[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":6432},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-cope":3,"platform-cope-2026-platform":401,"platform-chapters-cope-2026-platform-all":596,"party-roster-COPE":2314,"parties-all":3098,"platforms-all":6419},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":14,"history":15,"leadership":24,"logo":13,"meta":25,"money":26,"name":41,"news":42,"overview":48,"palette":53,"platform":58,"questions":321,"record":361,"registeredName":367,"rosterLabel":41,"slug":368,"sources":369,"stem":398,"summary":399,"website":372,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":400},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope.json",[],"2026-09-22",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#f23d3d","Read from the party stylesheet on September 22, 2026.",[11],"cope-home","json",null,"The left slate, running no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":18,"gaps":21,"entries":23},"unresearched",false,[19,20],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[22],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":28,"gaps":31,"searchUrl":33,"filings":34,"notes":35},"researched",[29,30],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[32],"This party's own filings have not been retrieved and transcribed yet, so this page explains where to look rather than showing the figures.","https:\u002F\u002Fcontributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca\u002Fpcs\u002FLESearch.aspx",[],[36,37,38,39,40],"Registered parties in British Columbia are called elector organizations. Only a registered elector organization can endorse candidates, take campaign contributions and spend money on an election.","Each one files a report within 90 days after general voting day, another by March 31 for every calendar year, and a final one within six months of closing down.","General voting day is October 17, 2026, so this election’s filing is due by about mid-January 2027. It is not on the public record during the campaign.","What is on the record now: the reports filed for each calendar year, and the full filings from the 2022 Vancouver election.","Anyone who gives $100 or more to a party or a candidate has their name and the amount published.","COPE",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":43,"gaps":45,"entries":47},[44],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[46],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[49,50,51,52],"COPE stands for the Coalition of Progressive Electors. It is running 12 candidates: 4 for City Council, 4 for Park Board and 4 for School Board. It is not running a mayoral candidate.","It is one of two parties on this ballot contesting three races but not the mayoralty; OneCity is the other.","The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform, not a 2026 platform. We have recorded it as such throughout, with its date attached, because the commitments in it were written for a different election.","COPE states that it rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and says it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022.",{"accent":54,"onAccent":55,"tint":56,"ink":57},"#E71010","#FFFFFF","#F7E3E3","#7A1F1F",[59,116,140,164,189,211,230,257,294,305],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":61,"proposals":66,"questions":100,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":110,"gaps":113,"headline":114,"summary":115},"housing",[62,63,64,65],"These commitments come from COPE’s April 2025 by-election platform, which was still the platform published on its website on September 22, 2026.","The mansion tax is the most specific number on it: 1% on property values above $5 million, to pay for ending homelessness.","COPE would also have the city buy existing apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, naming Montreal as the model.","The vacancy loophole it names is the rule that lets a landlord raise rent without limit between tenants. Rent control between tenancies is provincial law, so a city cannot close that gap on its own.",[67,74,78,83,87,92,96],{"title":68,"detail":69,"cites":70,"cost":72,"authority":73},"A 1% tax on property values above $5 million","COPE would end homelessness with a tax on what it calls the mansions of the super-rich: a progressive property tax of 1% on values exceeding $5 million.",[71],"cope-platform","1% above $5 million","Council sets property tax. A new tax class may need provincial approval.",{"title":75,"detail":76,"cites":77},"Buy apartments and convert them to public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and turn them into permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, following Montreal’s municipal approach.",[71],{"title":79,"detail":80,"cites":81,"authority":82},"Close the vacancy loophole","COPE would close the loophole that lets landlords raise rents without limit between tenants.",[71],"Rent control between tenancies is set by provincial tenancy law.",{"title":84,"detail":85,"cites":86},"Stop demovictions","COPE would stop demovictions and address city-owned vacant land and what it calls exclusionary mansion districts.",[71],{"title":88,"detail":89,"cites":90,"authority":91},"Increase and tighten the Empty Homes Tax","COPE would keep increasing the tax, apply a partial vacancy tax to exempt new builds, increase enforcement and close loopholes.",[71],"The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver tax.",{"title":93,"detail":94,"cites":95},"Create a landlord registry","A registry would track rents and allow enforcement against landlords with patterns of violations.",[71],{"title":97,"detail":98,"cites":99},"Bring back the renters office with enforcement powers","COPE would restore the renters office and give it new enforcement powers.",[71],[101,105],{"question":102,"answer":103,"cites":104},"Is this COPE’s 2026 platform?","No. The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept its date attached to every commitment because it was written for a different election.",[71],{"question":106,"answer":107,"cites":108},"Can the city close the vacancy loophole?","No. The rule that lets a landlord raise the rent without limit when one tenant leaves and another arrives is provincial tenancy law. A city can ask the province to change it, and can act on the taxes and registries it does control.",[71],true,[111,112],"The COPE platform page","The COPE home page",[],"A 1% tax on homes worth more than $5 million","COPE’s published platform would tax properties above $5 million at 1% to fund ending homelessness, buy apartments as permanent public housing, close the vacancy loophole and stop demovictions.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":118,"proposals":121,"questions":135,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":136,"gaps":137,"headline":138,"summary":139},"homelessness",[119,120],"COPE is the only party on this ballot that names both an end to homelessness and the tax that would pay for it in the same commitment.","On the drug crisis, COPE maintains support for safe supply and harm reduction, which is the opposite position to ABC’s ban on open-air use and TrueBlue’s recovery-first framing.",[122,126,131],{"title":123,"detail":124,"cites":125,"cost":72},"End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax","A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.",[71],{"title":127,"detail":128,"cites":129,"authority":130},"Maintain safe supply and harm reduction","COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.",[71],"These are provincial and federal health programmes.",{"title":132,"detail":133,"cites":134},"Buy apartments as permanent public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.",[71],[],[111],[],"End homelessness, funded by the mansion tax","COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":142,"proposals":146,"questions":159,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":160,"gaps":161,"headline":162,"summary":163},"public-safety",[143,144,145],"COPE is the clearest counter-position to ABC and TEAM on this issue. Where they commit to more police tools and enforcement, COPE commits to funding other services instead.","Its platform states the Vancouver police budget increased by about $100 million under the current administration. That is COPE’s own figure and we have not checked it against city budget documents.","Peer-assisted care teams, which COPE calls PACTs, send trained peers rather than police to a mental health crisis.",[147,152,156],{"title":148,"detail":149,"cites":150,"authority":151},"Fund public services rather than policing","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation facilities and social infrastructure over policing.",[71],"Council approves the police budget but the Police Board directs the department.",{"title":153,"detail":154,"cites":155},"Support peer-assisted care teams","COPE would support peer-assisted care teams to respond to mental health crises without involving police.",[71],{"title":127,"detail":128,"cites":157,"authority":158},[71],"Safe supply is a provincial and federal health programme.",[],[111],[],"Fund peer crisis teams rather than police","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and support peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":166,"proposals":168,"questions":184,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":185,"gaps":186,"headline":187,"summary":188},"transport",[167],"COPE publishes its transport commitments inside its climate section rather than separately.",[169,174,179],{"title":170,"detail":171,"cites":172,"authority":173},"Work toward free public transit","COPE would expand free transit to under-18s and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system.",[71],"TransLink sets fares.",{"title":175,"detail":176,"cites":177,"authority":178},"Restore bus routes 17 and 25","COPE would restore both routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[71],"TransLink runs bus routes.",{"title":180,"detail":181,"cites":182,"authority":183},"Support protected bike lanes","COPE would support protected bike lanes and cycling safety initiatives.",[71],"The city designs its own streets.",[],[111],[],"Free transit, restored bus routes and protected bike lanes","COPE would work toward fully funded free public transit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and support protected bike lanes.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":191,"proposals":193,"questions":206,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":207,"gaps":208,"headline":209,"summary":210},"parks",[192],"COPE and TEAM both commit to keeping and strengthening the elected Park Board, and both would make temporary parks permanent. COPE publishes a number: more than 100.",[194,198,202],{"title":195,"detail":196,"cites":197},"Strengthen the elected Park Board","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected park board.",[71],{"title":199,"detail":200,"cites":201},"Make 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[71],{"title":203,"detail":204,"cites":205},"Expand community gardens and food growing","COPE would expand community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchens and establish food sovereignty networks.",[71],[],[111],[],"Make the 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected Park Board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent ones.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":213,"proposals":215,"questions":224,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":225,"gaps":226,"headline":228,"summary":229},"schools",[214],"COPE’s published platform addresses public education in general terms and does not set out school-specific commitments. Its related commitments are on libraries and food security.",[216,220],{"title":217,"detail":218,"cites":219},"Increase library funding, hours and wages","COPE would increase funding, hours and wages and add worker representation to the Vancouver Public Library board.",[71],{"title":221,"detail":222,"cites":223},"Defend public education","COPE campaigns on fighting for public education.",[11],[],[111,112],[227],"No school capacity, catchment or budget commitment is published.","Public education, libraries and food programmes","COPE is running four School Board candidates and campaigns on defending public education, with library funding and food programmes alongside.",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":232,"proposals":235,"questions":252,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":253,"gaps":254,"headline":255,"summary":256},"taxes-and-budget",[233,234],"COPE and TEAM both commit to a lobbyist registry, from opposite ends of the political range. That makes it one of the few commitments with support across this ballot.","COPE’s donation position is a claim about its own conduct: it says it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are the place to check it.",[236,240,244,248],{"title":237,"detail":238,"cites":239},"Establish a lobbyist registry","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry and push fossil fuel and big business lobbyists out.",[71],{"title":241,"detail":242,"cites":243},"Defend the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would defend and restore the independence and authority of the Integrity Commissioner.",[71],{"title":245,"detail":246,"cites":247},"Refuse developer and big business donations","COPE states it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. This is the party’s own account of its conduct.",[71],{"title":249,"detail":250,"cites":251},"Expand public participation at council","COPE would increase council comment time and follow-up questions and hold town halls throughout the city.",[71],[],[111],[],"A lobbyist registry, and no developer donations","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry, defend the Integrity Commissioner’s independence, and states it rejects donations from developers and big business.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":259,"proposals":263,"questions":289,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":290,"gaps":291,"headline":292,"summary":293},"climate",[260,261,262],"COPE’s climate section is the longest part of its published platform and folds transport into it.","It refers to the 2021 heat dome, stating 99 people died in Vancouver, and frames its climate adaptation commitments around protecting people from extreme weather.","Rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit would have the city join other local governments suing fossil fuel companies for climate costs.",[264,269,273,276,281,285],{"title":265,"detail":266,"cites":267,"authority":268},"Free transit for everyone under 18","COPE would expand free public transit to youth under the age of 18, working toward fully funded free-to-ride public transit.",[71],"TransLink sets fares. A city can advocate and can contribute funding.",{"title":270,"detail":271,"cites":272},"Rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","The city would rejoin the lawsuit requiring polluters to fund climate crisis remediation.",[71],{"title":175,"detail":274,"cites":275,"authority":178},"COPE would restore the two routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[71],{"title":277,"detail":278,"cites":279,"authority":280},"Block gas in new buildings","COPE would block what it describes as the next attempt to enable burning methane gas in new builds, and support electric heat pump retrofitting.",[71],"Vancouver sets its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":282,"detail":283,"cites":284},"Exceed IPCC emissions targets","COPE commits to exceeding IPCC greenhouse gas reduction targets and timelines.",[71],{"title":286,"detail":287,"cites":288},"A climate defence strategy for extreme weather","COPE would develop adaptation infrastructure for extreme weather, citing the 99 deaths in Vancouver during the 2021 heat dome.",[71],[],[111],[],"Free transit for under-18s and rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","COPE’s published platform would expand free transit to everyone under 18, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and exceed IPCC emissions targets.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":296,"proposals":297,"questions":298,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":299,"gaps":303},"culture",[],[],[],[300,301,302],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F","The City of Vancouver official candidate list","A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[304],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":307,"proposals":309,"questions":316,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":317,"gaps":318,"headline":319,"summary":320},"child-care",[308],"The $10 a day programme is a provincial scheme. A city can create the rooms and press for more spaces to be funded, but it does not set the fee.",[310],{"title":311,"detail":312,"cites":313,"cost":314,"authority":315},"Expand $10 a day child care spaces in Vancouver","COPE would expand affordable child care, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[71],"$10 per day per space","The $10 a day programme is funded and set by the province.",[],[111],[],"Expand $10-a-day child care spaces","COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[322,327,331,335,339,343,348,352,356],{"question":323,"answer":324,"cites":325},"Is COPE running a candidate for mayor?","No. COPE is running 12 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[326],"city-candidates",{"question":328,"answer":329,"cites":330},"What does COPE stand for?","The Coalition of Progressive Electors.",[11],{"question":332,"answer":333,"cites":334},"Is the platform on COPE’s website its 2026 platform?","No. On September 22, 2026 the platform page held its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept that date attached to every commitment taken from it.",[71],{"question":336,"answer":337,"cites":338},"What is COPE’s mansion tax?","A property tax of 1% on the value of a home above $5 million, which COPE says would fund ending homelessness. A home assessed at $6 million would be taxed 1% on the $1 million above the threshold.",[71],{"question":340,"answer":341,"cites":342},"Where does COPE stand on policing?","It would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and fund peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",[71],{"question":344,"answer":345,"cites":346},"Does COPE take developer donations?","It states that it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are where to check it.",[71,347],"ebc-search",{"question":349,"answer":350,"cites":351},"What does COPE say about the Park Board?","It would strengthen the independence of the elected board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[71],{"question":353,"answer":354,"cites":355},"Does COPE support free transit?","Yes. It would expand free transit to everyone under 18 and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city.",[71],{"question":357,"answer":358,"cites":359},"Where can I see COPE’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[347,360],"ebc-org",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":362,"gaps":364,"entries":366},[19,363],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[365],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"The Coalition of Progressive Electors","cope",[370,374,378,383,386,389,393],{"id":11,"label":371,"url":372,"publisher":41,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"COPE home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":71,"label":375,"url":376,"publisher":41,"kind":373,"publishedAt":377,"checkedAt":6},"COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fplatform","2025-04-05",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":394,"label":395,"url":396,"publisher":41,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"cope-platform-2026","Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fs\u002FFight-For-Vancouver-COPE-2026-Platform-t7yf.pdf","2026-09-30","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope","COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, is running 12 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and no mayoral candidate. Its published platform commits to a mansion tax, buying apartments as public housing, and free transit.","OHl8B5Jgx9XJP0Ej9FnoyIVCJp-rs_ulMHPTEKXYQx4",{"id":402,"title":403,"checkedAt":397,"context":404,"corrections":405,"extension":12,"headline":406,"intro":407,"meta":411,"pageCount":412,"party":368,"pillars":413,"questions":570,"slug":589,"sourceId":394,"sourceIds":590,"stem":591,"summary":592,"tagline":593,"updatedAt":13,"url":396,"__hash__":595},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fcope.json","Fight for Vancouver",[],[],"COPE's 2026 platform, Fight for Vancouver, section by section",[408,409,410],"COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, calls its 2026 platform \"Fight for Vancouver\". The party published it as a PDF in three numbered sections: Fight for Housing, The People's Audit, and Fight for Vancouver. COPE also publishes a black-and-white print version, called its Election Program, with the same text.","These pages split the PDF into its numbered parts. Each page lists every commitment in the party's own order, with the PDF page it comes from, so you can check the wording yourself. We added one thing the PDF does not give: which government would have to act for each commitment, and why. We moved part 3.7, COPE's School Board platform, into a section of its own so that School Board voters can find it.","COPE is running candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor. Much of the platform asks Council to act with its own powers over zoning, city land, the budget and city bylaws. Other parts ask the Province, the federal government or TransLink to act, and on those points COPE could only press.",{},"28",[414,452,491,532],{"slug":415,"title":416,"race":417,"order":418,"pages":419,"aim":422,"headline":423,"summary":424,"intro":425,"questions":429,"context":448},"fight-for-housing","Fight for Housing","City Council",1,{"from":420,"to":421},4,9,"We can make housing affordable if we’re willing to fight for it.","COPE on housing: the Empty Homes Tax, public housing, a Renters Office and a mansion tax","Fight for Housing is the first section of COPE's 2026 platform. It would triple the Empty Homes Tax, buy apartments for public housing and co-ops, secure 20,000+ affordable homes, bring back a Renters Office and tax mansions to pay for ending homelessness.",[426,427,428],"COPE opens its 2026 platform with housing, on pages 4 to 9. The section begins with the party's argument that the housing market is working as designed, to raise rents and reward investors, and ends with its plan for homelessness. Its parts cover stopping the loss of affordable homes, building permanently affordable public housing, protecting renters, and taxing mansions to end homelessness.","The best-known items are a tripled Empty Homes Tax, the city buying apartment buildings to turn into public housing and co-ops, and a target of 20,000+ affordable homes paid for by taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots. For renters, COPE would bring back a Renters Office \"with teeth\", create a Landlord Registry and have the city repair neglected units and bill landlords. For people without homes, it would add shelters and tiny house villages and stop street sweeps.","Council controls zoning, city land, the Empty Homes Tax and rental bylaws, so many of these steps are within its power. Rent increase limits and tenancy law belong to the Province, and so do any new kinds of tax, because the Vancouver Charter sets the city's powers. Housing funding also depends on the provincial and federal governments, which COPE says it would press.",[430,433,436,439,442,445],{"question":431,"answer":432},"What is COPE's housing platform for 2026?","COPE's Fight for Housing section would triple the Empty Homes Tax, buy apartment buildings for public housing and co-ops, secure 20,000+ affordable homes, bring back a Renters Office and tax mansions to end homelessness (platform, pages 4 to 9).",{"question":434,"answer":435},"How would COPE lower rents in Vancouver?","COPE would fight to close the vacancy loophole so rent controls apply between tenants, buy apartments to take them off the private market, and penalize rent increases above the maximum through a Renters Office. The Province sets rent increase limits, so the loophole would need provincial action (platform, pages 5 and 8).",{"question":437,"answer":438},"Does COPE want to tax mansions in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would tax the wealth held in mega-mansions to pay for ending homelessness, and lists taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots among the ways it would pay for public housing. New kinds of tax would need powers from the Province (platform, pages 7 and 9).",{"question":440,"answer":441},"What does COPE propose for renters?","COPE would bring back a Renters Office, create a Landlord Registry, have the city do neglected repairs and bill landlords, allow pets in all rentals, ban rent-price collusion and protect tenant unions (platform, page 8).",{"question":443,"answer":444},"What would COPE do about homelessness in Vancouver?","COPE would use every city power on emergency shelters, tiny house villages, meal programs and storage for belongings, stop street sweeps, ban hostile architecture and follow the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments. It would pay for housing with a mansion tax (platform, page 9).",{"question":446,"answer":447},"Who has the power to carry out COPE's housing plan?","Council controls zoning, city land, the Empty Homes Tax and rental bylaws. The Province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law and decides what new taxes the city may charge, and most funding for social and supportive housing comes from the provincial and federal governments (platform, pages 4 to 9).",[449],{"label":450,"url":451,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},"Vacancy Tax (Empty Homes Tax) By-law 11674","https:\u002F\u002Fbylaws.vancouver.ca\u002Fconsolidated\u002F11674.PDF",{"slug":453,"title":454,"race":417,"order":455,"pages":456,"aim":459,"headline":460,"summary":461,"intro":462,"questions":466,"context":482},"the-peoples-audit","The People's Audit",2,{"from":457,"to":458},10,11,"Identify and report on what happened and why under Ken Sim’s tenure, and who bore the consequences for the decisions made.","COPE's People's Audit: undoing ABC's changes and reviewing City Hall","The People's Audit is COPE's plan to review and reverse the ABC council's decisions. It proposes an emergency transitional budget, a worker-led audit, a 9% Empty Homes Tax, the Auditor General's land sale fixes, a lobbying registry and cooling-off periods.",[463,464,465],"The People's Audit, on pages 10 and 11 of COPE's platform, is about the city government itself. COPE says it would find out what happened under Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC majority, who bore the consequences, and how to undo the decisions it opposes. The section has three parts: immediate steps to reverse course, a review of how decisions were made, and limits on the influence of the wealthiest people and of lobbyists at City Hall.","The first steps include an emergency transitional budget, a worker-led audit in which city workers are interviewed about waste, the return of the Renters Office and of cut climate programs, and an Empty Homes Tax rising to 9%. The review would look at staff layoffs, the replacement of the city manager, the use of city data by AI companies, and the Auditor General's 2026 Land Sales Audit. COPE would also add a lobbying registry and cooling-off periods for people moving between city jobs and industry.","Almost all of this is Council's to decide, because Council directs the city's administration, approves the budget and sets city bylaws, including those for the Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner. Campaign finance is the exception: contribution rules for BC local elections are set by provincial law, so COPE could only press for that reform. A lobbying registry is a mixed case: COPE says the city can start one alone and would seek more authority from senior governments.",[467,470,473,476,479],{"question":468,"answer":469},"What is COPE's People's Audit?","The People's Audit is COPE's plan to review and reverse decisions made under Ken Sim and ABC. It includes an emergency transitional budget, a worker-led audit of City Hall, a review of major decisions, and new limits on lobbying (platform, pages 10 and 11).",{"question":471,"answer":472},"What would COPE change at Vancouver City Hall?","COPE would give the Auditor General more independence, carry out the Auditor General's 2026 land sale recommendations, give the Integrity Commissioner more power, bring in a lobbying registry and set cooling-off periods between city jobs and lobbying industries (platform, page 11).",{"question":474,"answer":475},"What does COPE say about Ken Sim's record?","The platform says Ken Sim and ABC froze supportive housing, cut climate programs and the sustainability department, stopped a planned rise in the Empty Homes Tax and did not act on a land sales audit that found $60 million+ in lost revenue. These are COPE's statements (platform, pages 10 and 11).",{"question":477,"answer":478},"Would COPE raise the Empty Homes Tax in its first term?","Yes. In its list of immediate steps, COPE says it would reverse the cut to the Empty Homes Tax and phase in increases to 9% (platform, page 10).",{"question":480,"answer":481},"Who would carry out COPE's People's Audit?","Council directs the city's administration and approves the budget, so a council majority could order the audit and the reviews. The Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner work under city bylaws. Campaign finance rules are provincial, so that part would need the Province (platform, pages 10 and 11).",[483,486,489],{"label":484,"url":485,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},"Auditor General of the City of Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002Fauditor-general.aspx",{"label":487,"url":488,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},"Integrity Commissioner and the Code of Conduct By-law","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002Fintegrity-commissioner.aspx",{"label":490,"url":392,"publisher":385,"checkedAt":397},"Making a campaign contribution in BC local elections",{"slug":492,"title":403,"race":417,"order":493,"pages":494,"aim":497,"headline":498,"summary":499,"intro":500,"questions":504,"context":523},"fight-for-vancouver",3,{"from":495,"to":496},12,26,"Expand library hours to be open 7 days a week, and give libraries the support they’re asking for, including funding for mental health workers, and better working conditions.","COPE's plan for the city: libraries, food, transit, climate, safety, the arts and elections","Fight for Vancouver is the longest section of COPE's platform. It covers libraries, pools and parks, groceries, small business, climate, transit, child care, safety, AI, the arts, fairness and voting, with commitments such as free transit for youth and 2,200 child care spaces.",[501,502,503],"The third section of COPE's platform, on pages 12 to 26, shares its name with the whole document. It covers most of what the city does outside housing. The parts deal with libraries, pools and parks, the cost of groceries, local business, a Climate Defence Strategy, transit, families and child care, public safety, artificial intelligence, the arts, fairness, and how Vancouver votes. The School Board part of this section has its own page on this site.","Among the specific commitments are libraries open 7 days a week, a new 50 metre pool, a public grocery pilot, a Buy Vancouver purchasing policy, a 30% tree canopy by 2050, free transit for everyone under 18, at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030, and peer-assisted care teams for mental health calls. COPE would also rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street and push for ranked ballots, wards and votes at 16.","Responsibility is spread widely in this section. Council controls city streets, zoning, city land, the budget and city bylaws. The elected Park Board runs parks, pools and community centres. Buses and SkyTrain are run by TransLink, a regional body. Child care licensing, health services, rules on who may vote and new taxing powers are provincial, and ports and headlight rules are federal.",[505,508,511,514,517,520],{"question":506,"answer":507},"What is COPE's Fight for Vancouver section?","Fight for Vancouver is the third section of COPE's 2026 platform. It covers libraries and parks, groceries, small business, climate, transit, families, safety, AI, the arts, fairness and elections (platform, pages 12 to 26).",{"question":509,"answer":510},"What would COPE do about transit in Vancouver?","COPE would work toward fast and free transit, starting with fare-free bus pilots, free transit for everyone under 18 and a low-income pass. It would add a Broadway bike lane and push to extend SkyTrain to UBC. TransLink runs transit, so most of these are requests to TransLink (platform, page 18).",{"question":512,"answer":513},"What is COPE's climate plan for Vancouver?","COPE would turn the city's climate adaptation plan into a Climate Defence Strategy, grow the tree canopy to 30% by 2050, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit and oppose dredging and tankers in Burrard Inlet (platform, pages 16 and 17).",{"question":515,"answer":516},"What does COPE propose for public safety?","COPE would move mental health calls away from police toward peer-assisted care teams, set up an intimate partner violence task force, support safe supply and supervised consumption sites, and lower speed limits on high-risk streets (platform, pages 22 and 23).",{"question":518,"answer":519},"What does COPE want to change about Vancouver elections?","COPE would push for a ranked ballot for mayor starting in 2030, proportional representation with wards, votes for permanent residents and everyone over 16, and $25 Democracy Dollars vouchers. Voting rules are set in the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change (platform, page 26).",{"question":521,"answer":522},"Who would carry out COPE's Fight for Vancouver commitments?","Council controls city streets, zoning, land, the budget and bylaws, and the Park Board runs parks, pools and community centres. TransLink runs transit, the Province controls child care licensing, health care and voting rules, and the federal government controls ports and vehicle rules (platform, pages 12 to 26).",[524,528],{"label":525,"url":526,"publisher":527,"checkedAt":397},"Vancouver Fraser Port Authority: organization profile","https:\u002F\u002Ffederal-organizations.canada.ca\u002Fprofil.php?OrgID=VFPA&lang=en","Government of Canada",{"label":529,"url":530,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},"Vancouver Charter, sections 23 and 24: who may vote in Vancouver elections","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fcomplete\u002Fstatreg\u002Fvanch_02","Province of British Columbia",{"slug":533,"title":534,"race":535,"order":420,"pages":536,"aim":539,"headline":540,"summary":541,"intro":542,"questions":546,"context":562},"put-students-first","Put Students First at Vancouver School Board","School Board",{"from":537,"to":538},20,21,"Prioritize classrooms and services for students as first priority.","COPE's School Board platform: school meals, counsellors, open meetings, public school land","COPE's School Board platform would create a universal meal program for all VSB students, fund mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, reverse cuts to student support programs, live-stream board meetings and keep school land public.",[543,544,545],"In the PDF, COPE's School Board platform is part 3.7 of the Fight for Vancouver section, on pages 20 and 21. We list it as its own section here because it is the only part of the platform aimed at the Vancouver School Board, the body that runs the city's public schools. COPE is running candidates for School Board trustee.","The main items are a universal school meal program, mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, the return of programs for vulnerable students that COPE says were cut, more arts and sports, and the use of school buildings for child care and gardens. On governance, COPE would live-stream board meetings with public questions, hold fewer private meetings and add participatory budgeting. It would keep school land public and oppose public money for elite private schools.","The School Board controls its meetings, its programs, its buildings and how it spends the district budget. The Province sets school funding, the funding formula, class size money and grants to independent schools, so COPE's requests for more money, faster school building and fairer special education funding are things a COPE board could only ask the Province to do.",[547,550,553,556,559],{"question":548,"answer":549},"What is COPE's platform for the Vancouver School Board?","COPE would put classrooms first, create a universal meal program for all VSB students, fund mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, reverse cuts to programs for vulnerable students, live-stream board meetings and keep school land public (platform, pages 20 and 21).",{"question":551,"answer":552},"Who are COPE's School Board candidates?","Derrick O'Keefe, Gwen Giesbrecht, Melanie Cheng and Suzie Mah are running for Vancouver School Board with COPE (platform, page 20).",{"question":554,"answer":555},"Does COPE want to end police in Vancouver schools?","COPE would fund school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, the Vancouver police officers who work in schools under a program run jointly with the School Board (platform, page 20).",{"question":557,"answer":558},"What does COPE say about selling school land?","COPE would treat school properties as public lands, protect them and use them for public benefit, in place of selling them to cover budget shortfalls (platform, page 20).",{"question":560,"answer":561},"Can a COPE School Board get more money for schools?","School funding and the funding formula are set by the Province. COPE says it would push the Province for more public school funding, smaller class sizes, faster school repairs and new schools, and special education funding that matches students' needs (platform, pages 20 and 21).",[563,566],{"label":564,"url":565,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},"Independent school funding","https:\u002F\u002Fwww2.gov.bc.ca\u002Fgov\u002Fcontent\u002Feducation-training\u002Fk-12\u002Fadministration\u002Fprogram-management\u002Findependent-schools\u002Ffunding",{"label":567,"url":568,"publisher":569,"checkedAt":397},"Vancouver Police Finally Reveal Names of School Liaison Officers","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2025\u002F11\u002F17\u002FVancouver-Police-Reveal-Names-School-Liaison-Officers\u002F","The Tyee",[571,574,577,580,583,586],{"question":572,"answer":573},"What is in COPE's 2026 platform?","COPE's 2026 platform, Fight for Vancouver, has three sections. Fight for Housing covers rents, public housing and homelessness. The People's Audit is a review of City Hall after Ken Sim's term. Fight for Vancouver covers libraries and parks, food, small business, climate, transit, families, schools, safety, AI, the arts, fairness and elections (platform, pages 4 to 26).",{"question":575,"answer":576},"Who are COPE's candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","COPE has no candidate for mayor. Chloe Leslie, Devyani Singh, Sean Orr and Solomon Yi-Kieran are running for City Council. Jamie Han, Sacia Burton, T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss and Tamiko Suzuki are running for Park Board. Derrick O'Keefe, Gwen Giesbrecht, Melanie Cheng and Suzie Mah are running for School Board.",{"question":578,"answer":579},"Where can I read COPE's 2026 platform?","COPE publishes the PDF, titled Fight for Vancouver, on its website, votecope.ca, along with a black-and-white print version called its Election Program. On this site, every commitment links to the page of the PDF it comes from.",{"question":581,"answer":582},"What are COPE's biggest promises for 2026?","COPE would triple the Empty Homes Tax, buy apartment buildings for public housing and co-ops, and secure 20,000+ affordable homes. It would also bring back a Renters Office, tax mansions to end homelessness, and push for free transit, starting with everyone under 18 (platform, pages 5 to 18).",{"question":584,"answer":585},"Could COPE carry out its platform if its candidates win?","COPE is not running for mayor, and a Council decision needs six of the eleven votes, so its councillors would need support from others. Many items, such as rent rules, new taxes, transit fares and voting rules, belong to the Province or TransLink, where the city can only ask. Each commitment on these pages names the body that would have to act.",{"question":587,"answer":588},"Who wrote these pages about COPE's platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from COPE's own PDF. COPE did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.","2026-platform",[],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fcope","Every commitment in COPE's 2026 platform, Fight for Vancouver, sorted by section, with the PDF page for each one and the government that would have to act. It covers housing, a review of City Hall, city services, transit, climate and the School Board.",{"text":594,"page":455},"Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way.","PLtANh7os_rFk9ZRBto9tHEKhHo7QWWEUM_8cevTFlA",[597,665,743,870,954,1081,1209,1331,1384,1464,1533,1611,1688,1812,1898,1977,2118,2170,2238],{"id":598,"title":599,"checkedAt":397,"context":600,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":601,"headline":606,"issues":607,"meta":608,"order":609,"pages":610,"paragraphs":611,"party":368,"pillar":415,"proposals":615,"questions":645,"slug":661,"source":13,"stem":662,"summary":663,"__hash__":664},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--permanently-affordable-public-housing.json","Permanently Affordable Public Housing",[],[602],{"value":603,"label":604,"page":605},"20,000+","Affordable homes COPE says it would negotiate, build and secure for Vancouver",7,"COPE on public housing: 20,000+ homes, a land value tax, a penalty on empty lots",[60],{},"2",{"from":605,"to":605},[612,613,614],"Page 7 of COPE's platform sets the party's main housing target: 20,000+ units of affordable housing for Vancouver. COPE lists the kinds of homes it means, including Indigenous housing, public housing, co-ops, community land trusts, non-profit housing, supportive housing, shelter-rate housing and modular housing. The platform describes shelter-rate housing as housing for people on fixed incomes. It also names middle-income housing for people on a living wage and housing that minimum-wage earners can afford.","The page also explains how COPE would pay for these homes. The party names taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots, city bonds, and pressure on senior governments. It supports a tax on land value and wants the public to capture the gain landowners get when a new transit line or a rezoning raises the price of their land. Under the slogan \"use it or lose it\", the party would put a penalty on land held empty for profit.","COPE says the city would act as lead negotiator for a group of stalled public, co-op and non-profit housing sites, seeking low-interest loans and senior government funding. Council can do this through its budget, its land and its zoning, but loans and grants would come from the provincial and federal governments. New taxes on wealth or land would need the Province, because the Vancouver Charter sets what the city may tax.",[616,621,625,629,632,636,640],{"title":617,"detail":618,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":620},"Negotiate, build and secure 20,000+ affordable homes","COPE would negotiate, build and secure 20,000+ units of affordable housing for Vancouver, including Indigenous housing, public housing, co-ops, community land trusts, non-profit housing, supportive housing, below-market inclusionary zoning, shelter-rate housing and modular housing.","city-with-others","Council controls zoning and city land, but most funding for supportive, social and co-op housing comes from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":622,"detail":623,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":624},"Act as lead negotiator for stalled housing sites","The party would have the city bring together a group of stalled public, co-op and non-profit housing sites and use every tool available to negotiate low-interest loans, secure senior government funding and get affordable housing built.","The city can lead the talks, but the loans and funding the platform names come from senior governments and lenders.",{"title":626,"detail":627,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":628},"Finance public housing with taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots","COPE would finance permanently affordable public housing through taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots, through bonds, and through advocacy to senior governments.","The platform does not name the tax. Council sets the property tax rate, but the city's powers come from the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law that only the Province can change.",{"title":630,"detail":631,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":628},"Tax land value and capture landowner windfalls","The party supports taxation on land value. It would capture the gains landowners get from nearness to public amenities, from speculation and from zoning, and use them for public benefit.",{"title":633,"detail":634,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":635},"Use it or lose it: a penalty on land-banking","COPE says Vancouver does not need vacant lots. It would encourage development without displacement by placing a penalty on holding land empty for profit.","The platform does not say which tax or fee would carry the penalty. Any new type of tax would depend on powers the Province gives the city in the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":637,"detail":638,"page":605,"authority":619,"authorityNote":639},"Fight for housing at every income level","The party would fight for shelter-rate housing for people on fixed incomes, housing affordable to minimum-wage earners, and middle-income housing for people on a living wage.","Council can require and approve these homes through zoning, but most funding for below-market housing comes from senior governments.",{"title":641,"detail":642,"page":605,"authority":643,"authorityNote":644},"Affordable housing and services in every neighbourhood","COPE would make every neighbourhood welcoming to people on all incomes, with affordable housing and with accessible, affordable shops and services.","city-council","Council sets zoning, which decides what kinds of homes and shops each neighbourhood can have.",[646,649,652,655,658],{"question":647,"answer":648},"How many affordable homes does COPE promise to build in Vancouver?","COPE says it would negotiate, build and secure 20,000+ units of affordable housing for Vancouver, including public housing, co-ops, land trusts, non-profit, supportive, shelter-rate and modular housing (platform, page 7).",{"question":650,"answer":651},"How would COPE pay for public housing?","COPE would finance permanently affordable public housing through taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots, through bonds, and through advocacy to senior governments. It also supports a tax on land value (platform, page 7).",{"question":653,"answer":654},"What does COPE mean by use it or lose it?","COPE says Vancouver does not need vacant lots. Under the heading \"use it or lose it\", the party would place a penalty on land held empty for profit, to push owners to build without displacing anyone (platform, page 7).",{"question":656,"answer":657},"Does COPE support a land value tax in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE says it supports taxation on land value and would capture the gains landowners get from public amenities, speculation and zoning for public benefit. A new tax of this kind would need powers that only the Province can give the city (platform, page 7).",{"question":659,"answer":660},"Who would have to act for COPE's 20,000 homes to be built?","Council controls zoning and city land, so it can approve the homes and offer sites. COPE itself says the city would seek low-interest loans and senior government funding, so much of the money would have to come from the provincial and federal governments (platform, page 7).","permanently-affordable-public-housing","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--permanently-affordable-public-housing","COPE would negotiate, build and secure 20,000+ affordable homes in Vancouver, from public housing and co-ops to shelter-rate and modular housing. It would pay for them with taxes on wealth, mansions and empty lots, bonds, and money from senior governments.","sVIQwF_YCTEkDzhSFHaa9MM9LRONwNRLudQ4up7JQCw",{"id":666,"title":667,"checkedAt":397,"context":668,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":669,"headline":677,"issues":678,"meta":679,"order":680,"pages":681,"paragraphs":682,"party":368,"pillar":415,"proposals":686,"questions":720,"slug":739,"source":13,"stem":740,"summary":741,"__hash__":742},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--protect-renters.json","Protect Renters",[],[670,674],{"value":671,"label":672,"page":673},"1\u002F3","Share of Vancouver residents the party says can afford market rate housing",8,{"value":675,"label":676,"page":673},"84%","Share of new homes in the city's 10-year housing target that the party says are market rate","COPE's renter plan: a Renters Office, a landlord registry, repairs billed to landlords",[60],{},"3",{"from":673,"to":673},[683,684,685],"COPE's chapter on renters is built around one office. The party would bring back the Renters Office, \"with teeth\", as an advocate for tenants. It would track landlords and rents, help tenants bargain together, step in when people are being pushed out, and record rent history over time. COPE says the office would also impose penalties on rent increases beyond the legal maximum.","Other items set duties for landlords. The party would require landlords to keep units in safe condition, including heat control, working appliances, and freedom from black mold and pests, or the city would do the repairs and bill the owner. A Landlord Registry would track landlord activity. COPE would also ban rent-price collusion, including the use of software that suggests rents, and allow pets in all rentals.","Council makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws, so it could set up the office, the registry and the repair rule. The Province writes tenancy law and sets the maximum rent increase. Items that change what a lease may say, such as a pet rule or a duty to bargain with a tenant union, would need the Province. COPE also wants to turn the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy into a city law with stronger protections.",[687,691,695,700,704,708,712,716],{"title":688,"detail":689,"page":673,"authority":643,"authorityNote":690},"Bring back the Renters Office, with teeth","COPE would bring back the Renters Office and give tenants an advocate empowered to fight for them. The office would track landlords and rents, help tenants bargain collectively and intervene in displacement.","Council decides which offices the city runs and pays for them through the budget.",{"title":692,"detail":693,"page":673,"authority":643,"authorityNote":694},"Make landlords maintain units, or the city repairs and bills them","The party would make sure landlords keep units in safe condition, including temperature control, working amenities, and safety from black mold and pests. If they do not, the city would do the repairs and bill the landlord.","Council makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws, which can set standards for the upkeep of rental buildings.",{"title":696,"detail":697,"page":673,"authority":698,"authorityNote":699},"Allow pets in all rentals","COPE would allow pets in all rentals. The platform says renters should not have to choose between their family and a home.","province","What a lease may say about pets is part of tenancy law, which the Province sets.",{"title":701,"detail":702,"page":673,"authority":643,"authorityNote":703},"Crack down on bad landlords with a Landlord Registry","The party would track landlord activity through a Landlord Registry and impose real penalties on landlords who break the law for profit.","Council can create a city registry and set penalties in its own bylaws.",{"title":705,"detail":706,"page":673,"authority":619,"authorityNote":707},"Track rent history through the Renters Office","COPE would track rent history and growth over time through the Renters Office, impose penalties on rent increases beyond the maximum, and use real-time rent data to guide public policy.","The maximum rent increase is set by the Province. The city can collect rent data, but the platform does not say which city power would carry the penalties.",{"title":709,"detail":710,"page":673,"authority":619,"authorityNote":711},"Ban rent-price collusion","The party would ban rent-price collusion by any means, including algorithmic software, collaboration between landlords, or third-party intermediaries.","The platform does not say which government would pass the ban. The city makes rental bylaws, while tenancy law is provincial.",{"title":713,"detail":714,"page":673,"authority":698,"authorityNote":715},"Protect the right of tenants to organize","COPE would protect the right of tenants to form unions and require landlords to bargain with tenants in good faith.","Landlord and tenant duties are set in provincial tenancy law, which the city cannot change.",{"title":717,"detail":718,"page":673,"authority":643,"authorityNote":719},"Protect renters rights by law","The party would replace what it calls weak policies like the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP) with strong laws that protect tenant rights in Vancouver.","Council can turn a city policy into a city bylaw on rental housing.",[721,724,727,730,733,736],{"question":722,"answer":723},"What is COPE's Renters Office?","COPE would bring back a Renters Office \"with teeth\" to act as an advocate for tenants. It would track landlords and rents, help tenants bargain collectively, intervene in displacement and impose penalties on rent increases beyond the maximum (platform, page 8).",{"question":725,"answer":726},"Would COPE make landlords fix their buildings?","Yes. COPE says landlords would have to keep units safe, including temperature control, working amenities, and protection from black mold and pests. If they do not, the city would do the repairs and bill the landlord (platform, page 8).",{"question":728,"answer":729},"Does COPE want to allow pets in all Vancouver rentals?","Yes. COPE says it would allow pets in all rentals, so renters do not have to choose between their family and a home. Pet rules in leases are part of provincial tenancy law, so the city would need the Province to act (platform, page 8).",{"question":731,"answer":732},"Does COPE support a landlord registry in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would track landlord activity through a Landlord Registry and impose real penalties on landlords who break the law for profit (platform, page 8).",{"question":734,"answer":735},"What does COPE say about rent-setting software?","COPE would ban rent-price collusion by any means, including algorithmic software, collaboration between landlords or third-party intermediaries (platform, page 8).",{"question":737,"answer":738},"Could a COPE council protect tenant unions on its own?","COPE says it would protect the right of tenants to organize into unions and require landlords to bargain with them in good faith. Landlord and tenant duties are set in provincial tenancy law, so this part of the plan would need the Province (platform, page 8).","protect-renters","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--protect-renters","COPE would bring back a Renters Office with power to track landlords and rents and help tenants bargain together. It would create a Landlord Registry, have the city do neglected repairs and bill landlords, allow pets in all rentals and ban rent-price collusion.","MG7DoURSAsZko0fhaWiF6C0iQUgT1fl0u0nghQslhro",{"id":744,"title":745,"checkedAt":397,"context":746,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":748,"headline":769,"issues":770,"meta":771,"order":772,"pages":773,"paragraphs":774,"party":368,"pillar":415,"proposals":779,"questions":847,"slug":866,"source":13,"stem":867,"summary":868,"__hash__":869},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--stop-the-loss-of-affordable-housing.json","Stop the Loss of Affordable Housing",[747],{"label":450,"url":451,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},[749,753,756,759,762,765],{"value":750,"label":751,"page":752},"47,000+","Affordable homes the party says Vancouver lost to rent increases and demovictions between 2016 and 2021",5,{"value":754,"label":755,"page":752},"$1,757","Average rent for a two bedroom purpose-built apartment in 2016, according to the platform",{"value":757,"label":758,"page":752},"$2,565","Average rent for the same apartment in 2024, according to the platform",{"value":760,"label":761,"page":752},"almost 50%","Increase in that rent from 2016 to 2024, as the platform calculates it",{"value":763,"label":764,"page":752},"24.94%","Inflation over the same period, according to the platform",{"value":766,"label":767,"page":768},"$20 million+","SRA fees the party says Ken Sim and ABC waived for a developer in one vote",6,"COPE on affordable homes: triple the Empty Homes Tax, buy apartments, stop demovictions",[60],{},"1",{"from":752,"to":768},[775,776,777,778],"The first housing chapter of COPE's platform is about homes that already exist. COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, says Vancouver lost over 47,000 affordable homes to rent increases and demovictions between 2016 and 2021. A demoviction is an eviction so that a building can be torn down and replaced. The party's answer is to keep older rental buildings standing, keep their rents low and move more of them out of the private market.","To do that, COPE would buy apartment buildings and turn them into public housing and co-ops. It would give tenants, and then the city, the first chance to buy a building that goes up for sale, and it would create a Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Fund for land trusts, co-ops and non-profits. It would also triple the Empty Homes Tax, the city's tax on homes left empty, and spend the money on affordable housing.","A second group of items covers what happens when a building is redeveloped. The party would expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP) across the city, make developers pay the full cost of moving tenants, and give renters a home of the same size in the same neighbourhood. Public workers, paid for by a fee on developers, would support tenants in place of relocation staff hired by developers.","Council can act alone on much of this: it sets the Empty Homes Tax, controls zoning and city land, and sets fees on developers. Closing the vacancy loophole, which lets rents rise without limit between tenants, is different. Rent increase limits are set by the Province, so COPE could only press for that change. Funding for new co-ops and public housing would also depend on the provincial and federal governments, which the platform says it would push.",[780,784,788,792,796,800,804,808,812,815,819,823,827,831,835,839,843],{"title":781,"detail":782,"page":752,"authority":698,"authorityNote":783},"Close the loopholes landlords use to raise rents","COPE says it would fight to keep rents low by closing the vacancy loophole, so that rent controls apply between one tenant and the next.","The Province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law, so the city can only press for this change.",{"title":785,"detail":786,"page":752,"authority":643,"authorityNote":787},"Triple the Empty Homes Tax","The party would triple the Empty Homes Tax to put more rental homes on the market and use the money to build affordable housing. The platform says COPE first proposed the tax in 2014 and meant it to grow over time, and that Ken Sim and ABC froze it and created new loopholes for developers.","The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver bylaw, the Vacancy Tax By-law, so Council sets its rate.",{"title":789,"detail":790,"page":752,"authority":619,"authorityNote":791},"Buy apartments and turn them into public housing and co-ops","COPE would buy apartment buildings and make them permanently affordable public housing and co-ops. It would create a right-of-first-refusal policy that gives tenants, and then the city, first priority to buy apartments that go up for sale, and a Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Fund to help land trusts, co-ops and non-profits buy rental housing and prevent displacement.","Council can buy buildings and set up a fund through the city budget. The platform names land trusts, co-ops and non-profits as the groups that would use the fund.",{"title":793,"detail":794,"page":752,"authority":619,"authorityNote":795},"Support community-led land trusts","The party would support community-led land trusts that protect land from speculative development and create permanently affordable housing for public benefit.","Land trusts are run by community groups. The platform describes the city's role as support.",{"title":797,"detail":798,"page":768,"authority":619,"authorityNote":799},"Support, protect and expand co-op housing","COPE would renew leases for existing co-ops at no charge, give priority to new co-ops on city-owned land, and push other levels of government to make generational investments in co-op housing.","Council sets lease terms on land the city owns, but the larger investment the platform asks for would come from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":801,"detail":802,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":803},"Protect land held by non-profit community groups","The party says land owned by faith-based groups and other charities or non-profits should be required to offer a right of first refusal to another non-market buyer before it is sold to the private sector.","Council would have to adopt the rule. The platform does not say which city power would make it binding on private sellers.",{"title":805,"detail":806,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":807},"Stop public land sell-offs","COPE would stop selling public land. The platform says public land has been given away to the rich and powerful and sold to cover budget shortfalls.","Council decides whether the city sells land it owns.",{"title":809,"detail":810,"page":768,"authority":619,"authorityNote":811},"Expand public land and create a city-wide public land trust","The party would keep and expand Vancouver's public land for public benefit and set up a city-wide public land trust under democratic community control. It would build permanently affordable public housing for every income level and in every neighbourhood, with the provincial and federal governments, host nations and non-profits.","Council controls city land, but the platform names the Province, the federal government, host nations and non-profits as partners in building the housing.",{"title":813,"detail":814,"page":768,"authority":619,"authorityNote":628},"Tax non-resident investors","COPE would tax non-resident investors and use the money to fund affordable housing for people who live in Vancouver.",{"title":816,"detail":817,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":818},"Make redevelopment fees cover replacement homes","The party would require that redevelopment fees for deeply affordable housing cover the full cost of replacement units. It would end the waivers of SRA conversion fees for developers, which the platform says pay for replacing affordable housing.","Council sets these city fees and decides whether to waive them.",{"title":820,"detail":821,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":822},"Stop demovictions with a city-wide anti-displacement policy","COPE would adopt a city-wide anti-displacement policy that protects tenants' rights, converts rentals into co-ops and gives priority to development that does not push people out.","Council sets city housing policy and decides which redevelopments are approved.",{"title":824,"detail":825,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":826},"Grow where there are single family homes, parking lots and storefronts","The party would plan the city's growth on single family lots, parking lots and storefronts, in place of tearing down affordable apartments.","Council sets zoning, which decides where new buildings can go.",{"title":828,"detail":829,"page":768,"authority":619,"authorityNote":830},"Retrofit existing affordable housing","COPE would retrofit existing affordable housing for earthquake safety and climate preparedness, and work to transfer ownership to tenants, non-profits or the city.","The city can fund work on buildings it owns, but most of this housing belongs to other owners whose agreement would be needed.",{"title":832,"detail":833,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":834},"Expand the tenant relocation and protection policy city-wide","The party would take what works from the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP) and apply it across the city with new protections, so that forcing tenants out is no longer a workable business model.","The TRPP is a city policy, so Council can widen it.",{"title":836,"detail":837,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":838},"Make developers bear the full costs of relocation","COPE would make developers pay the full cost of moving tenants, and coordinate redevelopments so renters get a home of the same size, meeting the same accessibility needs, in their own neighbourhood.","Council sets the conditions attached to rezonings and development permits.",{"title":840,"detail":841,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":842},"Public workers to support tenants during developments","The party would appoint public workers, paid for by a fee on developers, to support tenants during redevelopment. The platform says the tenant relocation coordinators hired by developers sometimes ignore tenants or deny them compensation and support.","Council decides city staffing and sets fees on development.",{"title":844,"detail":845,"page":768,"authority":643,"authorityNote":846},"Use city-owned land for swing-site housing","COPE would use city-owned land for temporary housing for tenants during redevelopment, which could later become co-op or public housing.","Council decides how land the city owns is used.",[848,851,854,857,860,863],{"question":849,"answer":850},"What does COPE want to do about the Empty Homes Tax?","COPE would triple Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax and spend the money on affordable housing. The platform says COPE first proposed the tax in 2014 and that Ken Sim and ABC froze it and created loopholes for developers (platform, page 5).",{"question":852,"answer":853},"Would COPE buy apartment buildings in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE says the city would buy apartment buildings and make them permanently affordable public housing and co-ops. It would give tenants, and then the city, first priority to buy apartments that go up for sale, and create a Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Fund for land trusts, co-ops and non-profits (platform, page 5).",{"question":855,"answer":856},"How would COPE stop demovictions in Vancouver?","COPE would adopt a city-wide anti-displacement policy, expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy across the city, and make developers pay the full cost of moving tenants. Renters would get a home of the same size in their own neighbourhood (platform, page 6).",{"question":858,"answer":859},"What is COPE's position on selling city land?","COPE says it would stop public land sell-offs and set up a city-wide public land trust under democratic community control. It would use public land to build permanently affordable public housing in every neighbourhood (platform, page 6).",{"question":861,"answer":862},"Can Vancouver City Council close the vacancy loophole on rents?","COPE says it would fight to close the vacancy loophole so rent controls apply between tenants. Rent increase limits and tenancy law are set by the Province, so a COPE council could press for the change but could not make it alone (platform, page 5).",{"question":864,"answer":865},"What does COPE say about co-op housing?","COPE would renew leases for existing co-ops at no charge, give priority to new co-ops on city-owned land, and push the other levels of government for generational investment in co-ops. It would also turn rental buildings into co-ops through its anti-displacement policy (platform, page 6).","stop-the-loss-of-affordable-housing","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--stop-the-loss-of-affordable-housing","COPE would triple Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax, buy apartment buildings to turn into public housing and co-ops, and stop demovictions with a city-wide anti-displacement policy. Under its platform, developers would also pay the full cost of moving tenants.","nx0FhLUZrY4FrdVtQSk_18sSzUS8Cvjx-24h98wQpvo",{"id":871,"title":872,"checkedAt":397,"context":873,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":874,"headline":890,"issues":891,"meta":892,"order":893,"pages":894,"paragraphs":895,"party":368,"pillar":415,"proposals":899,"questions":931,"slug":950,"source":13,"stem":951,"summary":952,"__hash__":953},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--tax-mansions-to-end-homelessness.json","Tax Mansions to End Homelessness",[],[875,878,881,884,887],{"value":876,"label":877,"page":421},"9%","Rise in homelessness for every $100 rise in median rent, according to the platform",{"value":879,"label":880,"page":421},"4,700","Homes the party says Vancouver will still be short of current need even if it meets its 2030 shelter-rate housing targets",{"value":882,"label":883,"page":421},"12%+","Increase in homelessness under Ken Sim, according to the platform",{"value":885,"label":886,"page":421},"42%","Share of respondents who the platform says named eviction as the cause of their homelessness",{"value":888,"label":889,"page":421},"8","Key principles of the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada that COPE would follow","COPE on homelessness: a mansion tax, tiny house villages, an end to street sweeps",[117,60],{},"4",{"from":421,"to":421},[896,897,898],"COPE links homelessness directly to rents. Its platform says homelessness rises by 9% for every $100 that median rent goes up, and that 42% of respondents in a 2025 city homelessness report named an eviction as the cause. The chapter's title states the party's main answer: tax the wealth held in large houses and use the money to build the homes needed to end homelessness.","In the short term, COPE says it would use all city powers to deploy emergency shelters quickly, along with supportive programs, meal programs, tiny house villages, daytime respite spaces and storage for people's belongings. It would form a partnership of Greater Vancouver cities to press the provincial and federal governments for funding, and it says tent cities will end only when people have a place to go.","The page also covers how the city treats people living outside. COPE would stop street sweeps, which the platform says cost people their belongings and ID, and would ban hostile architecture, meaning design that stops people from resting in public spaces. It would follow the eight principles of the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada. Council funds shelters and outreach, but health services and treatment are provincial and federal, and a new mansion tax would need powers from the Province.",[900,904,908,912,916,920,924,928],{"title":901,"detail":902,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":903},"Address homelessness with all available city powers","COPE would urgently use all city powers on homelessness, including the quick deployment of emergency shelters, supportive programs, meal programs, tiny house villages, daytime respite spaces to reduce street activity, and storage for unhoused residents' belongings.","Council funds shelter sites and city outreach, while health services and most housing funding come from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":905,"detail":906,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":907},"A Greater Vancouver partnership to end homelessness","The party would start a partnership between cities in the Greater Vancouver area to prevent and end homelessness, and use it to press the provincial and federal governments for funding.","Each city would have to join, and the funding the platform seeks would come from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":909,"detail":910,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":911},"End tent cities by providing affordable housing","COPE says tents will keep appearing in every neighbourhood until people have a place to go, and would end tent cities by providing affordable housing.","Council approves sites for housing, but funding for supportive and social housing comes mostly from senior governments.",{"title":913,"detail":914,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":915},"Stop street sweeps","The party would stop what it calls inhumane street sweeps. The platform says people lose their belongings, ID and other essentials during police activity aimed at homeless people, and calls for a human rights based approach.","Council directs city crews through city staff. The police department is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":917,"detail":918,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":919},"Ban hostile architecture in public space","COPE would ban hostile architecture, design meant to stop people from resting or sheltering, in public spaces including transit hubs and community centres.","Council controls city streets and buildings, the Park Board runs community centres, and TransLink, a regional body, runs transit hubs.",{"title":921,"detail":922,"page":421,"authority":643,"authorityNote":923},"Follow the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments","The party would follow the 8 key principles of the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada for recognizing the human rights of people living in encampments.","Council sets city policy on how staff respond to encampments on city land.",{"title":925,"detail":926,"page":421,"authority":643,"authorityNote":927},"Restore the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District zoning","COPE would restore the DEOD (Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District) zoning and end what it calls the developer windfall for condos in the Downtown Eastside.","Council sets zoning, including the zoning for the Downtown Eastside.",{"title":929,"detail":930,"page":421,"authority":619,"authorityNote":628},"Tax mansions to end homelessness","The party would tax the wealth held in mega-mansions and use the money to build the housing needed to end homelessness quickly.",[932,935,938,941,944,947],{"question":933,"answer":934},"What is COPE's mansion tax for?","COPE says it would tax the wealth held in mega-mansions and use the money to build the housing needed to end homelessness. The platform does not give a rate on this page. Any new type of tax would need powers that only the Province can give the city (platform, page 9).",{"question":936,"answer":937},"What would COPE do about homeless camps in Vancouver?","COPE says it would end tent cities by providing affordable housing, stop street sweeps and follow the 8 key principles of the National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada (platform, page 9).",{"question":939,"answer":940},"Does COPE support tiny house villages?","Yes. COPE lists tiny house villages among the steps it would take with all available city powers, along with emergency shelters, meal programs, daytime respite spaces and storage for unhoused residents' belongings (platform, page 9).",{"question":942,"answer":943},"What is the DEOD and what does COPE want to do with it?","The DEOD is the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District, a zoning area in the Downtown Eastside. COPE would restore it and end what it calls the developer windfall for condos in the neighbourhood (platform, page 9).",{"question":945,"answer":946},"Can Vancouver end homelessness without the Province?","COPE itself proposes a partnership of Greater Vancouver cities to press the provincial and federal governments for funding. Council funds shelters and city outreach, while health services, treatment and most housing funding come from senior governments (platform, page 9).",{"question":948,"answer":949},"Does COPE want to ban hostile architecture?","Yes. COPE would ban hostile architecture in public spaces, including transit hubs and community centres, and says the solution to homelessness is homes (platform, page 9).","tax-mansions-to-end-homelessness","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-housing--tax-mansions-to-end-homelessness","COPE would tax mansions to pay for ending homelessness and use every city power on emergency shelters, tiny house villages, meal programs and storage for belongings. It would stop street sweeps, ban hostile architecture and restore the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District zoning.","CLxX_Mv8L5SebsspHw7yILhF6yn8C24tJ2fL_KvCXGE",{"id":955,"title":956,"checkedAt":397,"context":957,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":962,"headline":976,"issues":977,"meta":978,"order":979,"pages":980,"paragraphs":981,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":985,"questions":1058,"slug":1077,"source":13,"stem":1078,"summary":1079,"__hash__":1080},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--better-transit-and-transportation.json","Better Transit and Transportation",[958],{"label":959,"url":960,"publisher":961,"checkedAt":397},"HandyDART","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.translink.ca\u002Frider-guide\u002Ftransit-accessibility\u002Fhandydart","TransLink",[963,967,970,973],{"value":964,"label":965,"page":966},"$40,000","Yearly income below which people would get COPE's low-income transit pass",18,{"value":968,"label":969,"page":966},"under 18","Age group COPE would give free transit",{"value":971,"label":972,"page":966},"half","Share of Vancouver bus stops the platform says have no shelter or bench",{"value":974,"label":975,"page":966},"2021","Year the platform says the Province made transit free for children under 12 after COPE's campaign","COPE on transit: free rides for youth, a low-income pass, a Broadway bike lane",[165],{},"5",{"from":966,"to":966},[982,983,984],"COPE's long-term transit goal is a fast and free public transit system in Vancouver and across BC. The platform lists first steps: fare-free bus route pilots, free transit for all youth under 18, an affordable pass for people who earn less than $40,000 a year, and free transit on election days, holidays and around major community events. COPE points to its own record, saying its elected members pushed for free transit for children under 12, which the Province adopted in 2021.","For cycling and walking, the party would close gaps in the city's bike network, add protected bike lanes including one on Broadway, light the paths through parks, and link bike routes to every community centre. It would expand bike share and scooters under public ownership, give space to community bike repair groups, and put covered shelters and benches at bus stops. The platform says half of Vancouver's bus stops have neither.","Most transit items are requests to TransLink, the regional body that runs buses, SkyTrain and HandyDART. COPE would push to reverse TransLink service cuts, extend SkyTrain to UBC, link the Compass Card to bike share and scooters, add worker and rider seats on the TransLink Board and bring HandyDART under public control. The city owns its streets, so bike lanes and bus lanes are Council decisions.",[986,991,994,998,1001,1004,1008,1012,1017,1021,1025,1029,1033,1036,1039,1043,1046,1050,1054],{"title":987,"detail":988,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Fight for a fast and free public transit system","COPE would fight for a fast and free public transit system in Vancouver and across BC, and take first steps toward it right away.","regional","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and SkyTrain, so the city can only press for this.",{"title":992,"detail":993,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Fare-free bus route pilots","As a first step toward free transit, the party would run fare-free bus route pilots in Vancouver.",{"title":995,"detail":996,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":997},"Free transit for all youth under 18","COPE would expand free transit to all youth under the age of 18.","TransLink runs transit service. The platform says the Province made transit free for children under 12 in 2021, so a wider age group would depend on TransLink and the Province.",{"title":999,"detail":1000,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"A low-income transit pass","The party would create an affordable transit pass for people who earn less than $40,000 a year.",{"title":1002,"detail":1003,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Free transit on election days, holidays and major events","COPE would make transit free on election days, holidays and around major community events.",{"title":1005,"detail":1006,"page":966,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1007},"Close the gaps in the cycling network","The party would give priority to active transportation and cycling by closing the gaps in the city-wide cycling network and expanding protected bike lanes.","The city owns and designs its streets and bike lanes.",{"title":1009,"detail":1010,"page":966,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1011},"A Broadway bike lane","COPE would add new cycling routes, including a Broadway bike lane.","Broadway is a city street, and the city designs its own streets and bike lanes.",{"title":1013,"detail":1014,"page":966,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1016},"Lighting and safety on park paths","The party would add better lighting and safety measures on transportation paths in public parks.","park-board","The Park Board controls paths and lighting inside parks.",{"title":1018,"detail":1019,"page":966,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1020},"Connect bike and scooter routes to community centres","COPE would connect active transportation and micro-mobility networks, meaning routes for bikes and small electric vehicles such as scooters, to all community centres and public recreation facilities.","The city designs streets and bike routes, and the Park Board runs community centres and recreation sites.",{"title":1022,"detail":1023,"page":966,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1024},"Support community bike repair","The party would give funding and space to community bike repair and recycling groups to make affordable bikes easier to get.","Council can fund community programs and offer city space.",{"title":1026,"detail":1027,"page":966,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1028},"Expand bike share and scooters under public control","COPE would expand bike share, scooters and other small vehicles to give people more transportation options, and bring them under public community control and ownership.","The city controls how shared bikes and scooters use its streets.",{"title":1030,"detail":1031,"page":966,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1032},"Covered bus shelters and benches","The party would invest in covered bus shelters and benches across the city so everyone waiting for a bus can do so in comfort and under cover. The platform says half of Vancouver's bus stops have no shelter or bench.","Bus stops sit on city streets, while TransLink runs the buses. The platform does not say which body would pay.",{"title":1034,"detail":1035,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Improve public transit service","COPE would fight for better transit service with rapid transit, more frequent buses, SkyTrain, and upgrades that make transit more reliable and faster.",{"title":1037,"detail":1038,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Extend rapid transit, including SkyTrain to UBC","The party would extend rapid transit across the Lower Mainland, including rapid buses and SkyTrain, and complete the SkyTrain line to UBC.",{"title":1040,"detail":1041,"page":966,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1042},"Bus lanes to prevent bunching and delays","COPE supports road changes such as bus lanes that prevent buses from bunching together and reduce transit delays.","The city owns the streets where bus lanes would go, and TransLink runs the buses.",{"title":1044,"detail":1045,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":990},"Reverse TransLink cuts and restore bus frequency","The party would fight to reverse cuts to TransLink and restore bus frequency, especially in working-class neighbourhoods whose service was cut back after COVID.",{"title":1047,"detail":1048,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":1049},"Link the Compass Card to bikes and scooters","COPE would push to link the Compass Card fare system with shared bikes and scooters as a step toward one unified public transit system.","The Compass Card is TransLink's fare card, so TransLink would decide.",{"title":1051,"detail":1052,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":1053},"Worker and rider seats on the TransLink Board","The party would advocate for worker and rider representation on the TransLink Board.","TransLink is a regional body the city does not control, so the city can only advocate.",{"title":1055,"detail":1056,"page":966,"authority":989,"authorityNote":1057},"Bring HandyDART under public control","COPE would continue the fight to bring HandyDART, the door-to-door transit service for people with disabilities, under public control to improve service.","HandyDART is a TransLink service, so TransLink would have to act.",[1059,1062,1065,1068,1071,1074],{"question":1060,"answer":1061},"Does COPE want free transit in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would fight for a fast and free transit system in Vancouver and BC, starting with fare-free bus route pilots, free transit for everyone under 18, a low-income pass for people earning under $40,000 a year, and free transit on election days and holidays (platform, page 18).",{"question":1063,"answer":1064},"Does COPE support a bike lane on Broadway?","Yes. COPE would add new cycling routes including a Broadway bike lane, close gaps in the city's cycling network and expand protected bike lanes (platform, pages 18 and 23).",{"question":1066,"answer":1067},"What does COPE say about SkyTrain to UBC?","COPE would push to extend rapid transit across the Lower Mainland, including completing the SkyTrain line to UBC (platform, page 18).",{"question":1069,"answer":1070},"Can Vancouver City Council make transit free?","No. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs buses and SkyTrain. COPE's free transit items are things the city would press TransLink to do, while bike lanes and bus lanes on city streets are Council decisions (platform, page 18).",{"question":1072,"answer":1073},"What would COPE do about HandyDART?","COPE would continue the fight to bring HandyDART under public control to improve service for people with disabilities. HandyDART is a TransLink service (platform, page 18).",{"question":1075,"answer":1076},"What does COPE say about bus shelters in Vancouver?","COPE would invest in covered bus shelters and benches across the city. The platform says half of Vancouver's bus stops have no shelter or bench (platform, page 18).","better-transit-and-transportation","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--better-transit-and-transportation","COPE would work toward fast and free transit, starting with fare-free bus pilots, free transit for everyone under 18, a low-income pass for people earning under $40,000 a year and free rides on election days. It would add a Broadway bike lane and push for SkyTrain to UBC.","CeQVGUHW_ynyx1XV5sx8rqhJxiW1Tt1DcsKHEv7xkds",{"id":1082,"title":1083,"checkedAt":397,"context":1084,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1088,"headline":1108,"issues":1109,"meta":1110,"order":772,"pages":1111,"paragraphs":1112,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1117,"questions":1186,"slug":1205,"source":13,"stem":1206,"summary":1207,"__hash__":1208},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--build-the-commons.json","Build the Commons",[1085],{"label":1086,"url":1087,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},"Library Act, sections 4, 5 and 10: municipal library boards","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fcomplete\u002Fstatreg\u002F96264_01",[1089,1092,1095,1098,1102,1105],{"value":1090,"label":1091,"page":495},"7 days","How often COPE says libraries would be open each week",{"value":1093,"label":1094,"page":495},"24\u002F7","Hours of the public washrooms COPE would add",{"value":1096,"label":1097,"page":495},"$5","Economic benefit the platform says each dollar invested in library access generates",{"value":1099,"label":1100,"page":1101},"50 metre","Length of the new pool COPE would build",13,{"value":1103,"label":1104,"page":1101},"2022","Year of the plebiscite on a 50 metre pool that the party says it would respect",{"value":1106,"label":1107,"page":1101},"almost 3 times","How many more pools per person the platform says Montreal has compared with Vancouver","COPE on libraries, pools and parks: 7-day libraries, a 50 metre pool, more off-leash space",[190],{},{"from":495,"to":1101},[1113,1114,1115,1116],"COPE uses the word commons for the places and services that everyone in Vancouver shares: libraries, parks, pools, community centres and washrooms. This chapter of the platform sets out how the party would expand them. It would keep libraries open 7 days a week, give them funding for mental health workers, and fully fund library programs for newcomers, seniors, families and teens, including digital literacy, help with tax filing and English classes.","Several items concern parks and recreation. The party would speed up upgrades to parks and community centres that have been poorly maintained, upgrade playgrounds in neighbourhoods being left behind, and add shade trees, water and off-leash space for dogs. It would build more public pools, respect the 2022 plebiscite by building a new 50 metre pool, and train and hire the lifeguards and swim instructors needed to keep pools open.","COPE also takes a position on who runs these places. It would keep the Park Board as an independent, elected body, ban private companies from profiting from public courts and fields, and oppose industrial infrastructure in parks. It would expand the Leisure Access Program, which the platform describes as helping residents of all incomes use city facilities. It would also help residents run their own projects, such as community fridges, maker spaces and free stores.","The work is split between bodies. The elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools and beaches. Vancouver Public Library is run by its own library board, and under BC's Library Act a city council appoints that board and approves and pays for its budget. Council also approves the capital plan that pays for new buildings such as pools. Items that cross these lines, such as shared use of school and park land, would need the three elected boards to agree.",[1118,1122,1126,1130,1134,1138,1142,1146,1150,1154,1158,1162,1166,1170,1174,1178,1182],{"title":1119,"detail":1120,"page":495,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1121},"Open libraries 7 days a week","COPE would expand library hours to 7 days a week and give libraries the support they ask for, including funding for mental health workers and better working conditions.","Under BC's Library Act a city library is managed by a library board, while Council appoints the board and approves and pays for its budget.",{"title":1123,"detail":1124,"page":495,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1125},"More 24\u002F7 public washrooms","The party would increase the number of public washrooms open and accessible 24\u002F7, with permanent buildings and sanitation stations across the city.","Council controls city streets and buildings, and the Park Board controls washrooms in parks.",{"title":1127,"detail":1128,"page":495,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1129},"Speed up park and community centre upgrades","COPE would speed up needed park, recreation and community centre upgrades, especially for community centres that have been poorly maintained for years.","The Park Board runs community centres, and Council approves the capital plan that pays for buildings.",{"title":1131,"detail":1132,"page":495,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1133},"Support tool libraries and the circular economy","The party would support the growth of tool libraries, libraries of things, and a circular economy in which goods are repaired and reused.","Council can fund community programs and offer city space through its budget.",{"title":1135,"detail":1136,"page":495,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1137},"Make Vancouver friendly to dogs and dog owners","COPE would improve tree cover at dog parks, add public access to water and dog waste bags, and create more off-leash spaces.","The Park Board controls parks, including dog parks and off-leash areas.",{"title":1139,"detail":1140,"page":495,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1141},"Expand VanWifi","The party would expand VanWifi across the city for more free and open internet access, giving priority to areas that are now under-served.","The platform presents VanWifi as a city service, which Council would fund through the budget.",{"title":1143,"detail":1144,"page":495,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1145},"Upgrade playgrounds and parks","COPE would upgrade playgrounds and parks where children play, with a focus on neighbourhoods that are being left behind.","The Park Board controls parks and playgrounds.",{"title":1147,"detail":1148,"page":495,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1149},"Fully fund library programs","The party would fully fund library programs for newcomers, seniors, families and teens, including digital literacy, help with tax filing, and ESL (English as a second language) courses.","The library board runs these programs, and Council approves and pays for the board's budget.",{"title":1151,"detail":1152,"page":1101,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1153},"Work across the three elected boards","COPE would have City Council, the School Board and the Park Board work together to use public assets for the public good and grow Vancouver's social infrastructure.","Each of the three boards controls its own land and buildings, so all three would have to agree.",{"title":1155,"detail":1156,"page":1101,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1157},"An independent, democratic Park Board","The party affirms an independent, elected Park Board as essential to the care of Vancouver's commons. It would fund and empower the board to work for the public good and the long term, and protect public parks from sell-offs and development.","The Park Board is created by the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law that only the Province can change. Council approves the city's operating budget.",{"title":1159,"detail":1160,"page":1101,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1161},"Ban private profit from public amenities","COPE would ban private entities from collecting profits from public amenities such as tennis courts and fields, and oppose sharing agreements for public amenities that limit who can take part based on ability to pay.","The Park Board controls courts, fields and the agreements for their use.",{"title":1163,"detail":1164,"page":1101,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1165},"End the developer tax break behind gravel dog parks","The party would end the developer tax break that it says creates gravel pit dog parks and poor community gardens.","The platform does not name the tax break. City property tax rules and exemptions are set by Council within its powers.",{"title":1167,"detail":1168,"page":1101,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1169},"Build more public pools, including a 50 metre pool","COPE would build more public pools across the city, respect the 2022 plebiscite and build a new 50 metre pool in Vancouver. The platform says Montreal has almost three times as many pools per person as Vancouver.","The Park Board runs pools and plans new ones, and Council approves the capital plan that pays for them.",{"title":1171,"detail":1172,"page":1101,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1173},"Train and hire lifeguards and swim instructors","The party would 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 Vancouver's beaches.","The Park Board runs pools and beaches and employs their staff.",{"title":1175,"detail":1176,"page":1101,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1177},"Support and expand the Leisure Access Program","COPE would support and expand the Leisure Access Program (LAP) so residents of all incomes can use the city's facilities and services.","The platform describes the program as covering city facilities and services, so both the Park Board, which runs recreation sites, and Council would act.",{"title":1179,"detail":1180,"page":1101,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1181},"Empower community-led initiatives","The party would help residents deliver services such as maker spaces, community fridges, free stores, and user-led upgrades to community facilities.","Council and the Park Board can offer space and funding, and community groups would run the services.",{"title":1183,"detail":1184,"page":1101,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1185},"Oppose private use of public land and industry in parks","COPE would oppose the takeover of public lands by private interests and oppose industrial infrastructure in public parks.","The Park Board controls what is built in parks.",[1187,1190,1193,1196,1199,1202],{"question":1188,"answer":1189},"Would COPE keep Vancouver libraries open every day?","Yes. COPE says it would expand library hours to 7 days a week and give libraries funding for mental health workers and better working conditions (platform, page 12).",{"question":1191,"answer":1192},"Does COPE support a 50 metre pool in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would build more public pools, respect the 2022 plebiscite and build a new 50 metre pool. It would also train and hire the lifeguards and swim instructors needed to keep pools open (platform, page 13).",{"question":1194,"answer":1195},"What is COPE's position on the Vancouver Park Board?","COPE supports an independent, elected Park Board. It says it would fund and empower the board and protect public parks from sell-offs and development (platform, page 13).",{"question":1197,"answer":1198},"What would COPE do for dog owners in Vancouver?","COPE would add tree cover at dog parks, public water and dog waste bags, and more off-leash spaces. It would also end the developer tax break it says creates gravel pit dog parks (platform, pages 12 and 13).",{"question":1200,"answer":1201},"Who would decide on COPE's pool and library plans?","The elected Park Board runs pools, parks and community centres, and Council approves the capital plan that pays for new buildings. Vancouver Public Library is run by a library board whose budget Council approves and pays for (platform, pages 12 and 13).",{"question":1203,"answer":1204},"Does COPE want to expand VanWifi?","Yes. COPE would expand VanWifi across the city for more free internet access, giving priority to areas that are now under-served (platform, page 12).","build-the-commons","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--build-the-commons","COPE would open libraries 7 days a week, add 24\u002F7 public washrooms, build more public pools including a 50 metre pool, and hire more lifeguards. It would expand VanWifi and the Leisure Access Program and protect parks from sell-offs and private profit.","d5Lw0HZyCubKRD9E81AXBWuPrAgmem7EtSrxkCqKTLs",{"id":1210,"title":1211,"checkedAt":397,"context":1212,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1214,"headline":1235,"issues":1236,"meta":1237,"order":893,"pages":1238,"paragraphs":1239,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1243,"questions":1308,"slug":1327,"source":13,"stem":1328,"summary":1329,"__hash__":1330},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--climate-defence-strategy.json","Climate Defence Strategy",[1213],{"label":525,"url":526,"publisher":527,"checkedAt":397},[1215,1219,1223,1226,1229,1232],{"value":1216,"label":1217,"page":1218},"30% by 2050","Urban forest canopy target COPE sets",17,{"value":1220,"label":1221,"page":1222},"6","Climate action targets the platform says Vancouver is failing to meet",16,{"value":1224,"label":1225,"page":1222},"1% and 50%","The platform cites Oxfam International: the richest 1% emit more carbon than the poorest 50% of humanity combined",{"value":1227,"label":1228,"page":1218},"619","People the platform says the 2021 heat dome killed in BC",{"value":1230,"label":1231,"page":1218},"1.5 and 1.8 degrees","The platform cites a September 2026 UN Environment Programme report saying warming beyond 1.5 degrees is now unavoidable and could peak at 1.8 degrees with urgent action",{"value":1233,"label":1234,"page":1218},"1956","Year by which the platform says the fossil fuel industry knew about the environmental impact of burning oil and gas","COPE on climate: a Climate Defence Strategy, 30% tree canopy by 2050, rejoin Sue Big Oil",[258,190],{},{"from":1222,"to":1218},[1240,1241,1242],"COPE's climate chapter starts from preparation. The party would turn Vancouver's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy into a full Climate Defence Strategy that upgrades public buildings and housing, protects the local food supply, and helps communities get ready for heat waves, snow storms and atmospheric rivers, which are long bands of heavy rain. The platform recalls that the 2021 heat dome killed 619 people in BC.","On cutting emissions, COPE would get the city back on track for 6 climate targets it says Vancouver is missing, from walkable neighbourhoods to zero-emission heating. It would grow the urban tree canopy to 30% by 2050 with native species, invest in transit and cycling, and support repair programs, tool libraries and free stores. It wants wind, water and solar power produced across the city, moving toward a community-led and worker-owned green energy grid.","Some items are about holding others to account. COPE would rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit against large polluters and oppose dredging and fossil fuel tankers in Burrard Inlet. The platform also states that taxing the wealthiest people is climate policy, citing Oxfam's finding that the richest 1% emit more carbon than the poorest 50%. Council controls city climate programs and buildings, the Park Board controls park trees, and the port is run by a federal port authority.",[1244,1248,1252,1256,1260,1264,1268,1272,1276,1279,1284,1288,1292,1296,1300,1304],{"title":1245,"detail":1246,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1247},"Turn the adaptation strategy into a Climate Defence Strategy","COPE would speed up Vancouver's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and turn it into a full Climate Defence Strategy.","Council adopts the city's climate strategies and funds the work through its budget.",{"title":1249,"detail":1250,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1251},"Climate Defence: get more with less","As part of the Climate Defence Strategy, the party would invest in tool libraries, circular economy projects and zero-waste programs.","Council can fund these programs through the city budget.",{"title":1253,"detail":1254,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1255},"Climate Defence: upgrade public infrastructure and housing","The strategy would upgrade public infrastructure and housing to protect the city and save lives during future climate events.","Council approves the capital plan that pays for city infrastructure and buildings.",{"title":1257,"detail":1258,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1259},"Climate Defence: protect the food system","The strategy would protect the food system from climate shocks by investing in local food production and creating systems to cut food waste.","Council can fund local food programs and pass city rules on waste.",{"title":1261,"detail":1262,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1263},"Climate Defence: help communities prepare","The strategy would help communities prepare for climate events and disasters, including heat waves, snow storms and atmospheric rivers.","Council funds the city's emergency planning and community programs.",{"title":1265,"detail":1266,"page":1222,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1267},"Get back on track for 6 climate targets","COPE would get Vancouver back on track to meet 6 climate action targets it says the city is failing: walkable neighbourhoods, active transportation and transit, zero-emission vehicles, zero-emission space and water heating, low carbon materials and construction, and restored coasts and forests.","Council controls zoning, streets and the city's own building bylaw, while transit service is run by TransLink, a regional body.",{"title":1269,"detail":1270,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1271},"Lead the country on climate change","The party would meet and exceed IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) climate targets and use the City of Vancouver's public voice to push for climate justice provincially, federally and globally.","Council sets the city's own climate targets and positions.",{"title":1273,"detail":1274,"page":1222,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1275},"Support wind, water and solar energy","COPE would encourage renewable energy production across the city, coordinate climate-friendly energy upgrades at neighbourhood scale, and move the city from being a passive consumer of provincial energy toward a community-led and worker-owned green energy grid.","Council can encourage local energy through permits and city projects. The platform itself describes today's power supply as provincial.",{"title":270,"detail":1277,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1278},"The party would hold the wealthiest people accountable for climate change by rejoining the \"Sue Big Oil\" lawsuit and making big polluters pay their share of the cost of the climate crisis.","Joining a lawsuit and paying for it is a Council decision.",{"title":1280,"detail":1281,"page":1222,"authority":1282,"authorityNote":1283},"Oppose dredging of the Burrard Inlet and fossil fuel tankers","COPE would oppose dredging the Burrard Inlet and fight fossil fuel infrastructure and tankers in Vancouver's waters.","federal","The port is run by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, which operates under the federal Canada Marine Act and answers to the federal Minister of Transport, so the city can only object.",{"title":1285,"detail":1286,"page":1222,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1287},"Honour Indigenous rights and knowledge on climate","The party would honour Indigenous rights, knowledge and voices on climate. The platform cites Mi'kmaq Elder Albert Marshall's idea of \"two-eyed seeing\", which joins insights from western and Indigenous traditions.","Council sets how the city consults and works with Indigenous people on its climate plans.",{"title":1289,"detail":1290,"page":1218,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1291},"Grow the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050","COPE would grow the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050, with priority for climate-resilient native species.","The Park Board manages trees in parks, and Council controls city streets and land outside parks.",{"title":1293,"detail":1294,"page":1218,"authority":1015,"authorityNote":1295},"Increase biodiversity in public parks","The party would increase biodiversity in public parks, plant native species and support healthy local ecosystems.","The Park Board controls planting and land care in parks.",{"title":1297,"detail":1298,"page":1218,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1299},"Invest in transit, active transportation and cycling","COPE would invest in affordable and reliable public transit, active transportation and cycling infrastructure to get drivers out of polluting cars and meet climate goals.","The city builds bike lanes and sidewalks on its own streets, while buses and SkyTrain are run by TransLink, a regional body.",{"title":1301,"detail":1302,"page":1218,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1303},"More green space in dense areas","The party would give priority to new green spaces and parks, especially in dense areas where it says parks are not keeping pace with development.","Council sets zoning for dense areas, and the Park Board designs and runs parks.",{"title":1305,"detail":1306,"page":1218,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1307},"Move toward a zero-waste economy","COPE would support circular economy projects and move quickly toward a zero-waste economy, backing tool libraries, community repair programs, free stores, and programs like FreeGeek that repair electronics and put them back into use.","Council can fund these programs and set city waste policy.",[1309,1312,1315,1318,1321,1324],{"question":1310,"answer":1311},"What is COPE's Climate Defence Strategy?","COPE would turn Vancouver's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy into a full Climate Defence Strategy. It would invest in tool libraries and zero-waste programs, upgrade public infrastructure and housing, protect the food system, and help communities prepare for heat waves, snow storms and atmospheric rivers (platform, page 16).",{"question":1313,"answer":1314},"Does COPE want Vancouver to rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit?","Yes. COPE says it would rejoin the \"Sue Big Oil\" lawsuit and make big polluters pay their share for the climate crisis (platform, page 16).",{"question":1316,"answer":1317},"What is COPE's tree canopy target for Vancouver?","COPE would grow the urban forest canopy to 30% by 2050, with priority for climate-resilient native species (platform, page 17).",{"question":1319,"answer":1320},"What does COPE say about Burrard Inlet?","COPE would oppose the dredging of the Burrard Inlet and fight fossil fuel infrastructure and tankers in Vancouver's waters. The port is run by a federal port authority, so the city can only object (platform, page 16).",{"question":1322,"answer":1323},"Does COPE support local renewable energy in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would encourage wind, water and solar energy production across the city and move toward a community-led and worker-owned green energy grid (platform, page 16).",{"question":1325,"answer":1326},"Who would carry out COPE's climate plan?","Council controls the city's climate strategies, buildings, streets and budget. The Park Board controls trees and planting in parks, TransLink runs transit, and the port falls under a federal authority (platform, pages 16 and 17).","climate-defence-strategy","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--climate-defence-strategy","COPE would turn Vancouver's climate adaptation plan into a Climate Defence Strategy, grow the tree canopy to 30% by 2050, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit and oppose dredging and fossil fuel tankers in Burrard Inlet. It wants a community-led, worker-owned green energy grid.","mQOkHSVDaIAGoLK1H95zm9Z7PIIrn5PIWAFPv33KDQQ",{"id":1332,"title":1333,"checkedAt":397,"context":1334,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1335,"headline":1336,"issues":1337,"meta":1339,"order":888,"pages":1340,"paragraphs":1342,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1346,"questions":1364,"slug":1380,"source":13,"stem":1381,"summary":1382,"__hash__":1383},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--dont-force-ai-on-vancouver.json","Don't Force A.I. on Vancouver",[],[],"COPE on AI: pause AI chat tools in schools, protect city data, oppose AI data centres",[1338,212],"governance",{},{"from":1341,"to":1341},23,[1343,1344,1345],"COPE's platform has its own chapter on artificial intelligence. The party would pause the rollout of AI large language models, the systems behind AI chat tools, in Vancouver schools. It would consult parents and others and run a technology audit to set rules. The audit would cover student safety and privacy, effects on learning and mental health, the environmental cost of AI, the lack of AI use policies for students and staff, and the use of AI in public consultation.","For City Hall, COPE would set AI rules for managers, staff and elected officials so that public data and data about residents is never used to train AI systems owned by tech billionaires. Any city partnership with an outside company would have to protect personal data. The party would also oppose using AI to automate jobs, lay off workers or weaken labour rights.","Finally, COPE would oppose data centres for AI, which it calls \"AI Factories\", in Vancouver, and fight for rules that hold any such centre to account for water use, energy, noise and public health before it goes ahead. The school items would be decisions for the School Board. Council sets rules for city staff and data and controls zoning and permits for new buildings.",[1347,1352,1356,1360],{"title":1348,"detail":1349,"page":1341,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":1351},"Pause AI language models in Vancouver schools","COPE would pause the rollout of AI large language models (LLMs) in Vancouver schools, consult parents and others, and carry out a technology audit to set rules on student safety and privacy, effects on learning and mental health, open consultation on AI use, its climate and environmental impact, the lack of student and staff AI policies, and the validity of results when AI is used in public engagement.","school-board","The School Board runs Vancouver public schools and decides which tools they use.",{"title":1353,"detail":1354,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1355},"AI rules to protect public data","The party would set AI governance policies for managers, staff and elected officials so that public data and data about residents is never used to train AI systems owned by tech billionaires, and so that city partnerships with outside companies protect personal data.","Council sets the rules for the city's own staff, data and contracts.",{"title":1357,"detail":1358,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1359},"Oppose using AI to replace workers","COPE would oppose the use of AI to automate jobs, lay off workers and weaken labour rights.","Council decides how the city's own workforce and services are run. The platform does not say how it would act beyond city jobs.",{"title":1361,"detail":1362,"page":1341,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1363},"Oppose AI data centres in Vancouver","The party would oppose building and running urban data centres for AI (\"AI Factories\") in Vancouver, and fight for strong rules that hold any AI data centre to account for water use, energy, noise and public health before a project goes ahead.","Council controls zoning and permits in the city. The wider rules the platform calls for would be set by other governments.",[1365,1368,1371,1374,1377],{"question":1366,"answer":1367},"Does COPE want to ban AI in Vancouver schools?","COPE would pause the rollout of AI large language models in Vancouver schools and run a technology audit with parents and others to set rules on safety, privacy, learning, mental health and the environment (platform, page 23).",{"question":1369,"answer":1370},"What is COPE's position on AI data centres?","COPE would oppose AI data centres, which it calls \"AI Factories\", in Vancouver, and fight for rules that hold any such project to account for water use, energy, noise and public health (platform, page 23).",{"question":1372,"answer":1373},"How would COPE protect Vancouver residents' data from AI?","COPE would set AI rules for city managers, staff and elected officials so that public data and data about residents is never used to train AI owned by tech billionaires, and so that city partnerships protect personal data (platform, page 23).",{"question":1375,"answer":1376},"Does COPE oppose using AI to cut city jobs?","Yes. COPE says it would oppose the use of AI to automate jobs, lay off workers and weaken labour rights (platform, page 23).",{"question":1378,"answer":1379},"Who decides whether AI is used in Vancouver schools?","The Vancouver School Board runs the city's public schools, so a pause on AI tools in classrooms would be a School Board decision. COPE is running candidates for the School Board as well as Council (platform, page 23).","dont-force-ai-on-vancouver","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--dont-force-ai-on-vancouver","COPE would pause the rollout of AI large language models in Vancouver schools until a technology audit is done, stop public data from training AI owned by tech billionaires, oppose using AI to replace workers, and oppose AI data centres in Vancouver.","h_qerMWMhclfig_aHQY-9oPsQZMSpYFD9lYHphY2iE8",{"id":1385,"title":1386,"checkedAt":397,"context":1387,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1388,"headline":1393,"issues":1394,"meta":1396,"order":1397,"pages":1398,"paragraphs":1399,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1404,"questions":1441,"slug":1460,"source":13,"stem":1461,"summary":1462,"__hash__":1463},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--fight-for-a-just-vancouver.json","Fight for a Just Vancouver",[],[1389],{"value":1390,"label":1391,"page":1392},"$100 million+","Rise in the annual police budget under Ken Sim, according to the platform",25,"COPE on fairness: a mansion tax, a living wage, a \"too hot to work\" bylaw",[231,1395,1338],"economy",{},"10",{"from":1392,"to":1392},[1400,1401,1402,1403],"This chapter gathers COPE's commitments on fairness in the city. Its first item is a tax on wealth. COPE would use every option open to the city, and press other governments, to tax wealth in Vancouver through measures such as a Mansion Tax or a property tax that rises with property value. It would also seek new powers to raise money from those who can afford to pay, for public services and affordable housing.","On city work, COPE would restore the city's living wage policy, oppose privatization and public-private partnerships, and bring city contractors in as unionized city staff. It would pass a \"too hot to work\" bylaw setting safe temperatures in workplaces, kitchens included. The platform says the police budget has grown by over $100 million under Ken Sim while green bin pickups were cut and pool line-ups grew, and COPE would put money into pools, recreation and public services.","Other items concern rights and recognition. COPE would apply a disability justice lens to city policy, work with host nations and urban Indigenous groups on reconciliation, and rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street. It would join Burnaby, which the platform says has signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge. The party also states its commitment to global justice and its opposition to transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, antisemitism, ableism, Islamophobia, racism and all discrimination.","Council could act alone on the living wage, contracting, street names and city policy. A new tax on wealth would need powers from the Province, which writes the Vancouver Charter. Employment law is set by the provincial and federal governments, so the reach of a city workplace temperature bylaw would depend on what their laws allow. Funding for pools and recreation would be shared between Council, which approves the budget, and the Park Board, which runs those facilities.",[1405,1409,1413,1417,1421,1425,1429,1433,1437],{"title":1406,"detail":1407,"page":1392,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1408},"Tax wealth in Vancouver","COPE would use all options open to the city, and pressure all other levels of government, to tax wealth through measures such as a Mansion Tax or progressive taxation of property values. It would work to establish new powers to raise revenue from those who can afford to pay, to fund public services and affordable housing.","Council sets the property tax rate, but new taxing powers would have to come from the Province, which writes the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":1410,"detail":1411,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1412},"Restore the city's living wage policy","The party would restore the city's living wage policy and make sure Vancouver is an ethical employer.","Council sets pay and contract rules for the city's own workforce.",{"title":1414,"detail":1415,"page":1392,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1416},"Fund pools, recreation and public services","COPE would give pools, recreation facilities and public services the funding they need. The platform says the police budget has risen by over $100 million under Ken Sim while green bin pickups were cut, pool line-ups grew and planned community centre upgrades were halted.","Council approves the city budget and capital plan, and the Park Board runs pools and recreation centres.",{"title":1418,"detail":1419,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1420},"Apply a disability justice lens","The party would review city policies, systems, services, funding and structures through a disability justice lens to make Vancouver welcoming for people with disabilities.","Council sets city policy and directs city staff.",{"title":1422,"detail":1423,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1424},"Oppose privatization and bring contractors in-house","COPE would oppose privatization and public-private partnerships (PPPs), and work to bring city contractors in as unionized city employees.","Council decides how city services are delivered and who the city hires.",{"title":1426,"detail":1427,"page":1392,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1428},"A \"too hot to work\" bylaw","The party would establish a \"too hot to work\" bylaw that sets safe temperatures in workplaces, including kitchens.","Council would have to pass the bylaw. Employment law is set by the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":1430,"detail":1431,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1432},"Join the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge","COPE would make Vancouver an Apartheid-Free Community and, in the platform's words, join Burnaby in signing the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.","Signing a pledge is a Council decision.",{"title":1434,"detail":1435,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1436},"A real city of reconciliation","The party would build working relationships with host nations and under-served urban Indigenous people, address anti-Indigenous racism and bias in institutions, support Indigenous land trusts, and work with host nations and urban Indigenous groups so their voices are always heard at City Hall.","Council sets how the city works with host nations and Indigenous groups, with their agreement.",{"title":1438,"detail":1439,"page":1392,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1440},"Rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street","COPE would rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street and review the city's street names, statues and plazas for names that go against Vancouver's values.","The street, statues and plazas belong to the city, so Council would decide.",[1442,1445,1448,1451,1454,1457],{"question":1443,"answer":1444},"Does COPE support a mansion tax in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would use every option open to the city, and press other governments, to tax wealth through measures such as a Mansion Tax or a property tax that rises with property value. New taxing powers would have to come from the Province (platform, page 25).",{"question":1446,"answer":1447},"What is COPE's \"too hot to work\" bylaw?","COPE would pass a bylaw setting safe temperatures in workplaces, including kitchens. Employment law is set by the provincial and federal governments, so the reach of a city bylaw would depend on their laws (platform, page 25).",{"question":1449,"answer":1450},"Does COPE want to rename Dunsmuir Street?","Yes. COPE would rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street and review the city's street names, statues and plazas for names that go against Vancouver's values (platform, page 25).",{"question":1452,"answer":1453},"What does COPE say about contracting out city work?","COPE would oppose privatization and public-private partnerships and work to bring city contractors in as unionized city employees. It would also restore the city's living wage policy (platform, page 25).",{"question":1455,"answer":1456},"Why does COPE say the police budget should be spent differently?","The platform says the police budget has risen by over $100 million under Ken Sim while green bin pickups were cut, pool line-ups grew and community centre upgrades were halted. COPE would give pools, recreation and public services the funding they need (platform, page 25).",{"question":1458,"answer":1459},"What is the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge in COPE's platform?","COPE would make Vancouver an Apartheid-Free Community and sign the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which the platform says Burnaby has signed. Signing would be a Council decision (platform, page 25).","fight-for-a-just-vancouver","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--fight-for-a-just-vancouver","COPE would press for wealth taxes such as a Mansion Tax, restore the city's living wage policy, bring city contractors in as unionized staff and pass a \"too hot to work\" bylaw. It would rename Dunsmuir Street to Ginger Goodwin Street and sign the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.","_APr6lJPEnDoAtobRKEK8JagL0rcvSF4aXSiKhZG-60",{"id":1465,"title":1466,"checkedAt":397,"context":1467,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1468,"headline":1476,"issues":1477,"meta":1478,"order":1220,"pages":1479,"paragraphs":1480,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1484,"questions":1513,"slug":1529,"source":13,"stem":1530,"summary":1531,"__hash__":1532},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--keep-families-in-vancouver.json","Keep Families in Vancouver",[],[1469,1473],{"value":1470,"label":1471,"page":1472},"2,200","New public child care spaces COPE would secure by 2030",19,{"value":1474,"label":1475,"page":1472},"~4,200","Shortfall of child care spaces for ages 0 to 5 that the platform says city staff noted in 2024 (the platform marks this figure as approximate)","COPE on families: 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030 and an affordability audit",[306,60],{},{"from":1472,"to":1472},[1481,1482,1483],"COPE's platform says Vancouver has the lowest share of family households in Metro Vancouver and that city staff counted a shortfall of child care spaces for children up to age 5 in 2024. This chapter is the party's plan to keep families in the city. It starts with an Affordability Audit for Families to find where costs hurt most, and a strategy to use public power where the market fails, such as affordable tutoring and sports.","Child care is the centre of the chapter. COPE would secure at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030 by bargaining with developers, providing public land and seeking money from senior governments. It would open drop-in child care at community centres and schools, speed up before-and-after school care at elementary schools, and track all child care spaces, private and public, against the city's targets.","COPE would also use city land for children's programs in theatre, science, sports and music, and make sure new housing includes homes large and cheap enough for families. Council can provide land and use zoning and development deals to create child care space. Licensing and operating money for child care come from the Province, and schools and community centres belong to the School Board and the Park Board.",[1485,1489,1493,1497,1501,1505,1509],{"title":1486,"detail":1487,"page":1472,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1488},"An Affordability Audit for Families","COPE would identify the costs that hit families hardest in Vancouver and create a strategy to use public power where the market is failing, including affordable programs for children such as tutoring and sports, and to lower everyday costs.","Council can direct staff to carry out the audit and fund the programs.",{"title":1490,"detail":1491,"page":1472,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1492},"At least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030","The party would fight for and fund more public child care. It would bargain with developers, provide public land and seek money from senior governments to secure at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030.","The city creates child care space through zoning, city buildings and development deals, while licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":1494,"detail":1495,"page":1472,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1496},"Drop-in child care at community centres and schools","COPE would set up drop-in spaces at community centres and schools so parents can get affordable, safe and reliable child care in public buildings.","Community centres are run by the Park Board and schools by the School Board, and child care licensing is provincial.",{"title":1498,"detail":1499,"page":1472,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1500},"Before-and-after school care at elementary schools","The party would speed up the creation of before-and-after school child care spaces at elementary schools across the city.","Schools belong to the School Board, and child care licensing and operating money come from the Province.",{"title":1502,"detail":1503,"page":1472,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1504},"Track and report on child care spaces","COPE would track and report on child care spaces, both private and public, to make sure the city meets its targets.","Council can direct city staff to collect and publish this data.",{"title":1506,"detail":1507,"page":1472,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1508},"City-owned space for children's programs","The party would use city-owned land for city-owned spaces for children's programs, including theatre, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), sports and recreation, education and music.","Council decides how city-owned land is used.",{"title":1510,"detail":1511,"page":1472,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1512},"Prioritize housing for families","COPE would make sure that public housing, and deals with private developers, secure homes large enough and affordable enough for families.","Council sets zoning and negotiates the terms of rezonings with developers.",[1514,1517,1520,1523,1526],{"question":1515,"answer":1516},"How many child care spaces would COPE create in Vancouver?","COPE says it would secure at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030 by bargaining with developers, providing public land and seeking money from senior governments (platform, page 19).",{"question":1518,"answer":1519},"What is COPE's Affordability Audit for Families?","COPE would find the costs that hit families hardest in Vancouver and create a strategy to use public power where the market fails, including affordable tutoring and sports for children (platform, page 19).",{"question":1521,"answer":1522},"Does COPE support drop-in child care at community centres?","Yes. COPE would set up drop-in child care at community centres and schools so parents can find affordable, safe and reliable care in public buildings (platform, page 19).",{"question":1524,"answer":1525},"Who pays for child care in Vancouver under COPE's plan?","The city can provide land, buildings and space through development deals. COPE itself says it would seek funding from senior governments, and child care licensing and operating money come from the Province (platform, page 19).",{"question":1527,"answer":1528},"What does COPE say about housing for families?","COPE says public housing and deals with private developers must secure homes large enough and affordable enough for families. The platform says Vancouver has the lowest share of family households in Metro Vancouver (platform, page 19).","keep-families-in-vancouver","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--keep-families-in-vancouver","COPE would secure at least 2,200 new public child care spaces by 2030, add drop-in child care at community centres and schools, and speed up before-and-after school care. An Affordability Audit for Families would look for ways to lower everyday costs.","9-Qf4I9KE1o-dNJN2A_Uuw2cwkAXHryPpgd1LQBRWd4",{"id":1534,"title":1535,"checkedAt":397,"context":1536,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1537,"headline":1545,"issues":1546,"meta":1547,"order":1548,"pages":1549,"paragraphs":1550,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1554,"questions":1591,"slug":1607,"source":13,"stem":1608,"summary":1609,"__hash__":1610},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--keep-the-arts-in-vancouver.json","Keep the Arts in Vancouver",[],[1538,1542],{"value":1539,"label":1540,"page":1541},"$11 billion+","GDP the platform says BC's cultural sector generated in 2024",24,{"value":1543,"label":1544,"page":1541},"129,000+","Jobs the platform says BC's cultural sector supported in 2024","COPE on the arts: a Cultural Land Trust, inflation-linked grants, an empty business tax",[295],{},"9",{"from":1541,"to":1541},[1551,1552,1553],"COPE's platform says Vancouver has the highest number of artists per person of any major city in Canada, and that arts funding has risen by less than inflation. The arts chapter aims to keep artists and venues in the city. Its first step is a Cultural Land Trust, which would hold space for the arts so it is not lost to rising land prices.","COPE would write a Vancouver Arts and Cultural Spaces Strategy that uses city land for galleries, venues, theatres and rehearsal spaces, and would encourage performances in empty commercial spaces. An empty business tax on industrial and commercial spaces would come with a program to turn vacant units into places for art. A new Creative City Navigator would help arts groups, festivals and venues deal with the city.","On funding, the party would raise operating grants for the arts and then tie them to inflation, and look at an arts endowment or a dedicated tax for steady funding. It would end the crackdown on DIY arts venues, support street performers and free festivals, and offer free access to museums and galleries through the library or the Leisure Access Pass. Council funds cultural grants and licenses venues and events, but a new type of tax would need powers from the Province.",[1555,1559,1563,1567,1571,1575,1579,1583,1587],{"title":1556,"detail":1557,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1558},"A Cultural Land Trust","COPE would reduce speculative pressure on artist spaces and protect Vancouver's arts through a Cultural Land Trust.","Council controls city-owned land and can fund a trust through its budget.",{"title":1560,"detail":1561,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1562},"A Vancouver Arts and Cultural Spaces Strategy","The party would create a strategy that uses city-owned land for galleries, venues, theatres and rehearsal spaces, and encourages the use of vacant commercial spaces for performance and art.","Council decides how city-owned land is used and sets zoning for commercial space.",{"title":1564,"detail":1565,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1566},"A Vancouver Arts, Culture, and Creative City Navigator","COPE would create a Navigator to support arts organizations, festivals and venues and help the city meet its arts and culture goals.","Council decides which city positions and services exist.",{"title":1568,"detail":1569,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1570},"Raise arts operating grants and tie them to inflation","The party would boost operating grants for Vancouver's arts sector, then tie them to inflation. It would also look at a municipal arts endowment or a dedicated tax revenue stream for long-term stability.","Council sets cultural grants in the city budget. A new dedicated tax would depend on the city's powers under the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",{"title":1572,"detail":1573,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1574},"End the crackdown on DIY arts venues","COPE would end the crackdown on DIY (do-it-yourself) arts venues and support independent, artist-run nightlife.","The city licenses venues and events and enforces its own rules on them.",{"title":1576,"detail":1577,"page":1541,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1578},"An empty business tax","The party would charge an empty business tax on industrial and commercial spaces, with a program to encourage use of vacant spaces for performance and art.","The platform does not say how the tax would work. Any new type of tax depends on the city's powers under the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",{"title":1580,"detail":1581,"page":1541,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1582},"Art and music in public spaces","COPE would bring art and music into public spaces by adding covered bandstands, encouraging street-corner performers and supporting free and low-cost festivals.","Council controls city streets and event permits, and the Park Board controls parks where bandstands could go.",{"title":1584,"detail":1585,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1586},"Support museums, galleries and civic theatres","The party would support the needs of museums, galleries, civic theatres and other cultural spaces, and offer free access through the Public Library or the Leisure Access Pass.","Council sets cultural grants in the city budget. Free passes through the library would also need the library board.",{"title":1588,"detail":1589,"page":1541,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1590},"Protect the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee","COPE would protect the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee and work with it to advance the arts in Vancouver.","Council creates its own advisory committees and decides whether they continue.",[1592,1595,1598,1601,1604],{"question":1593,"answer":1594},"What is COPE's Cultural Land Trust?","COPE would create a Cultural Land Trust to reduce speculative pressure on artist spaces and protect the arts in Vancouver (platform, page 24).",{"question":1596,"answer":1597},"Would COPE increase arts funding in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would boost operating grants for the arts and then tie them to inflation, and look at an arts endowment or a dedicated tax for long-term funding. The platform says arts funding has risen by less than inflation (platform, page 24).",{"question":1599,"answer":1600},"What does COPE say about DIY music venues?","COPE would end the crackdown on DIY arts venues and support independent, artist-run nightlife as part of Vancouver's culture (platform, page 24).",{"question":1602,"answer":1603},"Does COPE want an empty business tax in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would charge an empty business tax on industrial and commercial spaces, with a program to encourage use of vacant spaces for art and performance. A new type of tax would depend on powers only the Province can give the city (platform, page 24).",{"question":1605,"answer":1606},"Who would fund COPE's arts plan?","Council sets cultural grants in the city budget and controls city-owned land, so most of the plan is a Council decision. An endowment, a dedicated arts tax or an empty business tax would depend on the city's powers under the Vancouver Charter (platform, page 24).","keep-the-arts-in-vancouver","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--keep-the-arts-in-vancouver","COPE would protect artist spaces through a Cultural Land Trust, raise operating grants for the arts and tie them to inflation, end the crackdown on DIY arts venues and tax empty commercial and industrial spaces, with a program to use them for art and performance.","6o7-u9wI8NsU3OAo8ue0YbHNDtIQva76KpSwGr8r6Dw",{"id":1612,"title":1613,"checkedAt":397,"context":1614,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1615,"headline":1623,"issues":1624,"meta":1625,"order":609,"pages":1626,"paragraphs":1627,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1631,"questions":1668,"slug":1684,"source":13,"stem":1685,"summary":1686,"__hash__":1687},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--make-groceries-more-affordable.json","Make Groceries More Affordable",[],[1616,1620],{"value":1617,"label":1618,"page":1619},"46%","Share of food in Canada that the platform says is wasted",14,{"value":1621,"label":1622,"page":1619},"almost 1\u002F4","Share of BC residents the platform says lack secure access to healthy food","COPE on food costs: a public grocery pilot, an edible food recovery law, free school meals",[1395,212],{},{"from":1619,"to":1619},[1628,1629,1630],"COPE treats the price of groceries as something city government can act on. Its platform says 46% of food in Canada is wasted while almost 1\u002F4 of BC residents lack secure access to healthy food. The party's first step is an edible food recovery law aimed at big box stores and chain restaurants, so that food they would throw away goes to people.","COPE would also start a public grocery pilot project in the neighbourhoods with the most need, protect affordable community grocers from rent hikes and sell-offs, and use the city's buying power to buy in bulk from local farmers. That food would be sold at a discount to community grocers, non-profits, public grocers and school meal programs. The party would bring back the city's Food System Planner jobs to carry out the work.","Other items expand community food: linked community gardens, community kitchens, seed sharing, food storage and public food distribution networks run with community groups. COPE also wants a universal breakfast and lunch program at the Vancouver School Board, citing US research that grocery prices fell where such programs exist. Council would act on most of this, while school meals are a School Board program that depends on provincial school funding.",[1632,1636,1640,1644,1648,1652,1656,1660,1664],{"title":1633,"detail":1634,"page":1619,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1635},"An edible food recovery law","COPE would stop food waste with an edible food recovery law aimed at big box stores and chain restaurants, so that edible food is given to people in place of being thrown away.","The platform presents this as a city law, which Council would have to pass. It does not say which city power the law would rest on.",{"title":1637,"detail":1638,"page":1619,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1639},"Protect affordable community grocers","The party would protect affordable community grocers from rent hikes, sell-offs and rising prices, and invest in the local businesses that it says hold communities together.","Council can support grocers through zoning, city land and its budget.",{"title":1641,"detail":1642,"page":1619,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1643},"A public grocery pilot project","COPE would set up a public grocery pilot project to provide affordable groceries in the neighbourhoods with the most need.","Council can fund a city pilot through its budget and offer city-owned space.",{"title":1645,"detail":1646,"page":1619,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1647},"Reinstate Vancouver's Food System Planner roles","The party would bring back the city's Food System Planner jobs and make sure the department has enough staff and support to do its work.","Council decides city staffing through the budget.",{"title":1649,"detail":1650,"page":1619,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1651},"Coordinate the network of community gardens","COPE would link and coordinate community gardens to grow local food and increase access to growing space.","Some community gardens sit on city land and some in parks, so Council and the Park Board would both be involved.",{"title":1653,"detail":1654,"page":1619,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1655},"Public food distribution networks","The party would partner with community groups to fund and create public food distribution networks using publicly owned spaces and community kitchens.","The city can offer funding and space, and community groups would run the networks.",{"title":1657,"detail":1658,"page":1619,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":1659},"Universal breakfast and lunch at Vancouver School Board","COPE would make sure no child is hungry with a universal breakfast and lunch program at the Vancouver School Board. The platform cites US research that grocery chains cut prices for everyone in areas with universal school meals for elementary students.","The School Board runs Vancouver's public schools, and school funding is set by the Province.",{"title":1661,"detail":1662,"page":1619,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1663},"Use the city's buying power to buy from local farmers","The party would use the city's buying power to buy in bulk from local farmers and sell the food at a discount to affordable community grocers, non-profits, public grocers and school meal programs.","Council sets the city's purchasing rules and budget.",{"title":1665,"detail":1666,"page":1619,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1667},"Expand meal programs, community kitchens and gardens","COPE would expand healthy and affordable meal programs, set up community kitchens, expand community gardens, seed sharing and food storage, and support skill sharing and training, working toward what it calls food justice and food security.","Council can fund these programs, while gardens in parks are managed by the Park Board.",[1669,1672,1675,1678,1681],{"question":1670,"answer":1671},"What is COPE's public grocery store plan?","COPE would set up a public grocery pilot project to provide affordable groceries in the Vancouver neighbourhoods with the most need (platform, page 14).",{"question":1673,"answer":1674},"Does COPE want a food waste law in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would pass an edible food recovery law aimed at big box stores and chain restaurants, so that edible food goes to people in place of being thrown away (platform, page 14).",{"question":1676,"answer":1677},"Does COPE support free school meals in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE backs a universal breakfast and lunch program at the Vancouver School Board. The School Board runs the schools, and school funding is set by the Province (platform, pages 14 and 20).",{"question":1679,"answer":1680},"How would COPE lower grocery prices?","COPE would use the city's buying power to buy in bulk from local farmers and sell the food at a discount to community grocers, non-profits, public grocers and school meal programs. It would also protect affordable community grocers from rent hikes and sell-offs (platform, page 14).",{"question":1682,"answer":1683},"Who would run COPE's food programs?","Council could fund the grocery pilot, the bulk buying and the Food System Planner jobs through the city budget. Community groups would run the distribution networks, and the School Board would run school meals (platform, page 14).","make-groceries-more-affordable","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--make-groceries-more-affordable","COPE would start a public grocery pilot in the neighbourhoods with the most need, pass an edible food recovery law for big box stores and chain restaurants, and use the city's buying power to buy food in bulk from local farmers. It also backs universal school breakfast and lunch.","f1PkiGT5-Y0MNFTSNUAU0dH63iQTTyLReyJ30BVzzdQ",{"id":1689,"title":1690,"checkedAt":397,"context":1691,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1700,"headline":1708,"issues":1709,"meta":1710,"order":1711,"pages":1712,"paragraphs":1713,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1718,"questions":1789,"slug":1808,"source":13,"stem":1809,"summary":1810,"__hash__":1811},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--make-the-city-safe-for-everyone.json","Make The City Safe for Everyone",[1692,1696],{"label":1693,"url":1694,"publisher":1695,"checkedAt":397},"Vancouver Police Board: meet the board","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouverpoliceboard.ca\u002Fabout\u002Fmeet-the-board\u002F","Vancouver Police Board",{"label":1697,"url":1698,"publisher":1699,"checkedAt":397},"Are headlights too bright? Nearly 380K Canadians told Ottawa their answer","https:\u002F\u002Fglobalnews.ca\u002Fnews\u002F11896769\u002Fare-headlights-too-bright-canada-public-consultation\u002F","Global News",[1701,1705],{"value":1702,"label":1703,"page":1704},"five","Calls to action for municipalities from Battered Women's Support Services that COPE would carry out",22,{"value":1706,"label":1707,"page":1341},"almost 380,000","Responses the platform says Transport Canada's headlight consultation received","COPE on safety: care teams for mental health calls, a violence task force, safer streets",[141,117,165],{},"7",{"from":1704,"to":1341},[1714,1715,1716,1717],"COPE's safety chapter treats safety as a wider question than policing. The party would plan city infrastructure for climate events and earthquakes, add suicide prevention barriers on bridges, and act on the five calls to action for cities from Battered Women's Support Services, including an intimate partner violence task force. It would make Vancouver a Restorative Justice City, which means responding to harm by bringing together the people affected, as set out in the Restorative City framework.","On health and drugs, COPE backs drug testing, safe supply and supervised consumption sites, along with voluntary treatment. It would restore the sex worker safety planning position that the platform says Ken Sim and ABC cut, and support safe workplaces and a safe exit from the sex trade. The party also lists what it calls ABC's safety failures, including cuts to cooling kits for heat waves and to climate retrofit funding.","On policing, COPE would take mental health calls out of police priorities and fund peer-assisted care teams (PACTs) in their place. It would challenge the legal structures that tie the city to what it calls unelected police boards, and seek an audit of the Vancouver Police Department. Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board works under BC's Police Act, and most of its members are appointed by the Province.","The last part of the chapter is about streets. COPE would lower speed limits on high-risk streets, create permanent school zones, repaint crosswalks, fund curb cuts and add protected left turns. It also names ultra-bright headlights, and the platform credits a 2026 motion by Councillor Sean Orr with prompting a national consultation by Transport Canada, the federal transport department. Street design and speed limits on city streets are Council decisions, while headlight rules are a request to the federal government.",[1719,1723,1727,1731,1735,1739,1743,1747,1751,1755,1759,1763,1767,1771,1774,1777,1781,1785],{"title":1720,"detail":1721,"page":1704,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1722},"Plan for climate events and earthquakes","COPE would give priority to city planning and infrastructure upgrades for climate events and earthquakes to save lives and prevent future disasters.","Council approves the capital plan and the city's emergency planning.",{"title":1724,"detail":1725,"page":1704,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1726},"Stop intimate partner violence","The party would carry out the five calls to action for municipalities from Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS), including an Intimate Partner Violence task force, support for community victim services and transition houses, and better local data collection on intimate partner violence.","Council can create a task force and fund local services. The platform names community-based victim services and transition houses as the groups it would support.",{"title":1728,"detail":1729,"page":1704,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1730},"Infrastructure and programs to reduce suicide risk","COPE would support infrastructure that reduces the risk of suicide, such as barriers on bridges and other high-risk places, and programs to step in and support people in crisis.","The city controls its own bridges and streets, while crisis health services are provincial.",{"title":1732,"detail":1733,"page":1704,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1734},"Expand voluntary treatment and fight stigma","The party would address mental health and addictions by expanding access to voluntary and compassionate treatment and frontline services, and by fighting stigma about drug use and poverty.","Health services and treatment beds are run by the Province, so the city can only press for more.",{"title":1736,"detail":1737,"page":1704,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1738},"Address the root causes of survival crime","COPE would fight to address the root causes of survival crime: mental health and addiction problems, and homelessness.","Council funds shelters and outreach, while health care and most housing funding come from senior governments.",{"title":1740,"detail":1741,"page":1704,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1742},"Make Vancouver a Restorative Justice City","The party would endorse and fund the Restorative City framework.","Council can endorse a framework and fund it through the city budget.",{"title":1744,"detail":1745,"page":1704,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1746},"Support evidence-based overdose responses","COPE would address the overdose crisis by supporting drug testing, safe supply programs and supervised consumption sites.","The city can support and give space to these services, but drug policy and health services are provincial and federal.",{"title":1748,"detail":1749,"page":1704,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1750},"Restore the sex worker safety planning position","The party would restore the sex worker safety planning position that the platform says Ken Sim and ABC cut, and support front-line services that protect vulnerable people from violence and exploitation. The platform says the position was created after the 2012 Pickton Commission.","Council decides city staff positions through the budget.",{"title":1752,"detail":1753,"page":1704,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1754},"Safety for people in the sex trade","COPE would expand support for the safety of people working in the sex trade and create policy so sex workers can work in safe environments, including the right to a safe exit from the industry.","Council can set city policy and fund support services.",{"title":1756,"detail":1757,"page":1704,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1758},"Move mental health calls away from police","The party would remove mental health calls from Vancouver Police Department priorities and move funding to community safety programs for acute mental health crises, such as peer-assisted care teams (PACTs).","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department.",{"title":1760,"detail":1761,"page":1704,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1762},"Challenge police board structures and audit the VPD","COPE would challenge the legal structures that it says tie the city to unelected police boards, and push for democratic community oversight and an audit of the Vancouver Police Department.","The Vancouver Police Board works under BC's Police Act, and most of its members are appointed by the Province, so only the Province can change that structure.",{"title":1764,"detail":1765,"page":1704,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1766},"Community safety programs for protests and events","The party would set up community safety programs that manage protests and community events with public safety captains, without adding to police budgets through overtime and overpolicing.","Council approves event permits and the city budget.",{"title":1768,"detail":1769,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1770},"Lower speed limits on high-risk streets","To reduce pedestrian deaths, COPE would lower speed limits on high-risk streets.","The city owns and designs its streets.",{"title":1772,"detail":1773,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1770},"Road upgrades and permanent school zones","The party would upgrade roads and create permanent school zones.",{"title":1775,"detail":1776,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1011},"A protected bike lane on Broadway","COPE lists support for a protected bike lane on Broadway among its steps to reduce pedestrian deaths.",{"title":1778,"detail":1779,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1780},"Better crosswalks and curb cuts","The party would improve and repaint pedestrian crossings and fund curb cuts, the ramps from sidewalk to street.","The city owns its sidewalks and crossings.",{"title":1782,"detail":1783,"page":1341,"authority":1282,"authorityNote":1784},"Tackle ultra-bright headlights","COPE would tackle ultra-bright headlights, which it says increase road risk. The platform says a 2026 motion by Sean Orr prompted a Transport Canada consultation that received almost 380,000 responses, and that the motion went to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, where cities across Canada endorsed it.","Transport Canada, the federal transport department, ran the national consultation on headlights, so the city can only press for change.",{"title":1786,"detail":1787,"page":1341,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1788},"Expand protected left turns","The party would expand protected left-turn signals and road design, starting in the areas of greatest need.","The city owns its streets and traffic signals.",[1790,1793,1796,1799,1802,1805],{"question":1791,"answer":1792},"What would COPE do about mental health calls to police?","COPE would remove mental health calls from Vancouver Police Department priorities and move funding to community programs for mental health crises, such as peer-assisted care teams (PACTs). The party says alternatives to police as first responders can reduce costs (platform, page 22).",{"question":1794,"answer":1795},"Does COPE support safe supply and supervised consumption sites?","Yes. COPE says it would address the overdose crisis by supporting drug testing, safe supply programs and supervised consumption sites. Drug policy and health services are provincial and federal, so the city's role is support (platform, page 22).",{"question":1797,"answer":1798},"What does COPE propose on intimate partner violence?","COPE would carry out the five calls to action for municipalities from Battered Women's Support Services, including an Intimate Partner Violence task force, support for victim services and transition houses, and better local data (platform, page 22).",{"question":1800,"answer":1801},"Can Vancouver City Council control the police?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. The board works under BC's Police Act and most of its members are appointed by the Province. COPE says it would challenge that structure and seek an audit of the VPD (platform, page 22).",{"question":1803,"answer":1804},"What would COPE do about road safety in Vancouver?","COPE would lower speed limits on high-risk streets, create permanent school zones, repaint crosswalks, fund curb cuts, add protected left turns and support a protected bike lane on Broadway (platform, page 23).",{"question":1806,"answer":1807},"What does COPE say about ultra-bright headlights?","COPE would tackle ultra-bright headlights. The platform says Councillor Sean Orr's 2026 motion prompted a Transport Canada consultation that drew almost 380,000 responses. Transport Canada is a federal department, so the city can only press for change (platform, page 23).","make-the-city-safe-for-everyone","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--make-the-city-safe-for-everyone","COPE would move mental health calls away from police toward peer-assisted care teams, create an intimate partner violence task force, back safe supply and supervised consumption, and restore the sex worker safety position. It would lower speed limits on high-risk streets.","AiMH0pQtAbUdiZBlQ2dWrV60nMIqA_I9TZVySKXy_Do",{"id":1813,"title":1814,"checkedAt":397,"context":1815,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1819,"headline":1833,"issues":1834,"meta":1835,"order":680,"pages":1836,"paragraphs":1837,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1841,"questions":1878,"slug":1894,"source":13,"stem":1895,"summary":1896,"__hash__":1897},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--protect-the-local-economy.json","Protect the Local Economy",[1816],{"label":1817,"url":1818,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},"Commercial Tenancy Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fcomplete\u002Fstatreg\u002F96057_01",[1820,1824,1827,1830],{"value":1821,"label":1822,"page":1823},"almost 3000","Local businesses the platform says have closed in Vancouver since 2020",15,{"value":1825,"label":1826,"page":1823},"18%","Share of those closures the platform says were due to landlord or lease issues",{"value":1828,"label":1829,"page":1823},"10.2%","Vancouver's storefront vacancy rate in 2025, according to the platform",{"value":1831,"label":1832,"page":1823},"5 to 7%","Storefront vacancy rate the platform calls normal","COPE on small business: Buy Vancouver, a Local Business Office, affordable storefronts",[1395],{},{"from":1823,"to":1823},[1838,1839,1840],"COPE's economy chapter is aimed at local shops, restaurants and co-ops. The platform says almost 3000 local businesses have closed in Vancouver since 2020, that 18% of those closures were caused by landlord or lease problems, and that the storefront vacancy rate was 10.2% in 2025. The party would protect local businesses and, in its words, take on the big business oligopolies that threaten them.","Its main tools are city purchasing, city space and city rules. A Buy Vancouver policy would favour local producers when the city buys goods, which COPE says would also protect against US tariffs. New buildings would have to include a mix of shop sizes, and city-owned commercial space would be offered at affordable rents to social enterprises and co-ops. A Vancouver Local Business Office would help small businesses with permits and rules.","Council licenses businesses, sets permit fees and zones commercial land, so it could act on most of this chapter. Commercial leases are different: they fall under BC's Commercial Tenancy Act, a provincial law. COPE says it would push for standard leases, landlord duties and limits on rent hikes, which the city can only ask the Province to make. The party would also bring back the Community Benefits Agreement policy, which asks developers to create local jobs.",[1842,1846,1850,1854,1858,1862,1866,1870,1874],{"title":1843,"detail":1844,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1845},"A Buy Vancouver policy","COPE would introduce a Buy Vancouver policy that gives priority to local producers in city purchasing, supports a circular economy in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, builds resilience against US tariffs and creates jobs.","Council sets the purchasing rules for the city's own spending.",{"title":1847,"detail":1848,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1849},"Protect local shops and restaurants","The party would protect local shops and restaurants and take on the big business oligopolies it says threaten their ability to operate.","The platform does not name the tools. Council issues business licences, sets fees and zones commercial land.",{"title":1851,"detail":1852,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1853},"Support right-sized retail","COPE would require a mix of commercial unit sizes in new developments, limit oversized street-front shops on key corridors, and use zoning, incentives and city-owned land to create more affordable storefronts for local businesses, independent retailers, social enterprises and co-ops.","Council sets zoning and the conditions on new developments, and controls city-owned land.",{"title":1855,"detail":1856,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1857},"Affordable city-owned commercial space","The party would offer affordable city-owned commercial spaces to social enterprises, co-ops and sharing economy projects.","Council decides how city-owned property is leased.",{"title":1859,"detail":1860,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1861},"A Vancouver Local Business Office","COPE would create a Vancouver Local Business Office to help small businesses with permits, rules and resources.","Council decides which offices the city runs.",{"title":1863,"detail":1864,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1865},"Support worker co-ops","The party would support new and existing worker co-ops with waived fees, faster permits and city support.","Council sets city fees and controls the permit process.",{"title":1867,"detail":1868,"page":1823,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1869},"Push for changes to commercial tenancy agreements","COPE would push for standard leases and negotiation rules, clear landlord responsibilities, and protection from rent hikes that it says ruin small and local businesses.","Commercial leases in BC fall under the provincial Commercial Tenancy Act, so the city can only press for change.",{"title":1871,"detail":1872,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1873},"Business licence reforms for start-ups","The party would reform business licences to make it easier for start-ups to begin, including letting businesses with different licence requirements share space and save on rent.","Council issues business licences and sets their rules.",{"title":1875,"detail":1876,"page":1823,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1877},"Reinstate the Community Benefits Agreement policy","COPE would bring back the Community Benefits Agreement policy so that developers create local jobs, support the local economy and give back to the communities they profit from.","Council sets the conditions it attaches to large developments.",[1879,1882,1885,1888,1891],{"question":1880,"answer":1881},"What is COPE's Buy Vancouver policy?","COPE would give priority to local producers when the City of Vancouver buys goods and services. The party says this would support a circular economy, build resilience against US tariffs and create jobs (platform, page 15).",{"question":1883,"answer":1884},"How would COPE help small businesses in Vancouver?","COPE would create a Vancouver Local Business Office to help with permits and rules, offer affordable city-owned commercial space, require a mix of shop sizes in new buildings and reform business licences so start-ups can share space (platform, page 15).",{"question":1886,"answer":1887},"Can Vancouver City Council cap commercial rents?","COPE says it would push for changes to commercial leases, including standard leases and limits on rent hikes. Commercial leases fall under BC's Commercial Tenancy Act, a provincial law, so the city can only press for change (platform, page 15).",{"question":1889,"answer":1890},"What does COPE say about storefront vacancies?","The platform says Vancouver's storefront vacancy rate was 10.2% in 2025 and calls 5 to 7% normal. COPE would use zoning, incentives and city-owned land to create more affordable storefronts (platform, page 15).",{"question":1892,"answer":1893},"Does COPE support worker co-ops?","Yes. COPE would support new and existing worker co-ops with waived fees, faster permits and city support, and offer them affordable city-owned commercial space (platform, page 15).","protect-the-local-economy","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--protect-the-local-economy","COPE would bring in a Buy Vancouver policy for city purchasing, create a Vancouver Local Business Office, and use zoning and city-owned land to create affordable storefronts. It would also reinstate the Community Benefits Agreement policy and press for fairer commercial leases.","I-5YP2LbtdqxH1nAvRDuJvaOj0ikm5wHd8fzipX1Dk8",{"id":1899,"title":1900,"checkedAt":397,"context":1901,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1904,"headline":1917,"issues":1918,"meta":1919,"order":1920,"pages":1921,"paragraphs":1922,"party":368,"pillar":492,"proposals":1926,"questions":1954,"slug":1973,"source":13,"stem":1974,"summary":1975,"__hash__":1976},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--take-democracy-back-from-the-billionaires.json","Take Democracy Back from the Billionaires",[1902,1903],{"label":529,"url":530,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},{"label":490,"url":392,"publisher":385,"checkedAt":397},[1905,1908,1911,1914],{"value":1906,"label":1907,"page":496},"2030","First election in which COPE wants a ranked ballot for mayor",{"value":1909,"label":1910,"page":496},"$25","Value of the Democracy Dollars voucher a resident could request",{"value":1912,"label":1913,"page":496},"16","Voting age COPE wants",{"value":1915,"label":1916,"page":496},"36.66%","Share of total votes across Council, School Board and Park Board that the platform's chart gives ABC in 2022","COPE on elections: ranked ballots for mayor, votes at 16, Democracy Dollars",[1338],{},"11",{"from":496,"to":496},[1923,1924,1925],"COPE's last chapter is about how Vancouver elects its government. The party says that in 2022 ABC won less than 37% of all votes cast across Council, School Board and Park Board but took a majority on every board. Its answer is a new voting system. COPE says it secured a promise from the progressive parties to fight for a ranked ballot for mayor, like those used in New York and San Francisco, starting in 2030.","Over the longer term, COPE wants proportional representation with wards, where each part of the city elects several members in proportion to the votes. Its members have endorsed the model used in Portland, Oregon. The party would convene a citizens assembly, a group of residents brought together to study the question, to design a model for Vancouver. It would also give every resident the vote, including permanent residents and anyone over 16, and end voting by property owners who live elsewhere.","COPE would start a Democracy Dollars program, based on one in Seattle, where residents can ask for a $25 voucher of public money to give to a party or candidate. It would make transit free on election days and add polling stations, mobile voting and accessible options. Who may vote is set in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law: today a voter must be 18 and a Canadian citizen. Campaign money is governed by the provincial Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. These changes would need the Province.",[1927,1931,1935,1939,1942,1946,1950],{"title":1928,"detail":1929,"page":496,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1930},"A ranked ballot for mayor, starting in 2030","COPE says it secured a commitment from all progressive parties to fight for a ranked ballot for mayor, like in New York and San Francisco, starting in 2030. It would push the provincial government to give cities full control over their own electoral systems.","Vancouver's election rules are set in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law that only the Province can change.",{"title":1932,"detail":1933,"page":496,"authority":643,"authorityNote":1934},"Use public tools to engage residents","The party would oppose what it calls the erosion of democracy in the era of Trump. In place of abolishing the elected Park Board, or cutting community engagement tools without suitable replacements, it would use advisory committees, public hearings, citizens assemblies, participatory budgeting and referendums.","Council sets up its own advisory committees and public consultation.",{"title":1936,"detail":1937,"page":496,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1938},"A Democracy Dollars program","COPE would create a Democracy Dollars program, based on one in Seattle, Washington, where residents can request a $25 voucher from public funds to give to local political parties or candidates.","Campaign money in BC local elections is governed by the provincial Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so the program would have to fit that law or the Province would have to change it.",{"title":1940,"detail":1941,"page":496,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1930},"Proportional representation, ranked ballots and wards","The party would fight for an electoral system that balances regional representation, proportionality and voter expression. COPE members have endorsed the model used in Portland, Oregon, with multi-member wards in a proportional system.",{"title":1943,"detail":1944,"page":496,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1945},"A citizens assembly on electoral reform","COPE would convene a citizens assembly to produce a model for Vancouver's elections, saying residents should have the final say on the electoral system.","Council can set up a citizens assembly, but any new voting system it proposes would need the Province to change the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":1947,"detail":1948,"page":496,"authority":698,"authorityNote":1949},"Votes for all residents at 16, and an end to non-resident voting","The party would expand the right to vote to all residents, including permanent residents and everyone above the age of 16, and end voting by property owners who do not live in Vancouver.","The Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, says a voter must be 18 and a Canadian citizen, and allows non-resident property owners to vote. Only the Province can change it.",{"title":1951,"detail":1952,"page":496,"authority":619,"authorityNote":1953},"Make it easier to vote","COPE would make transit free on election days and make sure there are enough polling stations, including mobile voting stations, and accessibility options for seniors and people with disabilities.","Free transit is a decision for TransLink, a regional body. The platform treats polling stations as a city task.",[1955,1958,1961,1964,1967,1970],{"question":1956,"answer":1957},"Does COPE support ranked ballots in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE says it secured a commitment from the progressive parties to fight for a ranked ballot for mayor starting in 2030. Vancouver's election rules are set in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, so the Province would have to agree (platform, page 26).",{"question":1959,"answer":1960},"Does COPE want to lower the voting age to 16 in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would expand the right to vote to all residents, including permanent residents and everyone above 16. Today the Vancouver Charter requires a voter to be 18 and a Canadian citizen, and only the Province can change it (platform, page 26).",{"question":1962,"answer":1963},"What are COPE's Democracy Dollars?","COPE would let residents request a $25 voucher from public funds to give to local political parties or candidates, based on a program in Seattle. Campaign money in BC local elections is governed by provincial law (platform, page 26).",{"question":1965,"answer":1966},"Does COPE want wards in Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would fight for proportional representation, ranked ballots and wards. Its members have endorsed the Portland, Oregon model of multi-member wards in a proportional system, and it would convene a citizens assembly to design a model for Vancouver (platform, page 26).",{"question":1968,"answer":1969},"Why does COPE want to change how Vancouver votes?","The platform says ABC received less than 37% of total votes across Council, School Board and Park Board in 2022 but won a majority on every board. COPE says residents should have the final say on the electoral system (platform, page 26).",{"question":1971,"answer":1972},"Would COPE end non-resident property owner voting?","Yes. COPE would end voting by property owners who do not live in Vancouver while giving the vote to permanent residents. The Vancouver Charter now lets non-resident property owners vote, and only the Province can change it (platform, page 26).","take-democracy-back-from-the-billionaires","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Ffight-for-vancouver--take-democracy-back-from-the-billionaires","COPE would push for a ranked ballot for mayor starting in 2030, proportional representation with wards, and voting rights for permanent residents and everyone over 16. It would create $25 Democracy Dollars vouchers and convene a citizens assembly on electoral reform.","J8M2OrxDxcJ2aJ4zkLjq43yTv1PjStdL4CGAB0TgCnA",{"id":1978,"title":534,"checkedAt":397,"context":1979,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":1982,"headline":1992,"issues":1993,"meta":1994,"order":772,"pages":1995,"paragraphs":1996,"party":368,"pillar":533,"proposals":2001,"questions":2092,"slug":2114,"source":13,"stem":2115,"summary":2116,"__hash__":2117},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fput-students-first--put-students-first-at-vancouver-school-board.json",[1980,1981],{"label":564,"url":565,"publisher":531,"checkedAt":397},{"label":567,"url":568,"publisher":569,"checkedAt":397},[1983,1986,1989],{"value":1984,"label":1985,"page":538},"$37,000+","Tuition the platform's chart gives for one elite private school it names (St. Georges)",{"value":1987,"label":1988,"page":538},"$3,000,000+","Yearly public subsidy the platform's chart gives for that school",{"value":1990,"label":1991,"page":538},"$666,758","Yearly property tax exemption the platform's chart gives for that school in 2025","COPE at the School Board: universal meals, counsellors in schools, open meetings",[212],{},{"from":537,"to":538},[1997,1998,1999,2000],"Section 3.7 of COPE's platform is its School Board platform, written for its candidates for Vancouver School Board trustee. COPE says classrooms and services for students come first. It would create a universal meal program for every VSB student, use school buildings for child care, arts, sports and school gardens, and reverse what it calls ABC and Vancouver Liberal cuts to programs for vulnerable students, naming the safe and caring schools program and the Britannia hockey academy.","COPE would fund school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, the Vancouver police officers who work in public schools. It would promote inclusive and safe schools, fund inclusive education for students with different learning needs, bring Indigenous teaching practices into school programs and adopt the BC Human Rights Commission's recommendations on racism, as the platform names them. It would also push back against attacks on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) education. The party describes public education as a public service for everyone, including people with no children in school.","On governance, COPE would hold open, moderated, live-streamed board meetings that take public questions, along with town halls and participatory budgeting, and would hold fewer private meetings. It would treat school land as public land and stop selling it to cover budget shortfalls. It would also oppose public money going to elite private schools; the platform's chart says one such school charges $37,000+ in tuition and receives $3,000,000+ a year in public funds.","The School Board runs Vancouver public schools and approves the district budget, so it controls meetings, programs and the use of its buildings. School funding, class size money and grants to independent schools all come from the Province. For those items, including seismic upgrades and new schools, the board can only ask. A School Board decision needs a majority of the trustees, so COPE trustees would need support from others on the board.",[2002,2006,2010,2014,2018,2022,2026,2030,2034,2038,2042,2046,2050,2054,2058,2062,2065,2069,2073,2077,2081,2085,2088],{"title":2003,"detail":2004,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2005},"Put classrooms and services for students first","COPE would make classrooms and services for students the first priority.","The School Board approves the district budget and decides how it is spent.",{"title":2007,"detail":2008,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2009},"A universal school meal program","The party would create a universal school meal program for all VSB students.","The School Board runs the schools where meals would be served, while school funding is set by the Province.",{"title":2011,"detail":2012,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2013},"Use school buildings for child care, arts, sports and gardens","COPE would use school facilities for before and after-school child care, for arts and sports programs for children and youth, and for school gardens.","The School Board controls the use of its own buildings and grounds. Child care licensing is provincial.",{"title":2015,"detail":2016,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2017},"Reverse cuts to programs for vulnerable students","The party would reverse what it calls ABC and Vancouver Liberal cuts to programs that support vulnerable students, such as the safe and caring schools program and the Britannia hockey academy.","The School Board decides which programs the district budget pays for.",{"title":2019,"detail":2020,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2021},"Support arts and recreation for students","COPE would support arts and recreation programs at VSB, including music and band, sports and recreation, theatre, and other extracurricular activities that let students build skills and express themselves.","The School Board decides which programs its schools offer.",{"title":2023,"detail":2024,"page":537,"authority":698,"authorityNote":2025},"Push the Province to repair, replace and build schools","To promote environmental safety in schools, the party would demand that the provincial government provide more funding and approve faster builds for schools that need repair or replacement, and for neighbourhoods that need new schools.","Money for building and repairing schools comes from the Province, so the board can only ask.",{"title":2027,"detail":2028,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2029},"Renewable energy in new school buildings","COPE would require renewable energy sources in all new school buildings and major renovations.","The School Board plans its own building projects, while the money for them comes from the Province.",{"title":2031,"detail":2032,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2033},"An urgent plan for seismic and air-quality upgrades","The party would put in place an urgent action plan for seismic upgrades, which protect buildings in earthquakes, and air-quality upgrades in schools.","The School Board can set the plan and the order of work, while the money for upgrades comes from the Province.",{"title":2035,"detail":2036,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2037},"Fund mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers","COPE would put student safety and well-being first by funding school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers.","The school liaison officer program is run jointly by the School Board and the Vancouver Police Department, and the board decides which staff its own budget pays for.",{"title":2039,"detail":2040,"page":537,"authority":698,"authorityNote":2041},"Push the Province for more public school funding","The party would push the Province for more public school funding, smaller class sizes, and tuition-free adult basic education (ABE) programs.","Public school funding and the funding formula are set by the Province, so the board can only ask.",{"title":2043,"detail":2044,"page":537,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2045},"Treat school properties as public lands","COPE would protect school properties as public lands and use them for public benefit, in place of selling them to cover budget shortfalls.","The School Board owns its school sites and decides whether to keep them.",{"title":2047,"detail":2048,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2049},"Open, moderated, live-streamed board meetings","To make the VSB more open and accountable, the party would hold open, moderated, live-streamed meetings that allow public questions.","The School Board sets its own meeting rules.",{"title":2051,"detail":2052,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2053},"Town halls and participatory budgeting","COPE would hold town halls, brainstorming sessions and participatory budget processes, in which the public helps decide spending.","The School Board sets its own public consultation and budget process.",{"title":2055,"detail":2056,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2057},"Open oversight of the Superintendent","The party would provide open and ongoing oversight of the Superintendent as the sole employee of the trustees.","The trustees hire and oversee the Superintendent.",{"title":2059,"detail":2060,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2061},"Regular governance reviews","COPE would review governance and operational policies regularly so that elected trustees are able to make decisions that improve public education.","The School Board writes its own governance policies.",{"title":2063,"detail":2064,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2049},"Fewer private board meetings","The party would hold fewer private board meetings.",{"title":2066,"detail":2067,"page":538,"authority":698,"authorityNote":2068},"Oppose public funds for elite private schools","COPE would fight against public education funds going to elite private schools. The platform says public funding for private schools is rising while working-class students face program cuts and school closures.","Grants to independent schools are paid by the Province at 50% or 35% of the local public school rate, so the board can only object.",{"title":2070,"detail":2071,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2072},"Inclusive, equitable and safe schools","The party would make schools where every student can thrive by promoting inclusive, equitable, accepting and safe school environments for everyone.","The School Board sets policy for its own schools.",{"title":2074,"detail":2075,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2076},"Properly fund inclusive education","COPE would properly fund inclusive education for students with diverse learning needs.","The board decides how it spends its budget, but most of that money comes through the provincial funding formula.",{"title":2078,"detail":2079,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2080},"Indigenous educational practices","The party would bring Indigenous educational practices into school programs.","The School Board decides how programs are delivered in its schools.",{"title":2082,"detail":2083,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2084},"Act on human rights recommendations on racism","COPE would adopt recommendations from the BC Human Rights Commission, as the platform names it, to respond to and fight racism in schools.","The School Board can adopt policies for its own schools.",{"title":2086,"detail":2087,"page":538,"authority":1350,"authorityNote":2072},"Defend SOGI education","The party would push back against attacks on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) education in schools.",{"title":2089,"detail":2090,"page":538,"authority":698,"authorityNote":2091},"Align special education funding with needs","COPE would align special education funding with identified needs, including per-student funding for students with learning disabilities and students who need moderate behavioural support.","Per-student funding comes through the provincial funding formula, so the board can only ask for changes to it.",[2093,2096,2099,2102,2105,2108,2111],{"question":2094,"answer":2095},"What would COPE do at the Vancouver School Board?","COPE says its trustees would put classrooms first, create a universal meal program for all VSB students, fund mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, reverse cuts to programs for vulnerable students and keep school land public (platform, page 20).",{"question":2097,"answer":2098},"Does COPE want police out of Vancouver schools?","COPE would fund school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, the Vancouver police officers who work in public schools under a program run jointly with the School Board. The platform says this puts student safety and well-being first (platform, page 20).",{"question":2100,"answer":2101},"Does COPE support free school meals at VSB?","Yes. COPE would create a universal school meal program for all VSB students. Its platform also calls for a universal breakfast and lunch program in its section on groceries (platform, pages 14 and 20).",{"question":2103,"answer":2104},"What does COPE say about private school funding?","COPE would fight against public education funds going to elite private schools. The Province pays grants to some independent schools at 50% or 35% of the local public school rate, so the School Board can only object (platform, page 21).",{"question":2106,"answer":2107},"Would COPE live-stream Vancouver School Board meetings?","Yes. COPE would hold open, moderated, live-streamed meetings that allow public questions, hold fewer private meetings, and add town halls and participatory budgeting (platform, page 21).",{"question":2109,"answer":2110},"Can the Vancouver School Board fund smaller classes on its own?","School funding and the funding formula are set by the Province. COPE says it would push the Province for more public school funding, smaller class sizes and tuition-free adult basic education (platform, page 20).",{"question":2112,"answer":2113},"Does COPE support SOGI in Vancouver schools?","Yes. COPE says it would push back against attacks on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) education in schools and promote inclusive, safe school environments (platform, page 21).","put-students-first-at-vancouver-school-board","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fput-students-first--put-students-first-at-vancouver-school-board","COPE's School Board candidates would create a universal meal program for all VSB students, fund school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, reverse cuts to student support programs and keep school land public. They would live-stream board meetings and take public questions.","tvhIbQto-GYclN0Y4sLzc4JSbj0kxI-k3PtKmhg6PMU",{"id":2119,"title":2120,"checkedAt":397,"context":2121,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":2124,"headline":2125,"issues":2126,"meta":2127,"order":680,"pages":2128,"paragraphs":2129,"party":368,"pillar":453,"proposals":2133,"questions":2150,"slug":2166,"source":13,"stem":2167,"summary":2168,"__hash__":2169},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--end-the-influence-of-billionaires-and-lobbyists-at-city-hall.json","End the Influence of Billionaires and Lobbyists at City Hall",[2122,2123],{"label":487,"url":488,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},{"label":490,"url":392,"publisher":385,"checkedAt":397},[],"COPE on lobbying: a lobbyist registry, cooling-off periods and campaign finance reform",[1338],{},{"from":458,"to":458},[2130,2131,2132],"This chapter of COPE's platform deals with money and influence at City Hall. COPE would give the Integrity Commissioner more power to hold politicians to account and would update the city's code of conduct to give priority to breaches of public trust. The platform says the commissioner found that Sim and ABC councillors broke the code by agreeing on wording and votes in private group chats before public meetings. These are the party's statements about the findings.","The party would bring in a municipal lobbying registry so the public can see when and how the wealthiest people try to influence city decisions. It would also set mandatory cooling-off periods between city appointments and jobs in private industries that lobby the city. COPE says the city can take some of these steps alone and would seek more authority for the rest.","Campaign finance is the other half of the chapter. COPE says the lack of tax rebates for donations in municipal elections favours the rich, that third-party advertisers are poorly regulated, and that big donor networks are easy to coordinate. Contribution rules for BC local elections are set by the provincial Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so this part needs the Province.",[2134,2138,2142,2146],{"title":2135,"detail":2136,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2137},"Empower the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would give the Integrity Commissioner power to hold politicians accountable and update the city code of conduct to give priority to breaches of public trust. The platform says the commissioner found Sim and ABC councillors broke the code by coordinating wording and votes in private group chats, and that ABC voted down accountability after a separate investigation about Sim's conduct toward Councillor Orr.","The Integrity Commissioner works under the city's Code of Conduct By-law, which Council can change.",{"title":2139,"detail":2140,"page":458,"authority":698,"authorityNote":2141},"Campaign finance reform","The party would fight for campaign finance reform to close the loopholes it says let the wealthiest people buy politicians and elections. It names the lack of tax rebates for municipal donations, poorly regulated third-party advertisers, and donor networks that coordinate campaigns without oversight.","Contribution rules for BC local elections are set by the provincial Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so the city can only press for change.",{"title":2143,"detail":2144,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2145},"Ban the revolving door between industry and government","COPE would set mandatory cooling-off periods between appointments in city government and work in private industries that lobby the city.","Council can set conditions for the city's own appointments and staff.",{"title":2147,"detail":2148,"page":458,"authority":619,"authorityNote":2149},"A municipal lobbying registry","The party would bring in a municipal lobbying registry so the public knows how and when the wealthiest people influence city decisions. It says the city can take steps on its own, and it would fight to strengthen city authority so this influence cannot hide from public oversight.","The platform says the city can start a registry alone. The extra authority it seeks would have to come from the Province, which writes the Vancouver Charter.",[2151,2154,2157,2160,2163],{"question":2152,"answer":2153},"Does COPE support a lobbyist registry for Vancouver?","Yes. COPE would bring in a municipal lobbying registry so the public knows how and when the wealthiest people influence city decisions. The party says the city can take steps on its own and would seek more authority from senior governments (platform, page 11).",{"question":2155,"answer":2156},"What is COPE's plan for the revolving door at City Hall?","COPE would set mandatory cooling-off periods between appointments in city government and work in private industries that lobby the city (platform, page 11).",{"question":2158,"answer":2159},"What does COPE say about the Integrity Commissioner?","COPE would give the Integrity Commissioner more power and update the code of conduct to put breaches of public trust first. The platform says the commissioner found that Sim and ABC councillors broke the code by coordinating votes in private group chats (platform, page 11).",{"question":2161,"answer":2162},"Can Vancouver change its own campaign finance rules?","COPE says it would fight for campaign finance reform on tax rebates, third-party advertisers and donor networks. Contribution rules for BC local elections are set by the provincial Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, so the city can only press for change (platform, page 11).",{"question":2164,"answer":2165},"Why does COPE want campaign finance reform in Vancouver?","COPE says the lack of tax rebates for municipal election donations favours the rich, that third-party advertisers are poorly regulated, and that big money groups can coordinate donor networks without oversight (platform, page 11).","end-the-influence-of-billionaires-and-lobbyists-at-city-hall","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--end-the-influence-of-billionaires-and-lobbyists-at-city-hall","COPE would bring in a municipal lobbying registry, set cooling-off periods between city jobs and work for industries that lobby the city, and give the Integrity Commissioner more power. It would also push for campaign finance reform, which is set by provincial law.","dVy47OTdm2Jv1Z32samU4B3bPHCQ6J_BwVnM8TJOsLY",{"id":2171,"title":2172,"checkedAt":397,"context":2173,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":2176,"headline":2182,"issues":2183,"meta":2184,"order":609,"pages":2185,"paragraphs":2186,"party":368,"pillar":453,"proposals":2190,"questions":2218,"slug":2234,"source":13,"stem":2235,"summary":2236,"__hash__":2237},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--expose-the-damage-clean-up-the-mess.json","Expose the Damage, Clean up the Mess",[2174,2175],{"label":484,"url":485,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},{"label":487,"url":488,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},[2177,2179],{"value":1397,"label":2178,"page":458},"Recommendations in the Auditor General's 2026 Land Sales Audit that COPE would carry out",{"value":2180,"label":2181,"page":458},"$60 million+","Lost revenue the platform says the 2026 Land Sales Audit found","COPE's review of City Hall: layoffs, land deals, AI data use and the Auditor General",[1338],{},{"from":458,"to":458},[2187,2188,2189],"The second part of COPE's People's Audit looks back at the current council term. The party would interview workers, residents and others, and review records, to learn how decisions it calls against the public interest were made. It names the layoffs of hundreds of staff, the replacement of the city manager, and the rollback of affordable housing requirements and development fees. It would also look for waste in management, consultants, outsourcing and repeated work.","Two items deal with oversight. COPE would give the Auditor General more independence and resources. The Auditor General is an independent officer appointed by Council to audit city departments. The party would carry out the 10 recommendations in the Auditor General's 2026 Land Sales Audit, which the platform says found $60 million+ in lost revenue. Where improper conduct is found, it would use an empowered integrity commissioner and, if needed, an investigation.","COPE would also review the city's rules on artificial intelligence and check whether private city information was given to American tech companies through large language models, the AI systems behind chat tools. All of these steps fall to Council, which directs the city's administration and created both the Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner through city bylaws. The Auditor General is appointed by Council, so the extra independence and resources COPE promises would also be set by Council.",[2191,2195,2199,2203,2207,2210,2214],{"title":2192,"detail":2193,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2194},"Find out how major decisions were made","COPE would interview workers, residents and others and review records to find how and why major decisions against the public interest were made, including the layoffs of hundreds of staff, the replacement of the city manager, and the rollback of affordable housing requirements and development fees.","Council can order reviews of decisions made by the city's own administration.",{"title":2196,"detail":2197,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2198},"Fight waste from Ken Sim's management","The party would look for wasted money on management, consultants and outsourcing, odd bureaucratic loops and repeated work, and says frontline workers know best where it is.","Council directs the city's administration and approves its budget.",{"title":2200,"detail":2201,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2202},"Find out why progress on city goals stalled","COPE would find out why progress on affordability, families, renters and climate stalled or reversed under Ken Sim, and change priorities to get back on target. The platform says the city is failing to meet its targets on affordable housing, homelessness, transportation and climate, and that the Healthy City strategy was dropped without a report.","Council sets the city's goals and decides which strategies staff report on.",{"title":2204,"detail":2205,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2206},"Review how the city uses AI and city data","The party would review the city's AI data use policies and investigate whether private city information was fed to American tech companies through large language models, the AI systems behind chat tools, by senior staff or elected officials.","Council sets data and technology policy for the city's own staff and can order an investigation.",{"title":2208,"detail":2209,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2137},"Act on violations of public trust","Where improper conduct against the public interest may have happened, COPE says the city must take firm action to restore trust, using an empowered integrity commissioner and, if needed, an investigation.",{"title":2211,"detail":2212,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2213},"Make the Auditor General more independent","The party would make the Auditor General more independent and give the office the resources it needs for investigations. The platform says the Auditor General is accountable to city council.","The Auditor General is appointed by Council under a city bylaw, so Council sets the office's rules and budget.",{"title":2215,"detail":2216,"page":458,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2217},"Carry out the Auditor General's land sales recommendations","COPE would carry out the 10 recommendations in the Auditor General's 2026 Land Sales Audit to prevent land deals that lose the city money. The platform says the audit found $60 million+ in lost revenues and that Ken Sim and ABC chose not to act.","Council decides whether to adopt the Auditor General's recommendations on city land sales.",[2219,2222,2225,2228,2231],{"question":2220,"answer":2221},"What would COPE investigate at Vancouver City Hall?","COPE would review how major decisions were made under Ken Sim, including the layoffs of hundreds of staff, the replacement of the city manager, and the rollback of affordable housing requirements and development fees (platform, page 11).",{"question":2223,"answer":2224},"What does COPE say about the 2026 Land Sales Audit?","COPE would carry out the Auditor General's 10 recommendations in the 2026 Land Sales Audit. The platform says the audit found $60 million+ in lost revenue and that Ken Sim and ABC chose not to act on it (platform, page 11).",{"question":2226,"answer":2227},"Does COPE think city data was shared with AI companies?","COPE says it would review the city's AI data use policies and investigate whether private city information was fed to American tech companies through large language models. The platform presents this as a question to investigate (platform, page 11).",{"question":2229,"answer":2230},"What would COPE change about Vancouver's Auditor General?","COPE would make the Auditor General more independent and give the office the resources it needs for investigations. The Auditor General is appointed by Council under a city bylaw (platform, page 11).",{"question":2232,"answer":2233},"Who could carry out COPE's review of City Hall?","Council directs the city's administration, so a council majority could order these reviews. The Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner both work under city bylaws that Council can change (platform, page 11).","expose-the-damage-clean-up-the-mess","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--expose-the-damage-clean-up-the-mess","COPE would review how City Hall made major decisions under Ken Sim, including staff layoffs and the end of affordable housing requirements. It would check whether private city data went to US tech companies, give the Auditor General more independence and carry out the 2026 Land Sales Audit.","fdJVTBvPMbT3GjGWbLa6F61G4AQgFJfaIEmpD30fRL0",{"id":2239,"title":2240,"checkedAt":397,"context":2241,"document":589,"extension":12,"figures":2243,"headline":2249,"issues":2250,"meta":2251,"order":772,"pages":2252,"paragraphs":2253,"party":368,"pillar":453,"proposals":2257,"questions":2294,"slug":2310,"source":13,"stem":2311,"summary":2312,"__hash__":2313},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--reverse-course-on-ken-sim-and-abc-immediately.json","Reverse Course on Ken Sim and ABC Immediately",[2242],{"label":450,"url":451,"publisher":381,"checkedAt":397},[2244,2247],{"value":2245,"label":2246,"page":457},"5%","Rate the platform says the Empty Homes Tax was scheduled to reach before Ken Sim stopped the increase",{"value":876,"label":2248,"page":457},"Rate COPE would phase the Empty Homes Tax up to","COPE's first steps: a worker-led audit, an emergency budget, a 9% Empty Homes Tax",[1338,60,258],{},{"from":457,"to":457},[2254,2255,2256],"The People's Audit is COPE's plan for its first months in office, and this page lists what the party would do at once. Most items respond to decisions the platform blames on Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC majority. COPE would report on what happened under Sim and who bore the consequences, and would run a worker-led audit in which current and past city workers, city partners and the public are interviewed about how services work and where money is wasted.","COPE would pass an emergency transitional budget to reverse ABC's changes. It would restore the Renters Office, end what it calls Sim's freeze on supportive housing, bring back the social housing initiative and restore the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District zoning. It would bring back climate programs that the platform says ABC cut, including the sustainability department and the 2026 to 2030 climate plan.","On the Empty Homes Tax, the platform says the rate was due to rise to 5% before Sim stopped the increase. COPE would reverse that cut, close loopholes and raise the tax in steps to 9%. A separate team would carry out an Affordability Audit to find where living costs are rising and where city powers could lower them. Each of these steps is a Council decision on the city's own budget, staff, bylaws and zoning, although supportive housing also depends on provincial funding.",[2258,2262,2266,2270,2274,2278,2282,2286,2290],{"title":2259,"detail":2260,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2261},"Report on what happened under Ken Sim","COPE would identify and report on what happened and why during Ken Sim's time as mayor, and who bore the consequences of the decisions made.","Council can direct city staff to prepare reports and can order reviews of the city's own decisions.",{"title":2263,"detail":2264,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2265},"A worker-led audit of City Hall","The party would improve transparency with a worker-led audit that interviews current and past city workers, city partners and the public, to improve service delivery and cut waste.","Council directs the city's own administration and can order reviews of how it works.",{"title":2267,"detail":2268,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2269},"Fix the ways the bureaucracy is broken","COPE would review service and system performance, the experience of people who use city services, and the work climate for staff, and bring more voices to the table to change how the city works.","Council sets the direction for the city's own departments and staff.",{"title":2271,"detail":2272,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2273},"An emergency transitional budget","The party would advance an emergency transitional budget to stop and reverse the changes it says Ken Sim and ABC made at the city.","Council approves the city's operating budget.",{"title":2275,"detail":2276,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2277},"Restore the Renters Office with power over bad landlords","COPE would restore the Renters Office and give it power to crack down on bad landlords. It says it would fight for the strongest tenant protections in the country, fix apartments that landlords neglect and bill them, and make it easy to turn rental apartments into co-ops.","Council decides which offices the city runs and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws.",{"title":2279,"detail":2280,"page":457,"authority":619,"authorityNote":2281},"End the freeze on supportive housing","The party would end what it calls Ken Sim's cruel freeze on supportive housing. It would bring back the social housing initiative, restore the DEOD (Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District) zoning, and work with non-profits and other governments to speed up stalled projects.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved and sets zoning, but most funding for these homes comes from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":2283,"detail":2284,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2285},"Bring back Vancouver's climate programs","COPE would bring back the climate programs it says Ken Sim and ABC cut, including the sustainability department, the 2026 to 2030 climate plan that the platform says was put on hold, and climate safety programs.","Council decides which city departments and programs are funded.",{"title":2287,"detail":2288,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2289},"Reverse the cut to the Empty Homes Tax, then triple it","The platform says the Empty Homes Tax was scheduled to rise to 5% before Ken Sim stopped the increase and created a new loophole. COPE would enforce the tax properly, close the loopholes and phase in increases to 9%.","The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver bylaw, the Vacancy Tax By-law, so Council sets its rate and its exemptions.",{"title":2291,"detail":2292,"page":457,"authority":643,"authorityNote":2293},"An Affordability Audit for Vancouver","The party would appoint a team to carry out an Affordability Audit that shows where people's cost of living is growing and where the city can use its power to lower costs, and to set new targets for a more affordable city.","Council can assign city staff to this work and adopt the targets.",[2295,2298,2301,2304,2307],{"question":2296,"answer":2297},"What would COPE do first if it wins in Vancouver?","COPE says it would pass an emergency transitional budget to reverse ABC's changes, run a worker-led audit of City Hall, restore the Renters Office, end the freeze on supportive housing and bring back the city's climate programs (platform, page 10).",{"question":2299,"answer":2300},"How high would COPE raise Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax?","COPE would reverse the cut to the Empty Homes Tax and phase in increases to 9%. The platform says the tax was scheduled to rise to 5% before Ken Sim stopped the increase (platform, page 10).",{"question":2302,"answer":2303},"What is COPE's worker-led audit?","COPE would interview current and past city workers, city partners and the public to find problems at the city, improve service delivery and cut waste. The party says frontline workers know best where money is wasted (platform, pages 10 and 11).",{"question":2305,"answer":2306},"What is COPE's Affordability Audit?","COPE would appoint a team to show where people's cost of living is growing in Vancouver and where the city can use its power to lower costs. The audit would also set new targets for a more affordable city (platform, page 10).",{"question":2308,"answer":2309},"Could a COPE council reverse ABC's decisions on its own?","Council approves the budget, sets city bylaws such as the Empty Homes Tax, and decides on zoning, so it could reverse most of the decisions COPE names with a majority of six votes. Funding for supportive housing would still depend on the provincial and federal governments (platform, page 10).","reverse-course-on-ken-sim-and-abc-immediately","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fcope\u002Fthe-peoples-audit--reverse-course-on-ken-sim-and-abc-immediately","COPE says it would reverse the ABC council's changes right away with an emergency transitional budget and a worker-led audit of City Hall. 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312.",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2811,"name":2812,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2813,"currentRole":13,"headline":2814,"sample":17,"party":2815},"mayeli-alvarez","Mayeli Alvarez","219","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 219.",{"name":2322,"url":2323},{"slug":2817,"name":2818,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2819,"currentRole":13,"headline":2820,"sample":17,"party":2821},"melanie-cheng","Melanie Cheng","314","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 314.",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":2823,"name":2824,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2825,"currentRole":13,"headline":2826,"sample":17,"party":2827},"michael-robert-caditz","Michael Robert Caditz","226","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 226.",{"name":2446,"url":2447},{"slug":2829,"name":2830,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2831,"currentRole":13,"headline":2832,"sample":17,"party":2833},"michael-wu","Michael Wu","145","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 145.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":2835,"name":2836,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2837,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2750,"sample":17,"party":2838},"mike-klassen","Mike Klassen","103",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2840,"name":2841,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2842,"currentRole":13,"headline":2843,"sample":17,"party":2844},"mohadeseh-gharib-p-arasi","Mohadeseh Gharib P. Arasi","152","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 152.",{"name":2388,"url":2389},{"slug":2846,"name":2847,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2848,"currentRole":13,"headline":2849,"sample":17,"party":2850},"moira-stilwell","Moira Stilwell","139","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 139.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":2852,"name":2853,"office":2372,"ballotNumber":2854,"currentRole":2855,"headline":2856,"sample":17,"party":2857},"muhammad-ahmad","Muhammad Ahmad","53","Communications professional and community advocate","Communications professional and community advocate running for mayor.",{"name":2388,"url":2389},{"slug":2859,"name":2860,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2861,"currentRole":13,"headline":2862,"sample":17,"party":2863},"naomi-chocyk","Naomi Chocyk","154","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 154.",{"name":2426,"url":2427},{"slug":2865,"name":2866,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2867,"currentRole":13,"headline":2868,"sample":17,"party":2869},"niknaz-alemi","Niknaz Alemi","231","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 231.",{"name":2446,"url":2447},{"slug":2871,"name":2872,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2873,"currentRole":13,"headline":2874,"sample":17,"party":13},"noi-soudarack","Noi Soudarack","153","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 153.",{"slug":2876,"name":2877,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2878,"currentRole":13,"headline":2879,"sample":17,"party":2880},"noosha-mehdian","Noosha Mehdian","313","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 313.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":2882,"name":2883,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2884,"currentRole":13,"headline":2885,"sample":17,"party":13},"parris-j-williams","Parris J. Williams","143","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 143.",{"slug":2887,"name":2888,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2889,"currentRole":13,"headline":2890,"sample":17,"party":2891},"patrick-sauriol","Patrick Sauriol","142","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 142.",{"name":2322,"url":2323},{"slug":2893,"name":2894,"office":2372,"ballotNumber":2895,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2896,"sample":17,"party":2897},"pete-fry","Pete Fry","51","Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.",{"name":2339,"url":2340},{"slug":2899,"name":2900,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2901,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2750,"sample":17,"party":2902},"peter-meiszner","Peter Meiszner","109",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2904,"name":2905,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2906,"currentRole":2328,"headline":2329,"sample":17,"party":2907},"preeti-faridkot","Preeti Faridkot","320",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2909,"name":2910,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2911,"currentRole":13,"headline":2912,"sample":17,"party":2913},"raj-mundra","Raj Mundra","130","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 130.",{"name":2322,"url":2323},{"slug":2915,"name":2916,"office":2372,"ballotNumber":2917,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2896,"sample":17,"party":2918},"rebecca-bligh","Rebecca Bligh","52",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":2920,"name":2921,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2922,"currentRole":13,"headline":2923,"sample":17,"party":2924},"rebecca-hasdell","Rebecca Hasdell","114","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 114.",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":2926,"name":2927,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2928,"currentRole":13,"headline":2929,"sample":17,"party":2930},"rob-nijjar","Rob Nijjar","316","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 316.",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2932,"name":2933,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2934,"currentRole":13,"headline":2935,"sample":17,"party":13},"rollergirl","ROLLERGIRL","133","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 133.",{"slug":2937,"name":2938,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2939,"currentRole":13,"headline":2940,"sample":17,"party":2941},"rory-brown","Rory Brown","302","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 302.",{"name":2454,"url":2455},{"slug":2943,"name":2944,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2945,"currentRole":13,"headline":2946,"sample":17,"party":2947},"sacia-burton","Sacia Burton","215","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 215.",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":2949,"name":2950,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2951,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2750,"sample":17,"party":2952},"sarah-kirby-yung","Sarah Kirby-Yung","135",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2954,"name":2955,"office":2372,"ballotNumber":2956,"currentRole":2374,"headline":2957,"sample":17,"party":13},"scott-gilbert","Scott Gilbert","57","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 57.",{"slug":2959,"name":2960,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2961,"currentRole":2622,"headline":2623,"sample":17,"party":2962},"scott-jensen","Scott Jensen","220",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":2964,"name":2965,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2966,"currentRole":2749,"headline":2750,"sample":17,"party":2967},"sean-orr","Sean Orr","111",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":2969,"name":2970,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2971,"currentRole":13,"headline":2972,"sample":17,"party":2973},"shayla-bird","Shayla Bird","211","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 211.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":2975,"name":2976,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2977,"currentRole":13,"headline":2978,"sample":17,"party":2979},"sherry-breshears","Sherry Breshears","321","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 321.",{"name":2454,"url":2455},{"slug":2981,"name":2982,"office":535,"ballotNumber":2983,"currentRole":13,"headline":2984,"sample":17,"party":2985},"shirley-sio","Shirley Sio (邵己凌)","310","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 310.",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":2987,"name":2988,"office":417,"ballotNumber":2989,"currentRole":13,"headline":2990,"sample":17,"party":2991},"solomon-yi-kieran","Solomon Yi-Kieran","155","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 155.",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":2993,"name":2994,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":2995,"currentRole":13,"headline":2996,"sample":17,"party":2997},"spencer-van-vloten","Spencer van Vloten","212","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 212.",{"name":2339,"url":2340},{"slug":2999,"name":3000,"office":417,"ballotNumber":3001,"currentRole":13,"headline":3002,"sample":17,"party":3003},"stephanie-smith","Stephanie Smith","147","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 147.",{"name":2339,"url":2340},{"slug":3005,"name":3006,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3007,"currentRole":13,"headline":3008,"sample":17,"party":3009},"stephen-menon","Stephen Menon","200","Vote Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 200.",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":3011,"name":3012,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3013,"currentRole":13,"headline":3014,"sample":17,"party":3015},"stephen-molnar","Stephen Molnar","207","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 207.",{"name":2331,"url":2332},{"slug":3017,"name":3018,"office":535,"ballotNumber":3019,"currentRole":13,"headline":3020,"sample":17,"party":3021},"steve-cardwell","Steve Cardwell","328","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 328.",{"name":2454,"url":2455},{"slug":3023,"name":3024,"office":417,"ballotNumber":3025,"currentRole":13,"headline":3026,"sample":17,"party":3027},"steve-jedreicich","Steve Jedreicich","112","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 112.",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":3029,"name":3030,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3031,"currentRole":13,"headline":3032,"sample":17,"party":3033},"summit-wannamaker","Summit Wannamaker","210","Vote Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 210.",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":3035,"name":3036,"office":535,"ballotNumber":3037,"currentRole":2328,"headline":2329,"sample":17,"party":3038},"suzie-mah","Suzie Mah","304",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":3040,"name":3041,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3042,"currentRole":13,"headline":3043,"sample":17,"party":3044},"t-uy-t-tanat-cease-wyss","T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss","203","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 203.",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":3046,"name":3047,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3048,"currentRole":13,"headline":3049,"sample":17,"party":3050},"tamiko-suzuki","Tamiko Suzuki","206","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 206.",{"name":41,"url":372},{"slug":3052,"name":3053,"office":535,"ballotNumber":3054,"currentRole":13,"headline":3055,"sample":17,"party":3056},"tasha-doucas","Tasha Doucas","306","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 306.",{"name":2367,"url":2368},{"slug":3058,"name":3059,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3060,"currentRole":2622,"headline":2623,"sample":17,"party":3061},"tom-digby","Tom Digby","222",{"name":2339,"url":2340},{"slug":3063,"name":3064,"office":535,"ballotNumber":3065,"currentRole":13,"headline":3066,"sample":17,"party":3067},"travers-fenton","Travers Fenton","307","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 307.",{"name":2426,"url":2427},{"slug":3069,"name":3070,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3071,"currentRole":13,"headline":3072,"sample":17,"party":3073},"tricia-barker","Tricia Barker","229","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 229.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":3075,"name":3076,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3077,"currentRole":13,"headline":3078,"sample":17,"party":3079},"tyler-petersen","Tyler Petersen","214","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 214.",{"name":2454,"url":2455},{"slug":3081,"name":3082,"office":417,"ballotNumber":3083,"currentRole":2328,"headline":3084,"sample":17,"party":3085},"victoria-jung","Victoria Jung","107","Vancouver School Board trustee running for city council.",{"name":2353,"url":2354},{"slug":3087,"name":3088,"office":2318,"ballotNumber":3089,"currentRole":13,"headline":3090,"sample":17,"party":3091},"wah-gee","Wah Gee","233","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 233.",{"name":2322,"url":2323},{"slug":3093,"name":3094,"office":417,"ballotNumber":3095,"currentRole":13,"headline":3096,"sample":17,"party":3097},"yadwinder-mangat","Yadwinder Mangat","116","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 116.",{"name":2388,"url":2389},[3099,3531,3675,3900,4081,4422,4674,4988,5546,5801,6092],{"id":3100,"aliases":3101,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3102,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3107,"history":3108,"leadership":3112,"logo":13,"meta":3116,"money":3117,"name":2331,"news":3122,"overview":3126,"palette":3130,"platform":3133,"questions":3403,"record":3440,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2331,"slug":3487,"sources":3488,"stem":3528,"summary":3529,"website":2332,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3530},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3103,"note":3104,"cites":3105},"#0D6068","Assigned by voche.me. No brand colour could be read from the party site.",[3106],"abc-home","The governing party, running the mayor and 23 more candidates",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3109,"gaps":3110,"entries":3111},[19,20],[22],[],[3113],{"role":3114,"name":2734,"cites":3115},"Mayor and mayoral candidate",[3106,326],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3118,"gaps":3119,"searchUrl":33,"filings":3120,"notes":3121},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3123,"gaps":3124,"entries":3125},[44],[46],[],[3127,3128,3129],"ABC Vancouver goes into the October 17, 2026 election as the governing party. Ken Sim has been mayor since 2022 and is running again at ballot number 54.","ABC is running 24 candidates, more than any other party: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board. It is one of only two parties running a full or near-full slate in all four races.","Its published platform is organised into five headings: public safety and street disorder, affordability and accountability at City Hall, jobs and economy, restoring Vancouver, and raising Vancouver. Several of its commitments carry a number attached, which is unusual on this ballot and makes them easier to check later.",{"accent":3103,"onAccent":55,"tint":3131,"ink":3132},"#E3F5F7","#1F727A",[3134,3157,3179,3225,3244,3288,3310,3351,3360,3379],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3135,"proposals":3139,"questions":3146,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3147,"gaps":3151,"headline":3155,"summary":3156},[3136,3137,3138],"Housing does not have its own heading in ABC’s published platform. The one commitment that bears on it directly is a promise to make permitting faster and easier, which sits under \"Restoring Vancouver\".","We looked for a housing target, an affordable housing commitment and a rental protection policy on the party website on September 22, 2026 and found none published.","This is a finding about the published platform on that date, and it is not a statement about what ABC would do in office.",[3140],{"title":3141,"detail":3142,"cites":3143,"authority":3145},"Make City Hall permitting faster and easier","The platform commits to making permitting faster and easier and to continuing to streamline City Hall operations.",[3144],"abc-platform","Council and city staff control the permit process.",[],[3148,3149,3150],"The ABC Vancouver platform page","The ABC Vancouver home page","A web search for ABC Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[3152,3153,3154],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordable or non-market housing commitment is published.","No rental or tenant protection policy is published.","Faster permits, and no published housing target","ABC’s published platform commits to making City Hall permitting faster and easier. It does not publish a housing supply target, an affordability target or a rental policy.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":3158,"proposals":3161,"questions":3171,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3172,"gaps":3173,"headline":3177,"summary":3178},[3159,3160],"ABC does not publish a separate homelessness section. Its commitments that touch the subject are the same ones that appear under public safety: more than 100 involuntary care beds, moving drug consumption sites away from schools and parks, and good neighbour agreements for public housing where there is street disorder.","We found no published commitment on shelter spaces, encampments or supportive housing supply on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3162,3167],{"title":3163,"detail":3164,"cites":3165,"authority":3166},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds","The same commitment that appears under public safety. ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds.",[3144,3106],"Provincial.",{"title":3168,"detail":3169,"cites":3170},"Non-profit oversight for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[3144],[],[3148,3149],[3174,3175,3176],"No shelter space commitment is published.","No supportive housing supply commitment is published.","No encampment policy is published.","Treatment beds and drug sites, handled as a safety question","ABC addresses homelessness and drugs inside its public safety heading, through involuntary care beds, drug site locations and oversight of public housing.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":3180,"proposals":3184,"questions":3211,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3220,"gaps":3222,"headline":3223,"summary":3224},[3181,3182,3183],"Public safety is the first heading on ABC’s published platform, and it is the area where the party has put the most specific commitments in writing.","Two of these reach beyond what a city council can do on its own. Involuntary care beds and drug consumption site rules are provincial decisions. ABC’s own wording is that it will \"fight for\" the beds, which is a request to the province rather than a promise the city can keep by itself.","ABC also placed two questions on the October 17 ballot alongside the candidate races. One asks whether the city should strengthen its laws against open-air hard drug use. The other asks whether the city should formally request that the province convert part of the old St Paul’s Hospital, or a similar site, into a secure facility with voluntary and involuntary care beds.",[3185,3191,3196,3202,3207],{"title":3186,"detail":3187,"cites":3188,"authority":3190},"Ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces","ABC would change city bylaws to forbid using hard drugs in public. A plebiscite question on the same subject appears on the October 17 ballot.",[3144,3189],"plebiscite","City Council sets bylaws. Drug possession law is federal and provincial.",{"title":3192,"detail":3193,"cites":3194,"authority":3195},"Give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs","The platform commits to \"give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs\". The wording of the tool is not published.",[3144],"The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Council approves its budget.",{"title":3197,"detail":3198,"cites":3199,"cost":3200,"authority":3201},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver","ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds for people with severe substance use and mental health disorders.",[3144,3106],"Not published","Health care, including involuntary care, is a provincial responsibility.",{"title":3203,"detail":3204,"cites":3205,"authority":3206},"Move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks","The platform commits to \"mandate provincial drug consumption sites away from schools & parks\".",[3144],"These sites are approved and funded provincially.",{"title":3208,"detail":3209,"cites":3210},"Good neighbour agreements for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and require a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[3144],[3212,3216],{"question":3213,"answer":3214,"cites":3215},"Can a city council ban drug use in public by itself?","A council can pass a bylaw about behaviour in public space, and it can direct city staff to enforce it. It cannot change the criminal law, and it cannot order the police, because the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. ABC also put the question to voters as a plebiscite on October 17, which does not by itself change any law.",[3144,3189],{"question":3217,"answer":3218,"cites":3219},"What are involuntary care beds?","These are hospital or facility beds where a person can be kept and treated without agreeing to it, under provincial mental health law. Vancouver city council does not run them, fund them or decide who goes into one. A city can ask the province for more of them, which is what ABC has committed to do.",[3144],[3148,3149,3221],"The City of Vancouver notice on the plebiscite questions",[],"Ban open-air hard drug use and give police a seizure tool","ABC would ban hard drug use in public spaces, push the province for more than 100 involuntary care beds, and move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks.",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":3226,"proposals":3228,"questions":3237,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3238,"gaps":3239,"headline":3242,"summary":3243},[3227],"ABC’s published transport commitments come from the affordability and infrastructure parts of its platform rather than a transport section.",[3229,3233],{"title":3230,"detail":3231,"cites":3232},"Prioritise road and sidewalk repair","The platform commits to prioritising investments in roads and sidewalk repairs and renewal.",[3144],{"title":3234,"detail":3235,"cites":3236},"A city-wide universal parking app","ABC would mandate a single city-wide parking app alongside removing pay parking at beaches and community centres.",[3144],[],[3148],[3240,3241],"No transit commitment is published.","No cycling or road safety commitment is published.","Parking fees removed, roads and sidewalks repaired","ABC’s transport commitments are about parking and road repair. It publishes no transit, cycling or road safety commitment.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":3245,"proposals":3249,"questions":3273,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3283,"gaps":3285,"headline":3286,"summary":3287},[3246,3247,3248],"ABC’s parks and recreation commitments sit under two platform headings, \"Jobs & Economy\" and \"Restoring Vancouver\", rather than under a parks heading.","This is the largest dollar figure any party has attached to a single commitment on this ballot. The platform does not say which five community centres, or over how many years the $400 million would be spent.","ABC also asked the province to abolish the elected Park Board during the last term. The mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate the board if re-elected. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates for them.",[3250,3256,3261,3265,3269],{"title":3251,"detail":3252,"cites":3253,"cost":3254,"authority":3255},"Rebuild or revamp 5 community centres","The platform commits to rebuilding or revamping five community centres for $400 million, and to starting a second phase of another five in the next capital plan.",[3144],"$400 million","Capital spending is approved by Council through the capital plan.",{"title":3257,"detail":3258,"cites":3259,"cost":3260},"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool","The commitment is worded \"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50M pool, at cost\".",[3144],"Stated as \"at cost\"",{"title":3262,"detail":3263,"cites":3264},"Deliver the River District Community Centre","The platform commits to delivering the River District Community Centre.",[3144],{"title":3266,"detail":3267,"cites":3268,"cost":3200},"Create a playground improvement fund","ABC would create a fund for playground improvements. No amount is published.",[3144],{"title":3270,"detail":3271,"cites":3272},"More pools, rinks and ice time","The platform commits to revamping and investing in recreational facilities, naming more pools, rinks and ice time.",[3144],[3274,3278],{"question":3275,"answer":3276,"cites":3277},"Which five community centres would be rebuilt?","The platform does not name them. It commits $400 million to five, and a second group of five in the next capital plan. We checked the platform page on September 22, 2026 and no list was published.",[3144],{"question":3279,"answer":3280,"cites":3281},"Does ABC still want to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to change the Vancouver Charter to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. The board still exists and seven commissioners are being elected on October 17.",[3282],"cbc-parkboard",[3148,3284],"News coverage of the Park Board governance question",[],"$400 million to rebuild five community centres","ABC commits $400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with another five in the next capital plan, plus a rebuilt Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":3289,"proposals":3292,"questions":3306,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3307,"gaps":3308,"headline":3294,"summary":3309},[3290,3291],"ABC is running seven School Board candidates. Its school commitments appear under the \"Restoring Vancouver\" and \"Raising Vancouver\" headings of its platform rather than a schools heading.","The school tax commitment is a request to the province. School tax is collected on Vancouver properties and goes into provincial general revenue. A school board can ask for that to change; it cannot change it.",[3293,3298,3302],{"title":3294,"detail":3295,"cites":3296,"authority":3297},"Keep Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","The platform commits to \"fight to ensure provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools\".",[3144],"School tax and the funding formula are set by the province.",{"title":3299,"detail":3300,"cites":3301,"cost":3200},"Increase teaching assistance in classrooms","ABC commits to \"increase teaching assistance by investing in our classrooms\".",[3144],{"title":3303,"detail":3304,"cites":3305},"A performance based action committee for families","The platform commits to creating \"a strict performance based action committee to set better metrics for families\".",[3144],[],[3148],[],"ABC would fight to keep provincial school tax collected in Vancouver in Vancouver schools, increase classroom teaching assistance, and bring swimming lessons into the school day.",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":3311,"proposals":3315,"questions":3338,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3347,"gaps":3348,"headline":3349,"summary":3350},[3312,3313,3314],"ABC has published a number here rather than a direction, which makes it one of the few commitments on this ballot that can be checked against a council vote later.","The two pages do not agree on the year. The platform page says \"0% property tax increase in 2027 for buyers & renters\". The party home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We have recorded the platform page wording, checked on September 22, 2026.","A property tax freeze holds the rate, not the bill. A household’s bill can still move if the assessed value of its property changes relative to other properties in the city.",[3316,3322,3326,3330,3334],{"title":3317,"detail":3318,"cites":3319,"cost":3200,"authority":3320,"deadline":3321},"0% property tax increase in 2027","The platform commits to a zero percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.",[3144],"Council sets the property tax rate each year.","2027 budget",{"title":3323,"detail":3324,"cites":3325},"Remove pay parking at beaches and community centres","ABC would end pay parking at beaches and community centres and require a single city-wide parking app.",[3144],{"title":3327,"detail":3328,"cites":3329},"End residential parking permit fees","The platform commits to ending the fee for a residential parking permit.",[3144],{"title":3331,"detail":3332,"cites":3333},"Expand VANSTAT to weekly check-ins","ABC would expand its department head meetings, which it calls VANSTAT, to a weekly check-in.",[3144],{"title":3335,"detail":3336,"cites":3337},"Spend only on municipal responsibilities","The platform commits to ensuring \"taxpayer dollars only go to municipal responsibilities\".",[3144],[3339,3343],{"question":3340,"answer":3341,"cites":3342},"Does a tax freeze mean my bill will not go up?","No. A freeze holds the overall rate the city collects. Your own bill depends on how your property is assessed compared with everyone else’s. If your assessment rises faster than the city average, your bill can rise in a year when the rate is frozen.",[3144],{"question":3344,"answer":3345,"cites":3346},"Which year does the freeze apply to?","ABC’s platform page says 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as 2026. Both were checked on September 22, 2026. We have not asked the party which is correct.",[3144,3106],[3148,3149],[],"A zero percent property tax increase, and parking fees removed","ABC’s published platform commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027, removing pay parking at beaches and community centres, and ending residential parking permit fees.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3352,"proposals":3353,"questions":3354,"state":3355,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3356,"gaps":3358},[],[],[],"none-published",[3148,3149,3357],"A web search for ABC Vancouver climate policy, September 2026",[3359],"No climate or building emissions commitment appears in the published platform.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":3361,"proposals":3363,"questions":3372,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3373,"gaps":3374,"headline":3377,"summary":3378},[3362],"ABC’s culture commitments sit under its \"Jobs & Economy\" heading and are framed around the street and the events calendar rather than around artists or venues.",[3364,3368],{"title":3365,"detail":3366,"cites":3367},"Revitalise Granville Street and its pedestrian zone","The platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone.",[3144],{"title":3369,"detail":3370,"cites":3371,"cost":3200},"A new funding model for major events","ABC commits to \"a new era of cooperation between the City & major events, along with a new funding model\".",[3144],[],[3148],[3375,3376],"No commitment on affordable artist or rehearsal space is published.","No arts grant commitment is published.","Revitalise Granville Street and back major events","ABC commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone, and to a new funding model for major events.",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":3380,"proposals":3384,"questions":3399,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3400,"gaps":3401,"headline":3386,"summary":3402},[3381,3382,3383],"The platform wording is \"Doubling down on childcare (double our 2000 new spaces)\". Read plainly that is a commitment to a further 2,000 spaces.","The claim that 2,000 spaces were created in the last term is ABC’s own account of its record. We have not checked it against city records.","A city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and money collected from developers. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding come from the province, so a city can build a room but cannot on its own decide what a parent pays.",[3385,3390,3394],{"title":3386,"detail":3387,"cites":3388,"cost":3200,"authority":3389},"Double the 2,000 new child care spaces","The platform commits to doubling what it describes as 2,000 new spaces created in the last term.",[3144],"The city creates spaces. The province licenses them and sets funding.",{"title":3391,"detail":3392,"cites":3393},"Expand after-school programming","ABC commits to expanding after-school programming and keeping extracurricular activities in Vancouver.",[3144],{"title":3395,"detail":3396,"cites":3397,"authority":3398},"Bring swimming lessons into the school day","The platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day.",[3144],"Delivered with the Board of Education and the Park Board.",[],[3148],[],"ABC commits to \"doubling down on childcare\", which its platform defines as doubling the 2,000 new spaces it says it created.",[3404,3408,3412,3416,3420,3424,3428,3432,3436],{"question":3405,"answer":3406,"cites":3407},"Who leads ABC Vancouver?","Ken Sim is the mayor of Vancouver and ABC’s mayoral candidate. He appears at ballot number 54. Whether he is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[3106,326],{"question":3409,"answer":3410,"cites":3411},"How many candidates is ABC running?","24, the largest slate on the ballot: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board.",[326],{"question":3413,"answer":3414,"cites":3415},"What is ABC’s biggest single spending commitment?","$400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with a second group of five in the next capital plan. The platform does not name the five centres or give a timeline.",[3144],{"question":3417,"answer":3418,"cites":3419},"Does ABC promise to freeze property taxes?","Its platform page commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We recorded the platform page wording on September 22, 2026.",[3144,3106],{"question":3421,"answer":3422,"cites":3423},"What does ABC say about drugs in public?","It would ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces, give police a tool to seize hard drugs, and move provincial drug consumption sites away from schools and parks. A plebiscite question on the same subject is on the October 17 ballot.",[3144,3189],{"question":3425,"answer":3426,"cites":3427},"Does ABC have a published housing plan?","Not as a section of its platform. The one published commitment that bears on housing is to make permitting faster and easier. We found no supply target, affordability target or rental policy on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3144],{"question":3429,"answer":3430,"cites":3431},"Does ABC have a published climate policy?","We found none on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3106,3144],{"question":3433,"answer":3434,"cites":3435},"Is ABC still trying to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates.",[3282],{"question":3437,"answer":3438,"cites":3439},"Where can I see ABC’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is not due until about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[347,360],{"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":3441,"searched":3442,"gaps":3446,"entries":3449},"2026-09-23",[3443,3444,3445],"The party website and platform pages","City of Vancouver council decision and budget-approval records","Independent news coverage of council votes (CBC, Daily Hive)",[3447,3448],"Police-hiring and mental-health-worker hiring figures were checked against multiple sources that disagreed on the exact current count; they are not included here until a single primary source (VPD Board or Vancouver Coastal Health reporting) can be confirmed directly.","Co-op housing and childcare-space completion figures from third-party coverage were not independently confirmed against a City or BC Housing primary source and are not included here.",[3450,3456,3462,3468,3474,3481],{"date":3451,"title":3452,"body":3453,"cites":3454},"2023-03-01","2023 property tax increase: 10.7%, the largest in over a decade","ABC Vancouver's council majority approved a 10.7% property tax increase for 2023, up from the 9.7% in the original draft budget after an amendment moved by Mayor Ken Sim. It was the largest single-year increase in more than ten years, following a mayoral campaign that had not proposed a tax increase of this size.",[3455],"cov-2023-budget",{"date":3457,"title":3458,"body":3459,"cites":3460},"2023-12-14","2024 property tax increase: 7.5%, passed 8 to 3","Council approved a 7.5% property tax increase for the 2024 operating budget, made up of 1% for infrastructure renewal, 3% for Vancouver Police Department funding and 3.5% for general City services. The budget motion passed 8 to 3, with Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC Vancouver council majority voting in favour.",[3461],"cov-2024-budget",{"date":3463,"title":3464,"body":3465,"cites":3466},"2024-12-10","2025 property tax increase: 3.9%","Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase for the 2025 budget, a smaller increase than either of the two prior years, made up of 2.9% for City services and 1% for infrastructure renewal.",[3467],"cov-2025-budget",{"date":3469,"title":3470,"body":3471,"cites":3472},"2025-11-25","2026 property tax increase: 0%, after three straight increases","Council approved a 0% property tax increase for 2026, following Mayor Ken Sim's 'zero means zero' motion passed in October 2025. The vote on the final budget was 7 to 4, with councillors Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney voting against. Over the full term, the combined increase across 2023 through 2025 was 10.7%, 7.5% and 3.9%, before the 2026 freeze.",[3473],"cov-2026-budget",{"date":3475,"title":3476,"body":3477,"cites":3478},"2025-02-10","Permit processing times improved but most targets remain unmet","The council-adopted 3-3-3-1 permitting targets set goals of 3 days for simple renovation permits, 3 weeks for single-family and townhouse permits, 3 months for mid-rise buildings on land already zoned, and 1 year for high-rises. By 2025, the City reported 92% of simple renovation permits issued within 3 days, meeting that target. Single-family home permits improved from 250 days in 2022 to 160 days in 2025, a 36% reduction, but remained well above the 21-day (3-week) target.",[3479,3480],"cov-permit-update","dh-93-promises",{"date":3482,"title":3483,"body":3484,"cites":3485},"2026-06-01","Multiplex permit approvals reported 50% faster","The City reported that multiplex permit approval times had improved by 50% as of June 2026, part of the same permitting-speed push behind the 3-3-3-1 targets adopted under the ABC-majority council.",[3486],"cov-multiplex-permits","abc-vancouver",[3489,3491,3494,3497,3502,3503,3504,3505,3506,3509,3512,3515,3518,3521,3525],{"id":3106,"label":3490,"url":2332,"publisher":2331,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"ABC Vancouver home page",{"id":3144,"label":3492,"url":3493,"publisher":2331,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"ABC Vancouver platform","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":3189,"label":3495,"url":3496,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"Council adds plebiscite question to Vancouver election ballot","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-adds-plebiscite-question-to-vancouver-election-ballot-august-2026.aspx",{"id":3282,"label":3498,"url":3499,"publisher":3500,"kind":3501,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver mayor says he will not try to eliminate the park board if re-elected","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fken-sim-park-board-stays-9.7268871","CBC News","news",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":3455,"label":3507,"url":3508,"publisher":3500,"kind":3501,"publishedAt":3451,"checkedAt":3441},"Vancouver passes new budget with 10.7% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fvancouver-budget-property-tax-increase-1.6763926",{"id":3461,"label":3510,"url":3511,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"publishedAt":3457,"checkedAt":3441},"Vancouver City Council approves 2024 Operating Budget","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2024-operating-budget-dec-2023.aspx",{"id":3467,"label":3513,"url":3514,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"publishedAt":3463,"checkedAt":3441},"Vancouver City Council approves 2025 operating and capital budget with 3.9% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2025-operating-and-capital-budget-dec-2024.aspx",{"id":3473,"label":3516,"url":3517,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"publishedAt":3469,"checkedAt":3441},"Vancouver City Council approves 2026 Budget with 0% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-0-property-tax-nov-2025.aspx",{"id":3479,"label":3519,"url":3520,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"publishedAt":3475,"checkedAt":3441},"3-3-3-1 permitting program update, council memo","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Ffiles\u002Fcov\u002F2025-02-10-council-memo-3-3-3-1-permitting-program-update.pdf",{"id":3480,"label":3522,"url":3523,"publisher":3524,"kind":3501,"checkedAt":3441},"Ken Sim made 93 campaign promises in 2022. How did he do?","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fken-sim-2022-campaign-promises","Daily Hive",{"id":3486,"label":3526,"url":3527,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"publishedAt":3482,"checkedAt":3441},"Permitting is getting easier in Vancouver with multiplex approvals now 50% faster","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fpermitting-easier-multiplex-approvals-faster-june-2026.aspx","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver","ABC Vancouver holds the mayor’s chair and is running 24 candidates in 2026, the largest slate on the ballot. Its published platform leads with a property tax freeze, a ban on open-air hard drug use, and $400 million for community centres.","e2_gb8RavKbZYTZ7c-cYUTGATk2dB7AENvR_ZN4syGc",{"id":3532,"aliases":3533,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3534,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3539,"history":3540,"leadership":3544,"logo":13,"meta":3545,"money":3546,"name":2557,"news":3551,"overview":3555,"palette":3559,"platform":3563,"questions":3628,"record":3660,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2557,"slug":3664,"sources":3665,"stem":3672,"summary":3673,"website":2558,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3674},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing.json",[],{"hex":3535,"note":3536,"cites":3537},"#3361a1","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3538],"ah-home","One candidate, for City Council",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3541,"gaps":3542,"entries":3543},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3547,"gaps":3548,"searchUrl":33,"filings":3549,"notes":3550},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3552,"gaps":3553,"entries":3554},[44],[46],[],[3556,3557,3558],"The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate, for City Council. It is the smallest party on this ballot.","We checked the party website on September 22, 2026. The page held a heading and no policy content. The name of the party is the clearest statement of its subject.","Every issue page for this party records what we searched and when. None of them asserts a position, because none has been published.",{"accent":3560,"onAccent":55,"tint":3561,"ink":3562},"#3361A1","#E4ECF6","#254674",[3564,3573,3580,3586,3592,3598,3604,3610,3616,3622],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3565,"proposals":3566,"questions":3567,"state":3355,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3568,"gaps":3571},[],[],[],[3569,3570],"The party website at affordablehousingvancouver.ca","A web search for the party name with Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[3572],"No housing policy is published on the party website, which is the subject the party is named after.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":3574,"proposals":3575,"questions":3576,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3577,"gaps":3579},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F",[304],{"issue":141,"paragraphs":3581,"proposals":3582,"questions":3583,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3584,"gaps":3585},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":165,"paragraphs":3587,"proposals":3588,"questions":3589,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3590,"gaps":3591},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":190,"paragraphs":3593,"proposals":3594,"questions":3595,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3596,"gaps":3597},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":212,"paragraphs":3599,"proposals":3600,"questions":3601,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3602,"gaps":3603},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":231,"paragraphs":3605,"proposals":3606,"questions":3607,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3608,"gaps":3609},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3611,"proposals":3612,"questions":3613,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3614,"gaps":3615},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":295,"paragraphs":3617,"proposals":3618,"questions":3619,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3620,"gaps":3621},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],{"issue":306,"paragraphs":3623,"proposals":3624,"questions":3625,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3626,"gaps":3627},[],[],[],[3578,301,302],[304],[3629,3633,3637,3641,3645,3649,3653,3656],{"question":3630,"answer":3631,"cites":3632},"How many candidates does this party have?","One, for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 Vancouver ballot.",[326],{"question":3634,"answer":3635,"cites":3636},"What is its platform?","We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held a heading with no policy content.",[3538],{"question":3638,"answer":3639,"cites":3640},"Does the party name tell me its position?","It tells you the subject, not the policy. A party named Affordable Housing has said what it cares about. What it would actually do about it has not been published.",[3538],{"question":3642,"answer":3643,"cites":3644},"Who leads the party?","No leader is named on the website, checked September 22, 2026.",[3538],{"question":3646,"answer":3647,"cites":3648},"Can one councillor change anything?","Council has ten councillors and a mayor, and decisions need six votes. One councillor can put motions forward, speak in debates and vote, but cannot pass anything alone.",[326],{"question":3650,"answer":3651,"cites":3652},"Why does this party have the same pages as ABC?","Every party on this site gets the same page structure, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more. What differs is how much each party has published. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results.",[3538],{"question":3654,"answer":358,"cites":3655},"Where can I see its campaign finances?",[347,360],{"question":3657,"answer":3658,"cites":3659},"How do I find out more before voting?","Read the candidate profile linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[3538,326],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3661,"gaps":3662,"entries":3663},[19,363],[365],[],"affordable-housing",[3666,3668,3669,3670,3671],{"id":3538,"label":3667,"url":2558,"publisher":2557,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Affordable Housing party website",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing","The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 ballot. We found no published platform on its website.","BsoEy_-nId6kt0MWiTUydQQHTtBi7RuMgf1CqC8VSBc",{"id":3676,"aliases":3677,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3678,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3682,"history":3683,"leadership":3687,"logo":13,"meta":3691,"money":3692,"name":2388,"news":3697,"overview":3701,"palette":3706,"platform":3710,"questions":3846,"record":3881,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2388,"slug":3885,"sources":3886,"stem":3897,"summary":3898,"website":2389,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3899},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3679,"note":3536,"cites":3680},"#12a5db",[3681],"bf-home","Free transit, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit rule",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3684,"gaps":3685,"entries":3686},[19,20],[22],[],[3688],{"role":3689,"name":2853,"cites":3690},"Mayoral candidate",[3681,326],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3693,"gaps":3694,"searchUrl":33,"filings":3695,"notes":3696},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3698,"gaps":3699,"entries":3700},[44],[46],[],[3702,3703,3704,3705],"Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor at ballot number 53, and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.","It is one of only two parties on this ballot running for mayor and council but neither of the two boards.","Its published commitments are unusually specific for a smaller party. Several carry a number: 20% rent-to-own equity, 100% free resident transit, a 24 hour child care vision, a 21 day permit rule and a 2% fair share surcharge.","The party calls its platform the Blueprint.",{"accent":3707,"onAccent":55,"tint":3708,"ink":3709},"#0E7EA7","#E3F2F7","#1F627A",[3711,3730,3744,3751,3775,3781,3787,3811,3824,3830],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3712,"proposals":3715,"questions":3724,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3725,"gaps":3727,"headline":3717,"summary":3729},[3713,3714],"Rent-to-own means part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home, so that renting moves someone toward owning rather than only covering a landlord’s costs.","The party publishes the figure 20% but has not published how the scheme would be funded, who would run it or which homes it would apply to.",[3716,3720],{"title":3717,"detail":3718,"cites":3719,"cost":3200},"20% rent-to-own equity","The party commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%.",[3681],{"title":3721,"detail":3722,"cites":3723},"Secure affordable rentals and local-first housing protections","The party commits to secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",[3681],[],[3726],"The Bright Future Vancouver home page",[3728],"No detail is published on how rent-to-own would be funded or administered.","Bright Future commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%, secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":3731,"proposals":3733,"questions":3739,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3740,"gaps":3741,"headline":3735,"summary":3743},[3732],"The party publishes the phrase \"treatment-first crisis response\" without further detail. Treatment services are provincial, so a city would be pressing the province rather than delivering this itself.",[3734],{"title":3735,"detail":3736,"cites":3737,"authority":3738},"Treatment-first crisis response","The party commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",[3681],"Treatment services are provincial.",[],[3726],[3742],"No detail is published on what a treatment-first response would involve.","Bright Future commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":3745,"proposals":3746,"questions":3747,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3748,"gaps":3750},[],[],[],[3749,301,302],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",[304],{"issue":165,"paragraphs":3752,"proposals":3756,"questions":3767,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3772,"gaps":3773,"headline":3758,"summary":3774},[3753,3754,3755],"Free transit for every resident is the largest transport commitment published by any party in this election. COPE goes as far as free transit for under-18s; Bright Future publishes 100%.","Fares are set by TransLink, a regional body that Vancouver does not control. A city can contribute money toward a fare programme and can advocate through the Mayors’ Council, but it cannot make transit free by a council vote.","The party has not published what free transit would cost or who would pay for it.",[3757,3762],{"title":3758,"detail":3759,"cites":3760,"cost":3200,"authority":3761},"100% free transit for residents","The party commits to free transit for Vancouver residents, alongside fare relief, safer stations and faster buses.",[3681],"TransLink sets fares. The city can contribute funding and advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":3763,"detail":3764,"cites":3765,"authority":3766},"A ready path for SkyTrain to UBC","The party commits to a ready path for the SkyTrain extension to UBC.",[3681],"TransLink and the province decide on rapid transit expansion.",[3768],{"question":3769,"answer":3770,"cites":3771},"Can a city make transit free?","Not on its own. TransLink sets fares across the region and Vancouver is one voice on its Mayors’ Council. A city can put its own money toward covering fares, which is how free-transit programmes usually work. Bright Future has not published a cost or a funding source.",[3681],[3726],[],"Bright Future commits to free transit for residents, safer stations, faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":3776,"proposals":3777,"questions":3778,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3779,"gaps":3780},[],[],[],[3749,301,302],[304],{"issue":212,"paragraphs":3782,"proposals":3783,"questions":3784,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3785,"gaps":3786},[],[],[],[3749,301,302],[304],{"issue":231,"paragraphs":3788,"proposals":3791,"questions":3806,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3807,"gaps":3808,"headline":3809,"summary":3810},[3789,3790],"Bright Future is one of the few parties that names both a spending programme and a tax to pay for it. The surcharge is published as 2%, though the party has not published what it applies to.","The 21 day permit rule is a deadline commitment: a decision within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties commit to faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3792,3797,3802],{"title":3793,"detail":3794,"cites":3795,"cost":3796},"A 2% fair share surcharge","The party commits to a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as a 2% fair share surcharge. What it applies to is not published.",[3681],"2%",{"title":3798,"detail":3799,"cites":3800,"authority":3145,"deadline":3801},"A 21 day permit rule","The party commits to a 21 day permit rule.",[3681],"21 days",{"title":3803,"detail":3804,"cites":3805},"Faster permits and lower building costs","Alongside the 21 day rule the party commits to affordable food access and modern worker training.",[3681],[],[3726],[],"A 2% fair share surcharge and a 21 day permit rule","Bright Future commits to a 2% fair share surcharge to fund its programme, and a 21 day deadline for permits.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3812,"proposals":3814,"questions":3819,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3820,"gaps":3821,"headline":3816,"summary":3823},[3813],"The party’s published environment commitment is clean water and lead-free schools. It is not contesting the School Board race.",[3815],{"title":3816,"detail":3817,"cites":3818,"cost":3200},"Clean water and lead-free schools","The party commits to clean water and lead free schools.",[3681],[],[3726],[3822],"No emissions or building energy commitment is published.","Bright Future commits to clean water and lead-free schools under its environment heading.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":3825,"proposals":3826,"questions":3827,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3828,"gaps":3829},[],[],[],[3749,301,302],[304],{"issue":306,"paragraphs":3831,"proposals":3835,"questions":3841,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3842,"gaps":3843,"headline":3844,"summary":3845},[3832,3833,3834],"No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on child care outside standard daytime hours.","It matters for shift workers: nurses, transit operators, hospitality and warehouse staff, who cannot use care that closes at six.","Licensing and operating funding for child care are provincial. A city can create the space and press for the licence.",[3836],{"title":3837,"detail":3838,"cites":3839,"cost":3200,"authority":3840},"24 hour child care including night shifts","The party commits to night-shift child care and accessible care services, described as a 24 hour child care vision.",[3681],"The city creates spaces. Licensing and funding are provincial.",[],[3726],[],"A 24 hour child care vision, including night shifts","Bright Future commits to night-shift child care and a 24 hour child care vision.",[3847,3851,3855,3859,3863,3867,3871,3875,3879],{"question":3848,"answer":3849,"cites":3850},"Who leads Bright Future Vancouver?","Muhammad Ahmad is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 53.",[3681,326],{"question":3852,"answer":3853,"cites":3854},"How many candidates is it running?","7: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.",[326],{"question":3856,"answer":3857,"cites":3858},"What is the 21 day permit rule?","A commitment that a permit decision comes within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties promise faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3681],{"question":3860,"answer":3861,"cites":3862},"Would transit really be free?","The party commits to 100% free resident transit. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city, so a council would have to fund it and negotiate rather than vote it in. No cost or funding source is published.",[3681],{"question":3864,"answer":3865,"cites":3866},"What is 20% rent-to-own equity?","Part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home. The party publishes the figure 20% but not how the scheme would be funded or who would run it.",[3681],{"question":3868,"answer":3869,"cites":3870},"What is the 2% fair share surcharge?","A tax the party describes as a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as 2%. What it applies to is not published.",[3681],{"question":3872,"answer":3873,"cites":3874},"What is the 24 hour child care vision?","Child care available outside standard daytime hours, including night shifts. No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on care outside daytime hours.",[3681],{"question":3876,"answer":3877,"cites":3878},"Why does it publish nothing on parks or schools?","It is not running candidates for Park Board or School Board. Its slate covers mayor and council only.",[326],{"question":3654,"answer":358,"cites":3880},[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3882,"gaps":3883,"entries":3884},[19,363],[365],[],"bright-future-vancouver",[3887,3889,3893,3894,3895,3896],{"id":3681,"label":3888,"url":2389,"publisher":2388,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Bright Future Vancouver home page",{"id":3890,"label":3891,"url":3892,"publisher":2388,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"bf-blueprint","Bright Future Vancouver Blueprint","https:\u002F\u002Fbrightfuturevancouver.ca\u002Fblueprint",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver","Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates behind mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad, all for mayor and council. 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Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4091,"gaps":4092,"entries":4093},[19,20],[22],[],[4095],{"role":3689,"name":2894,"cites":4096},[4088,326],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4099,"gaps":4100,"searchUrl":33,"filings":4101,"notes":4102},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4104,"gaps":4105,"entries":4106},[44],[46],[],[4108,4109,4110,4111],"The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates: Pete Fry for mayor at ballot number 51, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.","Pete Fry is a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor.","The party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026. It had not published a full platform document on its website when we checked on September 22, 2026.","Its housing position is notably close to parties on the other side of this ballot on approvals and prefabrication, and splits from them on keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw.",{"accent":4113,"onAccent":55,"tint":4114,"ink":4115},"#667D26","#F2F7E4","#607524",[4117,4172,4187,4209,4228,4257,4286,4298,4324,4336],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":4118,"proposals":4123,"questions":4156,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4166,"gaps":4169,"headline":4170,"summary":4171},[4119,4120,4121,4122],"Pete Fry released this plan on September 16, 2026. Its shape is faster approvals and cheaper construction methods rather than a supply target or a spending number.","Pre-approved designs mean the city approves a set of building plans in advance, so a builder using one skips much of the permit process.","The clearest difference from other parties is on the Vancouver Building By-law. Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia with its own building bylaw, under the Vancouver Charter. The Greens would keep it, arguing it allows climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber. The Vancouver Liberals would abolish it and adopt the provincial code instead.","No dollar figures, numerical targets or deadlines were stated in the plan as reported.",[4124,4130,4135,4139,4144,4148,4152],{"title":4125,"detail":4126,"cites":4127,"authority":4129},"Launch pre-approved housing designs","The party would launch pre-approved housing designs including prefabricated options, so qualifying projects skip much of the permit process.",[4128],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":4131,"detail":4132,"cites":4133,"authority":4134},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[4128],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":4136,"detail":4137,"cites":4138},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[4128],{"title":4140,"detail":4141,"cites":4142,"authority":4143},"Keep the Vancouver Building By-law","The Greens would support Vancouver’s own building bylaw and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[4128],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":4145,"detail":4146,"cites":4147},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[4128],{"title":4149,"detail":4150,"cites":4151},"Secure rental and non-market homes from new value","The Greens commit to ensuring some of the value created by new development comes back as secured rental and non-market homes.",[4128],{"title":4153,"detail":4154,"cites":4155},"Fund retrofits through federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator to fund climate-smart retrofits.",[4128],[4157,4162],{"question":4158,"answer":4159,"cites":4160},"What is the Vancouver Building By-law, and why does it matter?","Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia allowed to write its own building rules, under the Vancouver Charter. Every other city follows the provincial code. The Greens would keep this power. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code instead. It is one of the sharpest splits on this ballot.",[4128,4161],"liberals-home",{"question":4163,"answer":4164,"cites":4165},"What are pre-approved housing designs?","The city approves a set of building plans in advance. A builder who uses one of those plans skips most of the design review, which makes the project faster and cheaper. It works best for repeatable buildings such as townhomes and small apartment blocks.",[4128],[4167,4168],"The Green Party of Vancouver home page","News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan release",[],"Pre-approved designs, mass timber and Build Canada Homes","The Green housing plan would launch pre-approved and prefabricated housing designs, partner with Build Canada Homes, streamline permitting for low-rise construction, and keep the Vancouver Building By-law.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":4173,"proposals":4175,"questions":4181,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4182,"gaps":4184,"headline":4177,"summary":4186},[4174],"The party published a call for rapid shelters on its own website. We have recorded the call itself; the detail of how many shelters, where and at what cost has not been transcribed onto this page.",[4176],{"title":4177,"detail":4178,"cites":4179,"cost":3200},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[4180],"green-shelters",[],[4183],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[4185],"The number, locations and cost of the proposed shelters have not been transcribed onto this page.","Pete Fry has called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":4188,"proposals":4191,"questions":4202,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4203,"gaps":4206,"headline":4208},[4189,4190],"The party's clearest public-safety position is at the School Board: it opposed reinstating police liaison officers in Vancouver schools and calls for civilian oversight, training and clear rules for the program the Board did approve.","Its City Council priorities describe safety in terms of harm reduction for addiction and mental health, without naming a police budget position or a specific bylaw.",[4192,4197],{"title":4193,"detail":4194,"cites":4195},"Civilian oversight of the School Liaison Officer program","The party says it voted against reinstating School Liaison Officers, which the ABC-led Board approved, and calls for comprehensive SLO training and clear, enforced rules for the program, with civilian oversight as recommended by a provincial all-party police reform report.",[4196],"green-school-board",{"title":4198,"detail":4199,"cites":4200},"Harm reduction for addiction and mental health","The party commits to harm reduction strategies for addiction and mental health so community members feel safe and supported.",[4201],"green-city-council",[],[4204,4205,301],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F","The party's Priorities page and its three linked sub-pages: city_council_priorities, park_board_priorities, school_board_priorities",[4207],"The priorities page states party positions with no candidate named as their author, and no dollar figure or date for any of them.","Civilian oversight of school liaison officers, and safe, supported neighbourhoods",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":4210,"proposals":4213,"questions":4224,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4225,"gaps":4226,"headline":4227},[4211,4212],"The party's clearest transport commitment is restoring the protected bike lane on Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.","For the city at large, it backs a mix of slower streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian infrastructure, without a route, a budget or a completion date.",[4214,4220],{"title":4215,"detail":4216,"cites":4217,"authority":4219},"Bring back the Stanley Park bike lane","The party would restore a protected active transportation lane on Stanley Park Drive and across the city's parks.",[4218],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":4221,"detail":4222,"cites":4223},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[4201],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":4229,"proposals":4232,"questions":4253,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4254,"gaps":4255,"headline":4256},[4230,4231],"The party's Park Board priorities cover coastal flooding, pollinator habitat, and keeping parks and community centres affordable and useful for children, families and seniors.","None of the six priorities on this page states a dollar figure or a date.",[4233,4237,4241,4245,4249],{"title":4234,"detail":4235,"cites":4236},"A 100-year plan for Vancouver's coastal parks","The party would develop a 100-year plan for the city's 28 kilometres of coastal parks to address sea-level rise and biodiversity loss, rather than repeatedly rebuilding the seawall after storms.",[4218],{"title":4238,"detail":4239,"cites":4240},"Protect pollinator corridors and bird migration pathways","The party would strengthen the urban tree canopy, community gardens and rainwater capture zones to protect pollinator corridors and migratory bird pathways.",[4218],{"title":4242,"detail":4243,"cites":4244},"Disclose the carbon cost of Park Board budgets","The party would require every Park Board operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction, with new staff tools to make the analysis and reporting simpler.",[4218],{"title":4246,"detail":4247,"cites":4248},"Expand community food gardens and Indigenous healing gardens","The party would expand community food gardens and forests and Indigenous healing gardens on Park Board land.",[4218],{"title":4250,"detail":4251,"cites":4252},"Keep parks and community centres affordable and accessible","Parks, facilities and services would stay available, accessible, affordable and welcoming, with programs prioritized for children, families and seniors.",[4218],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":4258,"proposals":4261,"questions":4282,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4283,"gaps":4284,"headline":4285},[4259,4260],"The party's School Board priorities track the Board's own Education Plan, push to expand child care on school property, and look for funding the province has not provided.","It repeats its opposition to reinstating police liaison officers here as a School Board matter, in addition to the public-safety area above.",[4262,4266,4270,4274,4278],{"title":4263,"detail":4264,"cites":4265},"Monitor the Education Plan and student achievement gaps","Green trustees would track the Education Plan using both system data and qualitative feedback, to assess student success and identify and close achievement gaps.",[4196],{"title":4267,"detail":4268,"cites":4269},"Expand child care on school sites","The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5, and monitor the district's Seamless Day child care pilot.",[4196],{"title":4271,"detail":4272,"cites":4273},"Find alternative funding for capital projects and operations","Facing what it calls inadequate provincial funding, the party would look for other ways to fund capital projects and school operations.",[4196],{"title":4275,"detail":4276,"cites":4277},"Expand Universal Design for Learning","The party would further develop Universal Design for Learning practices in every school and press the province for more support and funding for students with diverse learning needs.",[4196],{"title":4279,"detail":4280,"cites":4281},"Build a universal school food program","Green trustees would build on the district's Food Framework Vision and look for ways to bring food systems, and food and nutrition education, into every Vancouver school.",[4196],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":4287,"proposals":4289,"questions":4294,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4295,"gaps":4296,"headline":4297},[4288],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[4290],{"title":4291,"detail":4292,"cites":4293},"Disclose the carbon cost of every city budget","The party would require every city operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction projects, with new staff tools to make the reporting simpler.",[4201],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":4299,"proposals":4303,"questions":4316,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4317,"gaps":4319,"headline":4322,"summary":4323},[4300,4301,4302],"The Green climate position published so far runs through buildings rather than through a separate climate plan.","Keeping the Vancouver Building By-law is the mechanism: it is what lets the city set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, which no other BC city can do.","The party had not published a full climate platform when we checked on September 22, 2026.",[4304,4308,4312],{"title":4305,"detail":4306,"cites":4307,"authority":4143},"Keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw for climate rules","The Greens would support the Vancouver Building By-law and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[4128],{"title":4309,"detail":4310,"cites":4311},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[4128],{"title":4313,"detail":4314,"cites":4315},"Use mass timber and wood-frame construction","The party describes mass timber and wood-frame construction as faster and more cost-effective, and would use them.",[4128],[],[4167,4318],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[4320,4321],"No emissions target is published.","No transport emissions commitment is published.","Keep the building bylaw, and fund retrofits","The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building retrofits.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":4325,"proposals":4327,"questions":4332,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4333,"gaps":4334,"headline":4335},[4326],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[4328],{"title":4329,"detail":4330,"cites":4331},"Public amenities in every neighbourhood","The party backs urban design that includes green space and community-oriented streets, and wants public amenities such as parklets, plazas and libraries accessible in every neighbourhood, alongside active transportation infrastructure.",[4201],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":4337,"proposals":4339,"questions":4347,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4348,"gaps":4349,"headline":4350},[4338],"The party's child care position for the city appears inside its \"complete communities\" priority. Its clearer, more specific commitment is at the School Board, on child care sited at schools.",[4340,4344],{"title":4341,"detail":4342,"cites":4343},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[4201],{"title":4267,"detail":4345,"cites":4346},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[4196],[],[4204,4205,301],[4207],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[4352,4356,4360,4364,4368,4372,4376,4380],{"question":4353,"answer":4354,"cites":4355},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[4088,326],{"question":4357,"answer":4358,"cites":4359},"How many candidates are the Greens running?","10: Pete Fry for mayor, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.",[326],{"question":4361,"answer":4362,"cites":4363},"What is in the Green housing plan?","Pre-approved and prefabricated designs, a partnership with the federal Build Canada Homes programme, streamlined permitting for low-rise buildings, mass timber construction, and keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw. It was released on September 16, 2026.",[4128],{"question":4365,"answer":4366,"cites":4367},"Do the Greens publish a housing target?","No. The plan is about how homes get approved and built rather than how many. No dollar figures, targets or deadlines were stated.",[4128],{"question":4369,"answer":4370,"cites":4371},"What is the split over the Vancouver Building By-law?","Vancouver is the only BC city that writes its own building rules. The Greens would keep that power, arguing it allows mass timber and decarbonisation. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code.",[4128,4161],{"question":4373,"answer":4374,"cites":4375},"Have the Greens published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. A housing plan had been released on September 16 and a call for rapid shelters was published on the party site.",[4088],{"question":4377,"answer":4378,"cites":4379},"What have the Greens said about homelessness?","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of the World Cup. The number, locations and cost were not published.",[4180],{"question":4381,"answer":358,"cites":4382},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?",[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4384,"gaps":4385,"entries":4386},[19,363],[365],[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[4390,4392,4395,4399,4401,4402,4403,4404,4405,4408,4411,4414],{"id":4088,"label":4391,"url":2340,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver home page",{"id":4180,"label":4393,"url":4394,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Pete Fry calls for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of World Cup","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpete_fry_calls_for_rapid_shelters_to_address_rising_homelessness_in_vancouver_ahead_of_world_cup",{"id":4128,"label":4396,"url":4397,"publisher":3524,"kind":3501,"publishedAt":4398,"checkedAt":6},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","2026-09-16",{"id":4161,"label":4400,"url":2354,"publisher":2353,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver Liberals home page",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":4201,"label":4406,"url":4407,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":4218,"label":4409,"url":4410,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":4196,"label":4412,"url":4413,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":4415,"label":4416,"url":4417,"publisher":2339,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4418,"checkedAt":397},"green-platform-2026","Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvangreens\u002Fpages\u002F6122\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1790718545\u002FPlatform_2026_-_Green_Party_of_Vancouver_%281%29.pdf?1790718545","2026-09-29","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver","The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates behind mayoral candidate Pete Fry, a sitting city councillor. Its published housing plan centres on faster approvals, prefabricated designs and Canadian-built construction.","23mzjAQTDXDak-5_dBNbVtM5j5UO08kexqHfz6FLHhw",{"id":4423,"aliases":4424,"checkedAt":4084,"declaredColour":4425,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4429,"history":4430,"leadership":4434,"logo":13,"meta":4435,"money":4436,"name":2446,"news":4441,"overview":4445,"palette":4450,"platform":4454,"questions":4627,"record":4656,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2446,"slug":4660,"sources":4661,"stem":4671,"summary":4672,"website":2447,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4673},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party.json",[],{"hex":4426,"note":3536,"cites":4427},"#0b6a0b",[4428],"ipp-home","Five candidates, all for Park Board, running on one 33-point platform",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4431,"gaps":4432,"entries":4433},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4437,"gaps":4438,"searchUrl":33,"filings":4439,"notes":4440},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4442,"gaps":4443,"entries":4444},[44],[46],[],[4446,4447,4448,4449],"The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for the Board of Parks and Recreation. It is not contesting mayor, council or school board.","It is the only party on this ballot focused on one race. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17, so a full slate of five means the party could take a majority of the board if all five won.","Its website identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit.","The party's home page carries no policy content, only navigation and a login prompt. A platform page at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions. voche.me found this page on September 26, 2026 and reads it below.",{"accent":4451,"onAccent":55,"tint":4452,"ink":4453},"#0B6A0B","#E3F7E3","#1F7A1F",[4455,4462,4468,4484,4500,4546,4552,4578,4615,4621],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":4456,"proposals":4457,"questions":4458,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4459,"gaps":4461},[],[],[],[4460,301,302],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",[304],{"issue":117,"paragraphs":4463,"proposals":4464,"questions":4465,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4466,"gaps":4467},[],[],[],[4460,301,302],[304],{"issue":141,"paragraphs":4469,"proposals":4471,"questions":4478,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4479,"gaps":4481,"headline":4483},[4470],"The platform's one position that fits this office's public-safety power, rather than its parks power more broadly, is a noise bylaw.",[4472],{"title":4473,"detail":4474,"cites":4475,"authority":4477},"Restrict late-night noise near Jericho Beach and other parks","The party would move to prohibit excessive late-night noise that it says affects residents near Jericho Beach and other parks.",[4476],"ipp-platform","The Park Board makes bylaws for parks and beaches.",[],[4460,4480,301],"The party's platform page at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform, not linked from the home page but reachable directly",[4482],"The platform names no individual candidate as its author, so no page below credits one of the five personally.","One bylaw position, on late-night noise near parks",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":4485,"proposals":4487,"questions":4496,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4497,"gaps":4498,"headline":4499},[4486],"The platform's transport positions are both about Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.",[4488,4492],{"title":4489,"detail":4490,"cites":4491,"authority":4219},"Reinstate a protected lane on Stanley Park Drive","The party would reinstate a protected lane for active transportation and recreation along Stanley Park Drive, and carry out a transportation safety review of other parks.",[4476],{"title":4493,"detail":4494,"cites":4495},"Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park","The party commits to holding car-free days in Stanley Park.",[4476],[],[4460,4480,301],[4482],"A protected lane on Stanley Park Drive and car-free days",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":4501,"proposals":4505,"questions":4542,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4543,"gaps":4544,"headline":4545},[4502,4503,4504],"The platform's largest group of positions concerns who runs parks and how. It opposes selling park names or transferring parks to the private sector, and it would reverse the outsourcing of park maintenance.","Several positions ask for a pause: on the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation, on Britannia Pool renovations, and on new commercial development inside parks, each until a review is done.","The platform names no cost or completion date for any of these.",[4506,4510,4514,4518,4522,4526,4530,4534,4538],{"title":4507,"detail":4508,"cites":4509},"Keep parks in public ownership","Parks would remain fully in the public domain, not transferred in whole or part to the private sector, and their names would not be sold to private corporations.",[4476],{"title":4511,"detail":4512,"cites":4513},"Reverse outsourcing of park maintenance","Park maintenance now outsourced to private companies would be brought back in-house.",[4476],{"title":4515,"detail":4516,"cites":4517},"Make temporary parks permanent","Every park now classified as temporary would be reclassified as permanent.",[4476],{"title":4519,"detail":4520,"cites":4521},"Freeze the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation pending a 50-metre pool review","Work on the Aquatic Centre renovation would stop until a full analysis of ways to keep the 50-metre pool is done.",[4476],{"title":4523,"detail":4524,"cites":4525},"Hold Britannia Pool renovations while the Aquatic Centre is out of service","Britannia Pool renovations would be paused while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is unavailable, so the city keeps a working pool.",[4476],{"title":4527,"detail":4528,"cites":4529},"Decline new commercial development inside parks","The party would not approve new commercial developments in Stanley Park or other parks that reduce green space, encroach on forest, or degrade the visitor experience.",[4476],{"title":4531,"detail":4532,"cites":4533},"Overhaul Kitsilano Pool's booking system and hold a town hall on its future","Booking restrictions at Kitsilano Pool would be removed so the pool can be used at its historical capacity, with a town hall before any renovation or replacement.",[4476],{"title":4535,"detail":4536,"cites":4537},"Repair the David Lam Park playground and fix its reseeding downtime","The party would address underfunding at the David Lam Park playground and convene an expert panel on its long seasonal closures for grass reseeding.",[4476],{"title":4539,"detail":4540,"cites":4541},"Assess restoring the Stanley Park miniature train","An expert panel would advise on recovering from logging damage near the Stanley Park train, aiming to restore it.",[4476],[],[4460,4480,301],[4482],"Keep parks public, reverse outsourcing, and hold off major projects pending review",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":4547,"proposals":4548,"questions":4549,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4550,"gaps":4551},[],[],[],[4460,301,302],[304],{"issue":231,"paragraphs":4553,"proposals":4556,"questions":4574,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4575,"gaps":4576,"headline":4577},[4554,4555],"Two positions are about money the Park Board itself controls: a parking fee increase it would reverse, and a delegated authority to approve outsourcing contracts, which the platform says rose from $750,000 to $2 million and should be repealed.","A third position names a strategy, the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\", that it says has led to inappropriate commercialization, and would rescind it.",[4557,4561,4566,4570],{"title":4558,"detail":4559,"cites":4560},"Reverse the parking fee increases at Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre","The party would rescind what it calls exponential parking fee hikes on Park Board land, naming Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre.",[4476],{"title":4562,"detail":4563,"cites":4564,"authority":4565},"Repeal the increase in delegated outsourcing authority","The party would repeal a Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that it says raised the threshold for staff to approve outsourcing contracts without a Board vote from $750,000 to $2 million.",[4476],"This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.",{"title":4567,"detail":4568,"cites":4569},"Rescind the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\"","The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.",[4476],{"title":4571,"detail":4572,"cites":4573},"Reduce fees for farmers markets on Park Board land","Fees on farmers and shoppers who park at farmers markets on Park Board land, including Riley Park, would be reduced or removed.",[4476],[],[4460,4480,301],[4482],"Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":4579,"proposals":4582,"questions":4611,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4612,"gaps":4613,"headline":4614},[4580,4581,4504],"Most of the platform's environmental positions concern trees on Park Board land: a moratorium on removals except imminently hazardous trees, a ban on glyphosate and similar herbicides, and a review of artificial turf fields.","Several positions are specific to Stanley Park's forest, including a dispute over how the Board is replanting it after storm damage and logging, and a demand to follow the terms of the federal lease and a historic-site designation that the platform says require keeping the native forest.",[4583,4587,4591,4595,4599,4603,4607],{"title":4584,"detail":4585,"cites":4586},"A moratorium on tree removals except imminently hazardous trees","The party would halt further tree removals on Park Board land, apart from trees judged imminently hazardous, until a full review of the reasons for removals is done.",[4476],{"title":4588,"detail":4589,"cites":4590},"Ban glyphosate and similar herbicides and pesticides","Glyphosate and other herbicides and pesticides judged environmentally hazardous would be banned on Park Board land, alongside a scientific inquiry into other ways to manage invasive species.",[4476],{"title":4592,"detail":4593,"cites":4594},"Halt replanting in Stanley Park pending a scientific inquiry","The party would stop replanting farmed, selectively bred trees in Stanley Park until an inquiry assesses the consequences.",[4476],{"title":4596,"detail":4597,"cites":4598},"Follow the Stanley Park federal lease and historic-site terms on the native forest","The party says the Stanley Park lease with the federal government, and the park's Commemorative Integrity Statement as a National Historic Site, both require preserving the native coastal western hemlock forest rather than replanting it as a different mix of trees.",[4476],{"title":4600,"detail":4601,"cites":4602},"Rescind the current tree inspection policy","The party would rescind and replace a recently passed tree inspection policy that it says does not require inspections by provincially certified arborists, which it says conflicts with provincial standards.",[4476],{"title":4604,"detail":4605,"cites":4606},"Review artificial turf sports fields for environmental harm","The party would commission a scientific and environmental review of every artificial turf sports field on Park Board land.",[4476],{"title":4608,"detail":4609,"cites":4610},"Stop Charleson Park and Memorial South Park ponds from drying up","The party would stop allowing these two ponds to dry out, which it says kills the animals that depend on them.",[4476],[],[4460,4480,301],[4482],"A moratorium on tree removals, a pesticide ban, and disputes over Stanley Park's forest",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":4616,"proposals":4617,"questions":4618,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4619,"gaps":4620},[],[],[],[4460,301,302],[304],{"issue":306,"paragraphs":4622,"proposals":4623,"questions":4624,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4625,"gaps":4626},[],[],[],[4460,301,302],[304],[4628,4632,4636,4639,4643,4647,4651,4653],{"question":4629,"answer":4630,"cites":4631},"What office is the Independent Parks Party contesting?","Park Board only. It is running 5 candidates for the Board of Parks and Recreation and none for mayor, council or school board.",[326],{"question":4633,"answer":4634,"cites":4635},"Could it win control of the Park Board?","Seven commissioners are elected on October 17. The party is running five candidates, so if all five won it would hold a majority of the board.",[326],{"question":3634,"answer":4637,"cites":4638},"We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held navigation and a login prompt with no policy positions.",[4428],{"question":4640,"answer":4641,"cites":4642},"Who runs the party?","No leader is named on the website. The site identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit. We have not checked that organisation’s registration.",[4428],{"question":4644,"answer":4645,"cites":4646},"Why does this page have so little on it?","Because the party has published little. We record what we searched and when, rather than filling the space. If the party publishes a platform we will add it with its date.",[4428],{"question":4648,"answer":4649,"cites":4650},"What does the Park Board actually control?","Parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board, and it has seven commissioners.",[326],{"question":3654,"answer":358,"cites":4652},[347,360],{"question":3657,"answer":4654,"cites":4655},"Read the five candidate profiles linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[4428,326],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4657,"gaps":4658,"entries":4659},[19,363],[365],[],"independent-parks-party",[4662,4664,4665,4666,4667,4668],{"id":4428,"label":4663,"url":2447,"publisher":2446,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Independent Parks Party website",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":4476,"label":4669,"url":4670,"publisher":2446,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Independent Parks Party platform, 33 numbered positions","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party","The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for Park Board. It is the only party on this ballot contesting a single race. Its home page shows no policy content, but a platform page reachable at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions, all about parks.","xjDKcn2RXTa9jFOnwx-wi-mEN-23tpyXhgMwc7o4TeU",{"id":4675,"aliases":4676,"checkedAt":4084,"declaredColour":4677,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4681,"history":4682,"leadership":4686,"logo":13,"meta":4687,"money":4688,"name":2454,"news":4693,"overview":4697,"palette":4701,"platform":4705,"questions":4903,"record":4935,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2454,"slug":4939,"sources":4940,"stem":4985,"summary":4986,"website":2455,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4987},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity.json",[],{"hex":4678,"note":3536,"cites":4679},"#e24853",[4680],"onecity-home","4,000 homes on city land, and no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4683,"gaps":4684,"entries":4685},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4689,"gaps":4690,"searchUrl":33,"filings":4691,"notes":4692},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4694,"gaps":4695,"entries":4696},[44],[46],[],[4698,4699,4700],"OneCity is running 13 candidates: 5 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Like COPE, it is not running a mayoral candidate.","Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\" when we checked on September 22, 2026, so what is recorded here comes from the commitments published on its home page.","The party publishes two figures about its own funding that are unusual to disclose: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. These are the party’s own figures.",{"accent":4702,"onAccent":55,"tint":4703,"ink":4704},"#DE2E3A","#F7E3E5","#7A1F25",[4706,4735,4765,4813,4832,4844,4851,4878,4884,4890],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":4707,"proposals":4711,"questions":4721,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4726,"gaps":4729,"headline":4733,"summary":4734},[4708,4709,4710],"This is the largest published housing number on the 2026 ballot. OneCity commits to 4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns.","Building on city land is the lever a council actually controls directly, because the city does not have to buy the land first.","OneCity’s site said a full platform was coming when we checked on September 22, 2026, so no timeline, cost or site list has been published alongside the 4,000 figure.",[4712,4717],{"title":4713,"detail":4714,"cites":4715,"cost":3200,"authority":4716},"Build 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.",[4680],"The city owns the land and can direct its use.",{"title":4718,"detail":4719,"cites":4720},"Strengthen protections for low-income seniors and renters","OneCity commits to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",[4680],[4722],{"question":4723,"answer":4724,"cites":4725},"Is 4,000 homes a lot?","It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election. OneCity has not published a timeline, a cost or a list of sites alongside it, so there is no way yet to check whether it is achievable in one four-year term.",[4680],[4727,4728],"The OneCity home page","A web search for the OneCity 2026 platform, September 2026",[4730,4731,4732],"No timeline is published for the 4,000 homes.","No cost is published.","No list of city-owned sites is published.","4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns, and to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":4736,"proposals":4739,"questions":4758,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4759,"gaps":4762,"headline":4764},[4737,4738],"The party's housing release, The Way Home & Housing for All, includes a section on homelessness and supportive housing alongside its wider housing plan.","It pairs ending a City ban on new supportive housing with a new public engagement process and a standard for city-funded shelters.",[4740,4746,4750,4754],{"title":4741,"detail":4742,"cites":4743,"authority":4745},"End the ban on new supportive housing","The party would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.",[4744],"onecity-housingforall","Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":4747,"detail":4748,"cites":4749},"A new public engagement process for supportive housing projects","A new Office of Community Engagement would run public engagement on supportive housing proposals, aimed at helping more of them succeed.",[4744],{"title":4751,"detail":4752,"cites":4753},"A Vancouver Shelter Standard","The party would create a standard for every city-funded shelter, so they are safe and welcoming.",[4744],{"title":4755,"detail":4756,"cites":4757},"A Community Land Trust Support Strategy","Non-profits would get the first right to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.",[4744],[],[4760,4761,301],"The party's News page at https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews","The party website home page",[4763],"No cost or date is published for the shelter standard or the community land trust strategy.","End the ban on new supportive housing, and add a shelter standard",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":4766,"proposals":4769,"questions":4808,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":4809,"gaps":4810,"headline":4812},[4767,4768],"OneCity published a 10-point plan on September 25, 2026, grouped under three headings: a coordinated crisis response that does not always involve police, safer physical spaces, and public accountability for the Vancouver Police Department.","The plan quotes Councillor Lucy Maloney and Council candidates Caitlin Stockwell and Iona Bonamis, each also quoted on their own candidate records where they restate these points in their own words.",[4770,4775,4779,4783,4787,4791,4795,4799,4803],{"title":4771,"detail":4772,"cites":4773},"A coordinated crisis response, so police are not the only response","Trained mental health professionals and peer responders would take calls that do not need police, freeing police for organized and major crime and first responders for fire and medical emergencies.",[4774],"onecity-safety",{"title":4776,"detail":4777,"cites":4778},"Community violence intervention","Trusted community messengers, similar to Community Response and Crisis teams, would step in before conflict escalates.",[4774],{"title":4780,"detail":4781,"cites":4782},"Expand restorative justice","The party would build on the Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce repeat offending.",[4774],{"title":4784,"detail":4785,"cites":4786},"A Survivor Safety Fund and a Community Safety Table","Fast, low-barrier emergency money for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, delivered by frontline organizations, alongside a table to coordinate neighbourhood response.",[4774],{"title":4788,"detail":4789,"cites":4790},"ReLight Vancouver","Better-lit streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and a ban on hostile architecture (design meant to stop people using it, such as spiked benches) on city-owned benches and shelters.",[4774],{"title":4792,"detail":4793,"cites":4794},"Restore public garbage bins and expand recycling","The party would restore reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown, and publish a public map of bin locations.",[4774],{"title":4796,"detail":4797,"cites":4798},"Ban wearable recording devices in city facilities","Devices such as smart glasses that can record video would be banned in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces.",[4774],{"title":4800,"detail":4801,"cites":4802},"Regulate e-bike and e-scooter batteries","The city would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the province on a battery trade-in program, and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters.",[4774],{"title":4804,"detail":4805,"cites":4806,"authority":4807},"An independent, published review of the Vancouver Police Department","A public organizational review of the VPD, on the same standard as other public services, to find where to invest, find efficiencies, and identify calls other responders could handle.",[4774],"Council approves the police budget and can direct such a review.",[],[4760,4761,301],[4811],"Most items name no dollar figure or completion date. The plan does not say how many crisis-response workers would be hired or what the review would cost.","A 10-point plan built around non-police crisis response and public accountability for the VPD",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":4814,"proposals":4817,"questions":4827,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4828,"gaps":4829,"headline":4830,"summary":4831},[4815,4816],"Transit signal priority means traffic lights hold green or turn green early for an approaching bus. The city owns and controls its traffic signals, so this is squarely within council’s power even though TransLink runs the buses.","OneCity publishes a target of about a 20% reduction in travel times. It is one of the few measurable transport targets on this ballot.",[4818,4823],{"title":4819,"detail":4820,"cites":4821,"cost":3200,"authority":4822},"City-wide transit signal priority","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, targeting around a 20% reduction in travel times.",[4680],"The city owns and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":4824,"detail":4825,"cites":4826},"Reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at crossings","OneCity commits to reducing pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at crossings.",[4680],[],[4727],[],"City-wide transit signal priority, targeting 20% faster trips","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, publishing a target of roughly 20% shorter travel times.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":4833,"proposals":4835,"questions":4840,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4841,"gaps":4842,"headline":4837,"summary":4838},[4834],"OneCity is running three Park Board candidates. Its published parks commitment is to renew community centres, pools and ice rinks. No cost or list of facilities is published.",[4836],{"title":4837,"detail":4838,"cites":4839,"cost":3200},"Renew community centres, pools and ice rinks","OneCity commits to renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks.",[4680],[],[4727],[4843,4731],"No list of facilities is published.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":4845,"proposals":4846,"questions":4847,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4848,"gaps":4850},[],[],[],[4849,301,302],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",[304],{"issue":231,"paragraphs":4852,"proposals":4854,"questions":4872,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4873,"gaps":4874,"headline":4876,"summary":4877},[4853],"OneCity’s published economic commitments centre on small business and on what the city requires of the people it pays.",[4855,4860,4864,4868],{"title":4856,"detail":4857,"cites":4858,"authority":4859},"Ensure public dollars fund fair wages","OneCity commits to ensuring public dollars fund fair wages.",[4680],"Council sets its own procurement rules.",{"title":4861,"detail":4862,"cites":4863,"cost":3200},"Launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office","OneCity would launch an office to help entrepreneurs deal with the city.",[4680],{"title":4865,"detail":4866,"cites":4867,"cost":3200},"Small-business micro-grants","OneCity commits to providing small-business micro-grants.",[4680],{"title":4869,"detail":4870,"cites":4871},"Modernise home-based business rules","OneCity would modernise the rules for running a business from home.",[4680],[],[4727],[4875],"No property tax commitment is published.","Fair wages on public contracts, and small business support","OneCity would ensure public dollars fund fair wages, modernise home-based business rules, launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office and provide small-business micro-grants.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":4879,"proposals":4880,"questions":4881,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4882,"gaps":4883},[],[],[],[4849,301,302],[304],{"issue":295,"paragraphs":4885,"proposals":4886,"questions":4887,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4888,"gaps":4889},[],[],[],[4849,301,302],[304],{"issue":306,"paragraphs":4891,"proposals":4893,"questions":4898,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4899,"gaps":4900,"headline":4895,"summary":4902},[4892],"OneCity names child care among its published commitments but has not published a number of spaces, a cost or a timeline.",[4894],{"title":4895,"detail":4896,"cites":4897,"cost":3200},"Create child care spaces across the city","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city.",[4680],[],[4727],[4901],"No number of spaces is published.","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city. No number is published.",[4904,4908,4912,4916,4920,4924,4928,4932],{"question":4905,"answer":4906,"cites":4907},"Is OneCity running a candidate for mayor?","No. It is running 13 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[326],{"question":4909,"answer":4910,"cites":4911},"What is OneCity’s main commitment?","4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns. It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election.",[4680],{"question":4913,"answer":4914,"cites":4915},"Has OneCity published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\". Everything recorded here comes from commitments on its home page.",[4680],{"question":4917,"answer":4918,"cites":4919},"What is transit signal priority?","Traffic lights hold green, or turn green early, when a bus is coming. The city owns its traffic signals, so it can do this without TransLink. OneCity publishes a target of about 20% shorter travel times.",[4680],{"question":4921,"answer":4922,"cites":4923},"How is OneCity funded?","The party publishes its own figures: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. Those are the party’s own numbers. Elections BC filings are where to check them.",[4680,347],{"question":4925,"answer":4926,"cites":4927},"How many School Board candidates is OneCity running?","Five, tied with ABC for the largest school slate on this ballot.",[326],{"question":4929,"answer":4930,"cites":4931},"Does OneCity have a published climate policy?","We found none on its website on September 22, 2026. Its full platform had not been published.",[4680],{"question":4933,"answer":358,"cites":4934},"Where can I see OneCity’s campaign finances?",[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4936,"gaps":4937,"entries":4938},[19,363],[365],[],"onecity",[4941,4943,4944,4945,4946,4947,4951,4955,4959,4964,4969,4973,4977,4981],{"id":4680,"label":4942,"url":2455,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity home page",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":4774,"label":4948,"url":4949,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4950,"checkedAt":4084},"OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fprogressivepublicsafety","2026-09-25",{"id":4744,"label":4952,"url":4953,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4954,"checkedAt":4084},"OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fhousingforall","2026-09-24",{"id":4956,"label":4957,"url":4958,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-our-plans","Our Plans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Four-plans",{"id":4960,"label":4961,"url":4962,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4963,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-leap","OneCity Announces the second part of our Local Economic Action Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fleap","2026-08-17",{"id":4965,"label":4966,"url":4967,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4968,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-builttolast","OneCity Vancouver Announces Built to Last, a Climate Crisis Building, Adaptation, and Retrofit Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilttolast","2026-08-07",{"id":4970,"label":4971,"url":4972,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4418,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-hot-fun-cool","OneCity Announces its Plan for a Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fvibrant-city",{"id":4974,"label":4975,"url":4976,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4418,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-parks-pipes-pools","OneCity's Park Board Team Announces Parks, Pipes, & Pools: Three New Community Centres, More Lifeguards, and a Plan to Fund the Park Board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fparks-pipes-pools",{"id":4978,"label":4979,"url":4980,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4418,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-better-schools","OneCity's School Board Team Announces Better Schools: A Plan to Harness the Power of the VSB to Build More Childcare, Community Centres, and Homes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbetter-schools",{"id":4982,"label":4983,"url":4984,"publisher":2454,"kind":373,"publishedAt":4418,"checkedAt":397},"onecity-budget-and-ballot","OneCity Announces its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-and-ballot","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity","OneCity is running 13 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor. Its headline commitment is 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land.","fzkgCdmMl1ao0FNnqVlBAKob25ZtjqytsGzF8xYxnnQ",{"id":4989,"aliases":4990,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4991,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4995,"history":4996,"leadership":5000,"logo":13,"meta":5008,"money":5009,"name":2322,"news":5014,"overview":5018,"palette":5023,"platform":5027,"questions":5416,"record":5454,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":5458,"slug":5459,"sources":5460,"stem":5543,"summary":5544,"website":2323,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5545},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":4992,"note":3536,"cites":4993},"#162b6f",[4994],"team-home","The most detailed published platform on the 2026 ballot",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4997,"gaps":4998,"entries":4999},[19,20],[22],[],[5001,5003],{"role":3689,"name":2510,"cites":5002},[4994,326],{"role":5004,"name":5005,"cites":5006},"Financial agent","Douglas Johnstone",[5007],"team-safety",{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5010,"gaps":5011,"searchUrl":33,"filings":5012,"notes":5013},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5015,"gaps":5016,"entries":5017},[44],[46],[],[5019,5020,5021,5022],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates: Colleen Hardwick for mayor at ballot number 50, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.","TEAM publishes more policy detail than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site is organised into ten areas, most with a separate long \"learn more\" page listing dozens of numbered action items.","The platform is built around a single argument: that the city has approved growth faster than the infrastructure and consultation processes can carry, and that recent provincial housing legislation has taken planning decisions away from neighbourhoods. Most of its commitments follow from that.","Its financial agent is listed as Douglas Johnstone, and its mailing address is published on the site.",{"accent":5024,"onAccent":55,"tint":5025,"ink":5026},"#162B6F","#E3E8F7","#1F347A",[5028,5090,5115,5142,5175,5233,5285,5317,5361,5397],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":5029,"proposals":5034,"questions":5075,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5084,"gaps":5087,"headline":5088,"summary":5089},[5030,5031,5032,5033],"This is the longest single policy document any party has published in this election, and housing is where most of it sits.","TEAM’s starting argument is that supply alone has not produced affordability. Its page states that since the 1970s the city has tripled its number of housing units, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing. We have not checked that claim against census data; it is the party’s own reading.","The most consequential commitment is repealing the Official Development Plan. TEAM notes that eliminating public hearings for rezonings consistent with an Official Development Plan removes a step where the public can speak, and that repealing it is what would stop the Villages plan coming back after the election.","TEAM also commits to reconsidering the city’s support for the UBC SkyTrain extension and the related development planning around it.",[5035,5041,5045,5050,5054,5058,5062,5066,5070],{"title":5036,"detail":5037,"cites":5038,"authority":5040},"Repeal the Official Development Plan","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related plans for Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages, so that neighbourhood-based participatory planning can replace it.",[5039],"team-planning","Council adopts and can repeal an Official Development Plan.",{"title":5042,"detail":5043,"cites":5044},"Restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning","New development would be planned with local residents and businesses, within the scale and context of each neighbourhood, alongside the infrastructure and amenities needed to support it.",[5039],{"title":5046,"detail":5047,"cites":5048,"authority":5049},"Challenge provincial housing legislation","TEAM would work with other municipalities to change what it calls provincial overreach into municipal planning, naming BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47 of 2023, Bill 18 of 2024 and M216 of 2025.",[5039],"These are provincial statutes. A city can lobby but cannot repeal them.",{"title":5051,"detail":5052,"cites":5053},"Stop demovictions and protect older rental buildings","TEAM would protect older rental buildings from demolition, improve renter supports and protections, and retain and increase co-op housing.",[5039],{"title":5055,"detail":5056,"cites":5057},"Withdraw rental programs that do not create real affordability","TEAM would withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program and the Secured Rental Policy, arguing they do not create meaningful affordability and inflate surrounding land values.",[5039],{"title":5059,"detail":5060,"cites":5061},"Reinstate third-party appeals to the Board of Variance","TEAM would restore third-party appeals it says were in place for 50 years, as a check on the discretionary powers of the Director of Planning.",[5039],{"title":5063,"detail":5064,"cites":5065},"Re-establish the One Stop Renovation Centre","TEAM would restore a single service for approving small construction projects, to make laneway housing, secondary suites, duplexes and small infill easier to build.",[5039],{"title":5067,"detail":5068,"cites":5069},"Protect and reinstate public view cones","TEAM would protect all public view cone corridors and reinstate the view cones amended or eliminated over the last term.",[5039],{"title":5071,"detail":5072,"cites":5073},"Retain on-site parking minimums","TEAM would keep minimum on-site parking requirements in the Parking Bylaw for new construction, arguing this is needed for future electric vehicle charging.",[5039,5074],"team-environment",[5076,5080],{"question":5077,"answer":5078,"cites":5079},"What is an Official Development Plan, and why does repealing it matter?","It is a city-wide plan that sets in advance what can be built where. Once it is adopted, a rezoning that matches it can be approved without a public hearing. TEAM would repeal it, which would bring back the hearing step and, TEAM says, stop the Villages plan returning after the election.",[5039],{"question":5081,"answer":5082,"cites":5083},"Can a city undo the provincial housing bills?","No. Bills 44, 46, 47, 18 and M216 are provincial law and only the province can change them. TEAM commits to working with other municipalities to push for changes, which is lobbying rather than a power the city holds.",[5039],[5085,5086],"The TEAM positions site","The TEAM planning learn-more page",[],"Repeal the Official Development Plan and restore neighbourhood planning","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew and Villages plans, restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning, and challenge provincial housing legislation.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":5091,"proposals":5094,"questions":5108,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5109,"gaps":5111,"headline":5113,"summary":5114},[5092,5093],"TEAM does not publish a standalone homelessness plan. Its argument connects homelessness to demolition of older affordable rental buildings, which its planning page says displaces residents and forces some into homelessness.","On the street-level response, its safety page commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds and transition services.",[5095,5099,5104],{"title":5096,"detail":5097,"cites":5098},"Stop demolition of older affordable rental buildings","TEAM argues demolition of cheaper older stock displaces residents into homelessness, and would reverse policies that target those buildings for redevelopment.",[5039],{"title":5100,"detail":5101,"cites":5102,"authority":5103},"Work with senior governments on non-market and supportive housing","TEAM would work with provincial and federal housing agencies so they provide the non-market, supportive and social housing and services the city needs.",[5039],"Supportive housing is funded provincially and federally.",{"title":5105,"detail":5106,"cites":5107},"A Downtown Eastside audit","The same audit commitment that appears under public safety.",[5007],[],[5086,5110],"The TEAM safety for all page",[5112,3176],"No shelter space target is published.","Handled through planning and safety, not a separate plan","TEAM addresses homelessness inside its planning and safety pages: protecting older rental stock from demolition, and working with the province on care beds and complex needs.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":5116,"proposals":5120,"questions":5137,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5138,"gaps":5139,"headline":5140,"summary":5141},[5117,5118,5119],"TEAM’s safety page is shorter than its planning and parks pages and does not carry a separate long \"learn more\" version.","The Downtown Eastside audit is its most specific commitment: a review to check that resources reach the people who need them.","Like ABC, TEAM commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds. That is a request to another level of government rather than something a council decides.",[5121,5124,5128,5132],{"title":5105,"detail":5122,"cites":5123},"TEAM would establish an audit to ensure the social issues affecting the community are addressed and resources reach those who need them.",[5007],{"title":5125,"detail":5126,"cites":5127},"Enforce bylaws against public disorder","TEAM would enforce bylaws to crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.",[5007],{"title":5129,"detail":5130,"cites":5131,"cost":3200},"Support community policing such as Block Watch","TEAM would increase support for community policing initiatives, naming Block Watch.",[5007],{"title":5133,"detail":5134,"cites":5135,"authority":5136},"Work with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds","TEAM would work with the province so people with complex needs get care, including voluntary and involuntary beds, transition services and long-term support.",[5007],"Health care is provincial.",[],[5110],[],"Restoring Order to Our City, with a Downtown Eastside audit","TEAM’s public safety plan is called Restoring Order to Our City. It would enforce bylaws against public disorder, establish a Downtown Eastside audit, and back a recovery-oriented approach to addiction.",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":5143,"proposals":5146,"questions":5169,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5170,"gaps":5172,"headline":5173,"summary":5174},[5144,5145],"TEAM argues that Vancouver’s transport infrastructure has not kept pace with population growth and that successive councils have treated personal vehicles as a problem while much of the city is hard to reach by transit.","It is one of the few parties publishing a clear position against road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",[5147,5152,5157,5161,5165],{"title":5148,"detail":5149,"cites":5150},"An all-of-the-above transportation strategy","TEAM would invest in road network improvement and maintenance so people can get around by car, transit, bicycle or on foot.",[5151],"team-transport",{"title":5153,"detail":5154,"cites":5155,"authority":5156},"Expand bus service and add stops in under-served neighbourhoods","TEAM would expand the bus service and add new stops to build a citywide network, and stop the elimination of bus stops.",[5151],"TransLink runs bus service. The city can advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":5158,"detail":5159,"cites":5160},"Restore off-street parking minimums","TEAM would reverse council’s decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction.",[5151],{"title":5162,"detail":5163,"cites":5164},"Oppose road pricing","TEAM states it will not adopt punitive city-wide parking permits as previously proposed by council.",[5151],{"title":5166,"detail":5167,"cites":5168},"Repair sidewalks and improve pedestrian lighting","TEAM would repair broken or lifted sidewalk sections, add sidewalks in underserved areas, and upgrade street and pedestrian lighting.",[5151],[],[5171],"The TEAM transportation page",[],"An all-of-the-above strategy, with parking minimums restored","TEAM would invest in road maintenance, expand bus service and stops, restore off-street parking minimums for new construction, and oppose road pricing.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":5176,"proposals":5180,"questions":5218,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5228,"gaps":5230,"headline":5231,"summary":5232},[5177,5178,5179],"TEAM publishes more on parks than any other party, and it is the clearest dividing line between TEAM and the governing party.","The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board. TEAM commits to withdrawing that request and to transferring finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments.","TEAM publishes a measurable target, which is rare: a ratio of 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people, which it describes as consistent with previous City and Park Board policy.",[5181,5187,5191,5195,5199,5202,5206,5210,5214],{"title":5182,"detail":5183,"cites":5184,"authority":5186},"Withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board","TEAM would withdraw the city’s request to the province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board.",[5185],"team-parks","Only the province can amend the Vancouver Charter. The city can withdraw its request.",{"title":5188,"detail":5189,"cites":5190},"Restore Park Board control of its own budget and operations","Finance, operations and facilities would move back under Park Board jurisdiction from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments, with line-by-line budget oversight.",[5185],{"title":5192,"detail":5193,"cites":5194,"cost":3200},"Target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people","TEAM would advocate and plan for new parks and recreation facilities as population grows, striving for a ratio of 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people.",[5185],{"title":5196,"detail":5197,"cites":5198},"Halt Stanley Park logging pending independent review","TEAM would halt current logging operations until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, with only trees judged imminently dangerous by a certified assessor felled.",[5185],{"title":4515,"detail":5200,"cites":5201},"Existing temporary and de-facto parks would be designated as permanent parks.",[5185],{"title":5203,"detail":5204,"cites":5205},"Secure ongoing Park Board funding from the tax base","TEAM would advocate for ongoing funding for the Park Board as a specified portion of the City of Vancouver tax base.",[5185],{"title":5207,"detail":5208,"cites":5209},"Restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue","Access would be restored while providing new separate infrastructure for cycling and walking.",[5185],{"title":5211,"detail":5212,"cites":5213},"No selling of park naming rights","TEAM states that public park land should not be used as a revenue stream such as selling naming rights.",[5185],{"title":5215,"detail":5216,"cites":5217,"cost":3200},"More park rangers and lifeguards","TEAM would expand maintenance and garbage pickup, actively enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards.",[5185],[5219,5224],{"question":5220,"answer":5221,"cites":5222},"Is the Park Board being abolished?","No. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17, 2026. The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to remove the board. TEAM would withdraw that request, and the mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected.",[5185,5223],"cbc-parkboard-team",{"question":5225,"answer":5226,"cites":5227},"What does 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people mean?","It is a target for how much park land the city should have compared with how many people live here. One hectare is about the size of a rugby pitch and a half. TEAM says the figure matches earlier City and Park Board policy.",[5185],[5229],"The TEAM parks and recreation learn-more page",[],"Keep the elected Park Board and halt Stanley Park logging","TEAM would withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board, restore its control over its own budget and operations, halt current Stanley Park logging pending independent review, and target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":5234,"proposals":5239,"questions":5279,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5280,"gaps":5282,"headline":5283,"summary":5284},[5235,5236,5237,5238],"TEAM is running one School Board candidate, the smallest school slate of the parties contesting that race, but it publishes a detailed schools platform.","Its argument is that schools are not being planned where students actually live, and that the board should stop selling land it will need when those neighbourhoods fill up.","TEAM publishes a specific and checkable claim about swimming: that 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim, and that it would provide training so all of them can. We have not checked that figure.","It also names buildings: reversing the proposed sale of the Queen Elizabeth Annex, the leasing of Fleming’s field, and the closure of Carleton.",[5240,5245,5249,5253,5257,5261,5265,5270,5275],{"title":5241,"detail":5242,"cites":5243},"End school enrolment lotteries","Long-range planning with the city would put schools where students need them, when they need them.",[5244],"team-schools",{"title":5246,"detail":5247,"cites":5248},"Stop disposing of school land","TEAM commits to retaining ownership of school buildings and property, and using space in underused buildings for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[5244],{"title":5250,"detail":5251,"cites":5252},"Reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, Fleming’s field lease and Carleton closure","TEAM would take action by any means possible to reverse all three.",[5244],{"title":5254,"detail":5255,"cites":5256},"Pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools","The rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+ would pause until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and students, families and educators have been consulted.",[5244],{"title":5258,"detail":5259,"cites":5260,"cost":3200},"Bring back elementary band and strings","Music programming would be included at every elementary school, restoring the Elementary Band and Strings programs.",[5244],{"title":5262,"detail":5263,"cites":5264},"Swimming training so every child can swim","TEAM states 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim and commits to an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so 100% can.",[5244],{"title":5266,"detail":5267,"cites":5268,"authority":5269},"Keep more Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","TEAM would negotiate with the province to keep more of the school tax collected in Vancouver for local schools.",[5244],"The school tax formula is provincial.",{"title":5271,"detail":5272,"cites":5273,"authority":5274},"Protect schools at seismic risk","TEAM would demand the province protect the four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools it says remain at high risk in an earthquake.",[5244],"Seismic upgrade funding is provincial.",{"title":5276,"detail":5277,"cites":5278},"Child care on school sites","Child care would be built into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds.",[5244],[],[5281],"The TEAM schools learn-more page",[],"End enrolment lotteries and stop selling school land","TEAM would end school enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the city, stop disposing of school land, pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools, and bring back elementary band and strings.",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":5286,"proposals":5290,"questions":5311,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5312,"gaps":5314,"headline":5315,"summary":5316},[5287,5288,5289],"TEAM’s finance argument is that the city has taken on work outside its core mandate and funded it through property tax and fee increases.","Its page states that over the last decade the city has almost doubled its operating budget, with new spending funded through property tax increases beyond promised inflationary levels. This is TEAM’s own reading of the budget and we have not checked it against city financial statements.","The proposed budget review would sort services into essential and supplementary, develop benchmarks for each, and give council and the public the ability to review and approve departmental budgets and service plans.",[5291,5296,5300,5303,5307],{"title":5292,"detail":5293,"cites":5294},"Limit tax increases to what core services need","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is necessary to maintain municipal services at levels agreed with the community.",[5295],"team-finance",{"title":5297,"detail":5298,"cites":5299},"Review the operating and capital budgets service by service","The review would document where costs rose over the last decade and why, sort services into essential and supplementary, and build benchmarks to measure cost and value.",[5295],{"title":237,"detail":5301,"cites":5302},"A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.",[5295],{"title":5304,"detail":5305,"cites":5306},"Stop spending city money on provincial and federal responsibilities","TEAM would stop spending city funds on what it considers clearly provincial or federal responsibilities while holding senior governments to account for funding them.",[5295],{"title":5308,"detail":5309,"cites":5310},"Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks","Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.",[5295],[],[5313],"The TEAM finance and administration learn-more page",[],"Limit tax rises to core services and establish a lobbyist registry","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is needed for municipal services, review the operating and capital budgets service by service, and set up a lobbyist registry.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5318,"proposals":5323,"questions":5355,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5356,"gaps":5358,"headline":5359,"summary":5360},[5319,5320,5321,5322],"TEAM frames climate policy around what it calls practical, measurable local outcomes, and says it will avoid what it calls green-washing.","The clearest split with other parties is on how building emissions rules should work. TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades to existing buildings rather than requiring them, arguing mandatory rules may be beyond people’s means.","TEAM is the only party we found publishing a position on AI data centres: a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting them until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.","It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists, and would prioritise reusing and renovating buildings over demolition.",[5324,5329,5333,5337,5341,5345,5350],{"title":5325,"detail":5326,"cites":5327,"authority":5328},"Moratorium on AI data centre approvals","TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and regulatory frameworks are developed.",[5074],"The city controls permitting and land use.",{"title":5330,"detail":5331,"cites":5332},"Incentives rather than mandates for building retrofits","TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and move to zero emissions, rather than the mandatory regulation it says is currently proposed.",[5074],{"title":5334,"detail":5335,"cites":5336},"No road pricing and no city-wide parking permits","TEAM states it will not implement road pricing, which it says unfairly affects affordability and tracks people’s movements, and will not adopt city-wide parking permits.",[5074,5151],{"title":5338,"detail":5339,"cites":5340},"Prioritise adaptive reuse over demolition","TEAM would prioritise retaining and renovating existing buildings rather than what it calls a wasteful bias toward demolition and new construction.",[5074],{"title":5342,"detail":5343,"cites":5344},"Expand tree planting and protect mature trees","TEAM would expand tree planting, protect mature trees, retain and enhance green space, and consider heat island effects when planning growth.",[5074],{"title":5346,"detail":5347,"cites":5348,"authority":5349},"Electrify the bus fleet with TransLink","TEAM would work with TransLink to convert the existing bus system to an electric fleet and expand frequent service on all arterials.",[5074],"TransLink runs the buses. The city sits on the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":5351,"detail":5352,"cites":5353,"authority":5354},"Work with BC Hydro on step energy rates","TEAM would work with BC Hydro to adjust step energy charges so electricity use is encouraged rather than penalised, noting rates increase by 50% from Step 1 to Step 2.",[5074],"BC Hydro rates are provincially regulated.",[],[5357],"The TEAM environment learn-more page",[],"Incentives instead of mandates, and a moratorium on AI data centres","TEAM would use incentives rather than mandatory rules for building retrofits, enact a moratorium on AI data centre approvals, and rejects road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":5362,"proposals":5365,"questions":5391,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5392,"gaps":5394,"headline":5395,"summary":5396},[5363,5364],"TEAM’s argument is that artists have left the city because affordable studio space and public venues, mostly in older buildings, have been lost.","Two of its commitments are unusually concrete for an arts platform: a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and publishing an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca.",[5366,5371,5375,5379,5383,5387],{"title":5367,"detail":5368,"cites":5369},"One-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space","TEAM would pursue a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and repurpose unused or underused properties including Park Board and School Board facilities.",[5370],"team-arts",{"title":5372,"detail":5373,"cites":5374},"Publish an inventory of arts spaces","TEAM would create and publish an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca, and build an arts and culture page there listing all events.",[5370],{"title":5376,"detail":5377,"cites":5378},"Incentives to retain creative space","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces and disincentives for demolishing them.",[5370],{"title":5380,"detail":5381,"cites":5382},"Support street festivals","TEAM would encourage and facilitate street festivals, naming Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano.",[5370],{"title":5384,"detail":5385,"cites":5386},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts community","Community centres and other Park Board facilities would be kept affordable for arts use.",[5370],{"title":5388,"detail":5389,"cites":5390},"Review the civic theatres","TEAM would examine how Vancouver’s civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.",[5370],[],[5393],"The TEAM arts and culture learn-more page",[],"Protect affordable artist space and publish an inventory of it","TEAM would protect and expand affordable rehearsal and performance space, require one-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space, and publish an inventory of arts spaces on the city website.",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":5398,"proposals":5400,"questions":5409,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5410,"gaps":5411,"headline":5414,"summary":5415},[5399],"TEAM does not publish a separate child care section. Its commitments appear inside the schools and planning pages.",[5401,5405],{"title":5276,"detail":5402,"cites":5403,"authority":5404},"TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds, in keeping with Ministry of Education plans.",[5244],"Licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":5406,"detail":5407,"cites":5408},"Use underused school buildings for child care","Space in underused school buildings would be used for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[5244],[],[5281,5086],[5412,5413],"No number of new child care spaces is published.","No position on child care fees is published.","Child care built into school sites and new housing","TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, aiming toward preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds, and include child care in new housing developments.",[5417,5421,5425,5429,5433,5437,5441,5445,5450],{"question":5418,"answer":5419,"cites":5420},"Who leads TEAM for a Livable Vancouver?","Colleen Hardwick is its mayoral candidate, at ballot number 50. She is a former Vancouver city councillor. Whether she is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[4994,326],{"question":5422,"answer":5423,"cites":5424},"How many candidates is TEAM running?","14: Colleen Hardwick for mayor, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.",[326],{"question":5426,"answer":5427,"cites":5428},"What is the single biggest thing TEAM would change?","Repeal the Official Development Plan, including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans. That would bring back public hearings for rezonings those plans currently allow without one.",[5039],{"question":5430,"answer":5431,"cites":5432},"Where does TEAM stand on the Park Board?","It would withdraw the city’s request to the province to abolish the elected board, and move finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from city departments.",[5185],{"question":5434,"answer":5435,"cites":5436},"Does TEAM support the UBC SkyTrain extension?","Its planning page commits to reconsidering the city’s support for it, and to ensuring the business case for its viability and for alternatives includes all the facts.",[5039],{"question":5438,"answer":5439,"cites":5440},"What does TEAM say about climate rules for buildings?","It would use incentives for voluntary upgrades rather than mandatory rules, arguing mandatory retrofits may be beyond people’s resources. It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists.",[5074],{"question":5442,"answer":5443,"cites":5444},"Does TEAM have a position on AI data centres?","Yes. It is the only party we found with one. TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.",[5074],{"question":5446,"answer":5447,"cites":5448},"How much detail does TEAM publish compared with other parties?","More than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site has ten areas, and most carry a separate long page of numbered action items. We counted 13,801 words across the eight pages we archived on September 22, 2026.",[5449],"team-positions",{"question":5451,"answer":5452,"cites":5453},"Where can I see TEAM’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5455,"gaps":5456,"entries":5457},[19,363],[365],[],"TEAM","team-for-a-livable-vancouver",[5461,5463,5466,5469,5472,5475,5478,5481,5484,5487,5490,5491,5492,5493,5494,5495,5499,5503,5507,5511,5515,5519,5523,5527,5531,5535,5539],{"id":4994,"label":5462,"url":2323,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page",{"id":5449,"label":5464,"url":5465,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM our positions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026",{"id":5039,"label":5467,"url":5468,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM planning for livability and affordability, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability\u002Fplanning-learn-more",{"id":5185,"label":5470,"url":5471,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM parks and recreation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026\u002Fparks-learn-more",{"id":5244,"label":5473,"url":5474,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM schools, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026\u002Fschools-learn-more",{"id":5295,"label":5476,"url":5477,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM finance and administration, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026\u002Ffinance-learn-more",{"id":5074,"label":5479,"url":5480,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM our environment, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026\u002Fenvironment-learn-more",{"id":5370,"label":5482,"url":5483,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM arts and culture, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026\u002Farts-learn-more",{"id":5007,"label":5485,"url":5486,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM safety for all","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026",{"id":5151,"label":5488,"url":5489,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026",{"id":5223,"label":3498,"url":3499,"publisher":3500,"kind":3501,"checkedAt":6},{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5496,"label":5497,"url":5498,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-community-page","TEAM community representation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026",{"id":5500,"label":5501,"url":5502,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-community","TEAM community representation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026\u002Fcommunity-learn-more",{"id":5504,"label":5505,"url":5506,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-planning-page","TEAM planning for livability and affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability",{"id":5508,"label":5509,"url":5510,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-environment-page","TEAM our environment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026",{"id":5512,"label":5513,"url":5514,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-finance-page","TEAM finance and administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026",{"id":5516,"label":5517,"url":5518,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-safety-more","TEAM safety for all, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026\u002Fsafety-learn-more",{"id":5520,"label":5521,"url":5522,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-transport-more","TEAM transportation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026\u002Ftransportation-learn-more",{"id":5524,"label":5525,"url":5526,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-economy-page","TEAM economic development","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026",{"id":5528,"label":5529,"url":5530,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-economy","TEAM economic development, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026\u002Flearn-more",{"id":5532,"label":5533,"url":5534,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-arts-page","TEAM arts and culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026",{"id":5536,"label":5537,"url":5538,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-parks-page","TEAM parks and recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026",{"id":5540,"label":5541,"url":5542,"publisher":2322,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"team-schools-page","TEAM schools","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates behind mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick. It publishes the longest and most detailed platform of any party in this election, organised into ten policy areas.","dHhspTfFv81Tmq5jCqhTBoIdnIynv8L-WkTnXKXRFYM",{"id":5547,"aliases":5548,"checkedAt":4084,"declaredColour":5549,"extension":12,"founded":5553,"headline":5557,"history":5558,"leadership":5562,"logo":13,"meta":5563,"money":5564,"name":2426,"news":5569,"overview":5573,"palette":5578,"platform":5581,"questions":5747,"record":5778,"registeredName":5782,"rosterLabel":2426,"slug":5783,"sources":5784,"stem":5798,"summary":5799,"website":2427,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5800},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":5550,"note":3536,"cites":5551},"#1d4ed8",[5552],"tb-home",{"year":5554,"note":5555,"cites":5556},2023,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[5552],"A small conservative slate, mostly contesting the School Board",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5559,"gaps":5560,"entries":5561},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5565,"gaps":5566,"searchUrl":33,"filings":5567,"notes":5568},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5570,"gaps":5571,"entries":5572},[44],[46],[],[5574,5575,5576,5577],"TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 people across 4 ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears on the ballot twice, for City Council at number 154 and for School Board at number 318.","It is the only party on this ballot with a candidate standing for two different offices.","The party site gives its founding year as 2023 and describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate, so we have recorded the official list.","Its published platform is broad and mostly without numbers. It sets a direction on ten subjects rather than making costed commitments.",{"accent":5579,"onAccent":55,"tint":5025,"ink":5580},"#1D4ED8","#1F377A",[5582,5597,5615,5629,5655,5668,5684,5702,5735,5741],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":5583,"proposals":5585,"questions":5590,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5591,"gaps":5593,"headline":5595,"summary":5596},[5584],"The party publishes a direction with no supply target, cost or timeline attached.",[5586],{"title":5587,"detail":5588,"cites":5589,"cost":3200},"Make housing easier and less expensive to build","The party would reduce fees, red tape and permit delays while protecting neighbourhood character.",[5552],[],[5592],"The TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform page",[3152,5594],"No affordability commitment is published.","Cheaper to build, with neighbourhood character protected","TrueBlue would make housing easier and less expensive to build by reducing fees, red tape and permit delays, while protecting neighbourhood character.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":5598,"proposals":5601,"questions":5611,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5612,"gaps":5613,"headline":5603,"summary":5614},[5599,5600],"This is the recovery-first end of the ballot. TrueBlue’s framing is the opposite of COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.","Detox and treatment services are provincial, so a city taking this direction would be pressing the province rather than delivering it.",[5602,5607],{"title":5603,"detail":5604,"cites":5605,"authority":5606},"Prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery","The party would focus on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",[5552],"Detox and treatment services are provincial.",{"title":5608,"detail":5609,"cites":5610},"Address encampments","The party would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks.",[5552],[],[5592],[],"TrueBlue focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":5616,"proposals":5618,"questions":5624,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5625,"gaps":5626,"headline":5627,"summary":5628},[5617],"TrueBlue’s safety position sits with ABC and against COPE on the ballot’s clearest divide: whether to fund policing more or to fund other services instead. No budget figure is published.",[5619],{"title":5620,"detail":5621,"cites":5622,"cost":3200,"authority":5623},"Properly funded police","The party supports properly funded police and addressing repeat crime and public disorder. No budget figure is published.",[5552],"Council approves the police budget. The Police Board directs the department.",[],[5592],[],"Properly funded police and action on repeat crime","TrueBlue supports properly funded police and would address repeat crime and public disorder.",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":5630,"proposals":5632,"questions":5650,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5651,"gaps":5652,"headline":5653,"summary":5654},[5631],"TrueBlue and TEAM are the two parties publishing a position against road pricing. TrueBlue adds a bike lane audit, which no other party publishes.",[5633,5637,5641,5646],{"title":5634,"detail":5635,"cites":5636},"Oppose congestion pricing","The party opposes congestion pricing.",[5552],{"title":5638,"detail":5639,"cites":5640},"Audit bike lanes","The party would audit bike lanes.",[5552],{"title":5642,"detail":5643,"cites":5644,"authority":5645},"Support transit based on ridership and need","The party would support transit based on ridership and need.",[5552],"TransLink runs transit service.",{"title":5647,"detail":5648,"cites":5649},"Protect commercial parking access","The party would cut red tape and protect commercial parking access.",[5552],[],[5592],[],"Oppose congestion pricing and audit bike lanes","TrueBlue opposes congestion pricing, would audit bike lanes, and would support transit based on ridership and need.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":5656,"proposals":5658,"questions":5662,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5663,"gaps":5664,"headline":5666,"summary":5667},[5657],"The party is not contesting the Park Board race. Its published commitment touching parks is about maintenance and encampments and would be carried out through council.",[5659],{"title":5660,"detail":5609,"cites":5661},"Maintain parks and sidewalks",[5552],[],[5592],[5665],"No position on the future of the elected Park Board is published.","Maintain parks and sidewalks, address encampments","TrueBlue would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks. It is not running Park Board candidates.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":5669,"proposals":5672,"questions":5677,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5678,"gaps":5679,"headline":5682,"summary":5683},[5670,5671],"The School Board is where TrueBlue is concentrating. Three of its four ballot entries are school trustee candidacies, which is the largest share of any party’s slate going to one race.","Its published school position is a direction rather than a set of commitments: safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[5673],{"title":5674,"detail":5675,"cites":5676},"Safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking","The party commits to promoting safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[5552],[],[5592],[5680,5681],"No measurable school outcome is published.","No position on school capacity, catchments or the budget is published.","Safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking","TrueBlue promotes safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. Three of its four ballot entries are for School Board.",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":5685,"proposals":5687,"questions":5696,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5697,"gaps":5698,"headline":5700,"summary":5701},[5686],"The party publishes a direction rather than a number. It would control property tax increases and audit spending, but no percentage target or timeline is published.",[5688,5692],{"title":5689,"detail":5690,"cites":5691,"cost":3200},"Control property tax increases","The party commits to controlling property tax increases and auditing spending to focus on essential services. No percentage target is published.",[5552],{"title":5693,"detail":5694,"cites":5695},"Publish spending information","The party commits to publishing spending information and holding officials accountable.",[5552],[],[5592],[5699],"No property tax percentage target is published.","Control property tax increases and audit spending","TrueBlue would control property tax increases, audit spending to focus on essential services, and publish spending information.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5703,"proposals":5706,"questions":5728,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":5729,"gaps":5732,"headline":5734},[5704,5705],"The party's climate chapter opposes existing City climate rules on buildings, and reframes flooding and heat as maintenance and infrastructure issues rather than emissions issues.","It also ties park cleanliness and encampment removal to its \"Green Space\" policy, and opposes road-pricing and paid-parking expansion under \"Private Vehicles and Parking.\"",[5707,5712,5716,5720,5724],{"title":5708,"detail":5709,"cites":5710},"Repeal green building mandates and retrofit rules","The party would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofits and gas-stove bans, and streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so builders and homeowners can choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources.",[5711],"tb-platform-pdf",{"title":5713,"detail":5714,"cites":5715},"Direct spending to drainage, dikes and seawalls","The party would focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs, upgrading storm sewers and coastal defences, rather than what it calls activist environmental projects.",[5711],{"title":5717,"detail":5718,"cites":5719},"Maintain tree canopy and green space, tied to park cleanliness","The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for recreation, while enforcing public space bylaws and clearing encampments it says make parks unsafe.",[5711],{"title":5721,"detail":5722,"cites":5723},"Maintain cooling infrastructure without new heat regulations","The party would keep community centre cooling, pools and ice rinks running through summer heat waves, without new heat-related regulations or taxes on private property owners.",[5711],{"title":5725,"detail":5726,"cites":5727},"Oppose road pricing and paid-parking expansion","The party would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and end paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods.",[5711],[],[5730,5731,301],"The party's 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",[5733],"The platform states no dollar figure or date for any of these commitments.","Repeal green building rules, and focus climate spending on drainage and cooling infrastructure",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":5736,"proposals":5737,"questions":5738,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5739,"gaps":5740},[],[],[],[5731,301,302],[304],{"issue":306,"paragraphs":5742,"proposals":5743,"questions":5744,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5745,"gaps":5746},[],[],[],[5731,301,302],[304],[5748,5752,5756,5760,5764,5768,5772,5776],{"question":5749,"answer":5750,"cites":5751},"How many candidates is TrueBlue running?","Three people across four ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears twice, for City Council at number 154 and School Board at number 318.",[326],{"question":5753,"answer":5754,"cites":5755},"Can a candidate run for two offices at once?","Naomi Chocyk is on the 2026 Vancouver ballot for both City Council and School Board. That is what the official candidate list shows, and she is the only person on this ballot in that position.",[326],{"question":5757,"answer":5758,"cites":5759},"Is TrueBlue running a mayoral candidate?","No. Its own site describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board, but the official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate. We have recorded the official list.",[326,5552],{"question":5761,"answer":5762,"cites":5763},"When was TrueBlue founded?","Its website states 2023. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[5552],{"question":5765,"answer":5766,"cites":5767},"Where does TrueBlue stand on drugs?","It focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use. That is the opposite framing to COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.",[5552],{"question":5769,"answer":5770,"cites":5771},"Does TrueBlue publish any numbers?","No. Its platform sets a direction on about ten subjects without dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines attached, checked September 22, 2026.",[5552],{"question":5773,"answer":5774,"cites":5775},"What does TrueBlue say about bike lanes?","It would audit them. It is the only party on this ballot publishing that commitment. It also opposes congestion pricing, which TEAM does too.",[5552],{"question":3654,"answer":358,"cites":5777},[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5779,"gaps":5780,"entries":5781},[19,363],[365],[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[5785,5787,5788,5789,5790,5791,5794],{"id":5552,"label":5786,"url":2427,"publisher":2426,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5711,"label":5792,"url":5793,"publisher":2426,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":5795,"label":5796,"url":5797,"publisher":2426,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"tb-platform-2026","TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver-2026-full-platform.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 candidates: one for City Council and three for School Board, with one person on the ballot twice. Its published platform is built around lower taxes, funded police and recovery-focused drug policy.","odDz0QpNRH95psX90cqatAcQ3ljzSPIwNK0hPZF3ayg",{"id":5802,"aliases":5803,"checkedAt":4084,"declaredColour":5804,"extension":12,"founded":5807,"headline":5810,"history":5811,"leadership":5815,"logo":13,"meta":5818,"money":5819,"name":2353,"news":5824,"overview":5828,"palette":5833,"platform":5837,"questions":6030,"record":6066,"registeredName":6070,"rosterLabel":2353,"slug":6071,"sources":6072,"stem":6089,"summary":6090,"website":2354,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":6091},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json",[],{"hex":5805,"note":3536,"cites":5806},"#d53f31",[4161],{"year":5808,"note":5555,"cites":5809},2025,[4161],"A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5812,"gaps":5813,"entries":5814},[19,20],[22],[],[5816],{"role":3689,"name":2709,"cites":5817},[4161,326],{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5820,"gaps":5821,"searchUrl":33,"filings":5822,"notes":5823},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5825,"gaps":5826,"entries":5827},[44],[46],[],[5829,5830,5831,5832],"The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates: Kareem Allam for mayor at ballot number 56, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Only ABC is running more.","The party site gives its registered name as the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association and its founding year as 2025, which makes it the newest party running a large slate.","Kareem Allam is described in our candidate records as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.","Its most distinctive commitment is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead, which is the opposite of the Green Party position.",{"accent":5834,"onAccent":55,"tint":5835,"ink":5836},"#D43B2D","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[5838,5861,5882,5901,5913,5956,5971,5992,6004,6023],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":5839,"proposals":5843,"questions":5849,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5855,"gaps":5857,"headline":5859,"summary":5860},[5840,5841,5842],"This is one of the sharpest single splits on the 2026 ballot, and it turns on a power only Vancouver has.","Under the Vancouver Charter, Vancouver writes its own building rules. Every other municipality in British Columbia follows the provincial code. The Liberals would give that power up.","The argument for giving it up is that one code across the province is simpler and cheaper for builders. The argument against, which the Green Party makes, is that the local code is what lets Vancouver set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings.",[5844],{"title":5845,"detail":5846,"cites":5847,"authority":5848},"Eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code","The party commits to \"eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and just adopt the BC Building Code\".",[4161],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[5850],{"question":5851,"answer":5852,"cites":5853},"What would change if Vancouver dropped its own building code?","Builders would follow the same rules here as in the rest of British Columbia, which is simpler for anyone building in more than one city. Vancouver would also lose the power to set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, because that power comes from having its own code.",[4161,5854],"green-housing-x",[5856],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[3152,5858],"No affordable or rental housing commitment is published.","Abolish the Vancouver Building Code","The Vancouver Liberals would eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code instead.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":5862,"proposals":5865,"questions":5875,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":5876,"gaps":5879,"headline":5881},[5863,5864],"The party's homelessness position mirrors a citywide ban it opposes: it would reverse the prohibition on new supportive housing construction.","It ties this to a second, more specific commitment: requiring 24-hour public washrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project.",[5866,5871],{"title":5867,"detail":5868,"cites":5869,"authority":4745},"Reverse the ban on new supportive housing","On its first day, the party would reverse what it calls a ban on all new supportive housing construction in the city, to serve seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.",[5870],"vl-issues",{"title":5872,"detail":5873,"cites":5874},"Require public washrooms and showers in new supportive housing","Every new supportive housing project in the city would be required to include 24-hour public washrooms and showers for people who are unhoused.",[5870],[],[5877,5878,4761,301],"The party's Issues page at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues","The party's dedicated Parks and Recreation plan PDF, linked from that page",[5880],"No cost or date is given for either commitment beyond \"day one\" for the ban reversal.","Reverse the ban on new supportive housing, and require public washrooms in it",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":5883,"proposals":5886,"questions":5896,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5897,"gaps":5898,"headline":5899,"summary":5900},[5884,5885],"The Liberals are the only party on this ballot publishing a commitment on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs.","They would also create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board, which is a new body rather than a change to an existing one.",[5887,5892],{"title":5888,"detail":5889,"cites":5890,"authority":5891},"Crack down on Bitcoin ATMs and money laundering","The party commits to \"crack down on Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering, and other root causes of crime\".",[4161],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":5893,"detail":5894,"cites":5895,"cost":3200},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[4161],[],[5856],[],"Crack down on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs","The Vancouver Liberals would target Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering and what they call the root causes of crime, and increase long-term funding for firefighters.",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":5902,"proposals":5904,"questions":5909,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5910,"gaps":5911,"headline":5906,"summary":5912},[5903],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[5905],{"title":5906,"detail":5907,"cites":5908},"Road maintenance through new front-line staff","Road maintenance is named as one of the services the 400 new front-line unionized staff would improve.",[4161],[],[5856],[3240,3241],"Road maintenance appears as one of the services the Vancouver Liberals’ 400 new front-line staff would improve. No transit or cycling commitment is published.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":5914,"proposals":5917,"questions":5950,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":5951,"gaps":5952,"headline":5954,"summary":5955},[5915,5916],"The party publishes a dedicated Parks and Recreation plan, separate from its main issues page, that commits to keeping the Park Board elected and independent and gives it a bigger, steadier share of the City budget.","It also promises a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools, and specific facility positions: 50-metre pools at the Aquatic Centre, removing parking meters at beaches and community centres, and an auditor general review of the PNE.",[5918,5924,5929,5933,5938,5942,5946],{"title":5919,"detail":5920,"cites":5921,"authority":5923},"Keep the Park Board elected and reverse the move to abolish it","The party would fight efforts to remove the elected Park Board and repeal Council's motion calling for its abolition.",[5922],"vl-parkplan","Only the province can abolish the Park Board by amending the Vancouver Charter. Council can withdraw its own request to the province.",{"title":5925,"detail":5926,"cites":5927,"cost":5928},"Create a Joint Budget Advisory Committee and restore funding to 9% of the city budget","A committee of Park Board commissioners, city councillors and both bodies' senior finance staff would guide the annual budget cycle, aiming to restore Park Board funding from 7.9% to 9% of the total city budget within four years, with a three-year rolling budget framework.",[5922],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":5930,"detail":5931,"cites":5932},"Return facility management authority to the Park Board","The party would repeal the centralized facilities-management structure it says excludes the Park Board, restoring the Board's direct control of maintenance and capital planning for its own facilities.",[5922],{"title":5934,"detail":5935,"cites":5936,"cost":5937},"A capital renewal plan for community centres","Each capital cycle would aim to build one new community centre and renew three more, following the existing Community Centre Strategy, with a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools.",[5870],"$1.35 billion",{"title":5939,"detail":5940,"cites":5941},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[5870],{"title":5943,"detail":5944,"cites":5945},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[5870],{"title":5947,"detail":5948,"cites":5949},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[5870],[],[5877,5878,4761,301],[5953],"Most items name no specific dollar figure beyond the $1.35 billion total and the 7.9 to 9 percent target, and no completion date beyond the four-year budget goal.","Keep the elected Park Board, a Joint Budget Committee, and a capital renewal plan","Parks appear in the Vancouver Liberals’ published commitments as one of the services the 400 new front-line staff would improve.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":5957,"proposals":5960,"questions":5966,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5967,"gaps":5968,"headline":5969,"summary":5970},[5958,5959],"The School Liaison Officer programme places police officers in schools. It has been ended and restarted in Vancouver in recent years and is one of the clearest dividing lines in the School Board race.","The party is running five School Board candidates.",[5961],{"title":5962,"detail":5963,"cites":5964,"authority":5965},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[4161],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[5856],[],"Keep the School Liaison Officer programme","The Vancouver Liberals support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools.",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":5972,"proposals":5976,"questions":5987,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5988,"gaps":5989,"headline":5990,"summary":5991},[5973,5974,5975],"These two commitments sit together because one is a saving and the other is a cost, and the party has published a figure for the saving but not for the hiring.","The 400 staff would work on garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities. The party has not published what they would cost.","The $800 million figure and the name \"Second City Hall\" are the party’s own description of the project. We have not checked it against the city capital plan.",[5977,5983],{"title":5978,"detail":5979,"cites":5980,"cost":5981,"authority":5982},"Cancel the $800 million second city hall","The party commits to cancelling what it calls the \"$800-Million Second City Hall\" project.",[4161],"$800 million, as described by the party","Council approves capital projects.",{"title":5984,"detail":5985,"cites":5986,"cost":3200},"Hire 400 new front-line unionized staff","The 400 staff would improve garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities.",[4161],[],[5856],[],"Cancel the $800 million second city hall and hire 400 staff","The Vancouver Liberals would cancel an $800 million project they call the \"Second City Hall\" and hire 400 new front-line unionized staff.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5993,"proposals":5995,"questions":6000,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6001,"gaps":6002,"headline":5997},[5994],"The party's one climate-specific position is about the shrinking tree canopy, stated as a problem with no measure yet attached.",[5996],{"title":5997,"detail":5998,"cites":5999},"A tree canopy strategy","The party says Vancouver's tree canopy is shrinking, driving up electricity use and worsening air quality and livability, and commits to a tree canopy strategy, without stating a canopy target or a date.",[5870],[],[5877,5878,4761,301],[6003],"No target percentage, cost or date is given for the strategy.",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":6005,"proposals":6008,"questions":6018,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6019,"gaps":6020,"headline":6022},[6006,6007],"The party's clearest culture commitment is a reserved-land program for artists, cutting their property taxes in half.","It also promises to lower festival organizers' policing fees, tying this to affordability for community events.",[6009,6014],{"title":6010,"detail":6011,"cites":6012,"cost":6013},"An Artist Land Reserve in four locations","The party would establish an Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, providing studio space and cutting property taxes in half for artists and creatives there.",[5870],"Property tax cut in half for participating artists; no total program cost published",{"title":6015,"detail":6016,"cites":6017},"Lower policing fees for festivals","The party would find a way to make policing more affordable for community events and festivals, after what it says have been rising fees under the current Council.",[5870],[],[5877,5878,4761,301],[6021],"No dollar figure is given for the tax cut's cost to the city, and no date is set for either commitment.","An Artist Land Reserve, and cheaper festival policing fees",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":6024,"proposals":6025,"questions":6026,"state":3355,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6027,"gaps":6028},[],[],[],[5877,5878,4761,301],[6029],"No child care commitment appears anywhere on the party's issues page or its linked plan documents.",[6031,6035,6039,6043,6047,6051,6055,6059,6063],{"question":6032,"answer":6033,"cites":6034},"Who leads the Vancouver Liberals?","Kareem Allam is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 56. Our candidate records describe him as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.",[4161,326],{"question":6036,"answer":6037,"cites":6038},"How many candidates are they running?","19: Kareem Allam for mayor, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. That is the second-largest slate on the ballot after ABC.",[326],{"question":6040,"answer":6041,"cites":6042},"When was the party founded?","Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[4161],{"question":6044,"answer":6045,"cites":6046},"What is their most distinctive commitment?","Eliminating the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead. Vancouver is the only BC city with its own building code, and the Green Party would keep it. This is one of the sharpest splits on the ballot.",[4161,5854],{"question":6048,"answer":6049,"cites":6050},"What would the 400 new staff do?","Garbage pickup, road maintenance, and parks and recreation facilities. They would be unionized front-line staff. The party has not published what they would cost.",[4161],{"question":6052,"answer":6053,"cites":6054},"What is the \"Second City Hall\" they would cancel?","The party describes an $800 million project by that name and commits to cancelling it. The name and the figure are the party’s own description, and we have not checked them against the city capital plan.",[4161],{"question":6056,"answer":6057,"cites":6058},"Where do they stand on police in schools?","They support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. The Board of Education decides whether it runs.",[4161],{"question":6060,"answer":6061,"cites":6062},"Do they have a published housing supply plan?","No. The one published commitment touching housing is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code. We found no supply target, affordability commitment or rental policy on September 22, 2026.",[4161],{"question":6064,"answer":358,"cites":6065},"Where can I see their campaign finances?",[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6067,"gaps":6068,"entries":6069},[19,363],[365],[],"Vancouver Liberal Electors Association","vancouver-liberals",[6073,6074,6075,6076,6077,6078,6079,6082,6085],{"id":4161,"label":4400,"url":2354,"publisher":2353,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5854,"label":4396,"url":4397,"publisher":3524,"kind":3501,"publishedAt":4398,"checkedAt":6},{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5870,"label":6080,"url":6081,"publisher":2353,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues",{"id":5922,"label":6083,"url":6084,"publisher":2353,"kind":373,"checkedAt":4084},"Vancouver Liberals: Our Plan for Parks and Recreation Facilities (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1787255366\u002FVancouver_Liberals_Park_Plan.pdf?1787255366",{"id":6086,"label":6087,"url":6088,"publisher":2353,"kind":373,"checkedAt":397},"vl-ipv-policy","Vancouver Liberals: Intimate Partner Violence Policy (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1789599508\u002FVancouver_Liberals_IPV_Policy.pdf?1789599508","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals","The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include hiring 400 front-line staff and cancelling an $800 million city hall project.","LoE0qDMondKgLHT6NEJ0H2OwzNMRTCFMOYkf5qAkMts",{"id":6093,"aliases":6094,"checkedAt":4084,"declaredColour":6095,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":6099,"history":6100,"leadership":6104,"logo":13,"meta":6109,"money":6110,"name":2367,"news":6115,"overview":6119,"palette":6124,"platform":6127,"questions":6365,"record":6401,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2367,"slug":6405,"sources":6406,"stem":6416,"summary":6417,"website":2368,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":6418},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":6096,"note":3104,"cites":6097},"#7A3D9E",[6098],"vv-home","A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6101,"gaps":6102,"entries":6103},[19,20],[22],[],[6105],{"role":6106,"name":2916,"cites":6107},"Mayoral candidate and founder",[6108,326],"vv-policy",{},{"state":27,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6111,"gaps":6112,"searchUrl":33,"filings":6113,"notes":6114},[29,30],[32],[],[36,37,38,39,40],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6116,"gaps":6117,"entries":6118},[44],[46],[],[6120,6121,6122,6123],"Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates: Rebecca Bligh for mayor at ballot number 52, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.","Rebecca Bligh is a sitting Vancouver city councillor and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The party site describes her as having created Vote Vancouver.","The party describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology.","Its published Policy Priorities document runs to roughly 6,400 words and is organised into four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.",{"accent":6096,"onAccent":55,"tint":6125,"ink":6126},"#EFE5F5","#552B6E",[6128,6185,6212,6237,6254,6268,6297,6313,6331,6352],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":6129,"proposals":6134,"questions":6172,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6181,"gaps":6183,"headline":6136,"summary":6184},[6130,6131,6132,6133],"This is the most time-bound commitment any party has published in this election. Five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.","The party also publishes an affordability definition rather than leaving the word undefined: new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income.","Its faith-based land policy is unusual. Vote Vancouver would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the city first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, and would help faith organisations that want to redevelop rather than sell.","The party would also reverse what it describes as a ban on new supportive housing, arguing it blocks replacing single room occupancy hotels with better options.",[6135,6140,6144,6147,6152,6156,6160,6164,6168],{"title":6136,"detail":6137,"cites":6138,"authority":4716,"deadline":6139},"Name five parcels of public land within one month","Five parcels of city-owned land will be chosen, named and announced with an associated timeline within one month of entering City Hall.",[6108],"One month after taking office",{"title":6141,"detail":6142,"cites":6143},"Target rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.",[6108],{"title":5867,"detail":6145,"cites":6146},"Vote Vancouver would reverse the ban so single room occupancy hotels can be replaced with safe, dignified, affordable options.",[6108],{"title":6148,"detail":6149,"cites":6150,"authority":6151},"A right-of-first-refusal bylaw for faith-based land","The city would get the first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, for housing, child care and community services.",[6108],"Council can pass such a bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":6153,"detail":6154,"cites":6155},"Use DASH to build faster","The city would use Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing, pre-approved models and sustainable materials, especially for modular housing.",[6108],{"title":6157,"detail":6158,"cites":6159},"Non-profits run the developments","Non-profit or community organisations would run the new developments, to reduce strain on City Hall and keep them connected to their communities.",[6108],{"title":6161,"detail":6162,"cites":6163},"Replace SROs with self-contained housing","Existing single room occupancy hotels would be replaced with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing, while existing facilities keep operating until alternatives are available.",[6108],{"title":6165,"detail":6166,"cites":6167},"Hold landlords to maintenance standards","The city would enforce its maintenance standards and act where buildings fall into serious disrepair that threatens residents’ ability to stay housed.",[6108],{"title":6169,"detail":6170,"cites":6171},"Work with community land trusts","Vote Vancouver would work with community land trusts and community groups to keep public land in community ownership and build co-operative housing, naming the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust, the SRO Collaborative, the False Creek South Community Housing Trust and Hogan’s Alley.",[6108],[6173,6177],{"question":6174,"answer":6175,"cites":6176},"What does \"30% of household income\" mean?","It is a definition of affordable. A household earning $60,000 a year would pay no more than $18,000 a year, or $1,500 a month, for a home built under this policy. Most parties use the word affordable without saying what it means; Vote Vancouver puts a number on it.",[6108],{"question":6178,"answer":6179,"cites":6180},"What is a right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","It means that when a church, temple or other faith organisation decides to sell its land, the city gets the first chance to buy it before private buyers. The organisation still chooses to sell; the city just gets first offer.",[6108],[6182],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document, dated in its filename September 15, 2026",[],"Vote Vancouver would name five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing within one month of taking office, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, and reverse the ban on new supportive housing.",{"issue":117,"paragraphs":6186,"proposals":6189,"questions":6205,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6206,"gaps":6209,"headline":6211},[6187,6188],"The document's clearest homelessness position is reversing the City's ban on new supportive housing, which it credits to a motion by Rebecca Bligh.","Its addiction and mental health proposals include continuing to fund a specific existing program, St. Paul's Road to Recovery, and building new Recovery Community Centres.",[6190,6193,6197,6201],{"title":5867,"detail":6191,"cites":6192,"authority":4745},"The party would reverse a City ban on building new supportive housing, to allow replacing single-room-occupancy hotels with self-contained supportive homes connected to mental health, addiction, social work and job supports.",[6108],{"title":6194,"detail":6195,"cites":6196},"Support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program","The party would keep supporting the Road to Recovery program by building more supportive housing for people exiting it, and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health.",[6108],{"title":6198,"detail":6199,"cites":6200},"Build more Recovery Community Centres","The party would build more Recovery Community Centres to connect people with peer support and wellness activities, bridging the gap to detox and treatment.",[6108],{"title":6202,"detail":6203,"cites":6204},"Better coordinate police, health and housing responses","The party would improve coordination between police, healthcare providers, housing providers and community organizations so police are not the only response to mental health and addiction crises.",[6108],[],[6207,6208,301],"The party's Policy Priorities PDF, already archived in research\u002Fvancouver-2026-09-22\u002Fparty-sources\u002F","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",[6210],"Most items name no cost and no date. The document credits several of these to Rebecca Bligh personally, and those are also recorded on her own candidate record.","Reverse the supportive housing ban, and expand recovery programs",{"issue":141,"paragraphs":6213,"proposals":6216,"questions":6233,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6234,"gaps":6235,"headline":6236},[6214,6215],"The document sets out a multi-part public safety plan built around prevention and coordination rather than a police budget figure.","It also states a School Board position on School Liaison Officers, kept out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, which sits on the schools area of this page instead.",[6217,6221,6225,6229],{"title":6218,"detail":6219,"cites":6220},"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","The party would develop this strategy with police, healthcare providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.",[6108],{"title":6222,"detail":6223,"cites":6224},"Rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs","Community Policing Centres would become hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship and connecting residents to services, prioritizing prevention over criminalization.",[6108],{"title":6226,"detail":6227,"cites":6228},"Expand gender-based violence prevention work","The party would expand policies and working groups on gender-based violence, crediting a motion by Rebecca Bligh.",[6108],{"title":6230,"detail":6231,"cites":6232},"Become Canada's first Restorative City","The party would build a restorative justice system, training city staff with Peace of the Circle and applying what it calls the Vancouver Test to future policy decisions.",[6108],[],[6207,6208,301],[6210],"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reworked policing centres, and a restorative justice system",{"issue":165,"paragraphs":6238,"proposals":6242,"questions":6247,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6248,"gaps":6250,"headline":6252,"summary":6253},[6239,6240,6241],"Transportation Choice is the second of four sections in the party’s Policy Priorities document, covering pages 13 to 19.","The section opens by describing Vancouver as a large city with a variety of transport options including walking and biking, framed around more choices and fewer barriers.","We archived the full document on September 22, 2026. The detailed commitments inside this section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[6243],{"title":6244,"detail":6245,"cites":6246},"Transportation Choice section of the Policy Priorities document","The party publishes a dedicated transport section under the heading \"More choices. Fewer barriers.\" The individual commitments in it are recorded in our archived copy and have not yet been transcribed here.",[6108],[],[6249],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document",[6251],"The individual commitments in the Transportation Choice section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Transportation Choice: one of four sections of the policy document","Vote Vancouver publishes a Transportation Choice section running from page 13 to page 19 of its Policy Priorities document.",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":6255,"proposals":6257,"questions":6262,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6263,"gaps":6264,"headline":6266,"summary":6267},[6256],"Parks and recreation appear in the party’s stated focus and in the Public Services section of its Policy Priorities document, which runs from page 20 to page 32. The individual commitments in that section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[6258],{"title":6259,"detail":6260,"cites":6261},"Improve access to parks, pools and recreation","The party names improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on.",[6108],[],[6249],[6265],"The individual commitments in the Public Services section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Improving access to parks, pools and recreation","Vote Vancouver lists improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on. Detailed commitments sit in the Public Services section of its policy document.",{"issue":212,"paragraphs":6269,"proposals":6272,"questions":6293,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6294,"gaps":6295,"headline":6296},[6270,6271],"The party's education proposals include a School Board position on School Liaison Officers distinct from its policing proposal: SLOs would stay but out of uniform, rebranded away from police, focused on early intervention.","It also lists school nutrition funding, technology and AI rules for classrooms, and a facilities-condition audit.",[6273,6277,6281,6285,6289],{"title":6274,"detail":6275,"cites":6276},"Establish School Liaison Officers as regular, rebranded support","SLOs would focus on early intervention and youth protection, work out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, and be paired with counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs, with regular independent equity-centred reviews.",[6108],{"title":6278,"detail":6279,"cites":6280},"Support student mental health and neurodivergence","The party would push for more school counsellors, faster neurodivergence assessments, and closing the gap between individual education plans and real classroom support.",[6108],{"title":6282,"detail":6283,"cites":6284},"Fund and expand school nutrition programs","Council would work with the school district to expand nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools, developing a cost-sharing plan rather than relying on individual school budgets.",[6108],{"title":6286,"detail":6287,"cites":6288},"Set rules for AI tools and cellphones in classrooms","The party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools, give teachers clear rules on acceptable AI use, and restrict cellphones in younger grades.",[6108],{"title":6290,"detail":6291,"cites":6292},"Audit and upgrade school facilities","The party would audit elementary school grounds, keep seismic renewal on pace for the district's high seismic risk, and evaluate the Olympic Village School's development and 3 versus 4 storey options.",[6108],[],[6207,6208,301],[6210],"Neurodivergence supports, a rebranded School Liaison Officer role, and facility upgrades",{"issue":231,"paragraphs":6298,"proposals":6302,"questions":6307,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6308,"gaps":6309,"headline":6311,"summary":6312},[6299,6300,6301],"Rather than publishing a tax number, Vote Vancouver publishes a test. It says that a policy that does not meet all four questions will not be prioritised.","The fourth question, whether residents can measure if it worked, is the one that matters most for holding a council to account, because it commits the party to publishing something measurable.","The party describes its approach as fiscally responsible while expanding public services. It does not publish a property tax rate commitment.",[6303],{"title":6304,"detail":6305,"cites":6306},"Apply the Vancouver Test to every policy","Four questions: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen Vancouver’s long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails the test will not be prioritised.",[6108],[],[6249],[6310],"No property tax rate commitment is published.","The Vancouver Test: four questions applied to every policy","Vote Vancouver publishes a decision test it says it applies to every policy: does it improve service, strengthen the long-term future, build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":6314,"proposals":6316,"questions":6327,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6328,"gaps":6329,"headline":6330},[6315],"The document's clearest climate positions are both about buildings: restarting a paused emissions-reporting program, and keeping an existing heating rule rather than loosening it.",[6317,6322],{"title":6318,"detail":6319,"cites":6320,"authority":6321},"Restart the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program","The party would unpause this City program so it can measure where building emissions come from and track progress.",[6108],"The City's own reporting program.",{"title":6323,"detail":6324,"cites":6325,"authority":6326},"Keep the electric heating requirement for new buildings","The party would maintain the existing requirement for electric space and hot water heating in new buildings, rather than allowing gas.",[6108],"Vancouver's own building bylaw.",[],[6207,6208,301],[6210],"Restart emissions reporting, and keep electric heating rules for new buildings",{"issue":295,"paragraphs":6332,"proposals":6334,"questions":6348,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":4084,"searched":6349,"gaps":6350,"headline":6351},[6333],"The document gives arts and culture its most detailed proposal of any issue on this page: a two-step plan to move City arts funding to an independent council.",[6335,6339,6344],{"title":6336,"detail":6337,"cites":6338,"cost":3200},"Create an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator within six months","This service would help artists and cultural non-profits navigate permitting, liquor licensing and special-event approvals, and coordinate marketing for Vancouver's arts and culture.",[6108],{"title":6340,"detail":6341,"cites":6342,"cost":6343},"Establish an Independent Arts Council to administer City arts grants","The Council would take over grant decisions from Council votes, administer a dedicated annual City allocation with at least 90 percent going directly to the arts and creative sector, and advocate for the sector.",[6108],"A dedicated annual allocation from the City; no figure published",{"title":6345,"detail":6346,"cites":6347},"Work toward a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private funding","The party would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to create a permanent vehicle for private donations and sponsorships in the arts.",[6108],[],[6207,6208,301],[6210],"An Independent Arts Council and a City Navigator for permits",{"issue":306,"paragraphs":6353,"proposals":6355,"questions":6360,"state":27,"indexable":109,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6361,"gaps":6362,"headline":6363,"summary":6364},[6354],"Child care appears inside the housing section of the policy document rather than on its own. The commitment is that new public housing developments include access to child care, schools and public spaces.",[6356],{"title":6357,"detail":6358,"cites":6359},"Child care in every new public housing development","New public housing developments will include access to child care, schools and public spaces. The party calls this building complete communities, not just buildings.",[6108],[],[6249],[5412,5413],"Child care built into every new public housing development","Vote Vancouver would include child care, schools and public spaces in new public housing developments, describing this as building complete communities rather than buildings.",[6366,6370,6374,6378,6382,6386,6390,6394,6398],{"question":6367,"answer":6368,"cites":6369},"Who leads Vote Vancouver?","Rebecca Bligh, a sitting Vancouver city councillor, is its mayoral candidate at ballot number 52. The party’s own document says she created Vote Vancouver.",[6108,326],{"question":6371,"answer":6372,"cites":6373},"How many candidates is Vote Vancouver running?","12: Rebecca Bligh for mayor, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.",[326],{"question":6375,"answer":6376,"cites":6377},"What is the Vancouver Test?","Four questions the party says it applies to every policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen the long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails is not prioritised.",[6108],{"question":6379,"answer":6380,"cites":6381},"What is Vote Vancouver’s fastest housing commitment?","Naming five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing, with a timeline, within one month of taking office. That is the tightest deadline any party has published in this election.",[6108],{"question":6383,"answer":6384,"cites":6385},"What does the party mean by affordable?","No more than 30% of household income for new public housing built under its policy. Most parties do not put a number on the word.",[6108],{"question":6387,"answer":6388,"cites":6389},"Where does Vote Vancouver sit politically?","It describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology or by political polarization.",[6108],{"question":6391,"answer":6392,"cites":6393},"Does the party have a position on supportive housing?","Yes. It would reverse what it describes as a ban on building new supportive housing, arguing the ban stops single room occupancy hotels being replaced with better options.",[6108],{"question":6395,"answer":6396,"cites":6397},"Does it publish a property tax commitment?","No. It publishes the Vancouver Test and describes itself as fiscally responsible, but we found no property tax rate commitment in the document, checked September 22, 2026.",[6108],{"question":6399,"answer":358,"cites":6400},"Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?",[347,360],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6402,"gaps":6403,"entries":6404},[19,363],[365],[],"vote-vancouver",[6407,6409,6412,6413,6414,6415],{"id":6098,"label":6408,"url":2368,"publisher":2367,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Vote Vancouver home page",{"id":6108,"label":6410,"url":6411,"publisher":2367,"kind":373,"checkedAt":6},"Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fvotevancouver.ca\u002Fs\u002FVV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf",{"id":326,"label":379,"url":380,"publisher":381,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":347,"label":384,"url":33,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":360,"label":387,"url":388,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},{"id":390,"label":391,"url":392,"publisher":385,"kind":382,"checkedAt":6},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver","Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates behind mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, a sitting city councillor. It publishes a Policy Priorities document covering housing, transport, public services and the economy.","dMDoyUkuUqP2U_bs_zDBFIUCu2YG5c5Yzh05FyuFibI",[6420,6421,6423,6424,6426,6428,6430],{"party":368,"slug":589,"title":403},{"party":4388,"slug":589,"title":6422},"Platform 2026",{"party":4939,"slug":589,"title":4957},{"party":5459,"slug":589,"title":6425},"Our Positions",{"party":5783,"slug":589,"title":6427},"2026 Full Election Platform",{"party":6071,"slug":589,"title":6429},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver",{"party":6405,"slug":589,"title":6431},"Policy Priorities",1791604676500]