COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 206.
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Tamiko Suzuki, ballot number 206 for Park Board in Vancouver, COPE. Profile focus: Urban ecology and accessible recreation.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
Suzuki says the aim is to upgrade parks that have been left without maintenance.
“I'm running to upgrade neglected parks, expand our tree canopy to protect neighborhoods from extreme heat, restore natural ecosystems, and grow the green spaces that will make this city livable for generations.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board Candidate (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Park Board candidates (opens in a new tab).
Suzuki says the tree canopy should be expanded so that neighbourhoods are protected from extreme heat.
“I'm running to upgrade neglected parks, expand our tree canopy to protect neighborhoods from extreme heat, restore natural ecosystems, and grow the green spaces that will make this city livable for generations.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board Candidate (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Park Board candidates (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on September 26, 2026 (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on October 3, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Suzuki says the aim is to restore natural ecosystems and grow the amount of green space in the city, and describes access to nature as essential rather than a luxury.
“Ecosystems matter if we are going to have any kind of climate resiliency in this city.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board Candidate (opens in a new tab).
COPE's parks page says Suzuki will work to make the city accessible for families and seniors.
“Tamiko will use her experience and knowledge to fight for better parks and recreation facilities, to make the city accessible for families and seniors, and to grow green spaces for public health and well-being.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Park Board candidates (opens in a new tab).
Suzuki's own VoteMate submission says she will push to increase the number of public green spaces in Vancouver, naming community gardens, native-plant areas, rainwater catchment areas, uncovered streams and green corridors as examples.
“I promise to push to increase the number of public green spaces we have in Vancouver.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on September 26, 2026 (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board Candidate (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Park Board candidates (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on October 3, 2026 (opens in a new tab).
In an answer for COPE's four Park Board candidates, Suzuki among them, sent by Stephanie Allen and received by the Burrardview Community Association on October 6, 2026, COPE says it will make sure major proposals for new permanent parks are reviewed by the Park Board, with as much community part in the design as possible. The same answer says minor technical changes are staff decisions and need no Board vote.
“COPE will make sure that major proposals for new permanent parks are reviewed by the Park Board and include community participation in co-creation as much as possible.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burrardview Community Association: 2026 Vancouver Park Board Candidate Questionnaire (COPE answer for its four Park Board candidates) (opens in a new tab).
In the same answer to the Burrardview Community Association, COPE says it will bring back community-led planning across the city and protect park spaces, and that it will not hand public parks over to corporate interests.
“COPE will bring back community-led planning across the city and protect park spaces as the vital public infrastructure they are for communities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burrardview Community Association: 2026 Vancouver Park Board Candidate Questionnaire (COPE answer for its four Park Board candidates) (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, lists Suzuki as supportive of its policy to plant native trees in all areas, first where tree cover is low, more people live and more residents are vulnerable. In her written answer to the same guide she says canopy work should focus on underserved areas, and her own VoteMate submission names the Downtown Eastside and parts of south and east Vancouver. In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer she says tree planting should come first in the neighbourhoods with the least canopy.
“We need to prioritize tree planting in neighbourhoods with the least canopy and work toward equitable tree coverage in every neighbourhood, so all residents can benefit from shade and cooling.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Suzuki's own VoteMate submission promises to push for a tree canopy of 30 percent in all parts of Vancouver. In her answer to Vote4Tomorrow she says she wants to push for 30 percent canopy, and in her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer she says a city-wide average can hide neighbourhoods that are left exposed to heat.
“I promise to push for increasing the tree canopy to 30% in all parts of Vancouver”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer, Suzuki says the city should replace the thousands of trees lost to drought, disease or old age, and that with enough staff, equipment and money for planting, watering and checking, the lost canopy can be restored. She notes empty tree pits across the city.
“We should also replace the thousands of trees lost to drought stress, disease, or old age.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer, Suzuki says planting native and drought-tolerant species will help green spaces adapt to changing weather and support the variety of plant and animal life. Her own VoteMate submission says the city needs to plant native trees that can survive heavy winter rain and summer drought.
“We need to plant native trees that help with biodiversity and that are able to withstand atmospheric rivers in the winter and drought in the summer.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer, Suzuki says the city needs more natural areas that catch rainwater, more rain gardens, which are planted low areas that soak up rain, and more swales, which are planted ditches, to absorb stormwater and reduce flooding.
“we also need more natural rainwater catchment areas, rain gardens, and swales to absorb stormwater and reduce flooding.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow lists Suzuki as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife. Her own VoteMate submission names green corridors among the public green spaces she will push for.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile (text submitted by the candidate or their team) (opens in a new tab).
Vote4Tomorrow lists Suzuki as supportive of its policy to upgrade critical infrastructure so it holds up in heat, fire, floods and storms.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab).
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked Park Board candidates to commit to one Park Board decision: open park land and facilities to community food, which its platform describes as finding suitable park land, supporting Indigenous food practices and making more room to grow, harvest, prepare and share food. The coalition's table for COPE marks Suzuki as fully committed to the platform. Vote4Tomorrow also lists Suzuki as supportive of its policy to support local agriculture and community gardens.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Food Justice Coalition: 43 Vancouver election candidates back policy commitments to improve city-wide food security (COPE table marks Suzuki as fully committed) (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Food Justice Coalition: Funding Our Food Systems Well (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab).
In her answer to Vote4Tomorrow, Suzuki says part of her platform is the need to replace or renovate the city's ageing community facilities. In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answers she says ageing recreation facilities should be maintained, renovated and replaced, above all in neighbourhoods that have been neglected, and COPE's parks page says she will fight for better parks and recreation facilities.
“Part of my platform is about the need to replace or renovate our aging community facilities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab), Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Park Board candidates (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer, Suzuki says the choice of which community centres are renewed first should be open and based on evidence, and should keep to the order agreed under the 2022 Community Centre Strategy. She says Renfrew Community Centre, ranked second, was dropped from the list.
“We need transparent, evidence-based decisions and a consistent commitment to agreed-upon priorities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network what one change she would make first, Suzuki says she would work on washroom access across the park system: washrooms locked for repairs, as at Nelson Park, washrooms that close in the evening while people still use the park, and well-kept portable toilets as a first step in parks with no washroom.
“I would focus on improving washroom access throughout Vancouver’s park system.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answer, Suzuki says a COPE Park Board would insist that developers keep the commitments they made when their projects were approved, including childcare spaces, new parks and recreation facilities. She names the Riverview district as still waiting for promised amenities.
“We would also insist that developers be held accountable for commitments made when receiving development approvals, including providing childcare spaces, new parks, and recreation facilities.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network whether she plans to abolish or reform the Park Board, Suzuki answers “Absolutely not”, and says COPE believes in an independent, elected Park Board that works with Council.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
In the same answer, Suzuki says Park Board independence also means changing its money arrangement with Council, so the Board depends less on budget decisions made one year at a time and can plan for the long term.
“It also means changing the financial relationship with Council so the Park Board is not so vulnerable to year-to-year budget decisions.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network how the Park Board should meet the needs of different cultural groups, Suzuki says it should communicate in different languages online, in print and in person, and hold meetings at places and times that more people can reach.
“This means communicating in different languages through online platforms, printed materials, and in-person outreach.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
In her Vancouver Public Space Network survey answers, Suzuki says Park Board permit applications should be simple, above all for small community groups, and that the Board can help neighbourhood groups care for parks with small grants, simpler permits and advice from staff. She names community gardens, pollinator gardens with native plants, removal of invasive plants and restoration led by residents as examples.
“Permit applications should be simple and straightforward, particularly for smaller community organizations that may lack the time or resources to navigate complicated procedures.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network whether she would continue the Park Board's work toward reconciliation and co-management with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations, Suzuki says yes, and that the Board should move toward real co-management, with enough funding and shared power to decide. Vote4Tomorrow also lists her as supportive of its policy to work with Indigenous peoples as partners in caring for the land, air and water.
“Yes absolutely, reconciliation is an ongoing process and I would continue this work.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow (Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast): Tamiko Suzuki's answers (opens in a new tab).
In the same answer, Suzuki says joint planning with the nations should put native plants and traditional food plants first, and should give access to space for ceremony.
“access to spaces for ceremony”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
The same answer says reconciliation at the Park Board also means paying for training for Indigenous youth, employing Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers, restoring Indigenous place names and expanding Indigenous cultural programs.
“It also means funding opportunities to train Indigenous youth, employing Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers, restoring Indigenous place names, and expanding Indigenous cultural programs.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
Asked by the Vancouver Public Space Network how the Park Board should respond to social isolation, Suzuki says that to make community centres, parks, pools and sports fields open to everyone, admission fees must stay affordable, registration simple and parking fees as low as possible.
“To make these spaces truly accessible, we need to keep admission fees affordable, registration simple, and parking fees to a minimum.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
The same answer says the Park Board's facilities must be maintained and staffed so they can stay open longer.
“We also need to properly maintain and staff our facilities so they can stay open longer”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vancouver Public Space Network: 2026 Park Board Candidate Survey: Tamiko Suzuki (206), COPE (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will add public washrooms that are accessible 24 hours a day, with permanent buildings and sanitation stations across the city.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will speed up needed park, recreation and community centre upgrades, above all for community centres that have long gone without needed upkeep.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will add tree cover at dog parks, give more public access to water and dog waste bags, and create more off-leash spaces. COPE's pet-friendly city page adds off-leash hours in parks in the early morning.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: You Shouldn't Have to Be Rich to Have a Dog in Vancouver (petition page) (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will upgrade playgrounds and the parks where children play, first in neighbourhoods that are being left behind.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 12, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will affirm an independent, elected Park Board, fund it and give it the power to do its work, and protect public parks from being sold or developed. Its democracy section opposes abolishing the elected Park Board.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), pages 13 and 26 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will ban private groups from making a profit from public amenities such as tennis courts and fields, and will oppose sharing agreements that let only people who can pay take part.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will build more public pools across the city and, saying it will respect the 2022 plebiscite, build a new 50 metre pool in Vancouver.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will train and hire the lifeguards and swim instructors needed to keep pools open and staffed, end line-ups, offer enough swimming lessons, and keep people safe at the beaches.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will expand the Leisure Access Program, which lowers the cost of City recreation for people with low incomes, so that residents of all incomes can use the facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will oppose private interests taking over public land and oppose industrial infrastructure in public parks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will grow the city's tree canopy to 30 percent by 2050, first with native species that can survive a changing climate.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will increase the variety of plant and animal life in public parks and plant native species.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will put the growth of green spaces and parks first, above all in dense areas where parks and other amenities have not kept up with new building.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 17, Climate Defence Strategy (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will bring in better lighting and safety rules for travel paths in public parks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 18, Better Transit and Transportation (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will connect walking, cycling and other small-vehicle routes, such as for scooters and shared bikes, to all community centres and public recreation facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 18, Better Transit and Transportation (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will set up drop-in spaces at community centres and schools where parents can get affordable, safe and reliable childcare.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 19, Keep Families in Vancouver (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will ban hostile architecture, meaning designs such as spikes or divided benches that stop people from resting or sheltering, in public space, including community centres and transit hubs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 9 (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will join up and coordinate the city's network of community gardens to grow local food and give more people access to growing space.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 14, Make Groceries More Affordable (opens in a new tab).
In its answer to The West End Journal, published October 1, 2026, COPE says it has opposed BC Hydro's plan for a substation under Nelson Park since 2018, and that other sites must be studied before the project goes ahead.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The West End Journal: Vancouver Civic Election, party answers on four West End issues (October 1, 2026), COPE Vancouver's answer on Nelson Park (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will support projects that residents lead in the city's shared public spaces, such as maker spaces, community fridges, free stores, and upgrades to community facilities and amenities led by the people who use them.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF) (opens in a new tab).
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will work together across City Council, the School Board and the Park Board to use public assets for the public good, and to grow the services and shared spaces every neighbourhood relies on.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 13, Build the Commons (opens in a new tab).
This record covers Tamiko Suzuki, ballot number 206, running for Vancouver Park Board with COPE. The material is COPE's announcement, parks page and 2026 platform, Suzuki's own VoteMate profile and Instagram posts, forum notices, and pages of organizations that name her in a community role.
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.
“I'm running to upgrade neglected parks, expand our tree canopy to protect neighborhoods from extreme heat, restore natural ecosystems, and grow the green spaces that will make this city livable for generations.”
Stated by the candidate.
COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board CandidateNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on parks: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
“Like COPE, I believe our city belongs to the people who live here—not to corporations and those seeking to profit from the sale of public land.”
Stated by the candidate.
Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on September 26, 2026No instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Every Park Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
Every Park Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
“I'm running to upgrade neglected parks, expand our tree canopy to protect neighborhoods from extreme heat, restore natural ecosystems, and grow the green spaces that will make this city livable for generations.”
Stated by the candidate.
COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board CandidateNo instrument the office controls is named.
“increasing the tree canopy to 30% in all parts of Vancouver”
Stated by the candidate.
Tamiko Suzuki candidate profile, as read on September 26, 2026No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Wrote the Environment Team's winter newsletter as Outreach Coordinator”
Report published, December 1, 2019.
Winter News from the Environment TeamThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on climate: 6 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on public safety: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Every Park Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. COPE publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on transport: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
Every Park Board candidate on transport, scored the same way
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No upcoming public appearance by Tamiko Suzuki is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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Tamiko Suzuki appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 206. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page says Suzuki has worked in healthcare at BC Children's Hospital. The party page says Suzuki has a history of environmental activism, including opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
COPE's announcement says Suzuki took part in protests against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in 2014 and was arrested during them. This account comes from the party.
COPE announced Suzuki as its fourth Park Board candidate on August 8, 2026, joining Cease Wyss, Sacia Burton and Jamie Han.
In her own VoteMate biography, Suzuki says she worked at BC Children's Hospital for more than 30 years in cytogenetics and pathology. A team page of the Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice describes her as a registered medical technologist who retired in 2020, and says she leads forest bathing walks in Richmond Nature Park, Pacific Spirit Park and other parts of Greater Vancouver.
The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy lists Suzuki in its guide directory as a certified forest therapy guide based in Vancouver. This matches the certification she describes on VoteMate.
Vancouver Unitarians published part of a speech Suzuki gave on January 10, 2026, in which she announced the new name of a congregation team that runs events on different cultures: the Vancouver Unitarians Intercultural Team.
Suzuki appears at ballot number 206 on the Park Board ballot, listed with COPE.
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Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
18 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Suzuki says the aim is to upgrade parks that have been left without maintenance.
Suzuki says the tree canopy should be expanded so that neighbourhoods are protected from extreme heat.
Suzuki says the aim is to restore natural ecosystems and grow the amount of green space in the city, and describes access to nature as essential rather than a luxury.
COPE's parks page says Suzuki will work to improve accessibility in parks for families and seniors.
COPE opposes removing the elected Park Board and says the province should not change the Vancouver Charter to abolish it without the consent of Vancouver voters.
The party page says Suzuki would upgrade parks that have been left without care.
The party page says Suzuki would grow the number of city trees so neighbourhoods stay cooler during extreme heat.
The party page says Suzuki would bring back natural ecosystems and add green space in the city.
The party page says Suzuki would make the city easier to use for families and for older people.
Suzuki's own VoteMate submission says she will push to increase the number of public green spaces in Vancouver, naming community gardens, native-plant areas, rainwater catchment areas, uncovered streams and green corridors as examples.
Suzuki's own VoteMate submission says she is against artificial intelligence and data centres and will fight to prevent them from being built in the city, citing power demand, water use and noise.
Suzuki's own VoteMate biography says the city belongs to the people who live here, not to corporations seeking to profit from selling public land.
COPE's platform says it will build more public pools across the city and build a new 50 metre pool, respecting the 2022 vote that approved one, and will train and hire more lifeguards and swim instructors.
COPE's platform says it will ban private groups from making a profit from public amenities such as tennis courts and fields, and will oppose sharing deals that limit use to people who can pay.
COPE's platform says it will affirm an independent, democratic Park Board, fund it, and protect public parks from sale and development.
COPE's platform says it will grow the urban forest canopy to 30 percent by 2050, with priority for native species suited to a changing climate, and will increase biodiversity in public parks.
COPE's platform says it will add better lighting and safety rules on walking and cycling routes that run through public parks, and connect these routes to every community centre.
In answers published by The West End Journal, COPE says it has opposed the BC Hydro substation planned under Nelson Park since 2018, says the work would remove Lord Roberts Annex and more than 80 mature trees, and asks for other sites to be studied first.
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Vancouver Unitarians published a newsletter post under Suzuki's byline, naming her as the Environment Team's Outreach Coordinator and listing the group's Zero Waste, salmon-habitat and fundraising activities.
The congregation's own website, not Suzuki's campaign, carries this byline. It predates her candidacy and shows a completed piece of organizing work.
Suzuki asked guests at her birthday party to donate to RAVEN Trust's campaign against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion instead of giving gifts. Vancouver Unitarians reports the party raised more than $3,000 for RAVEN Trust and an additional $400 for opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Reported on the congregation's own website, not by Suzuki's campaign. It predates her candidacy.
Suzuki posted on August 26, 2026 that she had cleaned up New Brighton Beach and Park the weekend before with the other three COPE Park Board candidates, Cease Wyss, Jamie Han and Sacia Burton. The post gives no amount of litter collected.
Campaign activity known only from the candidate's own Instagram post. A one-day cleanup is an event attended, so it earns no record point.
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In COPE's announcement Suzuki set out four aims: upgrading neglected parks, expanding the tree canopy against extreme heat, restoring natural ecosystems, and growing green space. Suzuki described access to nature as essential and linked ecosystems to the city's ability to cope with climate change. COPE co-chair Sam Smart also commented in the same release.
In an Instagram post that evening, Suzuki wrote that she had just taken part in her first candidates debate and thanked Devyani Singh, a COPE council candidate, for help and encouragement. The post does not name the event. The Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association held an all-candidates meeting at 7 pm that day and listed Singh as COPE's council speaker, while it listed COPE's Park Board speaker as to be announced. No record of what Suzuki said was found.
Vancouver Unitarians published part of a speech Suzuki gave to the congregation. She explained why the team known as the IPA, which runs food, art, music, film and talk events about different cultures, changed its name to the Vancouver Unitarians Intercultural Team. The speech does not mention the Park Board.
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Daily Hive reported the main promises in COPE's 2026 platform and listed Suzuki as one of the party's four Park Board candidates. The article does not quote her.
Daily Hive published the full ballot in order and listed Suzuki at number 206 for Park Board with COPE.
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COPE Vancouver · August 8, 2026
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COPE Vancouver · September 28, 2026
Tamiko Suzuki (Instagram account tamikosuz) · September 23, 2026
Tamiko Suzuki (Instagram account tamikosuz) · August 26, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Daily Hive · September 28, 2026
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association
Vancouver Unitarians · December 1, 2019
Vancouver Unitarians · January 22, 2020
Kerrisdale Community Centre Society · September 23, 2026
Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice
Vancouver Unitarians · January 14, 2026
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
No standalone campaign website was found. Her Facebook page (tamiko.suzuki1) needs a signed-in account and was not read. Her Instagram account (tamikosuz) was read through its public embed page on October 3, 2026; only the most recent posts are visible there. The Kerrisdale Community Centre Society listed Suzuki among 23 Park Board candidates who confirmed they would speak at its forum on September 29, 2026, but no report or recording of the forum was found, so voche.me cannot show that she spoke or what she said. Her September 23 Instagram post says she took part in a candidates debate but does not name it. The Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, last updated September 29, 2026, did not yet list an answer from Suzuki. The 2014 Burnaby Mountain arrest is stated by COPE and by Suzuki on VoteMate; no court or police record was opened, and whether any charge followed is not established. A 2014 Georgia Straight report of a Burnaby Mountain arrest names a different person, David Suzuki's granddaughter Tomiko, and was not used. Her exact job title and dates at BC Children's Hospital rest on her own statement and on a team page of the Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice. Suzuki has not held elected office, so no Park Board, City Council or School Board record applies.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's Park Board candidate list, COPE's campaign pages and its 2026 platform, Suzuki's VoteMate profile and Instagram account, forum notices from the Kerrisdale and Mount Pleasant community centre associations and The West End Journal, and pages of three organizations that name her in a community role.
Positions marked as Suzuki's own come from pages that name her as the speaker: COPE's announcement quotes her, and VoteMate labels each promise with her name. Items from COPE's platform are shown as the party's position, because the platform does not name her as the person who will act.
Checks still to do: a voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. Suzuki has not held elected office, so no Park Board, City Council or School Board record applies.
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COPE's announcement and its parks page both say Suzuki has worked in healthcare at BC Children's Hospital. Her own VoteMate biography says she worked there for more than 30 years in cytogenetics and pathology. The Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice team page says she was a registered medical technologist there and retired in 2020. No hospital record was opened.
COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board CandidateThe Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, the body that trains and certifies its guides, lists Suzuki in its guide directory as a certified guide in Vancouver.
Association of Nature and Forest Therapy · guide directoryVancouver Unitarians published a speech in which Suzuki spoke for the team, formerly called the IPA, when it took its new name on January 10, 2026. The Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice team page says she chairs a team that works on multicultural and anti-racism events.
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Tamiko Suzuki is number 206 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
Tamiko Suzuki ran for Park Board with COPE.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Suzuki's VoteMate profile no longer lists her promise against AI data centres, so that entry is now marked as no longer on her profile. COPE's 2026 platform items for the Park Board are added as party positions. Her own post about her first candidates debate on September 23 replaces the Mount Pleasant forum calendar entry, which had passed. The West End Park Board forum on October 3 is added. A repeated biography sentence about her healthcare work was removed, and her forest therapy certification is now confirmed by the certifying body's directory.
Suzuki's VoteMate profile names her directly as the author of five promises, including a 30 percent tree-canopy target and opposition to new AI data centres, and adds detail to her healthcare career and Forest Therapy certification. Vancouver Unitarians' website independently confirms an Environment Team Outreach Coordinator role, with a dated 2019 newsletter and a dated 2020 fundraiser that raised over $3,000 for anti-pipeline campaigns.
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