Scott Jensen is a sitting Vancouver Park Board commissioner, elected in 2022, and is the Vancouver Liberals candidate for Park Board at ballot number 220 in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers the 2022 result, his time as chair, the split with ABC Vancouver over the plan to abolish the Park Board, his votes and motions from the Park Board's own minutes from 2023 to 2026, two Integrity Commissioner matters, the move to the Vancouver Liberals in January 2026, and the campaign's stated priorities.
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.
Parks and recreation5/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“the Park Board has been able to implement 90% of the infrastructure plan, which includes two new community centres coming to Vancouver”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on parks: 7 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.
“I am running for re-election under the promise that I'm going to continue to show up and work, and try to make sure the park board is really not in the news”
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.
“commissioner Scott Jensen added specific proposals - such as $27 million for modernizing golf services - that pushed an initial $1.35 billion funding ask to $1.43 billion.”
“commissioner Scott Jensen added specific proposals - such as $27 million for modernizing golf services - that pushed an initial $1.35 billion funding ask to $1.43 billion.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on taxes and budget: 2 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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on climate: 1 commitment, none 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.
“Seasonal lifeguard coverage is a frontline public safety service that aligns with the definition of a core service and is essential to ensuring safe access to Vancouver’s beaches.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on public safety: 2 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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, 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.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Scott Jensen
Scott Jensen appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 220. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The City's list of current Park Board commissioners, read on September 22, 2026, names Scott Jensen as a sitting commissioner. He is running in 2026 for the same office.
The page says Jensen is a current Park Board Commissioner running again with the Vancouver Liberals. The page says Jensen was first elected in 2022 and then became chair of the Park Board. The page says Jensen teaches grade three with the Vancouver School Board at Lord Robert’s Elementary School.
Jensen was elected to the Vancouver Park Board in the 2022 election as an ABC Vancouver candidate, with 71,174 votes, the highest total of any Park Board candidate that year.
Daily Hive reported that Jensen served as the Park Board's first Indigenous chair during the current term.
The Park Board's minutes of May 29, 2023 and December 11, 2023 list Jensen as chair of the board. At the December 11, 2023 meeting, as outgoing chair, he said he is a member of the BC Métis Nation and was proud to serve as the first Indigenous person to chair the Vancouver Park Board, according to the minutes.
The minutes of Board Committee meetings on February 24 and 25, March 31 and October 20, 2025 list Jensen as chair of the committee.
On December 6, 2023 Jensen, Brennan Bastyovanszky and Laura Christensen left ABC Vancouver and sat as independents after Mayor Ken Sim proposed ending the separately elected Park Board through a provincial charter change. Daily Hive reported the three were removed from the party after opposing the proposal.
On January 18, 2026 Jensen joined the Vancouver Liberals, giving the new party its first sitting elected official ahead of the October 2026 election.
Daily Hive described Jensen as a full-time teacher. The campaign page says Jensen teaches grade three at Lord Roberts Elementary School under the Vancouver School Board.
The campaign page says Jensen is a lifelong lacrosse player and calls the sport the medicine game for Indigenous communities.
Daily Hive listed Jensen at ballot number 220 for Park Board on September 22, 2026.
The Vancouver Sun reported on September 28, 2026 that Jensen, Laura Christensen and Brennan Bastyovanszky sat as independents after the December 2023 split, and that Jensen is now running for the Vancouver Liberals.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, the Park Board's minutes, news reports and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
26 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Earlier term · GovernanceApproved
Keep the Park Board separately elected
Jensen opposed Mayor Ken Sim's plan to abolish the separately elected Park Board and left ABC Vancouver over it in December 2023.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Daily Hive and the Wikipedia record of the Park Board both record the split. CBC News reported on July 13, 2026 that Sim dropped the plan and that ABC would run Park Board candidates instead. The campaign page says Jensen and colleagues defended the board against the abolition effort, which is the campaign's own account.
What still needs checking
Whether any party revives the plan to fold the Park Board into City Council after the election.
Show up, do the work, keep the board out of the news
Jensen told CBC News on July 13, 2026 that the promise for re-election is to keep showing up and working and to try to make sure the Park Board is not in the news.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
CBC News quoted Jensen directly. The quote sets a tone rather than a measurable target.
What still needs checking
What specific changes to board practice Jensen would bring in a second term.
The campaign page says the Park Board has put 90 per cent of its infrastructure plan in place under Jensen's time as chair, including two new community centres coming to Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The 90 per cent figure and the two community centres come from the campaign page. No independent source confirming either was found, and the page does not name the two centres.
What still needs checking
Which two community centres are meant, and what the remaining 10 per cent of the plan covers.
The campaign page says Jensen's priorities are affordability, livability, sustainability and protecting public assets, and describes parks as gathering places for families, seniors and children.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the priorities in general terms. No fee, budget or program is named.
What still needs checking
What Jensen would change about recreation fees or asset sales.
The campaign page says Jensen backs transparent, community-driven stewardship of public assets and a practical approach to governing that works across different points of view.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the approach. No consultation process or rule change is named.
What still needs checking
How Jensen would change the way the board consults the public.
The campaign page says Jensen joined the Vancouver Liberals to support mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, citing evidence-informed decision-making and restoring trust and stability at City Hall.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the reason. Daily Hive quoted Jensen in January 2026 calling Ken Sim the biggest enemy of the city's parks and Allam their biggest defender.
What still needs checking
How Jensen would work with a council led by someone else if Allam does not win.
Kept some sections of the Stanley Park Drive bike lane
In December 2023, fellow commissioner Laura Christensen said she, Brennan Bastyovanszky and Jensen favoured keeping some sections of the Stanley Park Drive bike lane that would improve pedestrian safety without affecting traffic, one of three disagreements with ABC colleagues before the party split.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Tyee's own reporting names Jensen as sharing this position, in Christensen's words. It is from the earlier 2022-2026 term and is not repeated on a 2026 campaign page, so it is recorded here as party-term history rather than a 2026 promise.
What still needs checking
Whether Jensen has stated a position on Stanley Park Drive bike lanes for the 2026 to 2030 term.
Chose the Vancouver Liberals for a collaborative leadership style
Jensen told the Vancouver Sun he joined the Vancouver Liberals because he wants a leader who brings people together, contrasting it with what he described as an "our way or the highway" style at ABC Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Vancouver Sun (republished by Yahoo News Canada) quotes Jensen directly. The quote states a leadership style, not a specific board rule or process change.
What still needs checking
What specific change to Park Board meetings or consultation Jensen would bring in a second term.
Takes park and recreation responsibilities seriously
Jensen told CBC News that people are passionate about their parks, green spaces, and community and recreational facilities, and that he takes that responsibility seriously.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
CBC News quotes Jensen directly. The quote states an attitude, not a specific measure, cost or date.
What still needs checking
What specific decision this responsibility leads Jensen to make in a second term.
Advocated for the Park Board's capital funding request
Jensen told CBC News the Park Board's infrastructure investment is a promise the current board ran on, and at an April 2026 park board meeting he personally added $27 million for modernizing golf services, which raised the board's funding request from $1.35 billion to $1.43 billion, to inform the city's 2027 to 2030 capital plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
CBC News reports both the March 2026 quote and the April 2026 addition, naming Jensen specifically as the commissioner who added the golf-services item. The figures describe a funding request the Park Board makes of City Council, which sets the final budget. The Park Board's April 7, 2026 minutes confirm that Jensen moved the amendment that added the $27 million golf item and a $4 million food and beverage item.
What still needs checking
Whether City Council funds the $1.43 billion request in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan, and by how much.
Party plan: keep the Park Board elected and independent
The Vancouver Liberals' published Park Board plan commits to fighting all efforts to remove the elected Park Board and to repealing the mayor's motion at City Council that called for abolishing it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's own two-page Park Board plan states this as a party commitment. It does not name Jensen, so it is recorded as the party's position rather than his own.
What still needs checking
Whether Jensen states this as his own position on a 2026 campaign page.
Party plan: restore facility oversight to the Park Board
The Vancouver Liberals' Park Board plan commits to repealing the centralized facilities-management structure and giving the Park Board direct control of recreation facility maintenance and capital planning again.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's own plan states this as a party commitment. It does not name Jensen.
What still needs checking
What the current facilities-management structure is and which body holds authority over it today.
Party plan: grow the Park Board's share of the city budget
The Vancouver Liberals' Park Board plan commits to a Joint Budget Advisory Committee with Council and to restoring Park Board funding from 7.9 percent to 9 percent of the city's overall budget within four years.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's own plan states this target and timeline. It does not name Jensen.
What still needs checking
What the Park Board's current share of the city budget is, confirmed against a City of Vancouver budget document.
Party plan: remove parking meters at beaches and community centres
The Vancouver Liberals commit to removing every parking meter in front of beaches and community centres within the first year of a Vancouver Liberal government.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's issues page, the candidate's VoteMate profile, the October 1, 2026 platform and an October 2, 2026 party release that quotes Kareem Allam all list this as a party promise. The platform names Jensen among the six Park Board candidates above a box of shared main priorities that includes removing the meters, so it is recorded as the party's position. The Park Board's minutes show that on October 20, 2025 Jensen voted for the Park Board Parking Strategy, which set up a 12-month paid parking pilot at Hillcrest, Kerrisdale and Trout Lake community centres.
What still needs checking
How many parking meters this covers and what revenue the Park Board or City would give up.
The Vancouver Liberals commit to building 50-metre pools rather than 25-metre pools at the new Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party's issues page, the candidate's VoteMate profile and the October 1, 2026 platform list this as a party promise. None of them names Jensen as the person who will act. The Park Board's minutes show that in February and March 2025 Jensen voted against amendments that would have put a 50-metre pool into the Aquatic Centre plan, and on March 31, 2025 voted for the plan with a 25-metre pool.
What still needs checking
The pool's confirmed length, cost and completion date once the Park Board finalizes the project.
On March 31, 2026 Jensen moved an urgent motion asking City Council to allocate up to $600,000 from the 2026 operating budget, contingency or reserves to restore seasonal lifeguards at Spanish Banks East, Spanish Banks West, Sunset Beach and Third Beach for the 2026 summer season. The motion describes lifeguards as a core public safety service.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board's minutes show Jensen moved the motion and that it carried unanimously. The Vancouver Sun reported that Council declined to fund it on April 22, 2026 and sent the question back to the Park Board. CBC News reported that on April 27, 2026 the Park Board voted unanimously to move $600,000 from elsewhere in its own budget to put lifeguards back at those four beaches for summer 2026, as a one-time decision. The motion left out Trout Lake; the Vancouver Sun reports Jensen said that beach had few swimmers and was often closed for contamination. The motion asks Council for the money, so it names no step the Park Board takes by its own vote.
What still needs checking
Whether lifeguard funding at these beaches is in the Park Board budget for 2027 and later years.
Motion inviting the Auditor General to review the Aquatic Centre decision
On March 10, 2026 Jensen moved a motion inviting the City's Office of the Auditor General to audit who holds responsibility and decision-making power for major Park Board capital projects, using the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and the coming Kitsilano Pool project as the cases. The motion says the change from a 50-metre pool to a 25-metre pool needs an independent review.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board's minutes show Jensen moved the motion and that it carried unanimously, with three commissioners absent. Daily Hive reported the motion before the vote. The Auditor General decides independently whether to do the audit; no source opened on October 3, 2026 says it has agreed.
What still needs checking
Whether the Office of the Auditor General accepts the invitation and publishes an audit.
Motion to approve the 2027 to 2030 Park Board capital plan
On July 13, 2026 Jensen moved the motion approving the draft 2027 to 2030 Parks and Recreation Capital Plan, totalling $739 million, for submission to City Council: $223 million for parks and public open spaces, $496 million for recreation facilities and $20 million for service yards.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Park Board's minutes show Jensen moved the main motion in committee, that this part carried unanimously, and that the Board approved the committee's report the same night. City Council decides the final capital plan, and voters decide the borrowing questions on October 17, 2026.
What still needs checking
How much of the $739 million Council includes in the final 2027 to 2030 capital plan.
Vancity Lookout reported in June 2026 that Jensen was looking at a modular, above-ground pool, cheaper and faster to build than a full renewal, to add swimming space while the Aquatic Centre is closed, and that he planned to meet the pool maker Myrtha Pools in July 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Vancity Lookout quotes Jensen. The report gives no site, cost, size or date, and Jensen said he wanted more detail before asking staff to study it. No Park Board motion on modular pools was found in the minutes read on October 3, 2026.
What still needs checking
Whether Jensen brings a motion or a cost estimate for a modular pool.
Party plan: lifeguards at every staffed beach, including Trout Lake
The Vancouver Liberals' October 1, 2026 platform promises lifeguards back at every staffed beach, including Trout Lake, and better budget reporting so that cuts like the 2026 lifeguard cuts cannot happen without warning.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The party platform states this. It does not name Jensen as the person who will act, and it gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
What lifeguards at Trout Lake would cost and where the money would come from.
The Vancouver Liberals' platform lists, as a main priority for its six Park Board candidates, doubling the capital plan from $760 million to $1.4 billion, and promises a $1.35 billion investment in parks and recreation that carries into the 2031 to 2034 capital plan.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform names Jensen among the six Park Board candidates above a shared box of main priorities. The priorities belong to the slate, so they are recorded as the party's position.
What still needs checking
Which projects the extra money would pay for, and how the City would raise it.
The Vancouver Liberals' platform lists, as a main priority for its Park Board candidates, renaturalizing Hastings Racecourse as the east side's version of Stanley Park.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform states this as a slate priority and gives no cost, date or plan for the site.
What still needs checking
Who controls the racecourse land and what the first step would be.
Each entry below names its source. Votes and motions come from the Park Board's own minutes unless the entry says otherwise. Campaign material is the candidate's own account, or the party's account when it does not name him.
Amendment carried 5 to 1, with one abstention
Voted to replace the Moberly Park turf field plan with community engagement
At the May 29, 2023 Park Board meeting, which Jensen chaired, commissioner Jas Virdi moved a motion to plan, design and build a lit synthetic turf field for field hockey and soccer at Moberly Park by 2026. Jensen voted for Brennan Bastyovanszky's amendment, which replaced the motion with a community engagement process in the Sunset neighbourhood to identify the outdoor amenities the community wants. The amendment carried with Bastyovanszky, Christensen, Digby, Haer and Jensen in favour, Howard opposed and Virdi abstaining.
Scope, limits and sources
The Tyee reported in December 2023 that Christensen, Bastyovanszky and Jensen preferred Oak Park or Churchill Park to Moberly Park, a smaller park next to an elementary school, and that Virdi described their position as a sign that the board was broken.
Passed 4 to 3, opposed by three ABC Vancouver commissioners
Voted to reaffirm the Park Board's independence and oath of office
At the December 11, 2023 Park Board meeting, which Jensen chaired, he allowed commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky's motion "Reaffirming Park Board Independence" to be heard as urgent business and seconded it. The motion reaffirmed the commissioners' oath of office and the board's independence, told staff to keep working on planned projects and not to put resources into a transition group, and told the chair to write to the Premier if Council passed the mayor's motion. It carried 4 to 3: Bastyovanszky, Christensen, Digby and Jensen in favour; Haer, Howard and Virdi opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The vote came five days after Mayor Ken Sim announced a plan to ask the provincial government to abolish the separately elected Park Board. Jensen, Christensen and Bastyovanszky had left ABC Vancouver over the plan the week before.
Voted against putting a 50-metre pool back into the Aquatic Centre plan
At the Board Committee meeting held February 24 and 25, 2025, which Jensen chaired, commissioners Bastyovanszky, Haer and Virdi passed an amendment telling staff to redesign the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renewal with a 50-metre training pool. Jensen and Tom Digby voted against it.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News reported that Jensen and Digby argued the extra cost at the Aquatic Centre could put funding for other pools at risk. Staff had recommended a 25-metre lap pool, a leisure pool, a hot pool and dive towers.
Voted for the Aquatic Centre plan with a 25-metre pool
At the March 31, 2025 Board Committee meeting, which Jensen chaired, he voted against an amendment to ask the Province and Council for the land and money for a 50-metre pool. He seconded Laura Christensen's amendment that commits the Park Board to a 50-metre facility somewhere in Vancouver and to plan for one within the next 10 years. He then voted for the main motion, which approved the 25-metre program and moved $7,600,000 from the West End Waterfront Parks project to pay for it. At the Board meeting that followed, Jensen moved the approval of the committee's report, which carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
Before the vote Jensen told Vancity Lookout that money limits were driving the smaller design and that he did not want the building to sit any longer in its current condition without new funding.
Carried in committee 2 to 2 with three abstentions; approved by the Board unanimously
Voted for the Park Board Parking Strategy and a paid parking pilot
At the October 20, 2025 Board Committee meeting, which Jensen chaired, he voted for the Park Board Parking Strategy. It includes a 12-month paid parking pilot at Hillcrest, Kerrisdale and Trout Lake community centres at $3.50 an hour with three free hours for community centre users, and a 12-month pilot at Langara Golf Course. Jensen voted against three proposed changes, including one that would have lowered the community centre rate to $2.50, and for one that added two free hours for clubhouse users at Langara and McCleery. At the Board meeting that followed, he moved the approval of the committee's report, which carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Liberals' 2026 platform promises to remove parking meters at beaches and community centres. That promise is recorded on this page as a party position.
Fee increases and operating budget carried; Jensen opposed both
Voted against the 2026 fee increases and the 2026 operating budget
At a special Park Board meeting on November 24, 2025, Jensen seconded Brennan Bastyovanszky's amendment asking Council for $800,000 in extra operating money to hold community centre admissions, passes, lessons, programs and permit fees at a 0% increase for 2026. It carried 4 to 3. Jensen then voted against approving the 2026 fees and charges, and against the $191,957,410 operating budget. Both carried.
Scope, limits and sources
CBC News reported that staff said the changes were needed to find $11 million in new revenue and savings under the mayor's zero percent property tax direction, and named Bastyovanszky, Digby and Jensen as the commissioners who opposed the fee increases.
Voted to ask Council for money for stump removal and tree canopy
At the same November 24, 2025 meeting, Jensen voted for an amendment asking Council for $1.1 million in one-time operating money for Urban Forestry to remove stumps and keep restoring the urban tree canopy, and $1.5 million for park and sports field maintenance in the 2026 FIFA hosting year. It carried with Bastyovanszky, Christensen, Digby and Jensen in favour and Haer, Howard and Virdi opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
Bastyovanszky moved the amendment and Digby seconded it. Council decides whether to provide the money.
Moved the motion inviting an audit of the Aquatic Centre decision
Jensen moved a member's motion inviting the City's Office of the Auditor General to audit how major Park Board capital projects are planned and decided, using the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and the coming Kitsilano Pool project as the cases. Bastyovanszky seconded it.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive reported the motion before the meeting. The motion does not pause work on the Aquatic Centre project.
Carried unanimously; lifeguards restored at the four beaches for summer 2026
Moved the urgent motion to restore lifeguards at four beaches
Jensen moved an urgent motion asking Council for up to $600,000 to restore seasonal lifeguards at Spanish Banks East, Spanish Banks West, Sunset Beach and Third Beach. The chair accepted it as urgent business on public health and safety grounds, and it carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Sun reported that Council referred the request back to the Park Board on April 22, 2026. CBC News reported that the Park Board then moved $600,000 within its own budget on April 27, 2026 to put lifeguards back at the four beaches.
Passed; raised the board's funding ask from $1.35 billion to $1.43 billion
Added funding for golf services to the Park Board's capital funding request
At a special Park Board meeting on April 7, 2026, Jensen moved an amendment to the board's request for the 2027 to 2030 capital plan. It raised the recreation facilities part to $1.28 billion, including $250 million for pools, $400 million for community centre renewal, $27 million for golf services and $4 million for food and beverage services. Commissioner Tom Digby's change, which Jensen seconded, lowered the recreation facilities part to $1.08 billion. The final motion carried with Bastyovanszky, Digby and Jensen in favour and Christensen abstaining. Its parts add up to $1.43 billion, the figure CBC News reported; the minutes' opening line still reads $1.63 billion.
Scope, limits and sources
The request, moved by commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky, follows a 2025 auditor general report finding 72 percent of the city's community centres, pools and indoor rinks in poor or very poor condition. Council decides the final capital plan; the Park Board can only request funding.
Carried unanimously; approved by the Board the same night
Moved the 2027 to 2030 Park Board capital plan
At the July 13, 2026 Board Committee meeting, Jensen moved the motion approving the draft 2027 to 2030 Parks and Recreation Capital Plan of $739 million for submission to Council. He voted against a replacement motion to accept a $500 million package of Council-funded projects, and for amendments that ask Council to add Kitsilano Pool repairs and Renfrew Community Centre renewal, and that direct staff to put money in the 2027 capital budget to study a recreation hub with a 50-metre pool at Hastings or Kensington.
Scope, limits and sources
Council approves the final capital plan, and voters decide the borrowing questions on October 17, 2026.
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Speech
Remarks as outgoing Park Board chair
According to the Park Board's minutes, Jensen said as outgoing chair that he is a member of the BC Métis Nation, that he was proud to be the first Indigenous person to chair the Vancouver Park Board, and that he hoped to encourage other Indigenous people to enter politics in Vancouver.
Jensen told Vancity Lookout that money limits were the main reason for the smaller pool, that staff are bound by their budget numbers, that a 50-metre pool would be welcome if extra money appeared, and that he did not want the building to sit any longer in its current condition without new funding.
Jensen said the Vancouver Liberals are the progressive party for Vancouver, described Mayor Ken Sim as the biggest enemy of the city's parks and mayoral candidate Kareem Allam as their biggest defender. Allam said in reply that Jensen understands what is at stake for the city.
The Vancouver Sun reported that Jensen told the board Council had found extra money in recent months for a fireworks event and car-free days, that its contingency fund exists for the unknowns of the zero percent budget, and that he left Trout Lake out of the motion because it has few swimmers and is often closed for contamination.
Comments on the Park Board's capital funding request
At park board meetings in March and April 2026, Jensen said the board's $1 billion figure for aging facilities was aspirational but would inform the city's 2027 to 2030 capital plan, and urged Vancouver residents to make their support for parks funding known to City Council before the summer 2026 budget vote.
CBC Early Edition interview on the capital request
Jensen posted on Bluesky that he had been on CBC Radio's The Early Edition that morning to discuss the Park Board's motion on investing in aging buildings, and that he hoped the mayor and Council would listen to residents' priorities. voche.me has not heard the broadcast.
Jensen told Vancity Lookout that closing the Aquatic Centre pushes its users into a pool system that was already full, that the 2019 aquatics plan put new pools ahead of renewals but money ran short after failures at the Aquatic Centre and Kitsilano Pool, and that he was looking into a modular, above-ground pool.
Comments on seeking re-election after the mayor dropped the abolition plan
After Mayor Ken Sim said ABC would no longer try to eliminate the Park Board, Jensen told CBC News the re-election promise is to keep showing up and working and to try to keep the Park Board out of the news, and defended the board's work over the past four years.
VanDusen Botanical Garden event for parks candidates
A collaboration post by running mate Amir Bajehkian and Jensen's Instagram account thanks VanDusen Botanical Garden for hosting parks candidates and names Jensen among the Vancouver Liberals candidates who attended.
A collaboration post by Victoria Jung's account and Jensen's account shows a campaign sign for Vancouver Liberals School Board candidate Noosha Mehdian on Davie Street and says the authors are proud to run alongside her.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
Policy dispute
Left ABC Vancouver over the plan to abolish the Park Board
The record of the Vancouver Park Board shows that on December 6, 2023 Jensen, Brennan Bastyovanszky and Laura Christensen left ABC Vancouver to sit as independents after Mayor Ken Sim proposed ending the separately elected board through a provincial charter change. Daily Hive reported the three were removed from the party after opposing the proposal.
Candidate or party response
Daily Hive quoted Jensen in January 2026 describing Ken Sim as the biggest enemy of the city's parks. The campaign page says Jensen and colleagues defended the Park Board against the abolition effort.
Verified status and limits
Jensen sat as an independent until January 18, 2026 and then joined the Vancouver Liberals. CBC News reported on July 13, 2026 that Sim said ABC would no longer try to eliminate the board and would run candidates for it.
Complaint over recorded calls with the mayor's aides dismissed
In March 2024 the mayor's chief of staff, Trevor Ford, and senior advisor David Grewal complained to the Park Board's Integrity Commissioner that Jensen recorded two phone calls with them, on September 20 and November 24, 2023, without telling them, and that Brennan Bastyovanszky listened in. In a report dated August 2, 2024, Integrity Commissioner Lisa Southern found the recordings legal because Jensen was a party to the calls, found no breach of the Park Board Code of Conduct, and dismissed the complaint.
Candidate or party response
theBreaker reported that Jensen and Bastyovanszky told the Integrity Commissioner the recordings were part of Jensen's ordinary administrative practice, and that Jensen made them because of what he saw as ongoing pressure from Ford over Park Board decisions.
Complaints against Jensen not substantiated; investigator found Virdi defamed him
Jamie Pytel of Kingsgate Legal, hired as the Park Board's ad hoc integrity commissioner, investigated two linked complaints: Jensen's complaint of April 15, 2025 against commissioner Jas Virdi, and Virdi's complaint of May 2025 against Jensen and commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky. Virdi alleged that Jensen treated him differently and discriminated against him at the April 14, 2025 Board meeting, falsely accused him of mistreating staff at that meeting, and worked with other commissioners to limit his part in Board meetings. The December 1, 2025 report, released December 12, found the discrimination allegation about the April 14 meeting unfounded, found the other two allegations against Jensen unsubstantiated, and found that Virdi defamed Jensen at that meeting by falsely suggesting that Jensen discriminated against him and against Sunset residents. It also found that Bastyovanszky defamed Virdi in an April 21, 2025 radio interview.
Candidate or party response
The report records that Jensen, Virdi and Bastyovanszky each denied the allegations made against them, and that Jensen said he was open to informal resolution when he filed his complaint. No public reply from Jensen to the report was found in the sources opened for this record.
Verified status and limits
No allegation against Jensen was upheld. Pytel recommended publishing a letter of reprimand to Virdi and a request that he apologize, with his written response, and recommended that the Board ask Bastyovanszky for a letter of apology to Virdi. theBreaker reported the findings when the report was released.
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Reporting
Vancouver Is Awesome
Commissioners vote 4-3 against Vancouver mayor's plan to abolish elected park board
Vancouver Is Awesome reported the December 11, 2023 park board vote reaffirming the board's independence, naming Jensen among the four commissioners who supported it.
The Tyee reported on the December 2023 split from ABC Vancouver, including three disputes Jensen, Christensen and Bastyovanszky described with their former ABC colleagues: the Stanley Park Drive bike lane, the Moberly Park turf field, and the November 27, 2023 vote for park board chair.
Vancouver's integrity commissioner throws out complaint by Mayor Sim's top aides
theBreaker reported the dismissal of the complaint by the mayor's aides against Jensen and Bastyovanszky over the recorded calls, and the commissioners' explanation for the recordings.
Park Board commissioner joins Vancouver Liberals party ahead of civic election
Daily Hive reported Jensen's move to the Vancouver Liberals, noted it gave the party its first sitting elected official, recounted the December 2023 removal from ABC Vancouver over the abolition plan, and quoted Jensen and party leader Kareem Allam.
Vancouver Liberals welcome Park Board Commissioner Scott Jensen to party
The Indo-Canadian Voice reported Jensen joining the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association, described Jensen as the board's first Indigenous chair and as the first sitting Liberal municipal official in Vancouver in 90 years, and quoted Jensen and Allam.
Ex-ABC Vancouver politician joins new civic party to seek re-election
The Vancouver Sun reported Jensen's move to the Vancouver Liberals and quoted him describing why he chose the party's leadership style over what he called ABC's "our way or the highway" approach.
Vancouver Park Board considering $1B motion to fix aging recreation facilities
CBC News reported on the Park Board's planned capital funding motion and quoted Jensen describing the figure as aspirational but useful to inform the 2027 to 2030 capital plan.
Vancouver Park Board commissioners vote to ask city council for $1.43B in funding
CBC News reported the board's vote asking City Council for $1.43 billion, naming Jensen as the commissioner who added $27 million for golf services to the request.
Vancouver mayor says he won't try to eliminate the park board if re-elected
CBC News reported Mayor Ken Sim dropping the plan to eliminate the Park Board and quoted Jensen on running for re-election. The article also names Brennan Bastyovanszky as another former ABC commissioner running again with the Vancouver Liberals.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The Park Board's minutes were read from Internet Archive copies, because the Park Board's meeting site returns an error to automated requests. Minutes for 2024 and for most 2025 meetings were not read, so votes from those months are missing here. The 25-metre pool decision was made on March 31, 2025, not in April 2025 as this record said before; Jensen's votes on it are now listed. The campaign's claim that 90 per cent of the infrastructure plan has been carried out, and the claim of two new community centres, come from the campaign page alone and were not independently confirmed; the page does not name the two centres. The campaign page names a school where Jensen teaches; no independent source confirming that was found. Jensen's answers do not appear in the Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey as published on October 3, 2026; all 13 candidate answer pages and the 10 question pages were checked. The campaign's launch video of January 18, 2026 on YouTube could not be transcribed, because its captions did not download. Posts on his X and Facebook accounts were not read, because those sites require a login. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed Jensen on September 23, 2026 among 23 candidates who confirmed for its September 29 forum, but no source read on October 3 shows that he took part, so the event was removed from the calendar. The investigator's December 2025 report on the complaints between commissioners was not read; the account here comes from theBreaker. A search result describing a OneCity Vancouver page where Jensen endorses city council candidate Lucy Maloney returned only a 404 error when opened directly, so that endorsement is not included here.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the Park Board's own minutes for 10 meetings from 2023 to 2026, two Integrity Commissioner matters, news reports, the campaign page, the party platform and his social media posts.
Campaign page read again on October 3, 2026. Its text is unchanged since September 22 apart from an added launch video.
Checks still to do: Park Board minutes for 2024 and most of 2025, and the numbers the campaign gives about the infrastructure plan.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current term
Vancouver Park Board commissioner
The City's roster lists Scott Jensen in this office for the term that ends with the 2026 election. Votes and motions from the official minutes are listed in the record section of this page.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which promised capital projects are funded, under construction or completed?
No response has been submitted.
How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Scott Jensen directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Scott Jensen's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Scott Jensen?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Scott Jensen's own campaign.
What is Scott Jensen's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Scott Jensen is number 220 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
What party did Scott Jensen run with?
Scott Jensen ran for Park Board with Vancouver Liberals.
Does Scott Jensen currently hold public office?
Yes. Scott Jensen currently serves as Vancouver Park Board commissioner.
How many sources does this Scott Jensen profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Scott Jensen filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Scott Jensen. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Scott Jensen's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Scott Jensen in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Scott Jensen ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Integrity finding entry now based on the investigator's report
The entry on the December 2025 investigation of complaints between Jensen and Jas Virdi rested on theBreaker's report and said voche.me had not read the investigator's report. It now cites Jamie Pytel's report of December 1, 2025, read through an Internet Archive copy of the vancouver.ca file. The entry now lists all three allegations against Jensen and the finding on each, and records from the report that each commissioner denied the allegations against him. theBreaker remains a source.
Added his Park Board votes and motions from the official minutes, two Integrity Commissioner matters and new reporting; corrected four entries
Added: votes and motions from the Park Board's minutes on the Aquatic Centre pool size (February and March 2025), the paid parking pilot (October 2025), the 2026 fees, operating budget and tree canopy request (November 2025), the Auditor General audit (March 2026), the lifeguard motion (March 2026) and the 2027 to 2030 capital plan (July 2026); the Integrity Commissioner's August 2024 dismissal of a complaint about his recorded calls, and theBreaker's report of a December 2025 investigation that did not substantiate a complaint against him; reporting from the Vancouver Sun, CBC News, Daily Hive, Vancity Lookout and theBreaker; three party positions from the October 1, 2026 platform; two Instagram collaboration posts and a Bluesky post; his social media accounts from the City's list; and the October 3 West End forum and the October 13 food systems town hall as unconfirmed events. Removed the September 29 Kerrisdale forum from the calendar: the organizer listed him on September 23 among 23 candidates who confirmed, but no source read on October 3 shows that he took part. Corrections: the second biography paragraph called the Park Board a different office from the one he seeks, and it is the same office. The Moberly Park entry dated his vote December 11, 2023; the minutes show the vote was on May 29, 2023, for an amendment that replaced the turf field plan with community engagement. The golf services entry now follows the April 7, 2026 minutes, which show he also added $4 million for food and beverage services, and gives the $27 million figure without the word about. The research gaps said the 25-metre pool decision was in April 2025; it was March 31, 2025.
