--- title: "COPE platform: all ten issues | Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:08:05.246Z" meta: description: "What COPE has published on housing, homelessness, public safety, transport, parks, schools, taxes, climate, culture and child care, and what it has not." "og:description": "What COPE has published on housing, homelessness, public safety, transport, parks, schools, taxes, climate, culture and child care, and what it has not." "og:title": "COPE platform: all ten issues | Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "What COPE has published on housing, homelessness, public safety, transport, parks, schools, taxes, climate, culture and child care, and what it has not." "twitter:title": "COPE platform: all ten issues | Vancouver 2026" --- COPE · Vancouver 2026 # The COPE platform 32 published commitments across 9 of 10 issues. Where nothing is published, this page says so and gives the date we looked. [Compare with other parties ](https://voche.me/parties/compare) [**12**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/cope/candidates) [**9/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform) [**6**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/cope/money) **9**Questions answered ALL TEN ISSUES ## Pick an issue Each issue below is a real responsibility of Vancouver City Council, the Board of Parks and Recreation, or the Board of Education. Every party on this site is covered on the same ten, so a party cannot look complete by choosing which subjects to appear on. [

Housing

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.City Council7 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/housing) [

Homelessness and drugs

COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.City Council3 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/homelessness) [

Public safety

COPE would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and support peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.City Council3 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/public-safety) [

Transport

COPE would work toward fully funded free public transit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and support protected bike lanes.City Council3 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/transport) [

Parks

COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected Park Board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent ones.Park Board3 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/parks) [

Schools

COPE is running four School Board candidates and campaigns on defending public education, with library funding and food programmes alongside.School Board2 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/schools) [

Taxes and budget

COPE would establish a lobbyist registry, defend the Integrity Commissioner’s independence, and states it rejects donations from developers and big business.City Council4 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/taxes-and-budget) [

Climate

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.City Council6 commitmentsRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/climate) [

Culture

Not yet researched for this party.City CouncilRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/culture) [

Child care

COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.City Council1 commitmentRead the detail](https://voche.me/parties/cope/platform/child-care) ## Sources A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. 1. [COPE home page ](https://www.votecope.ca/)SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · checked September 22, 2026 2. [COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026) ](https://www.votecope.ca/platform)SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · published April 5, 2025 · checked September 22, 2026 3. [Who is running: official 2026 candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidate-information.aspx)City of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026 4. [Local elections disclosure statement search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 5. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 6. [Making a campaign contribution ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/making-a-campaign-contribution/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.