Green Party of Vancouver Vancouver 2026
The Green Party of Vancouver 2026 platform, chapter by chapter
Every commitment in the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform, sorted by chapter, with the PDF page for each one and the government that would have to act. Covers City Council, Park Board and School Board.
THE DOCUMENT
What is in the Green Party of Vancouver Platform 2026
72Pages in the party's PDF
379Commitments, each with its own page number
36Chapters across seven sections
27Commitments that need the province, Ottawa or a regional body to act
The Green Party of Vancouver calls its 2026 platform "A City That Works For You." The party published it as one PDF, with sections for City Council, the Park Board and the School Board, and a page listing its candidates for each board.
These pages split the document into its chapters. Each chapter 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.
The council sections cover growth and housing, the cost of living, safety and health, the local economy, and how City Hall is run. The Park Board section covers nature in parks, fees and recreation programs. The School Board section covers funding, student support, school buildings and safety, and how the board makes decisions.
This is the party describing its own plans
The Platform 2026 is a campaign document, last updated by the party on . We checked it on . Every page in this section reports what the party says it would do, gives the PDF page for each commitment, and adds who would have to act. voche.me wrote these pages. The party did not write or approve them.
- Party correction, page 7: The party updated the wording of "Moratorium on micro-units" for clarity.
- Party correction, page 11: The party fixed a typo under "Decarbonizing new builds". It once read "keep fossil gas heating" and now reads "ban fossil gas heating".
SEVEN SECTIONS
The platform, section by section
Sustainable Growth
Responsible development that promotes livability, housing options, greenspaces, and resilient neighbourhoods while preparing Vancouver for the future.Read the section
Affordable Living
A city that works for everyone starts with affordability. We'll make it easier to find a home, get around, access services, and build a good life in the communities people love.Read the section
Safety and Wellbeing
That means places for people to go, care people can actually reach, and public spaces that are maintained and managed, clean and vibrant, so they stay usable and welcoming for everyone.Read the section
Economic Development
Our job is to protect our businesses and industries, our arts and culture, and grow the next generation of local opportunity.Read the section
Good Government
A City Hall that's transparent, accountable, and works for the people it serves, not political interests, so every dollar and every decision earns the public's trust.Read the section
Park Board
Enhance urban ecosystems. No one priced out of public facilities.Read the section
School Board
Vancouver's public schools should give every student the opportunity to learn, belong and succeed.Read the section
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Which government each commitment depends on
The platform does not say which government holds each power. We added it for every commitment. City Council, the Park Board and the School Board are the three bodies on the October 17 ballot. Where a commitment needs the province, the federal government or a regional body, the party can only ask.
ALL 379 COMMITMENTS
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Urban PlanningSustainable Growth
- Complete communities: amenities and services to meet growth and public needsPage 4
- Dynamic Zoning and Community Context PlanningPage 4
- Resolve provincial housing targets, limits on amenities, and good planningPage 4
- Community Benefit AgreementsPage 5
- Public access on re-zoningsPage 5
- Tools to manage speculationPage 5
- Control tax-sheltered land banksPage 5
- Green infrastructure urbanismPage 5
- Strong Communities Action PlanPage 5
Housing GrowthSustainable Growth
- Public land for public goodPage 6
- Best long-term public value from city landPage 6
- Tools to build more affordable housing city-widePage 6
- Building for a changing climatePage 6
- Green retrofits: the greenest buildings are the ones already builtPage 6
- Missing middle housing: more of the housing we needPage 6
- Moratorium on micro-unitsPage 7
- Simple Homes, Pre-ApprovedPage 7
- Vancouver's Building By-law working for youPage 7
- Streamlining permit approvalsPage 7
- Building Canada StrongPage 7
- Co-Op HousingPage 7
TransportationSustainable Growth
- Slower Safer StreetsPage 8
- Pedestrian-first prioritiesPage 8
- Permanent pedestrian zone infrastructurePage 8
- Add more safe routes to schools and school streetsPage 8
- Complete active transportation infrastructurePage 8
- Broadway BikewayPage 9
- Open streets as a celebration and connectionPage 9
- Car light, car rightPage 9
- Expand multi modal share parking and docking spacesPage 9
- UBC subway expansionPage 9
- Better transitPage 9
- Commercial curb access programPage 10
- Manage congestion with smarter intersection managementPage 10
- Better roads, safer streetsPage 10
- 11% Road ReclamationPage 10
Building GreenSustainable Growth
- Solar ready, plug-in solar readyPage 11
- EV charging island modernized curbside infrastructurePage 11
- Decarbonizing new buildsPage 11
- Right to cool and clean airPage 11
- Return a standalone Sustainability and Climate Office to City HallPage 11
- Climate planning includes lifecycle emissions in reportingPage 11
- Green roofsPage 11
EcosystemsSustainable Growth
- Trees for a Healthier CityPage 12
- Protect and expand our urban forestPage 12
- Reward tree retentionPage 12
- Plant more climate-resilient treesPage 12
- Reform technical tree removal rulesPage 12
- Replace more trees than we removePage 12
- Protect trees for the long termPage 12
- Create a municipal arborist officePage 12
- Maintain and strengthen Vancouver's Bird Friendly City certificationPage 12
- Support a Youth Climate Corps for Urban ForestryPage 12
- Require rezonings to increase the urban tree canopy and green spacesPage 13
- Add new green spacesPage 13
- RewildingPage 13
- Move to remove invasive speciesPage 13
- Develop a Community Environmental Stewardship programPage 13
- Value nature as infrastructurePage 13
- Restore wetlands and uncover buried creeksPage 13
- 3-30-300: Access to GreenspacePage 13
Infrastructure and ResilienceSustainable Growth
- Infrastructure maintenancePage 14
- Climate resilient infrastructurePage 14
- Pedestrian and active transportation infrastructurePage 14
- Accessible infrastructurePage 14
- Smart infrastructurePage 14
- Capital planning for climate changePage 14
- Seismic safety and resiliencePage 15
- Sea level rise and flood protectionPage 15
- Electrical grid resiliencyPage 15
- District EnergyPage 15
Zero WasteSustainable Growth
Homes for People Who Call Vancouver HomeAffordable Living
- Creating an Affordability IndexPage 17
- Vancouver's housing crisis is a housing affordability crisisPage 17
- Recognizing the right to housingPage 17
- Affordable Housing CzarPage 17
- Close Empty Homes Tax loopholes and test compliancePage 18
- City Land: Vancouver Public Housing BondsPage 18
- Expand tenant protectionsPage 18
- Inclusionary zoning either on-site or in-lieuPage 18
- Use city fees and permitting to build the housing we needPage 18
- Protect affordable rentals before they're lostPage 18
- Advocate to senior government partnersPage 19
- Remove barriers to faith, community, and non-profit housing developmentPage 19
- A City Hall That Works For RentersPage 19
Affordable TransportationAffordable Living
Childcare, Families and Public RecreationAffordable Living
Food SecurityAffordable Living
Community SafetySafety and Wellbeing
- Office of Community SafetyPage 23
- Street disorder and places to goPage 23
- Overdose prevention, harm reduction, and community standardsPage 24
- Compassionate and consistent public space managementPage 24
- Safer communities through de-escalationPage 24
- CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) TeamPage 24
- Restorative VancouverPage 24
- MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice and sex worker safetyPage 25
- Intimate partner violence prevention strategyPage 25
- Public safety accountabilityPage 25
- Transparent and non-partisan police governancePage 25
Clean and GreenSafety and Wellbeing
WellbeingSafety and Wellbeing
Healthy CitySafety and Wellbeing
Accessible CitySafety and Wellbeing
Unhoused NeighboursSafety and Wellbeing
Taking Care of BusinessEconomic Development
Main Streets FirstEconomic Development
- Progressive Property Tax ReliefPage 34
- Empowered and responsive Business Improvement AreasPage 34
- Commercial rent protection advocacy and local retention strategiesPage 34
- Protect local businesses from displacementPage 34
- Human-scale mixed usePage 34
- Downtown reinventionPage 35
- Fair Curbside ContributionsPage 35
Arts and CultureEconomic Development
Employment Land ProtectionEconomic Development
New EconomiesEconomic Development
Food Systems and AgritechEconomic Development
- Support and grow food recovery networkPage 39
- Growing a food/farmers market strategyPage 39
- Support permanent, regularized farmers marketsPage 39
- Urban food productionPage 39
- Food innovation and commissary kitchensPage 39
- Plant-based food economyPage 40
- Healthy food, healthy planetPage 40
- Future Food HubPage 40
Community Wealth BuildingEconomic Development
A City That Works for YouGood Government
Public Interest FirstGood Government
Spending Your MoneyGood Government
Government to GovernmentGood Government
Urban Ecosystems and Affordable AccessPark Board
- Remove 5,000 stumps and replant toward 30% canopyPage 48
- More tree canopy in underserved neighbourhoods, starting with StrathconaPage 48
- Protect community gardens and pollinator corridorsPage 48
- Artificial turf only with rainwater retention and biodiversityPage 48
- Native shoreline improvements and waterfront recreationPage 48
- Open park land and facilities for community food systemsPage 48
- Convert historic fountains to naturalized water featuresPage 48
- Pilot three Miyawaki forestsPage 48
- Work with City Council on the 3-30-300 rule for every homePage 48
- Subsidize fees for core activitiesPage 48
- Expand and promote the Leisure Access Program (LAP)Page 48
Programming for All Generations and All AbilitiesPark Board
- Priority for youth and equity-seeking communities in field bookingsPage 49
- Implement SafeSport standardsPage 49
- Support childcare at community centres and connected schoolsPage 49
- Pop-up events and services at parks and beachesPage 49
- Inclusive park design and programmingPage 49
- Keep parks free of encampments through safety and peer stewardshipPage 49
- More dog parks in Mount Pleasant, Grandview and KitsilanoPage 49
- Expand and connect safe cycling networks and greenwaysPage 49
- Explore co-management of parklands with three NationsPage 49
- Seek guidance from traditional knowledge keepersPage 49
- Include urban Indigenous organizations in Park Board planningPage 49
- Indigenous naming, values, art and healing gardensPage 49
Facilities for the FuturePark Board
- Renew Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew community centresPage 50
- Renew pools and build a new 50m poolPage 50
- Climate-resilient gold standard for all new infrastructurePage 50
- Safety enhanced gender neutral washroomsPage 50
- Plant-based food mandate for restaurants and concessionsPage 50
- Celebrate and honour the independent elected Park BoardPage 50
- Reduce dependence on user fee revenuePage 50
- Restore city funding to 50% and return $6mPage 50
- Microactivations and small business services in parksPage 50
Fully Funded Public EducationSchool Board
- Advocate for a stable, multi-year funding modelPage 53
- Publish the gap between funding and costsPage 53
- Seek stronger targeted fundingPage 53
- Show the impact of shortfalls during budget consultationsPage 53
- Request predictable capital fundingPage 53
- Seek other sources of capital and operating moneyPage 53
- Advocate on Ministry Area StandardsPage 54
- Increase funding for students with diverse learning needsPage 54
- Fund Living Wage commitmentsPage 54
- Keep strong financial oversight and independent auditsPage 54
- Make audited financial information easier to understandPage 54
- Track major initiatives and plan for school propertyPage 54
- Use evidence to review programsPage 54
- Protect public school propertyPage 54
- Report results after announcementsPage 54
- Review Board policies regularlyPage 54
- Put student learning first and protect targeted fundingPage 55
- Publish budgets in plain languagePage 55
- Review management salaries and improve forecastingPage 55
- Track the results of major spendingPage 55
- Avoid short-term financial decisionsPage 55
- Prioritize staff who work with studentsPage 55
- Seek funding for adequate staffingPage 55
- Develop multi-year staffing plansPage 55
- Strengthen recruitment partnershipsPage 55
- Offer professional development and career pathsPage 55
- Keep a full on-call listPage 56
- Work regularly with employee groupsPage 56
- Expand practicum and student-teacher partnershipsPage 56
- Review school fees and costsPage 56
- Strengthen financial-hardship policiesPage 56
- Keep required learning materials freePage 56
- Explore equipment-lending programsPage 56
- Support bursariesPage 56
- Open activities to every household incomePage 56
Every Student Equipped to LearnSchool Board
- Support diverse learning needs and assess staff reductionsPage 57
- Seek funding for inclusive educationPage 57
- Address falling literacy and numeracyPage 57
- Access to educational assistants based on needPage 57
- Improve accessibility of schools and materialsPage 57
- Identify gaps in participationPage 57
- Consider accessibility earlierPage 57
- Keep support steady between grades and schoolsPage 57
- Expand school food programsPage 58
- Seek stable school food fundingPage 58
- Expand food programs with partnersPage 58
- Favour fresh and local foodPage 58
- Reduce food wastePage 58
- Food literacy and school gardensPage 58
- Seek more school-based mental health resourcesPage 58
- Partner with health authorities and service providersPage 58
- Support prevention and early helpPage 58
- Expand equity and belonging programsPage 58
- Continue support for SOGI123Page 58
- Carry out the Accessibility ActPage 59
- Support language learners and newcomer familiesPage 59
- Coordinate education, health and social supportsPage 59
- Safety policies that cover wellbeingPage 59
- Expand climate and sustainability learningPage 59
- Hands-on environmental learningPage 59
- Expand skilled-trades programsPage 59
- Build career pathwaysPage 59
- Partner for learning outside the classroomPage 59
- Support learning from preschool to adult educationPage 59
- Seek student input before major decisionsPage 60
- Let students speak directly to the BoardPage 60
- Strengthen student leadershipPage 60
- Widen access to extracurricular activitiesPage 60
Safe, Healthy and Climate Resilient SchoolsSchool Board
- Keep seismic safety at the top of capital prioritiesPage 61
- Seek provincial approval and funding for seismic projectsPage 61
- Deliver accessibility improvements with renewalsPage 61
- Prioritize preventive maintenancePage 61
- Report on the condition of school buildingsPage 61
- Plan for growth, starting with King George and CarrPage 61
- Match neighbourhood growth with school spacePage 61
- Prepare schools for heat, smoke, floods and outagesPage 62
- Reduce energy use and emissionsPage 62
- Add natural areas and shade to school groundsPage 62
- Consider climate risk in capital decisionsPage 62
- Seek provincial funding for heat pumps and ventilationPage 62
- Retrofit the most vulnerable schools firstPage 62
- Shade inventory, tree planting and Miyawaki pilotsPage 62
- Ensure emergency planning with partnersPage 62
- Request a pause on AI chatbotsPage 63
- Strengthen prevention and early interventionPage 63
- Support programs on substance usePage 63
- Strengthen the SACY programPage 63
- Safety procedures that respect diverse communitiesPage 63
- Evaluate school liaison and police partnershipsPage 63
Schools at the Centre of CommunitySchool Board
- Expand licensed child care on school propertyPage 64
- Find sites for more child carePage 64
- Increase before-school and after-school carePage 64
- Plan child care into school renewalsPage 64
- Reduce barriers for child care providersPage 64
- Match child care growth with neighbourhood needsPage 64
- Open school spaces outside class hoursPage 65
- Review barriers to community accessPage 65
- Partner with neighbourhood houses and nonprofitsPage 65
- Explore joint-use agreementsPage 65
- Publish which school spaces are availablePage 65
- Put students first when sharing spacePage 65
- Improve walking, rolling and cycling routesPage 65
- Advocate for traffic calming near schoolsPage 65
- Improve bike and mobility-device parkingPage 65
- Coordinate with the City's transportation networkPage 65
- Build ties with community organizationsPage 66
- Expand post-secondary and employer partnershipsPage 66
- Work with arts and recreation groupsPage 66
- Connect schools with health and social servicesPage 66
- Make it easier for community partners to helpPage 66
- Coordinate with City Council and the Park BoardPage 66
Good Governance, Relationships and ReconciliationSchool Board
- Make public meetings easier to followPage 67
- Publish major reports earlyPage 67
- Plain-language summaries of decisionsPage 67
- Explain major policy and budget choicesPage 67
- Report on implementation after approvalPage 67
- Publish performance indicatorsPage 67
- More openness on closed meetingsPage 67
- Make public participation easierPage 67
- Build relationships with the three NationsPage 68
- Work with the Indigenous Education CouncilPage 68
- Improve outcomes for Indigenous studentsPage 68
- Include Indigenous worldviews in learningPage 68
- Review purchasing to support Indigenous businessesPage 68
- Report reconciliation actions publiclyPage 68
- Treat reconciliation as ongoing workPage 68
- Consult students before major decisionsPage 68
- Improve engagement with parents and caregiversPage 68
- Strengthen Parent Advisory CouncilsPage 68
- Give employee groups a regular way to raise issuesPage 68
- Engage earlier before catchment and school changesPage 69
- Explain how input shaped decisionsPage 69
- Offer ways to take part beyond evening meetingsPage 69
- Hold regular dialogue with employee representativesPage 69
- Listen earlier to staff problemsPage 69
- Respect collective bargaining and agreementsPage 69
- Encourage joint working groupsPage 69
- Report on workforce trendsPage 69
- Plan the workforce for the longer termPage 69
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about the Platform 2026
What is in the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform?
The Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform, titled "A City That Works For You", has City Council sections on Sustainable Growth, Affordable Living, Safety and Wellbeing, Economic Development and Good Government. It also has a Park Board platform and a School Board platform. Each section is split into chapters, and this site has a page for every chapter.
When was the Green Party of Vancouver platform last updated?
The party's PDF says it was last updated on September 29, 2026. That update reworded the micro-units commitment on page 7 and fixed a typo on page 11, where the text on new buildings once read "keep fossil gas heating" and now reads "ban fossil gas heating" (platform, page 72).
Who are the Green Party of Vancouver candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?
Pete Fry is the Green Party of Vancouver's candidate for mayor. Annette Reilly, Bridget Burns, Camil Dumont and Stephanie Smith are running for City Council. Breanne Smart, Spencer van Vloten and Tom Digby are running for Park Board, and Alisha Masongsong and Julie Strilesky for School Board, according to the City of Vancouver's official candidate list.
Where can I read the Green Party of Vancouver platform PDF?
The party publishes the PDF on its own website, vangreens.ca. On this site, every commitment links to the exact page of that PDF, so you can read the party's own wording next to our summary.
Could the Greens carry out their whole platform if they win?
Some commitments are within the power of City Council, the Park Board or the School Board. Others ask the province, the federal government or TransLink to act, and the party can only press them. A council decision also needs six of the eleven votes. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.
Who wrote these pages about the Green Party of Vancouver platform?
voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own PDF. The Green Party of Vancouver did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.
Other parties
We build a section like this for any party on the Vancouver ballot that publishes a full platform document. Every party is also covered on the same ten issues, side by side, so a shorter platform is compared on equal terms.
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026) SAYS SO ITSELFGreen Party of Vancouver · published · checked