Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach
What Independent Parks Party has published about city taxes and the capital plan, and what it has not.
CITY TAXES AND THE CAPITAL PLAN
Independent Parks Party on taxes and budget
Two positions are about money the Park Board itself controls: a parking fee increase it would reverse, and a delegated authority to approve outsourcing contracts, which the platform says rose from $750,000 to $2 million and should be repealed.
A third position names a strategy, the "Think Big Revenue Strategy", that it says has led to inappropriate commercialization, and would rescind it.
4 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
Reverse the parking fee increases at Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre
The party would rescind what it calls exponential parking fee hikes on Park Board land, naming Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre.
Repeal the increase in delegated outsourcing authority
The party would repeal a Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that it says raised the threshold for staff to approve outsourcing contracts without a Board vote from $750,000 to $2 million.
- Who has the power
- This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.
Rescind the "Think Big Revenue Strategy"
The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.
Reduce fees for farmers markets on Park Board land
Fees on farmers and shoppers who park at farmers markets on Park Board land, including Riley Park, would be reduced or removed.
What is not published
- The platform names no individual candidate as its author, so no page below credits one of the five personally.
Sources
A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true.
- Independent Parks Party website SAYS SO ITSELFIndependent Parks Party · checked
- Who is running: official 2026 candidate list City of Vancouver · checked
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- Independent Parks Party platform, 33 numbered positions SAYS SO ITSELFIndependent Parks Party · checked