Stephanie Smith, ballot number 147 for City Council in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: Tenant protection and community-owned housing.
Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
No action yetUse public land for affordable housingHousing · Own promise
In the description of her September 26, 2026 campaign video, Smith says City Council can use public land for the public good, naming affordable housing, parks and green spaces, and can act against speculators to keep people secure in their homes.
“We can use public land for the public good - affordable housing, parks and green spaces.”
No action yetHUB Cycling survey: street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods firstTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Smith as answering yes to all three: 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming on routes to school, doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network with lanes separated from traffic. In her written comment on the second ask she writes that safety proposals from groups ranging from VANDU to Vision Zero have made no progress because of a lack of political will, and that putting those neighbourhoods first would make the Downtown Eastside safer for people who rely on transit, walking, rolling and cycling.
“An equity-first rollout would finally advance the work we need to make the community safer for residents who rely on transit, walking, rolling, and cycling.”
No action yetParty platform: faster and cheaper home buildingHousing · Party platform
The Green Party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026 that would offer pre approved housing designs including prefabricated options, streamline permits for low rise apartments, row homes, townhomes and infill, update lot size and building form rules, and prioritise mass timber and wood frame construction.
No action yetParty platform: buy local with city purchasingEconomy · Party platform
The Green Party released an economic plan on September 16, 2026 that would use the city's annual purchasing, which the party puts at nearly 800 million dollars a year, to favour Canadian suppliers, bring back Community Benefit Agreements on major developments, and prioritise British Columbia mass timber in city projects.
No action yetWomen Transforming Cities: Our City Hall PledgePublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity, asked candidates to commit to six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety. Its results table for the Green Party marks Smith as committing to all six.
No action yetLet the City, co-ops and land trusts buy buildings before investment firms doHousing · Own promise
In the description of her campaign video “Abundance is a scam”, published on her YouTube channel on October 6, 2026 and on her Instagram account on October 7, Smith says she is running for council for security of tenure and against speculation, and to let the City, co-ops and land trusts buy buildings before private equity firms do.
“That means security of tenure, fighting speculation, and letting the city, co-ops, and land trusts buy buildings before private equity does.”
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: housing accessHousing · Own promise
The housing ask, which the results table of Women Transforming Cities marks Smith as committing to, has three parts. It asks candidates to increase co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood by changing zoning rules (the City’s rules on what can be built where) that delay non-market homes (also called social housing) within the first year of the term. It asks them to prioritize non-market housing on public land and to demand long-term funding from senior governments (the provincial and federal governments). It asks them to advance building upgrades that give low-carbon cooling during extreme heat, especially to low-income tenants.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: transit and mobilityTransport · Own promise
The transit ask, which the results table marks Smith as committing to, asks candidates to advocate to the province for a low-income transit pass for people earning less than $40,000 a year, and to speed up buses with measures that give buses priority on streets, such as dedicated bus lanes, with the goal of completing at least nine transit corridors by 2030. It also asks them to install more covered bus shelters, seating and lighting, especially in neighbourhoods with fewer resources, to give people more time to cross at crosswalks, and to speed up work on safe crossings, curb cuts and sidewalk repairs.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: community spacesPublic facilities · Own promise
The community spaces ask, which the results table marks Smith as committing to, asks candidates to extend library hours and support library workers with adequate staffing and a living wage, to report how many City properties are underused and give community groups priority access and subsidized rent, and to work with independent arts and culture venues and queer spaces to reform permit and bylaw (City law) barriers.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: food securityFood · Own promise
The food security ask, which the results table marks Smith as committing to, asks candidates to increase the City’s Sustainable Food Systems Grant and add an Indigenous Food Sovereignty Grant starting in the 2027 budget, to provide City-owned real estate for a South Vancouver Community Food Hub, and to direct the City Manager to create at least four food planner roles.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: public washroomsPublic washrooms · Own promise
The public washrooms ask, which the results table marks Smith as committing to, asks candidates to install prefabricated public toilets in high-need areas or set up portable toilets for the short term, to increase funding for maintaining and upgrading existing City and Park Board washrooms, and to partner with Downtown Eastside service providers and other governments to sustain hygiene services such as mobile washrooms, staffed washrooms, showers and laundry facilities.
No action yetOur City Hall Pledge: gender safetyGender safety · Own promise
The gender safety ask, which the results table marks Smith as committing to, asks candidates to fund the City’s work on the Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations as the ask names them, to reinstate the second Sex Worker Safety Planner role and give drop-in spaces for sex workers sustainable funding, and to carry out survivor-led safety and violence prevention strategies on time, including the safety and inclusion action plan the ask names.
No action yetPermanent City funding for community food programs (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit, before the vote, to fund community food systems adequately and permanently, at $7 per household a year by the coalition’s estimate. The coalition lists Smith among the Green Party candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetBuild community food spaces where food is hard to get (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to building community food infrastructure and filling gaps in access to food. The coalition lists Smith among the Green Party candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetProtect and add affordable independent food shops and markets (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to protecting and expanding affordable, independent and culturally relevant food shops and markets. The coalition lists Smith among the Green Party candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetMake food recovery a permanent City service (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to making the recovery of surplus food permanent civic infrastructure. The coalition lists Smith among the Green Party candidates who made a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetBring back the Sue Big Oil motionClimate · Own promise
In her answers to Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, Smith says that if elected she would like to bring back the Sue Big Oil motion at once. The guide also lists her as supportive of its policy to use the legal options available to recover a fair share of the community’s climate costs from fossil fuel companies and other large polluters.
“If elected, I would also like to immediately reintroduce the Sue Big Oil motion.”
No action yetRestore full funding for the City’s Sustainability OfficeClimate · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow whether she would vote to restore full funding for the City’s Sustainability Office, Smith answers yes. She says the office should run projects and coordinate the work of City departments so that care for the environment is part of everything the City does.
No action yetA pause on AI data centres in VancouverEconomy · Own promise
In her answers to Vote4Tomorrow, Smith says she agrees with a moratorium on AI data centres, meaning a pause on approving them. She names their use of land, resources and energy as concerns, and says the Mount Pleasant industrial land where one centre is proposed is there to protect local jobs.
No action yetElectric heating in new buildingsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to electrify new buildings. Asked about gas hookups in new buildings, she answers that the Vancouver Greens oppose gas in new buildings.
No action yetIncentives for electric heat pumps and air filtersClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to give incentives for electric heat pumps and air filtration systems in homes and other buildings.
No action yetA right to cool bylaw to protect tenants in extreme heatClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to bring in a “right to cool” bylaw that protects tenants during extreme heat. In her answers she says people should have a right to safety in their own homes, and that community cooling spaces do not go far enough on their own.
“People should have a right to safety in their own homes.”
No action yetEnergy upgrades to buildings without passing the cost to tenantsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to scale up energy upgrades of homes, businesses and public buildings. In her answers she says that supporting these upgrades so that their costs are not passed on to tenants through rent increases is an important role for the City, and that mapping homes most at risk in extreme weather is key work.
No action yetCancel the ban on new supportive housingHomelessness · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow how she would protect everyone from extreme weather, including people without homes, Smith says the first step is to get people inside and housed, and names cancelling the supportive housing ban among the ways to do it.
No action yetDaytime indoor spaces, tiny homes and secure leases for modular homesHomelessness · Own promise
In the same Vote4Tomorrow answer, Smith names daytime “places to be” where people can come inside, because shelters often put people back on the street in the morning, tiny homes as a short-term step, and secure leases for modular homes, so that people can reach safe indoor spaces.
No action yetPress the Province to replace old single-room hotelsHousing · Own promise
In the same Vote4Tomorrow answer, Smith says the Province must be pushed to move forward with replacing the city’s single-room occupancy hotels (SROs), which she says are mostly unlivable and dangerous in heat.
“We need to push the province to move forward with the replacement of the SRO stock”
No action yetPlant trees first where tree cover is lowestEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to plant native trees first in areas with low tree cover, more people and more vulnerable residents. In her answers she says the Downtown Eastside, where she lives, has the worst gaps in climate protection, from safe buildings to tree canopy, and that fixing those gaps would be a focus of her term on council.
No action yetConnected greenways for people and wildlifeEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife.
No action yetBylaws to cut waste from building and demolitionEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Smith as supportive of its policy to bring in bylaws that eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation and demolition projects, and that use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
No action yetVote Palestine Vancouver platform: four actions by the CityGovernance · Own promise
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Smith as committed to its full four-point platform on August 15, 2026, and says its volunteers recorded each candidate’s position. As the group names them, the four points ask the City to condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions, including by reviewing City contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association’s framework of anti-Palestinian racism.
No action yetFund to buy rental buildings at riskHousing · Party platform
The Green Party of Vancouver’s 2026 platform proposes a Rental Housing Acquisition and Preservation program, using a rapid acquisition fund and partners to keep existing affordable rental homes.
No action yetFaster and cheaper approvals for child careChildcare · Party platform
The party platform proposes lower permit fees and faster approvals for licensed child care, and City-owned space leased below market rates to child care providers.
No action yetTurn 11% of streets to community useTransportation · Party platform
The party platform proposes converting at least 11% of Vancouver streets from car use to community use, such as tree canopy, small parks, walking and cycling space and food growing.
No action yetTrees and green space near every homeClimate · Party platform
The party platform adopts the 3-30-300 rule: every household can see 3 trees, lives in a neighbourhood with 30% tree canopy, and is within 300 metres of green space.
No action yetFewer closed Council meetingsGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says closed meetings should be the exception, with more public reporting on closed discussions and release of records once they no longer need to be kept private.
No action yetBring back the City’s Renter’s OfficeHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore the Renter’s Office as a front door for tenants, to help renters with City processes, track the loss of rental homes and identify problem landlords, paid for by the Empty Homes Tax. Fry moved a motion to restore it in July 2026, which Council voted down on July 28, the party reported.
No action yetVancouver Public Housing Bonds for City-owned homesHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Vancouver Public Housing Bond, under the Vancouver Charter, in which investors accept a modest, predictable return to pay for affordable homes that stay publicly owned.
No action yetA City lead for non-market and supportive housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes a new City role, an “Affordable Housing Czar”, to lead partnerships and policies that deliver non-market and supportive housing.
No action yetCity land used for affordable homes, co-ops and land trustsPublic land · Party platform
The party platform says City-owned land would be used for affordable housing, co-ops and community land trusts, planned for the best long-term public value and not the highest financial return.
No action yetFaster lease renewals for co-ops on City landHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up planning and lease renewals for housing co-ops on City land, such as False Creek South, and limit the cost formulas that make renewal unaffordable.
No action yetStronger protection for tenants moved out by redevelopmentHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen and enforce the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy across the city, including rented condos and suites, with fair compensation and help with moving.
No action yetClose Empty Homes Tax loopholes and check complianceTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with the Province to close loopholes that let apartment buildings sit empty, and audit compliance with the Empty Homes Tax before any rate increase.
No action yetA time limit between rezoning and the start of buildingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says that once a rezoning is approved, the City would set a time limit between the rezoning taking effect and construction starting.
No action yetPermits and fees for vacant lots used as parks to lower taxTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says developers who lower the tax on vacant land by using it as an informal park or garden while they wait to build would need permits, meet public benefit standards and pay fees.
No action yetAsk the Province to change Vancouver’s housing targetsHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with the Province on Vancouver’s housing targets, which it says cannot be met and do not deliver amenities such as promised schools.
No action yetMore public access to speak at CouncilGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says it would change the Council procedure bylaw so speakers can be heard on major zoning amendments, within provincial law, and would give the public more access to Council, with councillors able to ask speakers follow-up questions.
No action yetAn Office of Strong CommunitiesGovernance · Party platform
The party platform proposes an Office of Strong Communities to work with residents, community groups and business improvement areas on local priorities, and to bring their views into City planning.
No action yetExtend 30 km/h limits to some main roads near parks and schoolsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would continue 30 km/h limits on residential streets and extend them to some main roads, in particular near parks and schools.
No action yetTargets and money for safer pedestrian crossingsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would set targets and funding for safer pedestrian crossings, add more walk signals that start before the green light and audible crossings, and review crossings without traffic lights.
No action yetSchool zones at all hours and more car-free School StreetsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would remove the time and day limits on school zones, put safe routes to schools first, and expand School Streets, car-free areas beside schools.
No action yetComplete the bike network in South and East VancouverActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would connect safe cycling routes for all ages and abilities, with a focus on completing the Major Bikeway Network and the gaps in South and East Vancouver.
No action yetBike lanes on BroadwayActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would add active transportation lanes on Broadway while the street is still under construction for the subway. Daily Hive reported this as a commitment to bike lanes on Broadway.
No action yetFewer parking requirements near frequent transitTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would plan neighbourhood parking for actual demand, reduce parking requirements near frequent transit, and turn some parking into plazas, bike routes and green space.
No action yetA binding timeline for rapid transit to UBCTransit · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with partners to set a binding timeline for a rapid transit extension to UBC. Daily Hive reported on October 16, 2026 that Fry supports the extension and a firm schedule.
No action yetMore bus lanes and more late-night busesTransit · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with TransLink to make buses faster and more reliable with bus priority lanes and other street changes, and to expand late-night bus service.
No action yetAllow and simplify permits for plug-in and rooftop solarClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would simplify permits, update rules and cut red tape for rooftop solar and for plug-in solar panels sold direct to consumers.
No action yetBring back the ban on gas heating in new buildingsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would re-establish the policies that banned fossil gas for heat and hot water in new buildings, and bring back standard emission reporting and targets.
No action yetCooling, shade and clean air in homes and public placesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand cooling, shade and clean-air facilities so tenants are protected from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, and so every neighbourhood has climate-safe public spaces.
No action yetStronger tree protection and replacement rulesEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen tree protection bylaws, reward developments that keep large trees, require more replacement planting when mature trees are lost, and dedicate funding to plant trees suited to a changing climate.
No action yetBan the sale of invasive plantsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would ban the sale of prohibited invasive plants in Vancouver and create an incentive program to help gardeners remove them.
No action yetRestore a developer levy to buy land for new parksParks · Party platform
The party platform says it would add new green spaces, in particular in areas planned for more housing, by buying land with a restored park acquisition levy on developers.
No action yetMore zero-waste drop-off centres across the cityEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would add more satellite zero-waste drop-off centres across the city, supported by larger sites at False Creek Flats and on Kent Avenue.
No action yetA Vancouver Affordability IndexAffordable to live in Vancouver · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Vancouver Affordability Index that tracks real household costs against local incomes and is used to guide housing, transportation, tax and planning decisions.
No action yetBring back City food planning staff and a farmers market planFood · Party platform
The party platform says it would reinstate the food planning roles cut by the current Council, and develop a new City strategy for farmers markets with a clear framework for recurring markets.
No action yetCity money to fill gaps in school meal fundingFood · Party platform
The party platform says the City would fill gaps in school food funding when provincial and federal money falls short, and would press for a school food program paid for by senior governments.
No action yetRestore funding for sex worker safety coordinatorsGender safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore City funding for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a role recommended by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, which the current Council cut.
No action yetFaster cleanup of litter, dumping and graffiti, and more binsPublic services · Party platform
The party platform promises faster response to litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and full bins, more bins in busy areas, more street cleaning near business districts, transit hubs, parks and schools, and stronger enforcement against illegal dumping.
No action yetA wellbeing index for the CityGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says it will bring in a wellbeing index to measure how Vancouver residents are doing on housing, health, income, safety and other core issues.
“We will bring in a wellbeing index to The City of Vancouver to measure how Vancouverites are doing on core issues.”
No action yetFaster repair of mould and water damage in rental homesHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would update the Standards of Maintenance By-law to require timely repair of mould, moisture, water damage and indoor air problems, with stronger enforcement.
No action yetA citywide plan for more public washroomsPublic washrooms · Party platform
The party platform proposes a citywide washroom strategy that finds areas without washrooms, extends hours where needed and adds washrooms to plazas and public places, and says it would work with the Park Board to fund washrooms in parks.
No action yetSmall shelter villages with locking cabinsHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform proposes small shelter villages with private, locking cabins, storage, toilets and on-site support, with case management and a housing placement goal for every resident.
No action yetSimpler licences for small arts venues and eventsArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform proposes a new licence category for qualified arts venues and, until then, raising the limits to allow up to eight events a month with up to 60 people.
No action yetReplace affordable shop space lost to redevelopmentSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes a “no net loss” policy that requires major redevelopments to replace affordable commercial space that would otherwise be lost.
No action yetNew zoning rules for large data centresEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says data centres that need large amounts of power, water and local services would need new land use and zoning rules, higher standards and more benefits for residents.
No action yetNeighbourhood Enterprise Hubs for start-ups and makersSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes Neighbourhood Enterprise Hubs, low-cost spaces where start-ups, makers, non-profits and small businesses share equipment and get mentoring.
No action yetSimpler rules and cheaper permits for home businessesSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would support home-based businesses, market vendors, makers and food entrepreneurs with reasonable rules and affordable permits.
No action yetRanked ballots for future mayoral electionsGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will work with partners to bring ranked ballots to future mayoral elections. COPE, OneCity and the Greens named it a shared priority in their April 2026 agreement.
No action yetKeep the elected Park BoardPreserving the elected Park Board · Party platform
The party platform says it would keep an independent, elected Park Board with clear authority over parks, beaches and recreation, and put any major change to it to public consultation.
No action yetRestore the City’s share of the Park Board budget to 50%Parks funding · Party platform
The Park Board section of the party platform says the City-funded share of the park budget would return to its historical level of 50%, returning $6 million to the Park Board budget.
No action yetLimit the pace of change and act against empty buildingsHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect existing affordable housing and tenants with what it calls pace of change measures, and would prevent empty buildings through bylaw enforcement and taxes.
No action yetLower fees and faster permits for affordable housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would put fee and levy cuts and fast-tracked permits first for truly affordable housing, and would fast-track zoning and permits for co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood.
No action yetStandard rezonings agreed in advance near transit and servicesHousing · Party platform
The party platform proposes dynamic zoning: standard rezonings agreed in advance and applied case by case, so more housing can be added near transit and services in a predictable way, with design rules on height, setbacks, trees and building form that fit each neighbourhood.
No action yetExpand public bike shareActive transport · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand shared transport, including public bike share, with more parking and docking spaces, in particular to help people reach frequent transit.
No action yetStable funding for pedestrian zonesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would give stable funding and equipment, such as posts that can be lowered to let vehicles through, to seasonal and year-round pedestrian zones, working with residents and business improvement areas.
No action yetCurb cuts, tactile paving and audible crossings in every neighbourhoodAccessibility · Party platform
The party platform says it would add curb cuts and accessibility features to all new and renewed street work, and expand curb cuts, raised tactile surfaces and crossings with sound signals in every neighbourhood.
No action yetCount trees, wetlands and creeks as City assets in budgetsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would treat trees, wetlands, waterways and green spaces as infrastructure by adding Natural Asset Accounting, a way of recording their value as City assets, to City decisions and budgets.
No action yetCount the emissions from building materials in City reportingClimate · Party platform
The party platform says the City’s emissions reporting would also count embodied and lifecycle emissions: the pollution from making building materials and from a building over its whole life.
No action yetFaster investment in seawalls and flood defencesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up investment in seawalls, flood defences, drainage and shoreline restoration to protect neighbourhoods from rising seas and extreme weather.
No action yetRezonings that add trees, and tree checks before occupancyEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says rezonings would have to increase tree canopy and green space, and that occupancy permits would depend on a check of tree health after construction, with repairs where building work has damaged protected trees.
No action yetFood gardens in every neighbourhood and neighbourhood food hubsFood security · Party platform
The party platform says it would create places for community food gardens and food growing in every neighbourhood, and support neighbourhood food hubs that bring meal programs, kitchens and food services together, especially where healthy food is hard to buy.
No action yetExpand food recovery programsFood security · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand food recovery programs that take surplus food from businesses, institutions and events to the people who need it most.
No action yetFunding for restorative justice programsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would release stalled funding for restorative justice programs made in Vancouver, which work to repair harm, resolve conflict and reduce repeat offences.
No action yetRestore City arts staff and grants, with a new arts strategyArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would restore and expand the arts and culture staff and grants that the current Council cut, and put in place a new citywide strategy for jobs and economic growth in the arts.
No action yetKeep the City’s ethics oversight independentGovernance · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will protect the independence of the City’s ethics oversight and support stronger provincial integrity laws. It says Fry opposed attempts by ABC to suspend and weaken the Integrity Commissioner.
No action yetPlan land use together with the School BoardSchool planning · Party platform
The party platform says Council would plan together with the Vancouver School Board so that land use decisions and new development match the schools that neighbourhoods need.
No action yetFund the repair and renewal of City infrastructure on schedulePublic assets · Party platform
The party platform says it would properly fund renewal of streets, sidewalks, sewers, buildings and green spaces on best-practice schedules, and use an asset management plan to reduce the backlog of maintenance.
No action yetA non-police team for non-emergency street calls (CROW)Public safety · Party platform
The party platform says it will create the CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) Team, a non-police, non-medical mobile team available at all hours that answers non-emergency calls about people experiencing homelessness, addiction or other needs, through a dedicated phone number for neighbours, businesses and emergency services.
“We will create a 24/7 non-police, non-medical mobile response team that reduces strain on emergency services by handling non-emergency calls for individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction or other vulnerabilities.”
No action yetAn Office of Community Safety that joins up City departmentsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform proposes an Office of Community Safety that brings fire, police, licensing, property use and planning together in one approach to neighbourhood safety.
No action yetRegular independent reviews of police performancePublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says police services, which it puts at 24% of the City’s budget, should have regular independent performance reviews, so that their funding is based on evidence and open to the public.
No action yetLarge developments provide affordable homes or pay toward themHousing · Party platform
The party platform says large developments would be required to provide affordable homes on site, or to contribute land, homes or cash toward City-owned and non-profit affordable housing.
No action yetA toolkit to speed up faith, community and non-profit housingHousing · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would work with partners and communities on a toolkit to fast-track affordable and non-profit housing on land owned by faith groups, community groups and non-profits.
No action yetReverse the City’s ban on new supportive housingHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform says it would reverse the ban on new supportive housing brought in under Mayor Sim, and use occupancy permit conditions to make sure such housing has enough staff and services.
No action yetDaytime places to go and secure storage for people without homesHomelessness · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand low-barrier daytime spaces where people experiencing homelessness can get services, store belongings and rest, and expand secure storage and community lockers for them.
No action yetAsk the Province for powers to limit small business tax increasesTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would work with the Province to give Vancouver more freedom to protect small businesses from property tax increases that fall unfairly on them.
No action yetA Business Navigator Service for small businessesSmall business · Party platform
The party platform proposes a Business Navigator Service: one contact person who guides a small business through the City’s permit and licence process and keeps it informed from start to finish.
No action yetFaster change-of-use permits for empty shopsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would simplify and speed up change-of-use permits, so empty storefronts and underused buildings can become businesses, services and community spaces, and would publish open data on approved uses.
No action yetTighter rules on cutting trees for construction accessEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would tighten the standards for removing trees because of construction needs, while setting clear rules for real construction and crane access needs.
No action yetA Youth Climate Corps to plant and care for treesEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would support a Youth Climate Corps for Urban Forestry, with matching funding, to plant and maintain trees with living-wage climate jobs for young people.
No action yetFaster earthquake safety upgradesPublic assets · Party platform
The party platform says it would speed up upgrades so that City infrastructure and new development meet modern earthquake standards, with investment first where it protects residents, essential services and heritage.
No action yetMore support for community gardens, urban farms and local food producersFood · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand support for community gardens, urban agriculture, farmers markets and local food producers, to give people more access to healthy, affordable food.
No action yetPlan a new food hub to replace old food distribution sitesFood · Party platform
The party platform says the City would plan to replace and modernize ageing regional food distribution sites with one food hub for wholesale distribution, local food processing, food recovery and food security.
No action yetFunding partnerships and simpler rules for green retrofitsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would seek funding for climate-friendly upgrades of existing buildings through the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator, and would reduce the rules that force unrelated upgrades when a building is retrofitted.
No action yetKeep Vancouver’s own Building By-law and make it simplerHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would make the Vancouver Building By-law less complex, in particular for larger apartment buildings, while keeping it, and would use it for new solutions such as mass timber, cleaner heating, stairs and elevators.
No action yetOpen street events on calm streets and bike routesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would hold special events on calmed streets and active transportation routes, such as car-free days, to connect neighbourhoods and encourage walking and cycling.
No action yetSafer intersections: protected left turns and bus queue-jump lanesTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would manage traffic with protected left-turn signals at chosen intersections, lanes that let buses go first at lights, and traffic signals that adjust to traffic.
No action yetRepair road surfaces, potholes and pavement markingsTransportation · Party platform
The party platform says it would put targeted repairs to old road surfaces, potholes and pavement markings first, for safety and to make streets last longer.
No action yetElectric vehicle chargers on street lamps and utility polesClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would work with partners to add electric vehicle charging to street lamps and utility poles across the city, in particular where new LED street lights leave spare electric capacity.
No action yetKeep investing in shared heating and cooling systemsClimate · Party platform
The party platform says it would keep investing in district energy, shared systems that heat and cool many buildings, to cut emissions and long-term energy costs.
No action yetModernize the Kent Avenue Transfer StationEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would modernize the Kent Avenue Transfer Station, as part of planned long-range capital upgrades, to support waste and resource recovery.
No action yetBetter composting and organics processingEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen local composting and organics recovery, to make the service more reliable, cut emissions and move toward the City’s zero-waste goals.
No action yetReusable takeout containers, and deposits on more single-use itemsEnvironment · Party platform
The party platform says it would support reusable dishes, takeout containers and packaging in restaurants and public venues, and would ask the Province to add deposits and refunds on more common single-use items.
No action yetLending libraries for tools and equipmentPublic services · Party platform
The party platform says it would support lending libraries that give residents low-cost access to tools, sports equipment, gardening supplies, repair equipment and other shared items.
No action yetCity licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sitesDrug policy · Party platform
The party platform says it would develop a set of City licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter facilities that reduce public drug use and overdose risk, connect people to care, and limit the effects on nearby residents.
No action yetCrisis intervention and de-escalation programsPublic safety · Party platform
The party platform says it would invest in crisis intervention and de-escalation programs to help residents, businesses and communities respond safely to difficult situations.
No action yetPress senior governments for low-income housing moneyHousing · Party platform
The party platform says it would ask the Province to replace the BC Community Housing Fund, push for the return of the federal Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program, and press the federal government for $2 billion for homes for people with the lowest incomes.
No action yetA larger Business and Economy Office with an online business portalSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would expand the mandate and capacity of the City’s Business and Economy Office, with an easy-to-use online business portal, better coordination between departments and more support for people starting businesses.
No action yetAsk the Province to protect commercial tenantsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens would ask the Province for protections for commercial tenants, and would use tax incentives, land use rules and financial help to keep affordable space for local businesses.
No action yetZoning for small storefronts and businesses above shopsSmall business · Party platform
The party platform says it would update zoning to allow narrow storefronts, small shop spaces, active ground floors and business uses on upper floors, so homes, shops, studios and offices can share a street.
No action yetA mixed-use downtown, with offices turned into homesEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would encourage office-to-housing conversions downtown, attract schools and colleges, expand arts and culture programs and family amenities, and update downtown zoning to allow more flexibility.
No action yetStudy fair charges on large delivery firms for curb useTaxes and budget · Party platform
The party platform says the Greens will explore fair contributions from high-volume online delivery and logistics firms to help pay for the streets and curbs they use.
No action yetAn Eastside Arts DistrictArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would strengthen the Eastside as an arts district, keeping affordable creative space and supporting artists and cultural groups through zoning, land use conditions and incentives.
No action yetProtect and create affordable studios and cultural venuesArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect and create affordable studios, live-work spaces, workshops and cultural venues by reusing buildings and through flexible land use rules.
No action yetSupport Cultural Land TrustsArts and culture · Party platform
The party platform says it would support Cultural Land Trusts to buy and keep creative spaces, venues, artist studios and live-work buildings as non-profit community assets.
No action yetProtect industrial and employment landEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would protect employment lands and cultural spaces from speculative conversion, and keep industrial land for manufacturing, logistics, marine industries and food processing where appropriate.
No action yetA night-time economy strategyEconomy · Party platform
The party platform says it would support a night-time strategy with more night transit, more zoning for live music venues, 24-hour industrial and creative land uses, longer permits and hospitality.
This record covers the Green Party of Vancouver candidate page for Stephanie Smith, her own campaign website, video and social media posts, her answers to HUB Cycling's survey, the Women Transforming Cities and Vote Palestine Vancouver candidate lists, reporting on the party's council nomination and platform, a May 2021 Council meeting where she spoke as a member of the public, and her earlier 2022 council run with the same party.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules4/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“to make Vancouver a city where everyday people can afford to stay. Stephanie Smith has spent her career solving that problem one person at a time. At City Hall, she'll work to solve it for everyone.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on housing: 7 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
“An equity-first rollout would finally advance the work we need to make the community safer for residents who rely on transit, walking, rolling, and cycling.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on climate: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on culture: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
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What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Stephanie Smith
Stephanie Smith appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 147. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The campaign says Smith has worked as a legal advocate for tenants who faced eviction so their building could be renovated or torn down. The page says Smith has served with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Vancouver and District Labour Council, and REACH Community Health Centre. The page says Smith has been a director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and the Community Land Trust since 2022.
Smith is a candidate for Vancouver city council with the Green Party of Vancouver and holds ballot number 147 in the October 17, 2026 election.
The Green Party page says Smith was born at St. Paul's Hospital, grew up around a family small business on Granville Street, and came of age in East Vancouver.
The Green Party page says Smith has worked for almost thirty years as a legal advocate helping tenants who face renovictions and demovictions, and has trained advocates and law students and organised community legal clinics.
The Green Party page says Smith has represented workers and bargained collective agreements, and has served with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Vancouver and District Labour Council, and REACH Community Health Centre.
The Green Party page says that since 2022 Smith has been a director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and of the Community Land Trust, and is president of a housing co-op.
Smith ran for Vancouver city council with the Greens in 2022. The Wikipedia article on that election says the party nominated Adriane Carr, Pete Fry, Michael Wiebe, Stephanie Smith, and Devyani Singh for council. The Green Party page says Pete Fry asked Smith to run that year.
Daily Hive reported on March 24, 2026 that Smith was one of seven people seeking the Green nomination for council, describing Smith as an activist working on housing, labour, and social justice issues.
The Green Party site lists Smith on a 2026 council slate with Camil Dumont, Bridget Burns, and Annette Reilly, with Pete Fry as the party's candidate for mayor.
In her answers to HUB Cycling's 2026 election survey, Smith wrote that she has lived in the Downtown Eastside for 22 years. On September 26, 2026 her campaign published a 92 second video on YouTube. Its description, in her own words, says she would use public land for affordable housing, parks and green spaces, and keep people secure in their homes.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Keep Vancouver affordable enough to stay in
Smith says her clear purpose in this campaign is to make Vancouver a city where everyday people can afford to stay, and says she has spent her career solving that problem one person at a time.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page and Smith's own campaign site both state the aim in the same words. Neither lists a target number of homes, a rent level, or a bylaw change.
What still needs checking
Which council decision Smith would bring forward first on housing costs.
Tenant protection from renoviction and demoviction
Smith's stated background is almost thirty years of helping tenants who face renoviction and demoviction, and the campaign presents that work as the basis for the council run.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page describes the work and the reason for running as background, not as a policy Smith is proposing for council to adopt. It sets out no specific tenant protection measure.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith proposes changes to the city's tenant relocation and protection policy, and what they are.
Smith's directorships at the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and the Community Land Trust are presented on the campaign page as work building community owned affordable housing, and as experience to bring to council.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The Green Party page describes the roles as background. No city program, land contribution, or funding commitment is named. The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC's own board of directors page independently lists Smith as a director, shown with her co-op, Lore Krill Housing Co-op in Vancouver, though it gives no date she joined. The Community Land Trust Foundation of BC shares its senior staff with CHF BC, and voche.me found no separate board listing naming Smith for the Land Trust itself.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith proposes that the city give land or capital to co-op housing, and on what terms.
Board of DirectorsEvent organizer · Co-operative Housing Federation of BC
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Party platform: faster and cheaper home building
The Green Party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026 that would offer pre approved housing designs including prefabricated options, streamline permits for low rise apartments, row homes, townhomes and infill, update lot size and building form rules, and prioritise mass timber and wood frame construction.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's plan and the release quotes mayoral candidate Pete Fry, not Smith, so it records the party's position.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith states support for each part of the plan in the candidate's own words.
The Green Party released an economic plan on September 16, 2026 that would use the city's annual purchasing, which the party puts at nearly 800 million dollars a year, to favour Canadian suppliers, bring back Community Benefit Agreements on major developments, and prioritise British Columbia mass timber in city projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's plan, quoting mayoral candidate Pete Fry. The 800 million dollar figure is the party's own and the release gives no source for it. Smith is not quoted.
What still needs checking
Where the annual purchasing figure comes from, and whether Smith supports reinstating Community Benefit Agreements.
Posting from her own Bluesky account on March 25, 2026, Smith announced she was seeking the Green nomination and said she is a housing justice activist who has advised and represented thousands of tenants. She said so many Vancouverites are looking over their shoulders, waiting to be renovicted or demovicted, and facing having to leave Vancouver because there is nothing here they can afford. She said a city needs to be for regular people and that this can be done.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a six post thread in Smith's own words, read through the public Bluesky API. It states the problem and her background. It names no bylaw, budget line, number of homes, or date. The same thread says she spoke as a member of the public to an unnamed 2021 council motion on affordability and tenant protections that was defeated and then came back with some of the changes she asked for. This is her own account only. voche.me found no independent record naming the motion or its vote.
What still needs checking
Which council decision Smith would bring forward first to address renoviction and demoviction.
Time-limit approvals and tax owners who leave buildings vacant
In a Globe and Mail article that her own campaign site links under In the Media, tenants' legal advocate Stephanie Smith said it is outrageous that the city is not protecting its affordable rental stock, which she said is threatened by mass rezonings and mass redevelopment. She said the city could disincentivize owners from leaving buildings vacant by time-limiting approvals or taxing empty buildings, and said there is little political will to do it. The article says she was working on a map of empty and partially empty multifamily buildings across Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The article was published January 10, 2025, before Smith's 2026 candidacy was announced, and does not mention an election or a candidacy. Smith's own 2026 campaign site links to it as coverage of her, so voche.me records her quotes as her own 2026 material. It gives no cost figure and no date for either measure.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith would bring a time limit on redevelopment approvals or a tax on vacant buildings to council, and by when.
2022 statement on affordable housing and real tenant protections
In an October 2022 VanRamblings post about her first council campaign, Smith is quoted saying that representing tenants on the Downtown Eastside meant working to save one tenancy at a time, one eviction hearing at a time, and that she and her colleagues have won countless battles but that it can feel like they are losing the war.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a personal blog's account of the 2022 campaign, with some sentences quoted directly and others written in the blog's own voice. voche.me found no 2026 page from Smith that repeats it, so it stays earlier term material and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith still holds the same view in the 2026 campaign, and what she would do about it on council.
In the description of her September 26, 2026 campaign video, Smith says City Council can use public land for the public good, naming affordable housing, parks and green spaces, and can act against speculators to keep people secure in their homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are Smith's own words on her own YouTube channel. They name no site, no number of homes, no cost and no date. The video description does not say which Council decision would put public land to this use. voche.me did not watch the video itself.
What still needs checking
Which City-owned sites Smith would use for affordable housing, how many homes, and at what cost.
HUB Cycling survey: street safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Smith as answering yes to all three: 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming on routes to school, doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network with lanes separated from traffic. In her written comment on the second ask she writes that safety proposals from groups ranging from VANDU to Vision Zero have made no progress because of a lack of political will, and that putting those neighbourhoods first would make the Downtown Eastside safer for people who rely on transit, walking, rolling and cycling.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The asks are HUB Cycling's wording, so they earn no mechanism, target, cost or timeline point. Her own words are the comment on the second ask. The answers carry no date and name no street, cost or year.
What still needs checking
Which Downtown Eastside streets Smith would make safer first, what the work would cost, and by when.
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity, asked candidates to commit to six asks: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety. Its results table for the Green Party marks Smith as committing to all six.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The results table is an image with no text version, which voche.me read by eye and described in the archived copy of the page. The page carries no words from Smith, and the wording of each ask belongs to the charity.
What still needs checking
Which of the six asks Smith would bring to Council first.
Green Party 2026 platform: renters, empty buildings and a fund to buy rental buildings
The party's 2026 platform, released September 29, 2026, proposes to restore the City's Renter's Office paid for by the Empty Homes Tax, to strengthen and enforce the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy across the city, and to create a fund the City would use to buy rental buildings at risk of being lost to speculation or redevelopment. It also proposes to prevent empty buildings through bylaw enforcement and taxes, and to set a time limit between a rezoning and the start of construction.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. It lists Smith as one of its four council candidates and quotes no statement from her. The measures on empty buildings and time limits match the two measures Smith named in her January 2025 Globe and Mail interview, recorded separately on this page. The platform gives no size for the fund and no date for any measure.
What still needs checking
Whether Smith has said which of these renter measures she would bring to Council first.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Speech
Spoke to Council as a member of the public, May 2021
A video posted on YouTube on May 26, 2021, titled Speaker 118, carries a description by the person who posted it saying the speaker is Stephanie Smith and that she argued the motion before Council should be defeated. In March 2026 Smith linked this video from her own Bluesky account and wrote that she had spoken because the motion did not have strong enough affordability and tenant protections. The minutes of Council's policy committee for that week record one motion with a long speakers list: Councillor Christine Boyle's motion on non-profit, co-op and social housing in every neighbourhood, heard from 98 speakers on May 19 and 25, 2021 and defeated (Vote No. 07320). CityHallWatch reported 126 registered speakers for it. The minutes do not name speakers, so voche.me links the video to that motion by its date and speaker number only. voche.me did not watch the video.
Before seeking the Green nomination, Smith wrote on Bluesky about that day's Council meeting. She criticised a ruling that put Councillors Fry and Orr's motion to keep United States immigration enforcement out of Vancouver during the FIFA World Cup out of order. She wrote that Councillor Montague's motion to spend money on a police training academy at the Woodward's building had no plan and no provincial approval and would help the building's landlord, Westbank, and she supported Councillor Fry's motion to refer it for more study.
Listed as committing to the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Smith as committing to its full four-point platform on August 15, 2026. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid Free Communities pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions including reviewing contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework of anti-Palestinian racism. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Smith herself on these points.
The charity's results table marks Smith as committing to all six of its Our City Hall asks. The table is an image and carries no statement in her own words.
Campaign video: Stephanie Smith for Vancouver City Council
Smith's 92 second campaign video, shared on her YouTube channel and her Bluesky account, says in its description that the people she meets while campaigning worry about rent, groceries, job security and their children's future. It says Council can act against speculators, keep people secure in their homes, and use public land for affordable housing, parks and green spaces. She says she has worked for people for 30 years.
Smith answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets with traffic calming, safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network. In her comment on the second ask she wrote that she has lived in the Downtown Eastside for 22 years and that safety proposals from community groups have made no progress because of a lack of political will. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Daily Hive
Green party names seven Vancouver City Council nomination hopefuls for election
Kenneth Chan reports the seven people seeking the Green council nomination and describes Smith as an activist working on housing, labour, and social justice issues.
Green Party confirms four Vancouver City Council candidates for election
Reported that party members confirmed Smith, Annette Reilly, Camil Dumont and Bridget Burns as the Green council slate, running with mayoral candidate Pete Fry.
Reporting on the Greens' 2022 council slate names Smith as one of two new council candidates and describes her as a labour and social justice activist.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Smith's 2021 statement to Council is known from a video description written by the person who posted it and from her own 2026 account. The Council minutes for that week do not name speakers, so the motion she spoke to is matched by date and speaker number only, and her own statement that the motion came back to Council with some of the changes she asked for was not checked against a later Council record. The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC's own board page independently lists Smith as a director alongside her co-op, Lore Krill Housing Co-op, but gives no date she joined. The Community Land Trust Foundation of BC shares its senior staff with CHF BC, and voche.me found no separate board listing naming Smith for the Land Trust itself. Smith's own campaign site links to a Globe and Mail article from January 10, 2025 that quotes her at length on vacant buildings and the Broadway Plan. The article predates her 2026 candidacy and does not mention an election. Her campaign site also embeds a 2022 interview video, which voche.me did not watch. Her September 26, 2026 campaign video is recorded from its written description only. Her Instagram account, spkr.118, returned no posts to an automated read of its public embed page on October 3, 2026, and her Facebook and X accounts could not be read without signing in, so nothing from them is used here. The party's own events page shows Smith took part in two candidate forums, the Women Transforming Cities debate on September 16, 2026 and the False Creek Community Centre all-candidates meeting on September 17, 2026, and the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association's notice for its September 23, 2026 all-candidates meeting named her as the Green council candidate. voche.me found no report of what she said at any of them, and all three fall before this record's checked date, so they are not listed as scheduled events here.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22 and October 3, 2026: current campaign material, third-party candidate surveys and lists, party releases and one 2021 Council record; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Confirm housing-organization roles and request specific policy language and funding needs.
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
Almost thirty years, exact dates not stated
Legal advocate
The Green Party page says the work involved keeping tenants in their homes when facing renoviction and demoviction, training other advocates and law students, running community legal clinics, and working with city and provincial partners on law and policy.
Smith was one of five Green council candidates in the October 2022 Vancouver civic election, with Adriane Carr, Pete Fry, Michael Wiebe, and Devyani Singh.
04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which tenant protections require City action, and which require provincial legislation?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Stephanie Smith 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 Stephanie Smith's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Stephanie Smith do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Stephanie Smith was elected to City Council with 64,070 votes, 5th of 56 in the preliminary count. The City of Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Stephanie Smith?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Stephanie Smith's own campaign.
What is Stephanie Smith's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Stephanie Smith is number 147 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Stephanie Smith run with?
Stephanie Smith ran for City Council with Green Party of Vancouver.
Does Stephanie Smith currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Stephanie Smith.
How many sources does this Stephanie Smith profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Stephanie Smith filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Stephanie Smith. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Stephanie Smith's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Stephanie Smith 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 Stephanie Smith ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
October review: new statements, a correction, and one town hall
voche.me read her pages and the party's pages again and searched for new material. Added: her HUB Cycling survey answers, her September 26 campaign video, her listing on the Women Transforming Cities pledge and the Vote Palestine Vancouver list, the Green Party's September 29 platform as party text, her February 2026 posts on a Council meeting, a May 2021 Council meeting where she spoke as a member of the public, coverage from Daily Hive, a personal voter guide and The Tyee, and the October 13 online food town hall as an unconfirmed event. Corrected: the research notes said the Women Transforming Cities pledge page did not include Smith and that she had not signed. The page's results table for the Green Party, an image, marks her as committing to all six asks. The notes also said no party release named her; the March 23 and May 11, 2026 releases do. No calendar event dated before October 3 needed removal.
Score review of every commitment
voche.me checked each commitment against the archived page it cites and tagged it by issue and by whose words it is. The clear purpose sentence was corrected: the party page and Smith's own site both say she has spent her career solving the problem one person at a time, not one household at a time. A duplicate entry that restated the same sentence a second time was removed. The two entries describing her legal advocacy career and her housing co-op and Community Land Trust directorships are background, not a stated position, so they are tagged to no scored issue.
New sources found: her own campaign website, a newspaper interview, and her own social media
voche.me found Smith's own campaign website, votestephanie.ca, which repeats the party's biography and links a January 2025 Globe and Mail article that quotes her at length on vacant buildings and the Broadway Plan. A six-post thread from her own Bluesky account, posted in March 2026, states her position on renoviction and demoviction. The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC's own board page independently confirms her as a director, alongside her housing co-op, Lore Krill Housing Co-op. A 2022 blog post about her first council run is recorded as earlier-term material.
