parents can get affordable, safe and reliable childcare.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 19, Keep Families in Vancouver (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will ban hostile architecture, meaning designs such as spikes or divided benches that stop people from resting or sheltering, in public space, including community centres and transit hubs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 9 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will join up and coordinate the city's network of community gardens to grow local food and give more people access to growing space.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 14, Make Groceries More Affordable (opens in a new tab).
In its answer to The West End Journal, published October 1, 2026, COPE says it has opposed BC Hydro's plan for a substation under Nelson Park since 2018, and that other sites must be studied before the project goes ahead.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The West End Journal: Vancouver Civic Election, party answers on four West End issues (October 1, 2026), COPE Vancouver's answer on Nelson Park (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will support projects that residents lead in the city's shared public spaces, such as maker spaces, community fridges, free stores, and upgrades to community facilities and amenities led by the people who use them.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF) (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will work together across City Council, the School Board and the Park Board to use public assets for the public good, and to grow the services and shared spaces every neighbourhood relies on.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
This record covers Sacia Burton, the COPE candidate for Park Board at ballot number 215 in the October 17, 2026 Vancouver election. It sets out the party biography, her 19 VoteMate commitments, her answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, her campaign posts, and the party announcements that record the nomination.
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.
“Work with City Council to secure renewal funding for Renfrew, Strathcona, and Thunderbird community centers, and ensure that community center renewal is prioritized through a fair and impartial metric.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)“Work alongside the Musquem, Squamish, and Tseleil-Waututh nations to develop and navigate co-management agreements for appropriate sites.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)“a 24/7 operating system for the fifteen public washrooms in Stanley Park”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPENo cost or funding source.
“during the upcoming term”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPENo dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on parks: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
“We’re going to strengthen the independence of the Park Board”
Stated by the candidate.
COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for StudentsNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
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.
Every Park Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
“Given the need for renewal across multiple facilities and for investment to meet myriad climate and accessibility targets, voting “yes” to the Capital Plan borrowing questions will open up funds for the city to tackle crucial infrastructure projects as soon as possible.”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPENo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
“voting “yes” to the Capital Plan borrowing questions will open up funds”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPENo date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
Every Park Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
“Phase out the use of natural gas for heating in all public facilities.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)“offer extended hours during times when it is unsafe to be outdoors for prolonged periods”
Stated by the candidate.
2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Sacia Burton (215), COPE“Expand the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050 with a priority for climate-resilient native species.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)No cost or funding source.
“Expand the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050 with a priority for climate-resilient native species.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on climate: 6 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on public safety: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Every Park Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
“Work with the City to connect cycling and walking networks to community centers.”
Stated by the candidate.
Sacia Burton candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team)No instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Wrote to a City council committee backing a fare-free transit pilot”
Letter published, December 9, 2025.
Call to Action: Support a fare-free transit pilot in VancouverThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on transport: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
Every Park Board candidate on transport, scored the same way
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Sacia Burton appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 215. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page says Burton is Co-director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and has worked in social policy advocacy and organizing in Vancouver.
The COPE parks page describes Burton as co-director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, with knowledge of how government systems work and connections across social policy advocacy and organising in Vancouver.
COPE's August 8, 2026 announcement describes Burton as a BC Poverty Reduction Coalition organiser.
The VoteMate profile describes Burton as a policy advocate and organiser who has worked on housing rights, transit equity and climate action, and who wants to bring those priorities to the Park Board.
COPE's election planning committee approved Burton to seek the Park Board nomination in a list published on April 4, 2026, alongside Jamie Han.
COPE's own material gives two different descriptions of Burton's role at the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition: "Co-director" on the parks and team pages, and "organiser" in the August 8, 2026 release. The coalition's own team page, checked by voche.me on September 26, 2026, names Rowan and Chantelle Spicer as its two Provincial Co-Directors and does not list Burton. Two dated pieces on the coalition's own website carry Burton's byline without stating a title: a letter to a City council committee on December 9, 2025, and a letter co-signed with Chantelle Spicer on February 24, 2026.
COPE members chose the 2026 slate at a meeting at the Rio Theatre in East Vancouver on May 12, 2026, nominating Burton for Park Board alongside T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss and Jamie Han. Tamiko Suzuki was added as a fourth Park Board candidate on August 8, 2026.
Daily Hive published the final ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Sacia Burton at number 215 for Park Board under COPE. The COPE parks page shows the same number.
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition's own website lists 17 letters, submissions and releases under Burton's byline, dated September 11, 2025 to June 18, 2026, on the first page of its advocacy list as read on October 3, 2026. In the coalition's 2025/26 annual report, one of its co-chairs thanks staff members including a "Sacia" for their policy work. Neither source gives her job title.
In her answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, published September 26, 2026, Burton describes herself as a dog owner and an advocate for fair access to public space. The City of Vancouver's candidate list gives sb4pb as her Instagram account.
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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.
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Phase out natural gas heating in public facilities.
Look at capturing solar energy at community centres.
Expand the urban forest canopy to 30 percent by 2050, planting native species chosen to survive a changing climate.
Join up cycling and walking networks so they reach community centres.
Add lighting to the Expo Line cycleway and walking path.
Add bike racks and secure bike parking at community centres.
Secure renewal funding for the Renfrew, Strathcona and Thunderbird community centres.
Change public washroom hours from dawn to dusk to 24 hours a day.
Add more universal and gender neutral washrooms, and install change tables in public facilities.
Make community centre kitchens available for food literacy programmes.
Look at using city greenhouses to grow free plant starters for households on low incomes.
Coordinate community gardens so that more people can get growing space.
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with educators and knowledge holders from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to create signage and public learning tools that give local Indigenous names for plants and animals.
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to develop co-management agreements for suitable sites.
Burton's own VoteMate submission says she would work with educators and knowledge holders from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations to make traditional place names more widely known to the public.
Create off-leash spaces in Mount Pleasant and Grandview, plant more trees for shade at dog parks, and add water, waste bags and rubbish bins.
COPE's parks platform sets out real investment in parks and recreation rather than minimum upkeep, affordable recreation, support for vulnerable people, families and children, more cycling infrastructure, tree canopy growth to reduce extreme heat, and facilities that work for families and seniors. This is the party's platform.
The party page says Burton would work to keep parks, community centres and public spaces affordable and sustainable for future generations.
The party page says Burton believes public spaces should be places where people meet, learn and get to know their neighbours.
COPE opposes removing the elected Park Board and says the province should not change the Vancouver Charter to abolish it without the consent of Vancouver voters.
Burton's own VoteMate biography says she has fought for housing to be treated as a human right.
Burton's own VoteMate biography says she has fought for fairer access to public transit.
Burton's own VoteMate biography says she is ready to champion equity, affordability and climate adaptation at the Park Board.
Burton says COPE will make the Park Board more independent.
Burton says COPE will provide good services and programs for people at pools, parks and community centres.
Burton says COPE will manage the city's green spaces so they are better able to withstand climate change.
A September 13, 2026 Instagram post co-authored by Burton's account says an independent, elected and well-funded Park Board is part of what makes Vancouver special, and asks voters to elect the COPE team to the Board.
The same September 13, 2026 post says that with the COPE team on the Park Board the city can have more green spaces and more tree canopy.
The same September 13, 2026 post says the COPE team would protect public land from being sold or handed to private operators.
A September 10, 2026 Instagram post on Burton's account says that on the Park Board the COPE team will work to reduce pollution in the ocean.
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to open up streams and creeks that now run in underground pipes.
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to protect places where shorebirds live.
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will work to improve living shorelines, meaning shores held in place by plants, rocks and sand instead of concrete walls.
The same September 10, 2026 post says the COPE Park Board team will act early on sea level rise.
An August 24, 2026 Instagram post co-authored by Burton's account says COPE's council and parks candidates will add off-leash areas in neighbourhoods, including set early-morning hours when dogs may be off leash in parks.
The same August 24, 2026 post says COPE's council and parks candidates will add shaded areas, water fountains and waste stations to parks.
The same August 24, 2026 post says COPE's council and parks candidates will work to make pets legal in rental housing across Vancouver.
The same August 24, 2026 post says COPE's council and parks candidates will push TransLink, the regional transit authority, to try allowing leashed dogs on public transit.
Burton says her first change would be to run the 15 public washrooms in Stanley Park 24 hours a day, as a trial for doing the same in all city parks.
Burton says community centres, rinks, pools and fieldhouses run with the Park Board should be heated and cooled without fossil fuels, that repairs and new projects should favour low-carbon options, and that solar projects like the one at Creekside Community Centre should be explored and sped up.
Burton says community centres should be equipped to serve as cooling and warming centres, with staff who can connect people to other help, and should stay open longer when it is unsafe to be outside for long.
Burton says the Park Board should bring in protections for employees and contractors who work outdoors when it is too hot to work, and should look at paid climate leave for them.
Burton asks voters to vote yes to the capital plan borrowing questions on the ballot so the City has money for repairs and climate and accessibility work, and says Council should collect the payments that developers make for public amenities.
Burton says the Park Board should keep its information up to date in widely spoken languages, help with translation when groups book space, and reach out to cultural organizations.
Burton says the Park Board should adopt an equity policy for event permits so that public venues are not used for anti-LGBTQ+, racist or other discriminatory events.
Burton says she has no plan to abolish the Park Board, and that the only change she would explore is electoral reform, discussed first with Council, the School Board and the public.
Burton says reconciliation work should include making sure unhoused people are not forced off public land.
Burton says the Park Board should explore returning land to First Nations, and gives the partial return of land at Vanier Park to the Squamish Nation as an example.
Burton says native plants should come first when park land is restored, with ethnobotanists, people who study how a culture uses plants, and other local experts leading the planning.
Burton says volunteer groups that care for parks, such as Free the Fern and the Everett Crowley Park Committee, should have their own stream of local government grants.
Burton says she hopes to make progress during the coming term on five requests the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition made to the next Park Board: simpler licences for gardens, a renewed fieldhouse program, steady space for farmers' markets, room for Indigenous food uses in public space, and a public list of space available for food use.
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will build more public pools across the city, build a new 50 metre pool as voters asked in 2022, and hire the lifeguards and swim instructors needed to keep pools open.
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will support and expand the Leisure Access Program, which lowers the cost of City recreation for people with low incomes.
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will ban private groups from profiting from public amenities such as tennis courts and fields, and will oppose sharing agreements that limit use to people who can pay.
COPE's 2026 platform lists better lighting and safety rules for travel routes in public parks, and links from cycling and walking routes to all community centres and recreation facilities.
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The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition published a letter under Burton's byline, sent to the City of Vancouver's Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, urging it to pursue a fare-free transit pilot project in Vancouver.
The coalition's own website, not Burton's campaign, carries this byline. It predates her candidacy and shows a completed piece of advocacy work in her professional role.
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition published a letter written by Burton and co-signed with Chantelle Spicer, sent in support of Councillor Orr's motion recommitting Vancouver to the $10-a-day child care program, ahead of council's February 25, 2026 consideration of it.
The coalition's own website, not Burton's campaign, carries this byline. It predates her Park Board nomination and shows a completed piece of advocacy work in her professional role. Child care is outside Park Board's powers, so this does not score, but it is a dated, sourced action naming Burton personally.
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition published a letter under Burton's byline, sent by Burton and Chantelle Spicer in support of Councillor Orr's motion on the right to food and public food infrastructure, ahead of Council's March 11, 2026 consideration of it. The letter asks for public gardens, markets and food hubs in neighbourhoods that lack grocery options.
The coalition's own website, not Burton's campaign, carries this byline and names the coalition, where COPE says she works. The letter went to City Council, so it is recorded here without a score.
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition published a letter under Burton's byline, sent by Burton and Chantelle Spicer in support of Councillor Orr's motion to create a low-income transit pass, ahead of Council's June 3, 2026 consideration of it.
The coalition's own website, not Burton's campaign, carries this byline and names the coalition, where COPE says she works. It is a completed piece of advocacy work in her professional role.
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A post by COPE council candidate Devyani Singh's account, with Burton's account sb4pb, COPE's account and two other COPE candidates' accounts listed as co-authors, thanks people met at the Day of the Dog event and lists four aims for COPE's council and parks candidates: pets allowed in rental housing, more off-leash space with early-morning off-leash hours, a TransLink trial of leashed dogs on transit, and shade, water fountains and waste stations in parks.
A post on Burton's own account invites people to the COPE Park Board team's third shoreline cleanup, at English Bay on September 27, and lists five aims for the Park Board: less pollution in the ocean, buried streams and creeks brought back to the surface, protected shorebird habitat, natural shorelines and early action on sea level rise.
A post by COPE's account, with Burton's account listed as a co-author, says the Park Board should stay independent, elected and well funded, says Mayor Ken Sim and ABC tried to end it, and lists the four COPE Park Board candidates with their ballot numbers, Burton at 215.
A post on Burton's own account, shared jointly with COPE's account and the accounts of running mates Cease Wyss and Jamie Han, says the COPE Park Board team works to make parks and public spaces enjoyable and open to everyone, and invites people to the September 27 shoreline cleanup at English Bay Beach.
Burton answered all 10 questions. Her first change would be a trial of 24-hour opening for the 15 public washrooms in Stanley Park, as a step toward the same in all parks. She calls for heating and cooling without fossil fuels in Park Board buildings, community centres that serve as cooling and warming centres with longer hours, heat protections for outdoor workers, translation help for booking space, an equity policy for event permits, a grant stream for park volunteer groups, more off-leash space in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodlands, and progress on five food requests from the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition. She says she has no plan to abolish the Park Board, and she asks voters to approve the capital plan borrowing questions to pay for repairs. Burton is the only COPE candidate on the survey's index page, last updated September 29, 2026.
In COPE's release on its 2026 platform, Burton is quoted saying the party will make the Park Board more independent, provide good services and programs at pools, parks and community centres, and manage green spaces so they are better able to withstand climate change. COPE's account posted the same text on Instagram that day with Burton's account listed as a co-author.
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Mike Howell reported the COPE and OneCity slates for the October 17 election and named Burton as one of COPE's three Park Board candidates chosen in May, using the title COPE gives her, co-director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
The labour council's endorsement list names Burton among the seven Park Board candidates it endorses, three of them from COPE.
The published ballot order lists Sacia Burton at number 215 for Park Board, one of four COPE candidates in that race alongside T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss, Jamie Han and Tamiko Suzuki.
Daily Hive's report on COPE's 2026 platform lists Burton among the party's four Park Board candidates.
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Instagram's public embed of Burton's account sb4pb showed 6 of its 50 posts on October 3, 2026, and two more posts listing her account as a co-author were found through Jamie Han's account; the other posts could not be read. An October 1 post shared by her account and Cease Wyss's account showed no readable caption. The personal campaign address on her VoteMate profile, saciaburton.votecope.ca, still returned HTTP 404 on October 3. Business in Vancouver's copy of the May 2026 nomination report returned HTTP 403 earlier; Vancouver Is Awesome's copy of the same report by Mike Howell was read instead. Burton's exact title at the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is unconfirmed: COPE calls her "Co-director" and "organiser" in different places, and the coalition's team page lists two other people as its Provincial Co-Directors. A 2017 candidate page for Nanaimo City Council and a November 2023 Women Transforming Cities post use the same name. Each gives only the name, with no link to this candidacy, COPE or the coalition, so neither was used. Kerrisdale Community Centre's list of 23 Park Board candidates confirmed for its September 29 meeting does not include Burton, and no source shows whether she spoke at the Mount Pleasant meeting on September 23. HUB Cycling's Vancouver answer sheet has no entry for her, Vote Palestine Vancouver's list covers only mayor and council candidates, and the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition had not published candidate answers by October 3. No interview, debate recording or accountability record was found.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: COPE's campaign pages and 2026 platform, the City's candidate list, Burton's VoteMate profile, her answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, Instagram posts by her account or listing it as a co-author, letters on the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition's website, and reports by Vancouver Is Awesome and Daily Hive.
49 commitments made in Burton's own words or in posts her account co-authored, and 6 party-only commitments, are recorded here, each checked against a quotation from the page it came from.
Checks still to do: A voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. Burton's exact title at the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is unconfirmed, since the organisation's own team page does not list her among its two Provincial Co-Directors.
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The COPE parks page and COPE's team page both call Burton "Co-director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition." COPE's August 2026 announcement calls her an "organiser" with the same group. The coalition's own team page, checked again on October 3, 2026, names two Provincial Co-Directors, Rowan and Chantelle Spicer, and does not list Burton, so voche.me could not confirm the co-director title from the organisation's own listing. The coalition's website lists 17 pieces under Burton's byline dated September 11, 2025 to June 18, 2026, including letters to City Council on transit, child care and food access, and its 2025/26 annual report thanks a staff member named Sacia for policy work. None of these pages states her title.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Added Burton's answers to the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, published September 26, 2026, with 13 commitments taken from them; her quoted statement in COPE's September 28 platform release, with 3 commitments; four Instagram posts by her account or listing it as a co-author, with 12 commitments taken from three of them; four items from COPE's 2026 platform as party positions; two more letters under her byline on the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition's website; reports by Vancouver Is Awesome and Daily Hive; and the labour council's endorsement. Added four events from October 3 to 15, two of which name Burton as taking part. Removed the September 23 Mount Pleasant meeting from the calendar, because its organizer still lists COPE's Park Board speaker as to be announced and no source shows Burton took part. Corrected the search log, which described COPE's platform page as the 2025 by-election platform; the page now carries the 2026 platform.
Read the updateBurton's VoteMate profile names her directly as the author of 19 promises and a biography statement on housing, transit and climate. The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition's own website independently shows two letters carrying Burton's byline: a December 9, 2025 submission backing a fare-free transit pilot and a February 24, 2026 submission, co-signed with Chantelle Spicer, backing Council's child care motion. The coalition's own team page, checked the same day, names two other people as its Provincial Co-Directors and does not list Burton, so her exact title there is unconfirmed.
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