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title: "OneCity sets out which parts of the Vote Palestine pledge its candidates will adopt"
description: "OneCity published a statement on September 27 explaining its position on each component of the Vote Palestine pledge, accepting some parts and declining others."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/onecity-vote-palestine-statement-september-27"
last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:01:17.053Z"
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OneCity published a statement on September 27, 2026, explaining its response to each component of the Vote Palestine pledge. The statement was posted on the party's own website and addresses four areas: condemning the genocide in Gaza, the Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge, city procurement, and an anti-racism framework.

On the first component, the party says its candidates and campaign team "unequivocally and unanimously condemn the genocide in Gaza." The statement also says OneCity condemns genocides in Darfur and against the Rohingya people. These are the party's stated positions.

## The Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge

The Vote Palestine pledge asked candidates to sign the Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge, which OneCity says has three elements. The party says it accepted the first two: supporting freedom, justice, and equality for Palestinians, and opposing racism against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim people. The party says it declined the third element, which asks signatories to work to end all support for what the pledge calls Israel's apartheid regime. The party gives two reasons in its statement: questions about what a city government has the power to do, and feedback from residents.

## Procurement

On city contracts, OneCity says it would work to keep city dollars from going to companies working for governments involved in genocide, in Israel or anywhere else in the world. The party says this falls within its broader commitment to local and Canadian suppliers. The party has not published a list of specific companies or contracts it would review.

## The Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework

The Vote Palestine pledge also asked candidates to recognize a framework published by the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association for addressing anti-Palestinian racism. OneCity says it declined to adopt that external framework. The party says it prefers to do that work in Vancouver, with Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Jewish Vancouverites involved. These are the party's own reasons.

[OneCity](/parties/onecity) has 11 candidates on the October 17 ballot: [Iona Bonamis (陶思穎)](/candidates/iona-bonamis), [Frances Bula](/candidates/frances-bula), [Jarrett Hagglund](/candidates/jarrett-hagglund), [Lucy Maloney](/candidates/lucy-maloney), and [Caitlin Stockwell](/candidates/caitlin-stockwell) for City Council; [Rory Brown](/candidates/rory-brown), [Steve Cardwell](/candidates/steve-cardwell), [Christopher Lee (李基鵬)](/candidates/christopher-lee), and [Krista Sigurdson](/candidates/krista-sigurdson) for School Board; and [Dominic Denofrio](/candidates/dominic-denofrio) and [Tyler Petersen](/candidates/tyler-petersen) for Park Board. Voters who want to compare party positions on this topic can read the full statement at onecityvancouver.ca/news/statement-on-vote-palestine-pledge, and find all party platforms at /parties/onecity. Voting takes place on October 17, 2026. Information on where to vote is at [/where-to-vote](/where-to-vote).

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