[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1918},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-green-party-of-vancouver":3,"platform-green-party-of-vancouver-2026-platform":406,"platform-chapters-green-party-of-vancouver-2026-platform-safety-and-wellbeing":724,"party-roster-Green Party of Vancouver":1138},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":14,"history":15,"leadership":25,"logo":13,"meta":31,"money":32,"name":47,"news":48,"overview":54,"palette":59,"platform":64,"questions":312,"record":347,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":353,"slug":354,"sources":355,"stem":403,"summary":404,"website":358,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":405},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#a9c94f","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"green-home","json",null,"Pete Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":19,"gaps":22,"entries":24},"unresearched",false,"2026-09-22",[20,21],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[23],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[26],{"role":27,"name":28,"cites":29},"Mayoral candidate","Pete Fry",[11,30],"city-candidates",{},{"state":33,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":34,"gaps":37,"searchUrl":39,"filings":40,"notes":41},"researched",[35,36],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[38],"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",[],[42,43,44,45,46],"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.","Green Party of Vancouver",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":49,"gaps":51,"entries":53},[50],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[52],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[55,56,57,58],"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":60,"onAccent":61,"tint":62,"ink":63},"#667D26","#FFFFFF","#F2F7E4","#607524",[65,122,139,163,183,213,243,256,283,296],{"issue":66,"paragraphs":67,"proposals":72,"questions":105,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":18,"searched":116,"gaps":119,"headline":120,"summary":121},"housing",[68,69,70,71],"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.",[73,79,84,88,93,97,101],{"title":74,"detail":75,"cites":76,"authority":78},"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.",[77],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":80,"detail":81,"cites":82,"authority":83},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[77],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":85,"detail":86,"cites":87},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[77],{"title":89,"detail":90,"cites":91,"authority":92},"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.",[77],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":94,"detail":95,"cites":96},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[77],{"title":98,"detail":99,"cites":100},"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.",[77],{"title":102,"detail":103,"cites":104},"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.",[77],[106,111],{"question":107,"answer":108,"cites":109},"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.",[77,110],"liberals-home",{"question":112,"answer":113,"cites":114},"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.",[77],true,[117,118],"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":123,"paragraphs":124,"proposals":126,"questions":133,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":18,"searched":134,"gaps":136,"headline":128,"summary":138},"homelessness",[125],"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.",[127],{"title":128,"detail":129,"cites":130,"cost":132},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[131],"green-shelters","Not published",[],[135],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[137],"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":140,"paragraphs":141,"proposals":144,"questions":155,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":156,"gaps":160,"headline":162},"public-safety",[142,143],"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.",[145,150],{"title":146,"detail":147,"cites":148},"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.",[149],"green-school-board",{"title":151,"detail":152,"cites":153},"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.",[154],"green-city-council",[],[157,158,159],"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","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[161],"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":164,"paragraphs":165,"proposals":168,"questions":179,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":180,"gaps":181,"headline":182},"transport",[166,167],"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.",[169,175],{"title":170,"detail":171,"cites":172,"authority":174},"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.",[173],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":176,"detail":177,"cites":178},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[154],[],[157,158,159],[161],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":184,"paragraphs":185,"proposals":188,"questions":209,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":210,"gaps":211,"headline":212},"parks",[186,187],"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.",[189,193,197,201,205],{"title":190,"detail":191,"cites":192},"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.",[173],{"title":194,"detail":195,"cites":196},"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.",[173],{"title":198,"detail":199,"cites":200},"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.",[173],{"title":202,"detail":203,"cites":204},"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.",[173],{"title":206,"detail":207,"cites":208},"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.",[173],[],[157,158,159],[161],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":214,"paragraphs":215,"proposals":218,"questions":239,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":240,"gaps":241,"headline":242},"schools",[216,217],"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.",[219,223,227,231,235],{"title":220,"detail":221,"cites":222},"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.",[149],{"title":224,"detail":225,"cites":226},"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.",[149],{"title":228,"detail":229,"cites":230},"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.",[149],{"title":232,"detail":233,"cites":234},"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.",[149],{"title":236,"detail":237,"cites":238},"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.",[149],[],[157,158,159],[161],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":245,"proposals":247,"questions":252,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":253,"gaps":254,"headline":255},"taxes-and-budget",[246],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[248],{"title":249,"detail":250,"cites":251},"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.",[154],[],[157,158,159],[161],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":257,"paragraphs":258,"proposals":262,"questions":275,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":18,"searched":276,"gaps":278,"headline":281,"summary":282},"climate",[259,260,261],"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.",[263,267,271],{"title":264,"detail":265,"cites":266,"authority":92},"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.",[77],{"title":268,"detail":269,"cites":270},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[77],{"title":272,"detail":273,"cites":274},"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.",[77],[],[117,277],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[279,280],"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":284,"paragraphs":285,"proposals":287,"questions":292,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":293,"gaps":294,"headline":295},"culture",[286],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[288],{"title":289,"detail":290,"cites":291},"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.",[154],[],[157,158,159],[161],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":297,"paragraphs":298,"proposals":300,"questions":308,"state":33,"indexable":115,"checkedAt":6,"searched":309,"gaps":310,"headline":311},"child-care",[299],"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.",[301,305],{"title":302,"detail":303,"cites":304},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[154],{"title":224,"detail":306,"cites":307},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[149],[],[157,158,159],[161],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[313,317,321,325,329,333,337,341],{"question":314,"answer":315,"cites":316},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[11,30],{"question":318,"answer":319,"cites":320},"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.",[30],{"question":322,"answer":323,"cites":324},"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.",[77],{"question":326,"answer":327,"cites":328},"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.",[77],{"question":330,"answer":331,"cites":332},"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.",[77,110],{"question":334,"answer":335,"cites":336},"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.",[11],{"question":338,"answer":339,"cites":340},"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.",[131],{"question":342,"answer":343,"cites":344},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[345,346],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":348,"gaps":350,"entries":352},[20,349],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[351],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[356,360,363,369,373,378,381,384,388,391,394,397],{"id":11,"label":357,"url":358,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"checkedAt":18},"Green Party of Vancouver home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":131,"label":361,"url":362,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"checkedAt":18},"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":77,"label":364,"url":365,"publisher":366,"kind":367,"publishedAt":368,"checkedAt":18},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","Daily Hive","news","2026-09-16",{"id":110,"label":370,"url":371,"publisher":372,"kind":359,"checkedAt":18},"Vancouver Liberals home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F","Vancouver Liberals",{"id":30,"label":374,"url":375,"publisher":376,"kind":377,"checkedAt":18},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":345,"label":379,"url":39,"publisher":380,"kind":377,"checkedAt":18},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":346,"label":382,"url":383,"publisher":380,"kind":377,"checkedAt":18},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":385,"label":386,"url":387,"publisher":380,"kind":377,"checkedAt":18},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":154,"label":389,"url":390,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":173,"label":392,"url":393,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":149,"label":395,"url":396,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":398,"label":399,"url":400,"publisher":47,"kind":359,"publishedAt":401,"checkedAt":402},"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","2026-09-30","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":407,"title":408,"checkedAt":402,"context":409,"corrections":410,"extension":12,"headline":417,"intro":418,"meta":422,"pageCount":423,"party":354,"pillars":424,"questions":698,"slug":717,"sourceId":398,"sourceIds":718,"stem":719,"summary":720,"tagline":721,"updatedAt":401,"url":400,"__hash__":723},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json","Platform 2026",[],[411,414],{"page":412,"note":413},7,"The party updated the wording of \"Moratorium on micro-units\" for clarity.",{"page":415,"note":416},11,"The party fixed a typo under \"Decarbonizing new builds\". It once read \"keep fossil gas heating\" and now reads \"ban fossil gas heating\".","The Green Party of Vancouver 2026 platform, chapter by chapter",[419,420,421],"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.",{},"72",[425,468,502,546,579,621,662],{"slug":426,"title":427,"race":428,"order":429,"pages":430,"aim":433,"headline":434,"summary":435,"intro":436,"questions":440,"context":459},"sustainable-growth","Sustainable Growth","City Council",1,{"from":431,"to":432},4,16,"Responsible development that promotes livability, housing options, greenspaces, and resilient neighbourhoods while preparing Vancouver for the future.","Green Party of Vancouver on growth: housing, streets, trees, climate and waste","Sustainable Growth is the first section of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform. It proposes dynamic zoning, a pause on micro-suites, city land for co-ops, 30 km\u002Fh streets, converting 11% of streets to community use, a 3-30-300 tree goal and a gas heating ban in new buildings.",[437,438,439],"The Green Party of Vancouver opens its 2026 platform with Sustainable Growth, a section on pages 4 to 16. Its chapters cover city planning, housing, transportation, green buildings, trees and nature, infrastructure, and waste, and every chapter is aimed at decisions made by City Council. The party states the aim of the section as \"Responsible development that promotes livability, housing options, greenspaces, and resilient neighbourhoods while preparing Vancouver for the future.\"","The largest commitments are spread across the chapters. On housing, the Greens would use city-owned land for affordable housing and co-ops, pause micro-suites as small as 250 sq ft, and offer pre-approved home designs. On streets, they would expand 30 km\u002Fh limits, add bike lanes on Broadway and convert at least 11% of streets from car use to community use. On climate, they would bring back a ban on fossil gas heating in new buildings, adopt a 3-30-300 goal for trees and green space, and end raw sewage outflows.","Most of these steps sit with City Council, which controls zoning, permits, city streets, Vancouver's own building bylaw and the capital plan. Several depend on others: TransLink runs buses and plans the SkyTrain line to UBC, the Province set the housing targets the party wants changed, BC Hydro runs the electrical grid, and the separately elected Park Board runs parks. On those points the party can only ask, negotiate or work alongside another body.",[441,444,447,450,453,456],{"question":442,"answer":443},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's Sustainable Growth platform?","Sustainable Growth is the first section of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform, with chapters on planning, housing, transportation, green buildings, ecosystems, infrastructure and zero waste. The party describes its aim as responsible development that promotes livability, housing options, greenspaces and resilient neighbourhoods (platform, page 4).",{"question":445,"answer":446},"What are the Vancouver Green Party's biggest housing promises for 2026?","The Greens would use city-owned land for affordable housing, co-ops and community land trusts, pause micro-suites as small as 250 sq ft, and offer pre-approved home designs. They also support 4 to 6 storey wood-frame apartments in all neighbourhoods (platform, pages 6 to 7).",{"question":448,"answer":449},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver propose for streets and transit?","The party would expand 30 km\u002Fh limits near parks and schools, add bike lanes on Broadway while the subway is built, and convert at least 11% of streets from car use to community use. It would work with TransLink on faster buses and seek a binding timeline for rapid transit to UBC (platform, pages 8 to 10).",{"question":451,"answer":452},"What are the Vancouver Greens' climate policies for buildings?","The Green Party of Vancouver would re-establish a ban on fossil gas heating for heat and hot water in new buildings, require green roofs on larger buildings, make solar easier to permit and return a standalone Sustainability and Climate Office to City Hall (platform, page 11).",{"question":454,"answer":455},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's plan for trees?","The Greens would strengthen tree protection bylaws, create a municipal arborist office, make occupancy permits depend on tree health reviews and require rezonings to add canopy. Their goal is the 3-30-300 rule: 3 trees in view of every home, a 30% canopy and a green space within 300m (platform, pages 12 to 13).",{"question":457,"answer":458},"Who would have the power to carry out the Green Party of Vancouver's Sustainable Growth plan?","Most of it is City Council's to decide, since Council controls zoning, permits, city streets, the building bylaw and the capital plan. The Greens' plans for buses and a UBC line depend on TransLink, their grid plans depend on BC Hydro, which the Province owns, and the housing targets they want changed were set by the Province (platform, pages 4 to 16).",[460,464],{"label":461,"url":462,"publisher":463,"checkedAt":402},"Millennium Line UBC Extension","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.translink.ca\u002Fplans-and-projects\u002Fprojects\u002Frapid-transit-projects\u002Fmillennium-line-ubc-extension","TransLink",{"label":465,"url":466,"publisher":467,"checkedAt":402},"BC Hydro: about us (provincial Crown corporation)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bchydro.com\u002Ftoolbar\u002Fabout.html","BC Hydro",{"slug":469,"title":470,"race":428,"order":471,"pages":472,"aim":475,"headline":476,"summary":477,"intro":478,"questions":482,"context":501},"affordable-living","Affordable Living",2,{"from":473,"to":474},17,22,"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.","Green Party of Vancouver on affordability: housing, transit, childcare and food","The Green Party of Vancouver's affordable living plan covers housing, transit costs, childcare and recreation, and food. It proposes a Vancouver Affordability Index, housing targets based on 30% of median household incomes, a public housing bond, a restored Renter's Office and cheaper childcare space.",[479,480,481],"Affordable Living is the second part of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform, on pages 17 to 22. It opens with one proposal for the whole section: a Vancouver Affordability Index that would track real household costs against local incomes. The party says this data would guide decisions on housing, transportation, taxes and planning, and that city policies should be judged by whether they make life more affordable for residents.","Housing is the largest chapter, and it opens with the Affordability Index. The Greens would base affordability targets on 30% of median household incomes, create a Vancouver Public Housing Bond, require affordable homes in large developments, and restore a Renter's Office paid for by the Empty Homes Tax. The other chapters cover cheaper transit and safer streets, childcare and recreation, and food security through food hubs, food recovery and community gardens.","City Council would act on most of these, because it controls zoning, permit fees, city staff and city-owned land. Some commitments depend on other bodies. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses, so the party can only press it for lower fares. Community centres belong to the separately elected Park Board. The platform also asks the Province and the federal government for housing money, including $2 billion from the federal government.",[483,486,489,492,495,498],{"question":484,"answer":485},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's Affordability Index?","The Green Party of Vancouver would create a Vancouver Affordability Index that tracks real household costs against local incomes. The party says the city would use this data to guide housing, transportation, taxation and planning decisions, and would judge its policies by whether they make life more affordable for residents (platform, page 17).",{"question":487,"answer":488},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver promise on the cost of living?","The Green Party of Vancouver's affordable living section covers housing, transit, childcare and recreation, and food. They include housing targets based on 30% of median household incomes, a public housing bond, low-income transit fares, below-market rent for childcare in City-owned buildings, and neighbourhood food hubs (platform, pages 17 to 22).",{"question":490,"answer":491},"What are the Vancouver Greens' biggest housing promises?","The Green Party of Vancouver would base affordability targets on 30% of median household incomes, create a Vancouver Public Housing Bond, require large developments to provide affordable homes or contribute land, homes or cash, and restore the Renter's Office using Empty Homes Tax money (platform, pages 17 to 19).",{"question":493,"answer":494},"Could Vancouver City Council deliver the Green Party's affordability plan alone?","Most of it, yes, because Council controls zoning, permit fees, city staff and city-owned land. Transit fares belong to TransLink, community centres belong to the Park Board, and the Green Party of Vancouver says it would ask the Province and the federal government for housing funding, including $2 billion from the federal government (platform, pages 19 to 21).",{"question":496,"answer":497},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver do for renters?","The Green Party of Vancouver would restore a Renter's Office at City Hall, strengthen the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy when rental housing is redeveloped, and create a fund to buy at-risk rental buildings. It says the Empty Homes Tax would pay for the Renter's Office (platform, pages 18 and 19).",{"question":499,"answer":500},"Which parts of the Green Party of Vancouver platform cover childcare and food?","Childcare, families and public recreation are on page 21 of the Green Party of Vancouver's platform, with faster approvals, lower permit fees and City-owned space for licensed childcare. Food security is on page 22, with neighbourhood food hubs, food recovery and community food gardens in every neighbourhood (platform, pages 21 and 22).",[],{"slug":503,"title":504,"race":428,"order":505,"pages":506,"aim":509,"headline":510,"summary":511,"intro":512,"questions":516,"context":538},"safety-and-wellbeing","Safety and Wellbeing",3,{"from":507,"to":508},23,31,"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.","Green Party of Vancouver on safety, health and homelessness","The Green Party of Vancouver's safety and wellbeing plan includes a 24\u002F7 outreach team called CROW, independent reviews of police spending, restored Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a wellbeing index, stricter mould rules for rentals, 30 km\u002Fhr streets and micro-cabin shelter villages.",[513,514,515],"Pages 23 to 31 of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform hold its plans for safety, health and homelessness. The party opens by saying people are worried about safety and disorder, and that ABC achieved little in its four years. The section's chapters cover community safety, clean streets and greenery, wellbeing, health, accessibility, and people without homes.","The largest chapter covers safety. The Greens would create an Office of Community Safety, a 24\u002F7 outreach team called CROW for non-emergency calls, city permit conditions for health and shelter sites aimed at fewer overdoses, and regular independent reviews of police spending, which the party says is 24% of the city budget. They would restore funding for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators and support the MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice, the recommendations of the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. Other chapters propose a wellbeing index, a stricter Standards of Maintenance By-law on mould in rentals, public washrooms, 30 km\u002Fhr streets, and small shelter villages of locking micro-cabins.","Most of these commitments fall to City Council, which sets the city budget, permits and bylaws. Some need other bodies. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police, the Park Board runs parks, community centres and street trees, and the province runs health services and sets school funding. Each chapter page names, for every commitment, the body that would have to act on it.",[517,520,523,526,529,532,535],{"question":518,"answer":519},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's plan for public safety?","The Green Party of Vancouver would create an Office of Community Safety, a 24\u002F7 outreach team called CROW for non-emergency calls, and de-escalation and restorative justice programs. It would also require regular independent reviews of police performance and more reporting from the Vancouver Police Board to Council (platform, pages 23 to 25).",{"question":521,"answer":522},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver say about the police budget?","The Green Party of Vancouver says police services take 24% of the city budget. It would require regular independent reviews so that police spending is based on evidence and open to the public, and wants the Police Board to report to Council on budgets and results (platform, page 25).",{"question":524,"answer":525},"How would the Vancouver Greens deal with homelessness and encampments?","The Green Party of Vancouver would provide places for unhoused people to gather and rest, expand daytime spaces and lockers, and build small shelter villages of locking micro-cabins with support staff. It would also reverse what it calls Sim's ban on supportive housing (platform, pages 23 and 31).",{"question":527,"answer":528},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver do about overdoses?","The Green Party of Vancouver would write city licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sites that aim to reduce public drug use and overdose risk and connect people to health care. The party would also create the CROW outreach team for non-emergency calls about people with addictions (platform, page 24).",{"question":530,"answer":531},"What are the Green Party of Vancouver's commitments on MMIWG2S+ and sex worker safety?","The Green Party of Vancouver would restore funding for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, which the platform says ABC cut this year, and support the MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations. MMIWG2S+ stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people (platform, page 25).",{"question":533,"answer":534},"Which parts of the Green Party of Vancouver's safety plan can City Council do on its own?","Council approves the city budget, permits and bylaws, so it could fund CROW, the safety office, shelter villages and street changes, and update the Standards of Maintenance By-law. The Green Party of Vancouver's police reviews need the Vancouver Police Board, park washrooms need the Park Board, and mental health services and school food funding depend on the province (platform, pages 23 to 31).",{"question":536,"answer":537},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver promise for seniors and people with disabilities?","The Green Party of Vancouver would bring back the Older Persons Planner job, make Vancouver an age-friendly city, and add curb cuts, tactile surfaces and audible crossings in every neighbourhood. It would also expand public washrooms through a citywide strategy (platform, page 30).",[539,543],{"label":540,"url":541,"publisher":542,"checkedAt":402},"National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and its final report","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca\u002Feng\u002F1448633299414\u002F1534526479029","Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada",{"label":544,"url":545,"publisher":376,"checkedAt":402},"City of Vancouver street tree guidelines: Street Tree By-law No. 5985 places care, custody and control of boulevard trees with the Board of Parks and Recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Ffiles\u002Fcov\u002FStreetTreeGuidelines.pdf",{"slug":547,"title":548,"race":428,"order":431,"pages":549,"aim":552,"headline":553,"summary":554,"intro":555,"questions":559,"context":578},"economic-development","Economic Development",{"from":550,"to":551},32,41,"Our job is to protect our businesses and industries, our arts and culture, and grow the next generation of local opportunity.","Green Party of Vancouver economic plan: small business, main streets, arts and food","The Green Party of Vancouver's economic plan, chapter by chapter. It would give small businesses one contact at City Hall, require redevelopments to replace affordable shop space, restore arts grants, protect industrial land and plan a Future Food Hub.",[556,557,558],"Economic Development is the fourth part of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform, on pages 32 to 41. It opens with the party's view that Vancouver leads in creativity, innovation, resilience and quality of life amid global economic disruption. It then covers City Hall service for business, main streets, arts and culture, employment land, new economies, food, and community wealth building.","The largest commitments are a Business Navigator Service that gives each small business one contact person at the city, a \"no net loss\" rule that would make major redevelopments replace the affordable commercial space they remove, and the return of arts staff and grants that the party says ABC's council cut. The Greens would also let qualified venues hold up to eight events a month for up to 60 people, write new zoning rules for large AI data centres, and plan a regional Future Food Hub.","Most of these items use powers City Council holds: zoning, business licences, permit fees, the city budget and city purchasing. A few depend on other governments. Property tax flexibility and commercial tenant protections would need the Province, which the party says it would work with or ask. Night transit is run by TransLink, and the Future Food Hub is described as regional infrastructure.",[560,563,566,569,572,575],{"question":561,"answer":562},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's plan for the economy?","The Green Party of Vancouver's economic plan, chapter by chapter. It includes a Business Navigator Service for small businesses, a no net loss rule for affordable commercial space, restored arts grants, protection for industrial land, new zoning rules for large data centres and a Future Food Hub (platform, pages 32 to 41).",{"question":564,"answer":565},"What would the Vancouver Greens do for small businesses?","The Vancouver Greens would cut red tape and permit costs, speed up approvals and give each small business one contact person through a Business Navigator Service. They would also require major redevelopments to replace affordable commercial space, and ask the Province for commercial tenant protections and property tax flexibility (platform, pages 32 to 34).",{"question":567,"answer":568},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver want to restore arts funding?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would restore and expand the arts and culture staffing and grants that it says ABC cut, create a City-funded Festival Fund and support Cultural Land Trusts that keep buildings for arts use (platform, page 36).",{"question":570,"answer":571},"What are the Vancouver Greens' plans for AI and data centres?","The Vancouver Greens would create new land use and zoning rules for hyperscale data centres, the large computer facilities that make extraordinary demands on power, water and local infrastructure. The party says these facilities must meet higher standards and give greater benefits to residents (platform, page 38).",{"question":573,"answer":574},"How would the Green Party of Vancouver protect jobs on industrial land?","The Green Party of Vancouver would protect employment and industrial lands from speculative conversion and keep them for manufacturing, logistics, marine industries and food processing. It would also grow jobs in building retrofits, clean technology and a circular economy (platform, page 37).",{"question":576,"answer":577},"Which parts of the Green Party of Vancouver's economic plan need another government?","Most of the plan uses City Council's own powers over zoning, licences, fees, the budget and purchasing. The Green Party of Vancouver says it would work with or ask the Province for property tax flexibility and commercial tenant protections. More night transit would need TransLink, and the Future Food Hub is described as regional infrastructure (platform, pages 34 to 40).",[],{"slug":580,"title":581,"race":428,"order":582,"pages":583,"aim":586,"headline":587,"summary":588,"intro":589,"questions":593,"context":612},"good-government","Good Government",5,{"from":584,"to":585},42,47,"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.","Vancouver Greens on City Hall: open budgets, ranked ballots, elected Park Board","The Green Party of Vancouver's Good Government plan would publish line-item budgets, support a voluntary lobbyist registry, work toward ranked ballots for mayor, pay city workers a Living Wage, keep an elected Park Board, and restore trust in the Police Board.",[590,591,592],"Good Government is the part of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform about how City Hall itself works. It runs from page 42 to page 47 and covers service to the public, open decision-making, the city budget, and relations with other governments. The party's stated aim is a City Hall that is transparent, accountable and earns the public's trust with every dollar and decision.","Most of the commitments are ones Council could carry out alone, because Council sets its own meeting rules, approves the budget and directs city staff. Among them, the Greens would pay city workers and major contractors a Living Wage, publish line-item budgets, set up a voluntary lobbyist registry, hold fewer closed meetings, reveal the final costs and revenues of FIFA, and let residents decide how a portion of city money is spent.","Some commitments depend on other governments. Ranked ballots for mayor, stronger integrity laws and the future of the elected Park Board are matters for the Province, which writes the Vancouver Charter. The Police Board is set up under the provincial Police Act. The platform also criticises Mayor Ken Sim and ABC on budget detail, public access, the Integrity Commissioner and the Police Board, and commits the party to work with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.",[594,597,600,603,606,609],{"question":595,"answer":596},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's plan for City Hall?","The Green Party of Vancouver's Good Government plan would pay city workers a Living Wage, publish line-item budgets, support a voluntary lobbyist registry, hold fewer closed meetings and expand public performance dashboards. It also backs ranked ballots for mayor and an elected Park Board (platform, pages 42 to 47).",{"question":598,"answer":599},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver support ranked ballots for mayor?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver says it would work with partners to bring ranked ballots to future mayoral elections, so voters can choose without worrying about vote-splitting. The Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, would have to change first (platform, page 44).",{"question":601,"answer":602},"Which parts of the Vancouver Greens' good government plan need the Province?","Ranked ballots, stronger integrity laws and the future of the elected Park Board all depend on the Province, which writes the Vancouver Charter. The Police Board is set up under the provincial Police Act, so Council cannot reform it alone. Budgets, meeting rules and a voluntary lobbyist registry are within Council's own powers (platform, pages 43 to 47).",{"question":604,"answer":605},"What do the Vancouver Greens say about Ken Sim's budgets?","The platform says that under Ken Sim, budget documents that once ran to hundreds of pages were reduced to two dozen. The Green Party of Vancouver would publish clear line-item budgets and reveal the final costs and revenues of FIFA (platform, page 46).",{"question":607,"answer":608},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver want to keep an elected Park Board?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would maintain an independent, elected Park Board with clear authority over parks, beaches, recreation, urban forestry and community facilities, and says major governance changes should go to public consultation (platform, page 47).",{"question":610,"answer":611},"Would the Vancouver Greens pay city workers a living wage?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would require the City and its major contractors to pay a Living Wage, so the people who deliver public services can afford to live in Vancouver. Council sets the pay rules in the city's own hiring and contracts (platform, page 43).",[613,617],{"label":614,"url":615,"publisher":616,"checkedAt":402},"Vancouver Charter, Part I, section 108: declaration of official election results","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fcomplete\u002Fstatreg\u002Fvanch_02","BC Laws, Province of British Columbia",{"label":618,"url":619,"publisher":620,"checkedAt":402},"Meet the Board: composition of the Vancouver Police Board under the Police Act","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouverpoliceboard.ca\u002Fabout\u002Fmeet-the-board\u002F","Vancouver Police Board",{"slug":622,"title":623,"race":623,"order":624,"pages":625,"aim":628,"headline":629,"summary":630,"intro":631,"questions":635,"context":654},"park-board","Park Board",6,{"from":626,"to":627},48,50,"Enhance urban ecosystems. No one priced out of public facilities.","Green Party of Vancouver Park Board platform: trees, fees, pools and budget","The Green Party of Vancouver's Park Board platform, pages 48 to 50, promises 5,000 new trees in place of old stumps, lower fees for swimming lessons and ice time, talks on co-managing parkland with three Nations, a new 50m pool, and $6m more city money for parks.",[632,633,634],"The Green Party of Vancouver sets out its plan for the elected Park Board on pages 48 to 50 of its 2026 platform. The Park Board is the body Vancouver voters elect separately to run parks, beaches, community centres, pools and rinks. The Greens split the section into chapters on urban ecosystems and fees, programs for all ages and abilities together with reconciliation, and facilities together with the board's budget.","The largest numbers in the section are the party's own. The Greens say they would remove 5,000 stumps and replant toward a 30% tree canopy, pilot three Miyawaki forests, build a new 50m pool at Hastings or Kensington, and return $6m to the Park Board budget. The platform puts the board's dependence on user fee revenue at 56% under ABC and calls it excessive.","Park Board commissioners could carry out most of these commitments, since the board controls parks and recreation sites. Others need City Council, which approves the capital plan and the city budget that funds the board, and some need the Province or the three Nations. The elected board exists under the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law. Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party campaigned to end it, and the Province withdrew a 2025 bill that the plan needed. In July 2026 ABC said it would run Park Board candidates and no longer seek to abolish the board.",[636,639,642,645,648,651],{"question":637,"answer":638},"What is in the Green Party of Vancouver's Park Board platform?","The Green Party of Vancouver's Park Board section has chapters on urban ecosystems and affordable access, programming for all generations and abilities, and facilities for the future. It covers tree planting, recreation fees, sports field bookings, reconciliation with three Nations, pools, community centres and the Park Board budget (platform, pages 48 to 50).",{"question":640,"answer":641},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver want to keep the elected Park Board?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver says it would celebrate and honour the independent elected Park Board and its 136 year role in local democracy. In July 2026 ABC also said it would run Park Board candidates and no longer seek to abolish the board (platform, page 50).",{"question":643,"answer":644},"What would Vancouver's Greens do about park and recreation fees?","The Greens say they would subsidize fees for swimming lessons, field permits and ice rentals and expand the Leisure Access Program for seniors and low income families. They would also cut what they call excessive dependence on user fee revenue, which the platform puts at 56% under ABC (platform, pages 48 and 50).",{"question":646,"answer":647},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver build for the Park Board?","The Green Party of Vancouver says it would renew Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew community centres, keep working on Britannia, and renew the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Kitsilano Pool, Kerrisdale and Britannia pools. It would also build a new 50m pool at Hastings or Kensington (platform, page 50).",{"question":649,"answer":650},"What do the Vancouver Greens promise on trees and green space?","The Greens say they would remove 5,000 existing stumps and plant new trees toward 30% tree canopy city-wide, starting with Strathcona, and pilot three Miyawaki forests. They would work with City Council on the 3-30-300 rule: three trees visible from every home, 30 per cent neighbourhood canopy, and green space within 300 metres (platform, page 48).",{"question":652,"answer":653},"Who has the power to carry out the Green Party of Vancouver's Park Board plan?","Park Board commissioners control parks, community centres, pools and rinks, so they could act on most items. City Council approves the capital plan and the budget that funds the board, so pool rebuilds and the $6m the Greens promise need Council's vote. The Green Party of Vancouver also names City Council, the School Board and three Nations as partners (platform, pages 48 to 50).",[655,658],{"label":656,"url":657,"publisher":366,"checkedAt":402},"ABC Vancouver will run Park Board candidates and no longer seek to abolish the board; the Province withdrew the 2025 Vancouver Charter bill (13 July 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fabc-vancouver-park-board-mayor-ken-sim-2026-election-approach",{"label":659,"url":660,"publisher":661,"checkedAt":402},"Vancouver mayor says he won't try to eliminate the park board if re-elected (13 July 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fca.news.yahoo.com\u002Fvancouver-mayor-says-won-t-222419316.html","CBC News, via Yahoo News Canada",{"slug":663,"title":664,"race":664,"order":412,"pages":665,"aim":668,"headline":669,"summary":670,"intro":671,"questions":675,"context":697},"school-board","School Board",{"from":666,"to":667},51,70,"Vancouver's public schools should give every student the opportunity to learn, belong and succeed.","The Green Party of Vancouver's plan for the Vancouver School Board","The Green Party of Vancouver's school board platform asks the Province for stable, multi-year school funding, puts classroom staff first in budgets, keeps seismic upgrades at the top of building priorities, requests a pause on AI chatbots in schools, and opens schools to child care and community use.",[672,673,674],"The school board section of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 51 to page 70 and sets out what the party's candidates for the Vancouver Board of Education would do. The party states its aim as 'Vancouver's public schools should give every student the opportunity to learn, belong and succeed.' It names four guiding principles: student success, equity, reconciliation and environmental stewardship. Its chapters cover school funding and budgets, support for students, safe and climate-ready buildings, schools as community spaces, and governance and reconciliation.","The party's own summary on page 52 lists its largest commitments. The Greens would press for stable, multi-year provincial funding, put teachers, educational assistants and counsellors first in budget decisions, and review school fees that keep students out. They would keep seismic safety at the top of capital priorities, citing 43 of 106 VSB buildings at high seismic risk, request a pause on AI chatbots in schools for a review, expand child care on school sites, and make board decisions easier for the public to follow.","The party says it would focus on what the board can deliver directly and be clear when provincial action and funding are needed. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. The Province sets teacher pay and the funding formula, and the platform itself looks to the Province for seismic and other capital funding. Street safety near schools depends on City Council, and several items are shared with the Park Board.",[676,679,682,685,688,691,694],{"question":677,"answer":678},"What is in the Green Party of Vancouver's school board platform?","The Green Party of Vancouver's school board platform, on pages 51 to 70, covers school funding and budgets, support for every student, safe and climate-resilient buildings, schools as community spaces, and governance and reconciliation. The party says its aim is for every student to have the opportunity to learn, belong and succeed (platform, page 51).",{"question":680,"answer":681},"What are the Vancouver Greens' top priorities for the Vancouver School Board?","The Greens' summary lists these priorities: fully fund public education and spend it responsibly, support the people who make schools work, remove barriers so every student can take part, make schools safe, healthy and climate-resilient, turn schools into community resilience hubs, and govern transparently while advancing reconciliation (platform, page 52).",{"question":683,"answer":684},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver want to pause AI chatbots in schools?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would request a pause on AI chatbots in schools so students, parents and educators can be consulted, with a full review of policy and procedures, including ethics and effects on thinking and learning (platform, pages 52 and 63).",{"question":686,"answer":687},"Can the Vancouver School Board fix school funding by itself?","The Province sets the funding formula and teacher pay, so the board can only ask for more. The Green Party of Vancouver says it would focus on what the board can deliver directly and be clear when provincial action and funding are required (platform, page 51).",{"question":689,"answer":690},"What would Green school trustees do about earthquake safety in Vancouver schools?","The Green Party of Vancouver would keep seismic safety at the top of the board's capital priorities, saying 43 of 106 VSB buildings remain at high seismic risk at an estimated $1.63 billion. It would ask the Province to approve and fund outstanding seismic projects (platform, page 61).",{"question":692,"answer":693},"How would the Vancouver Greens connect schools with the wider community?","The Greens would expand child care and after-school care on school sites, open more school gyms, fields, libraries and kitchens to community use outside class hours, and work with City Council and the Park Board on safer walking and cycling routes to school (platform, pages 64 and 65).",{"question":695,"answer":696},"How does the Green Party of Vancouver sum up its school board plan?","The Green Party of Vancouver closes with five aims: fund the classrooms, support the students, take care of our schools, connect schools to the community, and govern openly and responsibly. It says that when a solution sits outside the board's authority, it will say so clearly and build the partnerships required (platform, page 70).",[],[699,702,705,708,711,714],{"question":700,"answer":701},"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.",{"question":703,"answer":704},"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).",{"question":706,"answer":707},"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.",{"question":709,"answer":710},"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.",{"question":712,"answer":713},"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.",{"question":715,"answer":716},"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.","2026-platform",[],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver","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.",{"text":722,"page":429},"A city that works for you.","y9yZsOJsIyjqEIbsuNNrh9orG-l5t7sNzElD0zf7an0",[725,793,846,944,1004,1062],{"id":726,"title":727,"checkedAt":402,"context":728,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":729,"headline":734,"issues":735,"meta":736,"order":737,"pages":738,"paragraphs":739,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":743,"questions":770,"slug":789,"source":13,"stem":790,"summary":791,"__hash__":792},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--accessible-city.json","Accessible City",[],[730],{"value":731,"label":732,"page":733},"30 km\u002Fhr","Speed limit of the slower safer streets program the Greens would expand",30,"Vancouver Greens on access: 30 km\u002Fhr streets, public washrooms, seniors planner",[164,184],{},"5",{"from":733,"to":733},[740,741,742],"The Green Party of Vancouver groups its commitments on page 30 of its 2026 platform under the idea of a city that people of any age or ability can move through. The first is Vision Zero, the goal of ending traffic deaths. The party would spend on walking and cycling, accessible sidewalks, curb cuts and pedestrian bulges, which are sidewalk extensions that shorten the distance to cross. It would also expand the 30 km\u002Fhr slower streets program, which the platform describes as started by the Greens.","Public washrooms get their own commitment. The Greens call them essential city infrastructure and would plan them citywide: find the areas with too few, keep some open longer, and build them into plazas, community facilities and large public spaces. For washrooms in parks, the party says it would work with the elected Park Board to fund them properly, since that board runs Vancouver's parks.","Three items look at age. The Greens would make Vancouver an age-friendly city by building universal design, meaning design that works for people of all ages and abilities, into city planning. They would re-create the Older Persons Planner position, which the platform says was cut in recent budgets, to speak for seniors inside City Hall. For children and families, they list safe routes to school, accessible playgrounds, affordable recreation, child care and access to nature. The last item adds curb cuts, tactile surfaces that people with low vision can feel underfoot, and crossings that give sound signals.",[744,749,754,758,762,766],{"title":745,"detail":746,"page":733,"authority":747,"authorityNote":748},"People-First Streets","The Greens would pursue Vision Zero, the goal of no traffic deaths, by investing in active transportation, accessible sidewalks, curb cuts and pedestrian bulges, and by calming car traffic. They would expand what the platform calls the Green-initiated 30 km\u002Fhr slower safer streets program and speed up work to end traffic deaths.","city-council","The city owns and designs its streets and sidewalks, so Council can set these rules and fund this work.",{"title":750,"detail":751,"page":733,"authority":752,"authorityNote":753},"Public washrooms as essential infrastructure","The party would expand clean, safe and accessible public washrooms through a citywide strategy that finds underserved areas, extends hours where needed, and builds washrooms into plazas, community facilities and major public spaces. It would work with the elected Park Board to properly fund washrooms in parks.","city-with-others","Council can fund washrooms on streets and city sites, while park washrooms are the responsibility of the separately elected Park Board.",{"title":755,"detail":756,"page":733,"authority":747,"authorityNote":757},"Age-friendly city for every stage of life","The Greens would make Vancouver an age-friendly city from childhood to older age by building universal design, accessibility, safety, social connection and healthy aging into city planning and services.","Council directs city planning and sets how city services are delivered.",{"title":759,"detail":760,"page":733,"authority":747,"authorityNote":761},"Older Persons Planner","The party would re-instate the Older Persons Planner position, which the platform says was eliminated in recent budget cuts, to speak for seniors' needs across city policies and services.","City staff positions are paid from the budget Council approves each year.",{"title":763,"detail":764,"page":733,"authority":752,"authorityNote":765},"A city that works for kids is a city that works for everyone","The Greens would prioritize safe routes to school, accessible parks and playgrounds, affordable recreation, child care, family-friendly public spaces and access to nature.","Council controls streets and helps create child care spaces, while parks and playgrounds belong to the Park Board and child care licensing and subsidies are provincial.",{"title":767,"detail":768,"page":733,"authority":747,"authorityNote":769},"Curb cuts, tactile surfaces and audible crossings","The party would expand curb cuts, tactile surfaces that people with low vision can feel underfoot, audible crossing signals and other barrier-free features in every neighbourhood, so streets and public spaces work for people of any age or ability.","Sidewalks, crossings and traffic signals are part of the city streets that Council designs and funds.",[771,774,777,780,783,786],{"question":772,"answer":773},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver want 30 km\u002Fh speed limits?","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand the 30 km\u002Fhr slower safer streets program, which the platform describes as started by the Greens. It ties this to Vision Zero, the goal of ending traffic deaths, along with better sidewalks and curb cuts (platform, page 30).",{"question":775,"answer":776},"What would the Vancouver Greens do about public washrooms?","The Green Party of Vancouver calls public washrooms essential city infrastructure. It would plan them citywide, find underserved areas, extend hours and build washrooms into plazas and community facilities, and work with the elected Park Board to fund washrooms in parks (platform, page 30).",{"question":778,"answer":779},"What is the Older Persons Planner the Green Party of Vancouver wants to bring back?","It is a city staff position focused on seniors' needs in city policies and services. The Green Party of Vancouver says the job was eliminated in recent budget cuts and would re-instate it (platform, page 30).",{"question":781,"answer":782},"How would the Green Party of Vancouver make streets accessible for people with disabilities?","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand curb cuts, tactile surfaces, audible crossings and other barrier-free features in every neighbourhood. It would also invest in accessible sidewalks and pedestrian bulges as part of its Vision Zero commitment (platform, page 30).",{"question":784,"answer":785},"Who would have to act on the Green Party of Vancouver's accessibility plans?","City Council controls streets, sidewalks and crossings, so most of the Green Party of Vancouver's street changes are within its power. Park washrooms and playgrounds belong to the separately elected Park Board, and the party says it would work with that board (platform, page 30).",{"question":787,"answer":788},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver promise for kids and families?","The Green Party of Vancouver would prioritize safe routes to school, accessible parks and playgrounds, affordable recreation, child care, family-friendly public spaces and access to nature (platform, page 30).","accessible-city","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--accessible-city","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand the 30 km\u002Fhr slower streets program toward Vision Zero, add public washrooms through a citywide strategy, bring back the Older Persons Planner job, and add curb cuts, tactile paving and audible crossings in every neighbourhood.","dUYo4qNcmbj6yYEEAOlC1d2F5KdaolOidF5aA3JL_P4",{"id":794,"title":795,"checkedAt":402,"context":796,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":798,"headline":799,"issues":800,"meta":801,"order":802,"pages":803,"paragraphs":805,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":809,"questions":826,"slug":842,"source":13,"stem":843,"summary":844,"__hash__":845},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--clean-and-green.json","Clean and Green",[797],{"label":544,"url":545,"publisher":376,"checkedAt":402},[],"Vancouver Greens on clean streets: faster litter pickup, more bins, more trees",[184],{},"2",{"from":804,"to":804},26,[806,807,808],"Street cleaning and greenery fill page 26 of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform. The party says a clean city is a safe and welcoming city, and that the work starts with small tasks: picking up litter and debris and fixing minor damage before it grows. All of the page's commitments concern city streets, sidewalks and neighbourhood spaces.","For daily cleaning, the Greens promise faster action on litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and overflowing bins. They would add garbage, recycling and cigarette bins where many people walk, and clean streets more often near business districts, transit hubs, parks and schools. Against illegal dumping, the party would enforce the rules more strictly, especially against people who dump again and again, and give residents better tools to report problem spots. It also says it would work with businesses and property owners to keep public spaces clean.","The last commitment is about plants. The party would plant more trees, fund neighbourhood greening, and support community gardens, spaces for bees and other pollinators, and local volunteer care of green spaces. Street cleaning and garbage collection are city services that Council funds in its yearly budget. Tree planting is different. Under the city's Street Tree By-law, the Vancouver Park Board, a separately elected body, plants and cares for the trees along city streets as well as in parks, so the greening promise would need the board's work.",[810,814,818,822],{"title":811,"detail":812,"page":804,"authority":747,"authorityNote":813},"Commitment to our shared public spaces","The Greens commit to cleaner streets and greener neighbourhoods. The party says it would deal with litter, debris and minor maintenance problems early, to make public spaces cleaner, safer and more welcoming.","Council funds street cleaning and street maintenance in the city's yearly budget.",{"title":815,"detail":816,"page":804,"authority":747,"authorityNote":817},"Clean streets","The party promises faster response to litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and overflowing bins, more garbage, recycling and cigarette bins in high-traffic areas, and more street cleaning around business districts, transit hubs, parks and schools.","Street cleaning and public garbage bins are city services paid from the budget Council approves.",{"title":819,"detail":820,"page":804,"authority":747,"authorityNote":821},"Holding polluters accountable","The Greens would enforce the rules against illegal dumping more strictly, with a focus on people who dump again and again, build better reporting tools to find and fix problem areas quickly, and work with businesses and property owners to keep public spaces clean.","Council makes the city's bylaws on dumping and property upkeep, and city staff enforce them.",{"title":823,"detail":824,"page":804,"authority":752,"authorityNote":825},"Green neighbourhoods","The party would expand tree planting and neighbourhood greening projects, and support community gardens, spaces for pollinators such as bees, and local volunteer care of green spaces.","Under the city's Street Tree By-law, the separately elected Park Board plants and cares for street trees and park trees, while Council can fund greening on other city land.",[827,830,833,836,839],{"question":828,"answer":829},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver do about litter and garbage?","The Green Party of Vancouver promises faster response to litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and overflowing bins. It would add garbage, recycling and cigarette bins in high-traffic areas and clean streets more often near business districts, transit hubs, parks and schools (platform, page 26).",{"question":831,"answer":832},"How would the Vancouver Greens stop illegal dumping?","The Green Party of Vancouver would enforce the rules against illegal dumping more strictly, with a focus on people who dump again and again. It would also build better tools for reporting problem areas and work with businesses and property owners (platform, page 26).",{"question":834,"answer":835},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver plan to plant more trees?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would expand tree planting and neighbourhood greening projects and support community gardens, spaces for pollinators and local volunteer care of green spaces (platform, page 26).",{"question":837,"answer":838},"Why does the Green Party of Vancouver link clean streets to safety?","The Green Party of Vancouver says a clean city is a safe and welcoming city. It argues that fixing litter, debris and small maintenance problems early makes public spaces safer and more welcoming, which is why street cleaning sits in its safety section (platform, page 26).",{"question":840,"answer":841},"Who is responsible for street cleaning and trees in Vancouver?","City Council funds street cleaning and public garbage bins through the city budget. Under the city's Street Tree By-law, the Vancouver Park Board, a separately elected body, plants and cares for trees along city streets and in parks, so the Green Party of Vancouver's tree planting plan would need the board (platform, page 26).","clean-and-green","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--clean-and-green","The Green Party of Vancouver promises faster response to litter, illegal dumping, graffiti and full bins, more garbage, recycling and cigarette bins in busy areas, stronger action against illegal dumping, and more tree planting and community gardens.","gFMCoRm6LkujACY_1ZdNapm4Jb_paHUUWk67goREmTc",{"id":847,"title":848,"checkedAt":402,"context":849,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":851,"headline":863,"issues":864,"meta":865,"order":866,"pages":867,"paragraphs":868,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":873,"questions":918,"slug":940,"source":13,"stem":941,"summary":942,"__hash__":943},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--community-safety.json","Community Safety",[850],{"label":540,"url":541,"publisher":542,"checkedAt":402},[852,856,860],{"value":853,"label":854,"page":855},"24%","Share of the City of Vancouver budget spent on police services, according to the platform",25,{"value":857,"label":858,"page":859},"24\u002F7","Hours the proposed CROW outreach team would operate: all day, every day",24,{"value":861,"label":862,"page":855},"2026","The year the platform calls one of the deadliest for sex workers in Vancouver in recent memory","Vancouver Greens on safety: CROW outreach team and independent police reviews",[140,123],{},"1",{"from":507,"to":855},[869,870,871,872],"The Green Party of Vancouver lists its commitments on community safety on pages 23 to 25 of its 2026 platform. The first is a new Office of Community Safety. The party says this office would bring fire, police, licensing, property use and planning staff together, so that they deal with neighbourhood problems early and as one team. The platform also calls for safe places where unhoused people can gather, rest and get support, which the party says would reduce encampments and street disorder.","Several items put care and outreach ahead of fines and arrests. The Greens would write city licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sites, with the goal of less drug use in public, fewer overdoses and fewer problems for the blocks around them. They would create CROW, the Community Response Outreach Workers team: a 24\u002F7 team with its own phone number, separate from police and ambulance services, for non-emergency calls about people who are homeless, using drugs or at risk in other ways. The platform also asks for money for de-escalation training and for restorative justice, where the person who caused harm meets the people affected and works to repair it.","Page 25 turns to violence against women and sex workers. The platform says ABC's council cut funding this year for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a role recommended by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry led by Justice Wally Oppal, and the Greens would restore it. They also commit to the MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice. MMIWG2S+ stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people, and the Calls for Justice are the recommendations in the final report of the national inquiry on that subject. The party would add a city strategy and task force on intimate partner violence, which means violence by a current or former partner.","On policing, the Greens want regular independent reviews of police performance and more public reports from the Vancouver Police Board to Council. Council approves the police budget, and the Police Board directs the department, so the two policing items would need the board's cooperation. CROW, the safety office and the coordinator funding would be paid from the city budget, which Council approves each year.",[874,878,882,886,890,894,898,902,906,910,914],{"title":875,"detail":876,"page":507,"authority":747,"authorityNote":877},"Office of Community Safety","The Greens would create an Office of Community Safety that joins neighbourhood services such as fire, police, licensing, property use and planning into one planned approach. The party says the office would be built on the right of residents and visitors to feel and be safe.","Council can create a city office and direct city staff, but police take part only through the Vancouver Police Board, which directs the department.",{"title":879,"detail":880,"page":507,"authority":747,"authorityNote":881},"Street disorder and places to go","The party would provide safe places where unhoused and marginalized people can gather, rest, get support and connect with others. The platform says this would reduce encampments and street disorder and make the sharing of public spaces fairer.","Council funds shelter sites and city outreach and decides how city land and buildings are used.",{"title":883,"detail":884,"page":859,"authority":747,"authorityNote":885},"Overdose prevention, harm reduction, and community standards","The Greens would develop a legally workable set of city licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sites. The conditions would aim to reduce drug use in public and overdose risk, help people recover from intoxication and connect with health care, and limit effects on nearby areas, while requiring standards for service, cleanliness, public safety, accountability and good relations with neighbours.","Council sets the city's licence, zoning and permit rules, while health services and drug policy belong to the province and the federal government.",{"title":887,"detail":888,"page":859,"authority":747,"authorityNote":889},"Compassionate and consistent public space management","The party supports an approach to public spaces that puts diversion, outreach and connection to services before enforcement. The platform says public spaces must stay safe and open to everyone.","City staff manage streets and public spaces under Council's direction and budget.",{"title":891,"detail":892,"page":859,"authority":747,"authorityNote":893},"Safer communities through de-escalation","The Greens would invest in crisis intervention and de-escalation programs, which teach people how to calm a tense situation, for residents, businesses and communities. The platform says prevention and early action are effective public safety tools.","Council can fund training and community programs from the city budget.",{"title":895,"detail":896,"page":859,"authority":747,"authorityNote":897},"CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) Team","The party would create a 24\u002F7 mobile response team, separate from police and medical services, to handle non-emergency calls about people experiencing homelessness, addiction or other vulnerabilities. It would have its own phone number for neighbours, businesses, emergency services and partner agencies, and the party says it would cost less than current responses and reduce the workload of emergency services.","Council funds city outreach, so it could create and pay for this team from the city budget.",{"title":899,"detail":900,"page":859,"authority":752,"authorityNote":901},"Restorative Vancouver","The Greens would release funding the party says has stalled for made-in-Vancouver restorative justice programs, which bring together the person who caused harm and the people affected to repair it. The party wants restorative practices used in schools, community organizations, public institutions and community life, to make Vancouver a restorative city and reduce repeat offending.","Council can fund community programs, but using these practices in schools would need the Vancouver School Board, which runs them.",{"title":903,"detail":904,"page":855,"authority":747,"authorityNote":905},"MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice and sex worker safety","The platform says 2026 has been one of the deadliest years for sex workers in Vancouver in recent memory, and that ABC cut funding this year for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a role recommended by Justice Wally Oppal's Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. The Greens would restore that funding, keep supporting safety measures the party says it fought to protect earlier this year, and support the MMIWG2S+ (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people) Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations.","The coordinator positions are paid from the city budget, which Council approves each year.",{"title":907,"detail":908,"page":855,"authority":752,"authorityNote":909},"Intimate partner violence prevention strategy","The party would create a city strategy and a task force to prevent violence by a current or former partner. The plan would coordinate services, expand support for survivors, improve data and prevention education, and set clear responsibility for leading the work.","Council can set up a city strategy and task force, and coordinating services means working with the other governments and agencies that run them.",{"title":911,"detail":912,"page":855,"authority":752,"authorityNote":913},"Public safety accountability","The platform says police services take 24% of the city's budget. The Greens would require regular independent reviews of police performance, so that spending is based on evidence and is open and accountable.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department, so a review would need the board's cooperation.",{"title":915,"detail":916,"page":855,"authority":752,"authorityNote":917},"Transparent and non-partisan police governance","The Greens would ask the Vancouver Police Board for regular reports to Council on budgets, performance, priorities and community safety results. The platform says policing needs strong civilian oversight and freedom from political interference, while staying accountable to the public.","The Vancouver Police Board, a separate body from Council, directs the police, so Council can request these reports but the board provides them.",[919,922,925,928,931,934,937],{"question":920,"answer":921},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's CROW team?","CROW stands for Community Response Outreach Workers. The Green Party of Vancouver would create a 24\u002F7 mobile team, separate from police and medical services, with its own phone number, to answer non-emergency calls about people experiencing homelessness, addiction or other vulnerabilities. The party says it would cost less than current responses and reduce the workload of emergency services (platform, page 24).",{"question":923,"answer":924},"Would the Vancouver Greens cut the police budget?","The platform proposes reviews of police spending and names no cut. The Green Party of Vancouver says police services take 24% of the city budget and should face regular independent performance reviews so that spending is based on evidence and open to the public. It also wants the Vancouver Police Board to report to Council more often (platform, page 25).",{"question":926,"answer":927},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver say about sex worker safety?","The Green Party of Vancouver says ABC cut funding this year for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, a role recommended by Justice Wally Oppal's Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. The Greens would restore that funding and support the MMIWG2S+ Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations (platform, page 25).",{"question":929,"answer":930},"What would the Vancouver Greens do about overdoses and public drug use?","The Green Party of Vancouver would write city licence, zoning and permit conditions for health and shelter sites that aim to reduce public drug use and overdose risk and to connect people with health care. The conditions would also set standards for cleanliness, safety and relations with neighbours (platform, page 24).",{"question":932,"answer":933},"Can Vancouver City Council make the police report to it under the Green plan?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. The Green Party of Vancouver's plan asks the Police Board for regular reports to Council on budgets, performance and results, so the board would have to take part (platform, page 25).",{"question":935,"answer":936},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's Office of Community Safety?","It is a proposed city office that would join fire, police, licensing, property use and planning services into one approach to neighbourhood safety. The Green Party of Vancouver says it would act on problems early and be based on the right of residents and visitors to feel and be safe (platform, page 23).",{"question":938,"answer":939},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver have a plan on intimate partner violence?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would create a city strategy and task force to prevent intimate partner violence, meaning violence by a current or former partner. It would coordinate services, expand support for survivors, and improve data and prevention education (platform, page 25).","community-safety","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--community-safety","The Green Party of Vancouver proposes an Office of Community Safety, a 24\u002F7 outreach team called CROW that is separate from police, restored funding for Sex Worker Safety Coordinators, and regular independent reviews of police spending, which the party says is 24% of the city budget.","n0f4B8QRh7QvuILIo7SvzHwXThvXk73S7MSOlw5H1FI",{"id":945,"title":946,"checkedAt":402,"context":947,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":948,"headline":949,"issues":950,"meta":951,"order":952,"pages":953,"paragraphs":955,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":959,"questions":981,"slug":1000,"source":13,"stem":1001,"summary":1002,"__hash__":1003},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--healthy-city.json","Healthy City",[],[],"Vancouver Greens on health: mould rules for rentals, school food and cooling",[66,257,214],{},"4",{"from":954,"to":954},29,[956,957,958],"Page 29 of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform links health to housing, climate and food. One commitment would give every neighbourhood access to public spaces and buildings that stay safe during extreme heat, wildfire smoke and flooding, with more cooling and shade for the people most at risk. The party would also shape city plans around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a set of international goals on poverty, health, food and climate, which the Greens say would help the city win outside funding.","For renters, the Greens would update Vancouver's Standards of Maintenance By-law, the city rule that sets the minimum condition of rental homes. The new version would require landlords to fix mould, moisture, water damage and indoor air problems promptly, with stronger enforcement and tenant protection. Council writes and changes this bylaw itself. The party would also fund low-cost recreation programs and access to community facilities, and support walking and cycling as ways to stay active.","The last item concerns meals at school. The Greens would press the provincial and federal governments for a universal school food program that they pay for, and would have the city fill funding gaps when that money falls short. The platform credits city councillor Pete Fry with efforts to restore support for Vancouver School Board meal programs. School funding is set by the province, so the city's part would be advocacy plus any money Council chooses to add.",[960,964,968,972,976],{"title":961,"detail":962,"page":954,"authority":747,"authorityNote":963},"Climate justice and equity","The Greens would ensure every neighbourhood and resident has access to public spaces and buildings that stay safe during extreme heat, smoke, flooding and other climate emergencies, and would invest in cooling, shade and community resilience for those most at risk.","Council decides how city buildings and public spaces are used and what the city budget pays for.",{"title":965,"detail":966,"page":954,"authority":747,"authorityNote":967},"Healthy city, healthy communities","The party would align city work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to improve wellbeing, reduce poverty, strengthen food security, build climate resilience and create healthier communities. The platform says this would help Vancouver attract funding.","Council can adopt goals like these as city policy and direct staff to report against them.",{"title":969,"detail":970,"page":954,"authority":752,"authorityNote":971},"Fitness for life","The Greens would fund affordable recreation programs and access to community facilities, and support active transportation such as walking and cycling, so residents can stay healthy and active at every stage of life.","Community centres and recreation programs are run by the separately elected Park Board, while Council controls streets and bike lanes.",{"title":973,"detail":974,"page":954,"authority":747,"authorityNote":975},"Standards of maintenance for healthy homes","The party would update Vancouver's Standards of Maintenance By-law to require timely repair of mould, moisture, water damage and indoor air quality problems, with stronger enforcement and tenant protections. The platform says no renter should have to live in unhealthy housing.","Council makes the city's rental and tenant-protection bylaws, so it can change this bylaw on its own.",{"title":977,"detail":978,"page":954,"authority":979,"authorityNote":980},"Sustainable school food funding","The Greens would advocate for a universal school food program paid for by the provincial and federal governments, and have Vancouver fill funding gaps when that money falls short. The platform says this builds on Pete Fry's efforts to restore support for Vancouver School Board (VSB) meal programs.","province","School funding is set by the province, so the city's role is to ask for the program and add its own money to fill gaps.",[982,985,988,991,994,997],{"question":983,"answer":984},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver do about mould in rental homes?","The Green Party of Vancouver would update the city's Standards of Maintenance By-law to require landlords to fix mould, moisture, water damage and indoor air problems promptly. The party would also strengthen enforcement and tenant protections (platform, page 29).",{"question":986,"answer":987},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver support free school meals?","The Green Party of Vancouver would advocate for a universal school food program paid for by the provincial and federal governments. It would have the city fill funding gaps when that money falls short, and credits Pete Fry with efforts to restore support for Vancouver School Board meal programs (platform, page 29).",{"question":989,"answer":990},"How would the Vancouver Greens protect people during heat waves and wildfire smoke?","The Green Party of Vancouver would ensure every neighbourhood has access to public spaces and buildings that stay safe during extreme heat, smoke and flooding. It would invest in cooling, shade and community support for the residents most at risk (platform, page 29).",{"question":992,"answer":993},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver say about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?","The Green Party of Vancouver would align city work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on wellbeing, poverty, food security and climate resilience. The party says this would help Vancouver attract funding while improving results for residents (platform, page 29).",{"question":995,"answer":996},"Can Vancouver City Council change the Standards of Maintenance By-law without the province?","Yes. The Standards of Maintenance By-law is a city bylaw, and Council makes the city's rental and tenant-protection bylaws. The Green Party of Vancouver's plan to require timely repair of mould and water damage is therefore within Council's power (platform, page 29).",{"question":998,"answer":999},"What would the Vancouver Greens do for fitness and recreation?","The Green Party of Vancouver would fund affordable recreation programs and access to community facilities, and support walking and cycling so residents stay active at every age. Community centres are run by the Park Board, so that part would need the board (platform, page 29).","healthy-city","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--healthy-city","The Green Party of Vancouver would update the Standards of Maintenance By-law so landlords must fix mould and water damage on time, provide cool and clean-air public spaces during heat and smoke, fund affordable recreation, and fill gaps in school food funding.","TyFcbhk6k6i9IkRMVprpvec19XrzehEThbPI-6OgKqg",{"id":1005,"title":1006,"checkedAt":402,"context":1007,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":1008,"headline":1009,"issues":1010,"meta":1011,"order":1012,"pages":1013,"paragraphs":1014,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":1018,"questions":1039,"slug":1058,"source":13,"stem":1059,"summary":1060,"__hash__":1061},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--unhoused-neighbours.json","Unhoused Neighbours",[],[],"Vancouver Greens on homelessness: day spaces, lockers and micro-cabin villages",[123,66],{},"6",{"from":508,"to":508},[1015,1016,1017],"Homelessness is the subject of page 31 of the Green Party of Vancouver's 2026 platform. The party describes people experiencing homelessness as among the city's most vulnerable residents and says it supports responses based on evidence that connect them to shelter, services and housing. Most of the page is about practical needs during the day: where to go, where to keep belongings, and where to sleep safely.","The Greens would expand low-barrier daytime spaces, meaning places with few entry rules, where people can reach services and housing help, store belongings and rest. They would also add secure storage and community lockers, so that people can keep their things safe while they look for work or housing. For sleeping, the party proposes rapid shelter villages: small groups of private micro-cabins that lock, with storage, washrooms and support staff on site. The platform says each resident would have case management, which is one worker who follows their housing plan, and a goal for moving into permanent housing.","The last item is about supportive housing, which is housing with staff on site to help tenants. The platform calls for reversing what it names Sim's housing ban, referring to Mayor Ken Sim, and says the ban has led to more people living on the street. The Greens would instead use occupancy permits, the city approval a building needs before people can move in, to require proper staffing and services. Council decides where supportive housing is approved, so this commitment is within its power.",[1019,1023,1027,1031,1035],{"title":1020,"detail":1021,"page":508,"authority":752,"authorityNote":1022},"Meeting people where they are","The Greens say they support compassionate, evidence-based responses that connect people experiencing homelessness to shelter, services and housing while treating everyone with dignity and respect.","Council funds city outreach and shelter sites, while health services are provincial.",{"title":1024,"detail":1025,"page":508,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1026},"Daytime shelters and places to be","The party would expand low-barrier daytime spaces, places with few entry rules, where people experiencing homelessness can access services, connect with housing supports, store belongings and rest during the day.","Council funds shelter sites and decides how city buildings and land are used.",{"title":1028,"detail":1029,"page":508,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1030},"Secure storage solutions for people without homes","The Greens would expand secure storage facilities and community lockers for people experiencing homelessness, so their belongings are protected while they access services, look for work and work toward permanent housing.","Council can fund storage sites and lockers from the city budget and place them on city property.",{"title":1032,"detail":1033,"page":508,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1034},"Reverse ban on supportive housing","The party would reverse what the platform calls Sim's housing ban, which it says has led to more unhoused people on the streets. It would use occupancy permit requirements to make sure supportive housing is staffed and serviced for good living conditions and good relations with neighbours.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved and controls the city's permits, including occupancy permits.",{"title":1036,"detail":1037,"page":508,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1038},"Rapid shelter villages","The Greens would set up small shelter villages with private, locking micro-cabins, storage, sanitation and on-site supports as a safe alternative to sleeping on the street. Each resident would have a clear path to permanent housing, case management and a housing placement goal.","Council funds shelter sites and approves the use of city land for them.",[1040,1043,1046,1049,1052,1055],{"question":1041,"answer":1042},"What would the Green Party of Vancouver do about homelessness?","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand daytime spaces and secure storage for people without homes and build small shelter villages of locking micro-cabins with on-site support. It would also reverse what it calls Sim's ban on supportive housing (platform, page 31).",{"question":1044,"answer":1045},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver support tiny home villages for unhoused people?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would set up rapid shelter villages with private, locking micro-cabins, storage, sanitation and support staff on site. The party says every resident would have case management and a goal for moving into permanent housing (platform, page 31).",{"question":1047,"answer":1048},"What is the supportive housing ban the Vancouver Greens want to reverse?","The Green Party of Vancouver's platform calls it Sim's housing ban, referring to Mayor Ken Sim, and says it has led to more people living on the street. The Greens would reverse it and use occupancy permits to require proper staffing and services in supportive housing (platform, page 31).",{"question":1050,"answer":1051},"Would the Green Party of Vancouver provide lockers for homeless people?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver would expand secure storage facilities and community lockers so people experiencing homelessness can protect their belongings while they access services, look for work and seek housing (platform, page 31).",{"question":1053,"answer":1054},"Can Vancouver City Council decide on supportive housing by itself?","Council decides where supportive housing is approved and controls the city's permits. The Green Party of Vancouver's plan to reverse the ban and use occupancy permits to require staffing is therefore within Council's power, while health services for residents are provincial (platform, page 31).",{"question":1056,"answer":1057},"What are the Green Party of Vancouver's daytime spaces for unhoused people?","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand low-barrier daytime spaces, places with few entry rules, where people experiencing homelessness can reach services and housing help, store belongings and rest (platform, page 31).","unhoused-neighbours","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--unhoused-neighbours","The Green Party of Vancouver would expand daytime spaces and secure storage for people without homes, build small shelter villages of locking micro-cabins with on-site support, and reverse what it calls Mayor Ken Sim's ban on supportive housing, using occupancy permits to require staffing.","Grnch9Q6gLEbj5yuohy_poSCl2pWczCkIobvYWkQsGg",{"id":1063,"title":1064,"checkedAt":402,"context":1065,"document":717,"extension":12,"figures":1070,"headline":1075,"issues":1076,"meta":1078,"order":1079,"pages":1080,"paragraphs":1082,"party":354,"pillar":503,"proposals":1086,"questions":1115,"slug":1134,"source":13,"stem":1135,"summary":1136,"__hash__":1137},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--wellbeing.json","Wellbeing",[1066],{"label":1067,"url":1068,"publisher":1069,"checkedAt":402},"The City of Vancouver planned a suicide-prevention barrier on the Granville Bridge, coordinated with the bridge connector project","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.straight.com\u002Fnews\u002F1301391\u002Fsuicide-prevention-barrier-be-installed-city-vancouver-granville-bridge","The Georgia Straight",[1071],{"value":1072,"label":1073,"page":1074},"September 2025","When the platform says the City of Vancouver shut down its standalone Equity Office",27,"Vancouver Greens on wellbeing: a wellbeing index and a restored Equity Office",[1077,284],"governance",{},"3",{"from":1074,"to":1081},28,[1083,1084,1085],"The Green Party of Vancouver sets out its commitments on wellbeing across pages 27 and 28 of its 2026 platform. The central idea is a wellbeing index. The party describes it as a measure of how people are doing in housing, health, income, safety, social connection, the environment and life satisfaction, used alongside economic measures such as GDP, the total value of what an economy produces. The Greens say the city would use the index to check whether its policies improve residents' lives.","Four commitments deal with equity and inclusion. According to the platform, the City of Vancouver closed its standalone Equity Office in September 2025. The party says that office coordinated equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism and reconciliation work across city departments, and the Greens would bring this work back into city policy. They would also support cultural festivals and gathering spaces for Indigenous, immigrant and cultural communities, and fund anti-racism and education work against discrimination based on race, disability or age.","Page 28 covers loneliness and mental health. The Greens would fund community programs, gathering spaces, recreation, arts and volunteering to bring people together. On mental health, the party would press other governments for more services and work with health authorities and non-profits. It also commits to completing what the platform calls means prevention on the Granville Bridge, which here means physical barriers that stop people from jumping, as part of the bridge upgrades. Health services are provincial, so on mental health care the city's role would be to ask the province for more.",[1087,1091,1095,1099,1103,1107,1111],{"title":1088,"detail":1089,"page":1074,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1090},"Wellbeing Index","The Greens would bring in a wellbeing index for the City of Vancouver to measure how residents are doing on core issues. The platform describes it as a tool that uses indicators such as housing, health, income, safety, social connection, environmental quality and life satisfaction, alongside economic measures like GDP.","Council can direct city staff to collect and report these measures.",{"title":1092,"detail":1093,"page":1074,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1094},"A city of equity","The party says it would support policies and strategies centred on equity and inclusion, so that marginalized, racialized and underrepresented communities have real access to opportunity, services and decision-making.","Council sets city policy and decides how city services are delivered.",{"title":1096,"detail":1097,"page":1074,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1098},"Celebrate cultural communities","The Greens would support community-led cultural projects, festivals, gathering spaces and programs that strengthen Vancouver's Indigenous, immigrant and cultural communities.","Council funds cultural grants and spaces and licenses festivals and events.",{"title":1100,"detail":1101,"page":1074,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1102},"Equity office","The platform says the City of Vancouver shut down its standalone Equity Office in September 2025, an office created to coordinate equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism and reconciliation work across city departments. The Greens would re-embed this work as core city policy.","Council decides how city departments are organized and funded in the city budget.",{"title":1104,"detail":1105,"page":1074,"authority":747,"authorityNote":1106},"Inclusive communities","The party would support city-led and community-based anti-racism work, cultural redress, reconciliation, education and partnerships that address discrimination, ableism (unfair treatment of people with disabilities) and ageism (unfair treatment based on age).","Council can fund city programs and community partners through the city budget.",{"title":1108,"detail":1109,"page":1081,"authority":752,"authorityNote":1110},"Social isolation","The Greens would invest in community-building programs, gathering spaces, recreation, arts and volunteer opportunities that bring people together and reduce social isolation.","Council funds arts and community programs, while community centres and recreation are run by the separately elected Park Board.",{"title":1112,"detail":1113,"page":1081,"authority":979,"authorityNote":1114},"Mental health","The party would advocate for more mental health services, support community wellness programs, and work more closely with health authorities, non-profits and community groups. The Greens also commit to completing means prevention on the Granville Bridge, meaning barriers to prevent suicide, as part of the bridge upgrades.","Health services are provincial, so the city can only ask for more, but the Granville Bridge barrier is a City of Vancouver project that Council can fund.",[1116,1119,1122,1125,1128,1131],{"question":1117,"answer":1118},"What is the Green Party of Vancouver's wellbeing index?","The Green Party of Vancouver would bring in a wellbeing index to measure how residents are doing. The party says it would track housing, health, income, safety, social connection, environmental quality and life satisfaction alongside economic measures like GDP, to check whether city policies improve people's lives (platform, page 27).",{"question":1120,"answer":1121},"Would the Vancouver Greens bring back the city's Equity Office?","The Green Party of Vancouver says the city shut down its standalone Equity Office in September 2025. The party would re-embed the office's work on equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism and reconciliation as core city policy (platform, page 27).",{"question":1123,"answer":1124},"What does the Green Party of Vancouver propose for mental health?","The Green Party of Vancouver would advocate for more mental health services, support community wellness programs and work more closely with health authorities and non-profits. It also commits to completing barriers to prevent suicide on the Granville Bridge as part of the bridge upgrades (platform, page 28).",{"question":1126,"answer":1127},"Does the Green Party of Vancouver support a suicide barrier on the Granville Bridge?","Yes. The Green Party of Vancouver commits to completing what it calls means prevention infrastructure, physical barriers that stop people from jumping, as part of the Granville Bridge upgrades (platform, page 28).",{"question":1129,"answer":1130},"How would the Vancouver Greens reduce loneliness and social isolation?","The Green Party of Vancouver would invest in community-building programs, gathering spaces, recreation, arts and volunteer opportunities that bring people together. The party says a healthier city is one where everyone feels connected and included (platform, page 28).",{"question":1132,"answer":1133},"Can Vancouver City Council expand mental health services on its own?","Health services are provincial, so Council's role is to ask the province for more. The Green Party of Vancouver's plan says the party would advocate for more services and work with health authorities, and the Granville Bridge barrier is the part the city controls (platform, page 28).","wellbeing","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver\u002Fsafety-and-wellbeing--wellbeing","The Green Party of Vancouver would bring in a wellbeing index to measure how residents are doing, re-establish the equity work of the Equity Office it says the city closed in September 2025, fund programs against social isolation, and complete barriers to prevent suicide on the Granville Bridge.","eieg0IAQM8UYNl3okyHpJEmldyoyfT71Y4KZvMh8NMg",[1139,1147,1156,1162,1168,1174,1180,1188,1195,1201,1209,1215,1221,1227,1233,1239,1247,1253,1259,1267,1275,1281,1287,1293,1299,1307,1313,1319,1323,1329,1336,1342,1348,1354,1360,1366,1372,1380,1386,1392,1397,1403,1409,1415,1421,1427,1433,1439,1446,1452,1458,1463,1469,1475,1481,1486,1492,1498,1504,1510,1516,1522,1528,1535,1541,1547,1553,1560,1566,1573,1579,1585,1590,1596,1601,1607,1613,1619,1625,1631,1637,1643,1649,1655,1660,1666,1672,1679,1685,1691,1696,1702,1707,1713,1718,1723,1728,1734,1739,1745,1751,1756,1762,1768,1773,1778,1783,1788,1794,1800,1806,1812,1818,1824,1830,1836,1842,1848,1854,1859,1865,1871,1877,1882,1888,1894,1900,1906,1912],{"slug":1140,"name":1141,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1142,"currentRole":13,"headline":1143,"sample":17,"party":1144},"alex-tkach","Alex Tkach","225","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 225.",{"name":1145,"url":1146},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002F",{"slug":1148,"name":1149,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1150,"currentRole":1151,"headline":1152,"sample":17,"party":1153},"alfred-chien","Alfred Chien (錢育廷)","305","Vancouver School Board trustee","Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.",{"name":1154,"url":1155},"ABC Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1157,"name":1158,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1159,"currentRole":13,"headline":1160,"sample":17,"party":1161},"alisha-masongsong","Alisha Masongsong","303","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 303.",{"name":47,"url":358},{"slug":1163,"name":1164,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1165,"currentRole":13,"headline":1166,"sample":17,"party":1167},"allan-fawley","Allan Fawley","201","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 201.",{"name":1145,"url":1146},{"slug":1169,"name":1170,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1171,"currentRole":13,"headline":1172,"sample":17,"party":1173},"amanda-bains","Amanda Bains","221","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 221.",{"name":372,"url":371},{"slug":1175,"name":1176,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1177,"currentRole":13,"headline":1178,"sample":17,"party":1179},"amanda-boggan","Amanda Boggan","110","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 110.",{"name":1145,"url":1146},{"slug":1181,"name":1182,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1183,"currentRole":13,"headline":1184,"sample":17,"party":1185},"amarys-joseph","Amarys Joseph","319","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 319.",{"name":1186,"url":1187},"Vote Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1189,"name":1190,"office":1191,"ballotNumber":1192,"currentRole":1193,"headline":1194,"sample":17,"party":13},"amauri-caliman","Amauri Caliman","Mayor","55","Independent mayoral candidate","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 55.",{"slug":1196,"name":1197,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1198,"currentRole":13,"headline":1199,"sample":17,"party":1200},"amir-bajehkian","Amir Bajehkian","223","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 223.",{"name":372,"url":371},{"slug":1202,"name":1203,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1204,"currentRole":13,"headline":1205,"sample":17,"party":1206},"andy-lin","Andy Lin","140","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 140.",{"name":1207,"url":1208},"Bright Future Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1210,"name":1211,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1212,"currentRole":13,"headline":1213,"sample":17,"party":1214},"annette-reilly","Annette Reilly","102","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 102.",{"name":47,"url":358},{"slug":1216,"name":1217,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1218,"currentRole":13,"headline":1219,"sample":17,"party":1220},"arezo-zarrabian","Arezo Zarrabian","126","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 126.",{"name":1154,"url":1155},{"slug":1222,"name":1223,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1224,"currentRole":13,"headline":1225,"sample":17,"party":1226},"armor-valor","Armor Valor","125","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 125.",{"name":372,"url":371},{"slug":1228,"name":1229,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1230,"currentRole":13,"headline":1231,"sample":17,"party":1232},"bhavna-solecki","Bhavna Solecki","115","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 115.",{"name":1186,"url":1187},{"slug":1234,"name":1235,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1236,"currentRole":13,"headline":1237,"sample":17,"party":1238},"bilal-khan","Bilal Khan","122","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 122.",{"name":1207,"url":1208},{"slug":1240,"name":1241,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1242,"currentRole":13,"headline":1243,"sample":17,"party":1244},"blair-coleman","Blair Coleman","309","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 309.",{"name":1245,"url":1246},"TrueBlue Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",{"slug":1248,"name":1249,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1250,"currentRole":13,"headline":1251,"sample":17,"party":1252},"breanne-smart","Breanne Smart","216","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 216.",{"name":47,"url":358},{"slug":1254,"name":1255,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1256,"currentRole":13,"headline":1257,"sample":17,"party":1258},"bridget-burns","Bridget Burns","141","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 141.",{"name":47,"url":358},{"slug":1260,"name":1261,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1262,"currentRole":13,"headline":1263,"sample":17,"party":1264},"brynja-marshall","Brynja Marshall","224","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 224.",{"name":1265,"url":1266},"Independent Parks Party","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",{"slug":1268,"name":1269,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1270,"currentRole":13,"headline":1271,"sample":17,"party":1272},"caitlin-stockwell","Caitlin Stockwell","149","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 149.",{"name":1273,"url":1274},"OneCity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1276,"name":1277,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1278,"currentRole":13,"headline":1279,"sample":17,"party":1280},"cam-rothery","Cam Rothery","213","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 213.",{"name":1265,"url":1266},{"slug":1282,"name":1283,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1284,"currentRole":13,"headline":1285,"sample":17,"party":1286},"camil-dumont","Camil Dumont","119","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 119.",{"name":47,"url":358},{"slug":1288,"name":1289,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1290,"currentRole":13,"headline":1291,"sample":17,"party":1292},"charles-kelly","Charles Kelly","117","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 117.",{"name":1145,"url":1146},{"slug":1294,"name":1295,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1296,"currentRole":13,"headline":1297,"sample":17,"party":1298},"cheryl-grant","Cheryl Grant","232","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 232.",{"name":1154,"url":1155},{"slug":1300,"name":1301,"office":428,"ballotNumber":1302,"currentRole":13,"headline":1303,"sample":17,"party":1304},"chloe-leslie","Chloe Leslie","124","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 124.",{"name":1305,"url":1306},"COPE","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",{"slug":1308,"name":1309,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1310,"currentRole":13,"headline":1311,"sample":17,"party":1312},"chris-qiu","Chris Qiu (仇云霞)","227","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 227.",{"name":1154,"url":1155},{"slug":1314,"name":1315,"office":623,"ballotNumber":1316,"currentRole":13,"headline":1317,"sample":17,"party":1318},"christian-kyle","Christian Kyle","218","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 218.",{"name":1154,"url":1155},{"slug":1320,"name":1321,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1322,"currentRole":1151,"headline":1152,"sample":17,"party":13},"christopher-jk-richardson","Christopher JK Richardson","317",{"slug":1324,"name":1325,"office":664,"ballotNumber":1326,"currentRole":13,"headline":1327,"sample":17,"party":1328},"christopher-lee","Christopher Lee (李基鵬)","325","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 325.",{"name":1273,"url":1274},{"slug":1330,"name":1331,"office":1191,"ballotNumber":1332,"currentRole":1333,"headline":1334,"sample":17,"party":1335},"colleen-hardwick","Colleen Hardwick","50","Former Vancouver city councillor","Former Vancouver city councillor running for 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