[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":5778},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-onecity":3,"platform-onecity-2026-platform":377,"platform-chapters-onecity-2026-platform-all":648,"party-roster-OneCity":1652,"parties-all":2435,"platforms-all":5764},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":14,"history":15,"leadership":25,"logo":13,"meta":26,"money":27,"name":42,"news":43,"overview":49,"palette":53,"platform":58,"questions":271,"record":307,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":42,"slug":313,"sources":314,"stem":374,"summary":375,"website":317,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":376},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#e24853","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"onecity-home","json",null,"4,000 homes on city land, and no mayoral candidate",{"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.",[],[],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":29,"gaps":32,"searchUrl":34,"filings":35,"notes":36},"researched",[30,31],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[33],"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",[],[37,38,39,40,41],"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.","OneCity",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":44,"gaps":46,"entries":48},[45],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[47],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[50,51,52],"OneCity is running 13 candidates: 5 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Like COPE, it is not running a mayoral candidate.","Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\" when we checked on September 22, 2026, so what is recorded here comes from the commitments published on its home page.","The party publishes two figures about its own funding that are unusual to disclose: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. These are the party’s own figures.",{"accent":54,"onAccent":55,"tint":56,"ink":57},"#DE2E3A","#FFFFFF","#F7E3E5","#7A1F25",[59,91,123,172,192,205,215,243,250,257],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":61,"proposals":65,"questions":76,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":82,"gaps":85,"headline":89,"summary":90},"housing",[62,63,64],"This is the largest published housing number on the 2026 ballot. OneCity commits to 4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns.","Building on city land is the lever a council actually controls directly, because the city does not have to buy the land first.","OneCity’s site said a full platform was coming when we checked on September 22, 2026, so no timeline, cost or site list has been published alongside the 4,000 figure.",[66,72],{"title":67,"detail":68,"cites":69,"cost":70,"authority":71},"Build 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.",[11],"Not published","The city owns the land and can direct its use.",{"title":73,"detail":74,"cites":75},"Strengthen protections for low-income seniors and renters","OneCity commits to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",[11],[77],{"question":78,"answer":79,"cites":80},"Is 4,000 homes a lot?","It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election. OneCity has not published a timeline, a cost or a list of sites alongside it, so there is no way yet to check whether it is achievable in one four-year term.",[11],true,[83,84],"The OneCity home page","A web search for the OneCity 2026 platform, September 2026",[86,87,88],"No timeline is published for the 4,000 homes.","No cost is published.","No list of city-owned sites is published.","4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns, and to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":93,"proposals":96,"questions":115,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":116,"gaps":120,"headline":122},"homelessness",[94,95],"The party's housing release, The Way Home & Housing for All, includes a section on homelessness and supportive housing alongside its wider housing plan.","It pairs ending a City ban on new supportive housing with a new public engagement process and a standard for city-funded shelters.",[97,103,107,111],{"title":98,"detail":99,"cites":100,"authority":102},"End the ban on new supportive housing","The party would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.",[101],"onecity-housingforall","Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":104,"detail":105,"cites":106},"A new public engagement process for supportive housing projects","A new Office of Community Engagement would run public engagement on supportive housing proposals, aimed at helping more of them succeed.",[101],{"title":108,"detail":109,"cites":110},"A Vancouver Shelter Standard","The party would create a standard for every city-funded shelter, so they are safe and welcoming.",[101],{"title":112,"detail":113,"cites":114},"A Community Land Trust Support Strategy","Non-profits would get the first right to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.",[101],[],[117,118,119],"The party's News page at https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews","The party website home page","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[121],"No cost or date is published for the shelter standard or the community land trust strategy.","End the ban on new supportive housing, and add a shelter standard",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":125,"proposals":128,"questions":167,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":168,"gaps":169,"headline":171},"public-safety",[126,127],"OneCity published a 10-point plan on September 25, 2026, grouped under three headings: a coordinated crisis response that does not always involve police, safer physical spaces, and public accountability for the Vancouver Police Department.","The plan quotes Councillor Lucy Maloney and Council candidates Caitlin Stockwell and Iona Bonamis, each also quoted on their own candidate records where they restate these points in their own words.",[129,134,138,142,146,150,154,158,162],{"title":130,"detail":131,"cites":132},"A coordinated crisis response, so police are not the only response","Trained mental health professionals and peer responders would take calls that do not need police, freeing police for organized and major crime and first responders for fire and medical emergencies.",[133],"onecity-safety",{"title":135,"detail":136,"cites":137},"Community violence intervention","Trusted community messengers, similar to Community Response and Crisis teams, would step in before conflict escalates.",[133],{"title":139,"detail":140,"cites":141},"Expand restorative justice","The party would build on the Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce repeat offending.",[133],{"title":143,"detail":144,"cites":145},"A Survivor Safety Fund and a Community Safety Table","Fast, low-barrier emergency money for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, delivered by frontline organizations, alongside a table to coordinate neighbourhood response.",[133],{"title":147,"detail":148,"cites":149},"ReLight Vancouver","Better-lit streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and a ban on hostile architecture (design meant to stop people using it, such as spiked benches) on city-owned benches and shelters.",[133],{"title":151,"detail":152,"cites":153},"Restore public garbage bins and expand recycling","The party would restore reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown, and publish a public map of bin locations.",[133],{"title":155,"detail":156,"cites":157},"Ban wearable recording devices in city facilities","Devices such as smart glasses that can record video would be banned in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces.",[133],{"title":159,"detail":160,"cites":161},"Regulate e-bike and e-scooter batteries","The city would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the province on a battery trade-in program, and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters.",[133],{"title":163,"detail":164,"cites":165,"authority":166},"An independent, published review of the Vancouver Police Department","A public organizational review of the VPD, on the same standard as other public services, to find where to invest, find efficiencies, and identify calls other responders could handle.",[133],"Council approves the police budget and can direct such a review.",[],[117,118,119],[170],"Most items name no dollar figure or completion date. The plan does not say how many crisis-response workers would be hired or what the review would cost.","A 10-point plan built around non-police crisis response and public accountability for the VPD",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":174,"proposals":177,"questions":187,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":188,"gaps":189,"headline":190,"summary":191},"transport",[175,176],"Transit signal priority means traffic lights hold green or turn green early for an approaching bus. The city owns and controls its traffic signals, so this is squarely within council’s power even though TransLink runs the buses.","OneCity publishes a target of about a 20% reduction in travel times. It is one of the few measurable transport targets on this ballot.",[178,183],{"title":179,"detail":180,"cites":181,"cost":70,"authority":182},"City-wide transit signal priority","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, targeting around a 20% reduction in travel times.",[11],"The city owns and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":184,"detail":185,"cites":186},"Reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at crossings","OneCity commits to reducing pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at crossings.",[11],[],[83],[],"City-wide transit signal priority, targeting 20% faster trips","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, publishing a target of roughly 20% shorter travel times.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":194,"proposals":196,"questions":201,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":202,"gaps":203,"headline":198,"summary":199},"parks",[195],"OneCity is running three Park Board candidates. Its published parks commitment is to renew community centres, pools and ice rinks. No cost or list of facilities is published.",[197],{"title":198,"detail":199,"cites":200,"cost":70},"Renew community centres, pools and ice rinks","OneCity commits to renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks.",[11],[],[83],[204,87],"No list of facilities is published.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":207,"proposals":208,"questions":209,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":210,"gaps":213},"schools",[],[],[],[211,119,212],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F","A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[214],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":217,"proposals":219,"questions":237,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":238,"gaps":239,"headline":241,"summary":242},"taxes-and-budget",[218],"OneCity’s published economic commitments centre on small business and on what the city requires of the people it pays.",[220,225,229,233],{"title":221,"detail":222,"cites":223,"authority":224},"Ensure public dollars fund fair wages","OneCity commits to ensuring public dollars fund fair wages.",[11],"Council sets its own procurement rules.",{"title":226,"detail":227,"cites":228,"cost":70},"Launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office","OneCity would launch an office to help entrepreneurs deal with the city.",[11],{"title":230,"detail":231,"cites":232,"cost":70},"Small-business micro-grants","OneCity commits to providing small-business micro-grants.",[11],{"title":234,"detail":235,"cites":236},"Modernise home-based business rules","OneCity would modernise the rules for running a business from home.",[11],[],[83],[240],"No property tax commitment is published.","Fair wages on public contracts, and small business support","OneCity would ensure public dollars fund fair wages, modernise home-based business rules, launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office and provide small-business micro-grants.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":245,"proposals":246,"questions":247,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":248,"gaps":249},"climate",[],[],[],[211,119,212],[214],{"issue":251,"paragraphs":252,"proposals":253,"questions":254,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":255,"gaps":256},"culture",[],[],[],[211,119,212],[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":259,"proposals":261,"questions":266,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":267,"gaps":268,"headline":263,"summary":270},"child-care",[260],"OneCity names child care among its published commitments but has not published a number of spaces, a cost or a timeline.",[262],{"title":263,"detail":264,"cites":265,"cost":70},"Create child care spaces across the city","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city.",[11],[],[83],[269],"No number of spaces is published.","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city. No number is published.",[272,277,281,285,289,294,298,302],{"question":273,"answer":274,"cites":275},"Is OneCity running a candidate for mayor?","No. It is running 13 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[276],"city-candidates",{"question":278,"answer":279,"cites":280},"What is OneCity’s main commitment?","4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns. It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election.",[11],{"question":282,"answer":283,"cites":284},"Has OneCity published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\". Everything recorded here comes from commitments on its home page.",[11],{"question":286,"answer":287,"cites":288},"What is transit signal priority?","Traffic lights hold green, or turn green early, when a bus is coming. The city owns its traffic signals, so it can do this without TransLink. OneCity publishes a target of about 20% shorter travel times.",[11],{"question":290,"answer":291,"cites":292},"How is OneCity funded?","The party publishes its own figures: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. Those are the party’s own numbers. Elections BC filings are where to check them.",[11,293],"ebc-search",{"question":295,"answer":296,"cites":297},"How many School Board candidates is OneCity running?","Five, tied with ABC for the largest school slate on this ballot.",[276],{"question":299,"answer":300,"cites":301},"Does OneCity have a published climate policy?","We found none on its website on September 22, 2026. Its full platform had not been published.",[11],{"question":303,"answer":304,"cites":305},"Where can I see OneCity’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[293,306],"ebc-org",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":308,"gaps":310,"entries":312},[20,309],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[311],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"onecity",[315,319,324,327,330,334,338,342,347,352,357,362,366,370],{"id":11,"label":316,"url":317,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"OneCity home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":133,"label":335,"url":336,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":337,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fprogressivepublicsafety","2026-09-25",{"id":101,"label":339,"url":340,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":341,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fhousingforall","2026-09-24",{"id":343,"label":344,"url":345,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-our-plans","Our Plans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Four-plans","2026-09-30",{"id":348,"label":349,"url":350,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":351,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-leap","OneCity Announces the second part of our Local Economic Action Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fleap","2026-08-17",{"id":353,"label":354,"url":355,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":356,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-builttolast","OneCity Vancouver Announces Built to Last, a Climate Crisis Building, Adaptation, and Retrofit Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilttolast","2026-08-07",{"id":358,"label":359,"url":360,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":361,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-hot-fun-cool","OneCity Announces its Plan for a Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fvibrant-city","2026-09-29",{"id":363,"label":364,"url":365,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":361,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-parks-pipes-pools","OneCity's Park Board Team Announces Parks, Pipes, & Pools: Three New Community Centres, More Lifeguards, and a Plan to Fund the Park Board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fparks-pipes-pools",{"id":367,"label":368,"url":369,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":361,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-better-schools","OneCity's School Board Team Announces Better Schools: A Plan to Harness the Power of the VSB to Build More Childcare, Community Centres, and Homes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbetter-schools",{"id":371,"label":372,"url":373,"publisher":42,"kind":318,"publishedAt":361,"checkedAt":346},"onecity-budget-and-ballot","OneCity Announces its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-and-ballot","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity","OneCity is running 13 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor. Its headline commitment is 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land.","fzkgCdmMl1ao0FNnqVlBAKob25ZtjqytsGzF8xYxnnQ",{"id":378,"title":344,"checkedAt":346,"context":379,"corrections":388,"extension":12,"headline":389,"intro":390,"meta":394,"pageCount":13,"party":313,"pillars":395,"questions":622,"slug":641,"sourceId":343,"sourceIds":642,"stem":643,"summary":644,"tagline":645,"updatedAt":13,"url":345,"__hash__":647},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fonecity.json",[380,384],{"label":381,"url":382,"publisher":383,"checkedAt":346},"And Then There Was One Progressive Running for Vancouver Mayor","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F09\u002FOne-Progressive-Running-Vancouver-Mayor\u002F","The Tyee",{"label":385,"url":386,"publisher":387,"checkedAt":346},"William Azaroff makes the Vancouver mayoral announcement many expected, endorses Pete Fry","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fwilliam-azaroff-vancouver-election-mayoral-announcement-sept-8","Daily Hive",[],"OneCity's 2026 plans for Vancouver, plan by plan",[391,392,393],"OneCity's platform is a set of web pages. Its Our Plans page links to the party's plans, each published as a news release between August 7 and September 29, 2026. These pages cover those releases. The party says the plans add up to what it calls \"98 ways\" to build the city it wants.","Each plan has its own section here, and each section is split into pages by topic. Every page lists the commitments in the party's own order and links to the release it comes from, so you can read the party's own wording. We added one thing the party does not give: which government would have to act for each commitment, and why.","Most plans are for City Council: the local economy, public safety, climate and buildings, culture and neighbourhood life, housing, and the budget and voting system. The parks plan is written by the party's Park Board candidates and the schools plan by its School Board candidates. OneCity has no candidate for mayor on the ballot: its mayoral candidate, William Azaroff, ended his campaign on September 8, 2026. Daily Hive reported that he endorsed the Green Party's Pete Fry. The Tyee reported that he would not explicitly endorse Fry, citing uncertainty about Elections BC's rules. OneCity's candidates would work with a mayor from another party or an independent mayor.",{},[396,424,452,479,506,534,563,591],{"slug":397,"title":398,"race":399,"order":400,"aim":401,"headline":402,"summary":403,"intro":404,"questions":407,"context":423},"local-economy","A Thriving Local Economy","City Council",1,"Five-part plan signals that Vancouver is open for business by streamlining regulation and making it easier, faster, and cheaper to start and scale a business in the city.","OneCity on the local economy: new business offices, micro-grants, local buying","OneCity's economy plan would create a Business & Investment Office funded at $3 million and an Entrepreneur Liaison Office, give tiered micro-grants to small businesses, favour local suppliers through a Buy Vancouver pilot, and judge city contracts on wages and safety.",[405,406],"OneCity's plan for the local economy is the second part of what it calls its Local Economy Action Plan, published on August 17, 2026. The party says it would make it easier, faster and cheaper to start and grow a business in Vancouver. It says ABC closed the Vancouver Economic Commission, and frames its plan as a way to rebuild what that agency did.","The plan has two halves. One is help for business owners: a city investment office, a liaison office for permits and licences, and grants in tiers. The other is how the city spends its own money, through a Buy Vancouver purchasing pilot and a Good Jobs Procurement Standard for contracts. Council can do nearly all of it, since it sets the budget and the purchasing rules. The Our Plans page also names getting around the city under this heading, but the release it links to covers business only.",[408,411,414,417,420],{"question":409,"answer":410},"What is OneCity's Local Economy Action Plan?","It is OneCity's plan for business in Vancouver. The second part, published August 17, 2026, would create a Business & Investment Office funded at $3 million, an Entrepreneur Liaison Office, small business micro-grants, a Buy Vancouver purchasing pilot and a Good Jobs Procurement Standard (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":412,"answer":413},"How would OneCity help small businesses in Vancouver?","OneCity says it would give tiered micro-grants to start and grow businesses built in Vancouver, and open an Entrepreneur Liaison Office whose staff help owners with permits, licences and funding at every level of government (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":415,"answer":416},"Does OneCity want the city to buy local?","Yes. OneCity proposes a three-year Buy Vancouver pilot so city tax dollars favour goods and services from Vancouver and support businesses and jobs across British Columbia and Canada (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2, August 17, 2026).",{"question":418,"answer":419},"How much would OneCity spend on a business office?","OneCity says its new Business & Investment Office would be funded at $3 million. The page does not say whether that is a yearly or a one-time amount (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":421,"answer":422},"Who would carry out OneCity's economy plan?","City Council, which sets the budget, creates city offices and writes the rules for city contracts. The one outside body named is Invest Vancouver, which OneCity describes as regional and says it would work to reform and fund (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",[],{"slug":425,"title":426,"race":399,"order":427,"aim":428,"headline":429,"summary":430,"intro":431,"questions":435,"context":451},"safe-streets","Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All",2,"The plan will deliver proven public safety standards, support for first responders, and make streets, parks, and public spaces feel safe for everyone, no matter who they are or how they get around.","OneCity's safety plan: crisis teams, brighter streets and a public review of the VPD","OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan would send mental health workers to calls that need no police, fund a Survivor Safety Fund, light streets and bus stops in every neighbourhood, ban smart glasses in city change rooms and order a public review of the Vancouver Police Department.",[432,433,434],"OneCity released its Progressive Public Safety Plan on September 25, 2026, with Councillor Lucy Maloney. The party calls it a 10-point plan built on three principles: progressive public safety, safe streets and public spaces, and public accountability for policing. These pages put the first and third principles together and give the street items their own page.","The safety page covers who answers a crisis call, community violence intervention, restorative justice, a fund for survivors of domestic violence, Housing First and an independent review of the police. The streets page covers lighting, garbage bins, recording devices in city spaces, e-bike batteries and safe walking routes.","Council approves the police budget and owns the streets, so it can act on much of this. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department, the Park Board runs parks and pools, and courts and health services are provincial, so several items need those bodies too.",[436,439,442,445,448],{"question":437,"answer":438},"What is OneCity's public safety plan?","OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, released September 25, 2026, would send mental health workers and peer responders to calls that need no police, expand restorative justice, fund survivors of domestic violence, light streets and bus stops and order an independent review of the VPD (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).",{"question":440,"answer":441},"What would OneCity change about the Vancouver Police Department?","OneCity would order an independent, publicly reported review of the VPD to show where to invest, where to find savings and which calls other services could take (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":443,"answer":444},"How would OneCity make Vancouver streets feel safer at night?","Under ReLight Vancouver, OneCity would light streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and ban hostile architecture on city-owned benches and shelters (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":446,"answer":447},"Who controls the Vancouver Police Department?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. OneCity's proposed review of the VPD would therefore need the board's cooperation (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).",{"question":449,"answer":450},"What would OneCity do about e-bikes and scooters?","OneCity would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the Province on a battery trade-in program and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",[],{"slug":453,"title":454,"race":399,"order":455,"aim":456,"headline":457,"summary":458,"intro":459,"questions":462,"context":478},"built-to-last","A Resilient City Where Climate Action is Built to Last",3,"The five-part plan will bring life-saving cooling to at-risk homes, cut City Hall's own fees that punish homeowners’ clean energy choices, and restore climate standards ABC rolled back.","OneCity on climate: heat pump permits, home cooling and gas rules for new buildings","OneCity's Built to Last plan would make heat pump permits flat and low-cost, install cooling in the homes of the highest-risk residents, put solar panels on public buildings, restore building rules it says ABC rolled back, and expand clean energy programs.",[460,461],"OneCity's climate plan is called Built to Last and was published on August 7, 2026. The party presents it as a response to the 2021 heat dome. It focuses on homes and public buildings: keeping people cool in extreme heat, making clean heating cheaper, and restoring rules for new buildings.","The plan sets out five parts and a timeline. The party says Council would list every climate rollback within three months of taking office, restore retrofit funding in the 2027 budget, and change bylaws and permits in 2027 and 2028. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set these rules itself. The cooling and clean energy programs count on money from BC Hydro and the provincial and federal governments.",[463,466,469,472,475],{"question":464,"answer":465},"What is OneCity's climate plan for Vancouver?","OneCity's Built to Last plan, published August 7, 2026, would create a flat, low-cost heat pump permit, install cooling in high-risk homes, put solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres, restore building climate rules and expand clean energy programs (OneCity Built to Last).",{"question":467,"answer":468},"What would OneCity do to prepare for another heat dome?","OneCity's Direct Install Cooling Program would put cooling, air filtration and heat pumps into the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents, which the party puts at \"roughly 500\", at an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).",{"question":470,"answer":471},"Does OneCity want solar panels on Vancouver schools?","Yes. OneCity would put solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres, with community subscriptions so renters and co-op residents can share the power. Schools belong to the School Board and community centres to the Park Board, so both would need to agree (OneCity Built to Last).",{"question":473,"answer":474},"Would OneCity bring back the ban on gas in new buildings?","Yes. OneCity says it would reverse the repeal of the ban on gas-powered hot water systems and restore the zero-emissions heating rule for new low-rise buildings that the party says was in place from January 2022 (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).",{"question":476,"answer":477},"Can Vancouver City Council change building climate rules on its own?","Yes, for new buildings. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy and emissions rules that other BC cities cannot. OneCity's cooling and clean energy programs would also need money from BC Hydro and other governments (OneCity Built to Last).",[],{"slug":480,"title":481,"race":399,"order":482,"aim":483,"headline":484,"summary":485,"intro":486,"questions":489,"context":505},"hot-fun-and-cool","A City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool",4,"OneCity today released A Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool , the party's plan to make it easier to find something to do, somewhere to gather, and a way to make a living from the things Vancouverites create.","OneCity on culture: Chinatown, new libraries, block parties and late-night rules","OneCity's plan for a city that is \"Hot, Fun, & Cool\" would revive Chinatown Plaza, seek money to rebuild Hogan's Alley, build two new libraries, create Community Choice Funds, ease block parties and busking, and pilot leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus.",[487,488],"OneCity published this plan on September 29, 2026. The party says Vancouver has long been called \"No Fun City\" and blames ABC for closed venues, smaller grants and permits that are hard to get. The plan adds to an earlier arts plan the party calls Backstage Pass.","The first page here covers Chinatown Plaza, Hogan's Alley, busking and late-night rules. The second covers libraries, neighbourhood funds, block parties and play streets, and two pet items: dogs on transit and cats in corner stores. Council can act on most of it, since it controls city streets, licences, grants and the capital plan. TransLink decides about dogs on its trains and ferries, and the Hogan's Alley project depends on money from other governments.",[490,493,496,499,502],{"question":491,"answer":492},"What is OneCity's arts and culture plan for Vancouver?","OneCity's plan of September 29, 2026 would revive Chinatown Plaza, seek funding to remove the viaducts and rebuild Hogan's Alley, build two new libraries, simplify busking and late-night rules, and make block parties easier (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":494,"answer":495},"Does OneCity want to change Vancouver's \"No Fun City\" image?","Yes. OneCity says Vancouver has been called \"No Fun City\" for years, and its plan would simplify late-night rules, expand permit-free spots for buskers and make block parties and play streets easier (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":497,"answer":498},"What would OneCity do for Vancouver libraries?","OneCity would build two new libraries, renew three aging branches, fund the Vancouver Public Library's Facilities Master Plan and launch a Library Card Plus+ giving free or low-cost access to events and recreation (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":500,"answer":501},"Would OneCity let dogs ride SkyTrain?","OneCity would champion an off-peak pilot of leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs both services and would decide (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":503,"answer":504},"Who would pay for rebuilding Hogan's Alley under OneCity?","OneCity says it would make it a priority to secure funding from higher levels of government to remove the viaducts and redevelop Hogan's Alley, with new housing and public spaces led by the community (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",[],{"slug":507,"title":508,"race":509,"order":510,"aim":511,"headline":512,"summary":513,"intro":514,"questions":517,"context":533},"parks-pipes-pools","Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools","Park Board",5,"OneCity Park Board candidates John Irwin, Tyler Petersen, and Dominic Denofrio today released A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools , the party's plan to make sure every neighbourhood gets the parks, community centres, and pools it needs, and that the boring basics underneath them keep working.","OneCity's Park Board plan: three new pools, more lifeguards, more park land","OneCity's Park Board candidates would let the board keep the money it earns, raise the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of the city, keep pools staffed with lifeguards, and build new pools in Mount Pleasant, Hastings and Marpole.",[515,516],"OneCity's Park Board candidates, John Irwin, Tyler Petersen and Dominic Denofrio, published their plan on September 29, 2026. The Our Plans page groups it with the schools plan under one heading, Better Schools, Parks, Pipes, & Pools in Every Neighbourhood. Here the parks plan has its own section, because the Park Board is a separately elected body with its own vote.","The plan covers money, nature and swimming. The party would let the Park Board keep its own revenue, grow park land and the tree canopy, bring buried creeks back to the surface, keep pools and beaches staffed, and build new pools in three neighbourhoods. The party says the plan also covers \"the boring basics underneath\" parks and pools, and the city's pipe repairs appear in its budget plan. The Park Board runs pools, beaches and parks, but the money for new buildings comes through the capital plan that City Council approves.",[518,521,524,527,530],{"question":519,"answer":520},"What is OneCity's Park Board platform?","OneCity's Park Board candidates would let the board keep the revenue it earns, raise the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of the city, keep pools staffed with lifeguards and build new pools in Mount Pleasant, Hastings and Marpole (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":522,"answer":523},"Would OneCity build a 50-metre pool in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity says one of its three new pools would be the 50-metre pool it says Vancouver needs. The sites it names are Mount Pleasant, through the Kingsgate redevelopment, Hastings Community Centre and Marpole (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan).",{"question":525,"answer":526},"How would OneCity make the Park Board more independent?","OneCity's Park Board candidates propose an Evergreen Funding Model to make it more independent over time, including letting it keep the revenue it earns (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":528,"answer":529},"What would OneCity do about buried creeks in Vancouver?","Under ReWild Vancouver, OneCity would bring up to three creek systems buried under city streets back to the surface, grow urban meadows and add park land (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":531,"answer":532},"What does the Vancouver Park Board control?","Vancouver's separately elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. New buildings such as OneCity's proposed pools also need money in the capital plan, which City Council approves (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan).",[],{"slug":535,"title":536,"race":537,"order":538,"aim":539,"headline":540,"summary":541,"intro":542,"questions":546,"context":562},"better-schools","Better Schools","School Board",6,"OneCity has a plan to harness the power of the Vancouver School Board and transform how our city expands childcare, invests in our students and staff, and leverages the potential of the VSB’s public land, for the public good.","OneCity's School Board plan: Kingsgate, One Britannia, school meals and open meetings","OneCity's School Board candidates would rebuild Kingsgate Mall and Britannia as public hubs with schools, child care, community centres and homes, build a universal school meal program, protect arts and music, open board meetings and limit AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12.",[543,544,545],"OneCity's School Board candidates, Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee (李基鵬) and Steve Cardwell, released Better Schools on September 29, 2026. The party's idea is to use land the Vancouver School Board already owns to build child care, community centres and homes, without selling any of it.","Two building projects lead the plan: a community hub on the Kingsgate Mall site in Mount Pleasant, and One Britannia, a rebuild of the 18-acre Britannia site in East Vancouver. The rest is district-wide: child care in schools, universal meals, protected school land, open board meetings, protected arts and music, Indigenous language learning, supports for students with disabilities, mental health services and limits on AI.","The School Board runs schools and plans its land. Housing and rezoning need City Council, community centres need the Park Board, and the Province sets the funding formula and child care licensing, so much of the plan depends on other bodies agreeing.",[547,550,553,556,559],{"question":548,"answer":549},"What is OneCity's School Board platform?","OneCity's Better Schools plan, released September 29, 2026, would rebuild Kingsgate Mall and Britannia as public hubs with schools, child care and homes, create universal school meals, protect arts and music, open board meetings and limit AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12 (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":551,"answer":552},"Who are OneCity's School Board candidates?","Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee (李基鵬) and Steve Cardwell are OneCity's School Board candidates. They released the party's Better Schools plan on September 29, 2026 (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":554,"answer":555},"Would OneCity sell Vancouver School Board land?","No. OneCity says its plan would use land the Vancouver School Board already owns to build child care, community centres and homes, without selling any public land (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":557,"answer":558},"Does OneCity support universal school meals in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity would build a universal, nutritious school food program so every VSB student, whatever their family's income, can get healthy food during the school day (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":560,"answer":561},"Can the School Board build housing and community centres?","The School Board controls its land, but housing needs City Council to approve rezoning and permits, and community centres are run by the Park Board. OneCity says it would plan its Kingsgate and Britannia hubs with its Council and Park Board candidates (OneCity Better Schools plan).",[],{"slug":564,"title":565,"race":399,"order":566,"aim":567,"headline":568,"summary":569,"intro":570,"questions":574,"context":590},"housing-for-all","Housing for All",7,"OneCity today released The Way Home & Housing for All, the party’s comprehensive plan to build housing of all kinds everywhere.","OneCity housing plan: 4,000 homes on city land, small lots and renter protections","OneCity's Housing for All plan would have a city-run People's Builder build 4,000 affordable homes on city land, allow 25-foot lots and single-stair buildings, bring back the Renters' Office, protect renters after six months and end what it calls ABC's ban on new supportive housing.",[571,572,573],"OneCity released The Way Home & Housing for All on September 24, 2026. On its Our Plans page the party also calls it A Way Home for Every Vancouverite. It is the party's housing plan, and it includes OneCity's largest number: 4,000 affordable family homes built by the city on land it already owns.","These pages follow the party's own sections. The first covers the People's Builder and Small Lots & Strong Blocks, the zoning changes for smaller lots, single-stair buildings, corner stores and taller buildings near city centres. The second, A City for Renters, covers the Renters' Office, tenant protections and pets. The third, Welcome Neighbours Home, covers supportive housing, shelters and community land trusts.","Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and owns city land, so it controls most of this plan. Tenancy law is provincial, and the People's Builder counts on federal money.",[575,578,581,584,587],{"question":576,"answer":577},"What is OneCity's housing plan for Vancouver?","OneCity's Housing for All plan, released September 24, 2026, would have a city-run People's Builder build 4,000 affordable homes on city land, allow 25-foot lots and single-stair buildings, bring back the Renters' Office and end what it calls ABC's ban on new supportive housing (OneCity Housing for All plan).",{"question":579,"answer":580},"How many homes would OneCity build?","OneCity says a city-run People's Builder would build 4,000 affordable family homes on land the city already owns. The page gives no timeline or list of sites (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":582,"answer":583},"What would OneCity do for renters?","OneCity would bring back the Renters' Office, expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy so renters qualify after six months, make developers pay renters when construction delays their move-in, and end the pet ban in city-owned housing (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":585,"answer":586},"Does OneCity support more housing in single-family neighbourhoods?","OneCity would allow 25-foot lots, five-foot setbacks, courtyards between four-storey buildings, single-stair buildings, four-storey buildings with corner stores everywhere and six storeys near city centres. It says the changes would allow these homes, with the choice to build left to owners (OneCity Housing for All plan).",{"question":588,"answer":589},"Can Vancouver City Council deliver OneCity's housing plan?","Mostly. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and controls city land. Tenancy law is provincial, so OneCity can only ask the Province on no-pet clauses, and the People's Builder counts on federal funding (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",[],{"slug":592,"title":593,"race":399,"order":594,"aim":595,"headline":596,"summary":597,"intro":598,"questions":602,"context":618},"budget-and-ballot","A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter",8,"OneCity today released A Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter , the party's plan to make the City budget something you can read, something you help write, and something that reflects what Vancouverites actually believe our city owes its people.","OneCity on the budget and voting: a readable budget, water meters, ranked ballots","OneCity's budget and ballot plan would scale participatory budgeting citywide, explore a progressive property tax, restore the living wage, introduce water meters, fix pipes early, bring in a ranked ballot for mayor and support a citizens' assembly on voting before 2030.",[599,600,601],"OneCity released its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter on September 29, 2026. The party contrasts it with what it calls ABC's \"Zero Means Zero\" budget, which it describes as service cuts. Each part of the plan has its own page here.","The first part is about how the budget is written and paid for: participatory budgeting, a plain-language budget, a progressive property tax and fair annual tax rates. The second is about what the money buys: the UNDRIP Action Plan, a test before service cuts, a living wage, early pipe repairs, water meters and shared services. The third is about voting: a ranked ballot for mayor, proportional representation and a citizens' assembly.","Council sets the property tax rate and approves the budget, so the first two parts are mostly its own decisions. Vancouver's election rules are in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, so the voting changes would need the Province.",[603,606,609,612,615],{"question":604,"answer":605},"What is OneCity's plan for the Vancouver city budget?","OneCity would scale participatory budgeting citywide, publish the budget in plain language line by line, explore a progressive property tax, restore the living wage, fix pipes before they break and introduce water meters (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":607,"answer":608},"Does OneCity want ranked choice voting in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity commits to an instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor and to new voting methods such as proportional representation, and would support a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform ahead of the 2030 election (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":610,"answer":611},"What does OneCity say about ABC's budget?","OneCity describes ABC's \"Zero Means Zero\" budget as service cuts. Its own plan would protect services through what it calls fair annual property tax rates and a Public Services Protection Test before any cut (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":613,"answer":614},"Would OneCity bring in water meters in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity says water meters would lower utility costs for average residents and make the largest water users, such as mansion owners, pay their share (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":616,"answer":617},"Can Vancouver change its voting system on its own?","No. Vancouver's election rules are in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, so OneCity's ranked ballot and proportional voting would need the Province to act. Council can set up a citizens' assembly to study the question (OneCity budget and ballot plan).",[619],{"label":620,"url":621,"publisher":322,"checkedAt":346},"City of Vancouver report on the 2018 election review, December 15, 2020 (archived copy), showing election rules set in the Vancouver Charter and changes requested from the Province","https:\u002F\u002Fcouncil.vancouver.ca\u002F20210119\u002Fdocuments\u002Fp2.pdf",[623,626,629,632,635,638],{"question":624,"answer":625},"What is in OneCity's 2026 platform for Vancouver?","OneCity's Our Plans page links to plans on the local economy, public safety, climate and buildings, culture and neighbourhood life, parks and pools, schools, housing, and the city budget and voting system. Each was published as a news release between August 7 and September 29, 2026, and this site has a page for each topic.",{"question":627,"answer":628},"Who are OneCity's candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","OneCity has no candidate for mayor on the ballot, because William Azaroff ended his mayoral campaign on September 8, 2026. Caitlin Stockwell, Frances Bula, Iona Bonamis (陶思穎), Jarrett Hagglund and Lucy Maloney are running for City Council. Dominic Denofrio, John Irwin and Tyler Petersen are running for Park Board. Christopher Lee (李基鵬), Krista Sigurdson, Rory Brown, Sherry Breshears and Steve Cardwell are running for School Board.",{"question":630,"answer":631},"Has OneCity published a full platform PDF?","OneCity's platform is a set of web pages. Its Our Plans page links only to plan releases published between August 7 and September 29, 2026. These pages report every commitment in those releases, with a link to each one.",{"question":633,"answer":634},"What is OneCity's biggest promise?","Its largest number is 4,000: a city-run People's Builder would build 4,000 affordable family homes on land the city already owns, according to the party's Housing for All plan of September 24, 2026. The city would guarantee loans and draw in federal funding.",{"question":636,"answer":637},"Could OneCity carry out its plans if its candidates win?","Some commitments sit with City Council, the Park Board or the School Board. Others need the Province, the federal government, TransLink or BC Hydro, and the party can only ask them. OneCity has no mayoral candidate on the ballot, so its councillors would need votes from other members of council. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":639,"answer":640},"Who wrote these pages about OneCity's plans?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from OneCity's own web pages. OneCity did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do, and claims about the party's record are the party's own.","2026-platform",[348,133,353,358,363,367,101,371],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fonecity","Every commitment in the plans OneCity lists on its Our Plans page, from 4,000 homes on city land to three new pools and free school meals, sorted by plan, with the party web page each one comes from and the government that would have to act.",{"text":646},"a voice, a place, and a future for all Vancouverites","u20Ut5aZAANas1bNBYj2UfOxj-CdBzo33HRcK7s1sF0",[649,696,762,816,874,927,975,1031,1108,1157,1221,1279,1356,1402,1468,1538,1602],{"id":650,"title":651,"checkedAt":346,"context":652,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":653,"headline":654,"issues":655,"meta":656,"order":657,"pages":13,"paragraphs":658,"party":313,"pillar":535,"proposals":661,"questions":676,"slug":692,"source":367,"stem":693,"summary":694,"__hash__":695},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--childcare-meals-and-school-lands.json","Childcare for All, Universal Meals and Protected School Lands",[],[],"OneCity School Board plan: child care in schools and free meals for every student",[206,258],{},"3",[659,660],"Beyond the two building projects, OneCity's Better Schools plan of September 29, 2026 sets out three district-wide promises. The party says it wants public schools to be the centre of a public child care system, to feed students and to keep public land public. On child care, OneCity would place neighbourhood schools at the centre of a coordinated system of public and non-profit care, starting with pilots and planning led by the Vancouver School Board. On food, it would build a universal school meal program so every VSB student can get healthy food during the school day, whatever their family's income.","The third promise is about land. The party would plan schools together with neighbourhood growth, protect school land for future generations, and keep school grounds open for responsible public use outside school hours. Elsewhere in its material, the party says it would carry out its plan without selling any public land. The School Board can run pilots, plan its sites and set rules for its grounds. Child care licensing and operating money are provincial, and how neighbourhoods grow is set by City Council through zoning, so two of these promises need other governments.",[662,667,672],{"title":663,"detail":664,"authority":665,"authorityNote":666},"Childcare for All","OneCity would place neighbourhood schools at the centre of a coordinated public and non-profit child care system, with pilots and planning led by the VSB.","city-with-others","Child care licensing, subsidies and operating money are provincial, so the School Board can offer space and lead pilots.",{"title":668,"detail":669,"authority":670,"authorityNote":671},"Universal, Nutritious Meals","The party would build a universal school food program so that every VSB student, whatever their financial background, can get healthy food during the school day.","school-board","The School Board runs its schools and can set up a meal program, paid from a district budget that depends on provincial funding.",{"title":673,"detail":674,"authority":665,"authorityNote":675},"Protected School Lands","OneCity would plan schools together with neighbourhood growth, protect school land for future generations, and keep school grounds open for responsible public use outside school hours.","The School Board controls its land and grounds, while Council sets the zoning that decides how neighbourhoods grow.",[677,680,683,686,689],{"question":678,"answer":679},"Does OneCity support free school meals in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity's School Board candidates say they would build a universal, nutritious school food program so every VSB student, whatever their family's income, can get healthy food during the school day (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":681,"answer":682},"What is OneCity's plan for child care in schools?","OneCity would place neighbourhood schools at the centre of a coordinated public and non-profit child care system, starting with pilots and planning led by the Vancouver School Board. Licensing and operating money for child care come from the Province (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":684,"answer":685},"Would OneCity keep school playgrounds open after hours?","Yes. OneCity says it would keep school grounds available for responsible public use outside school hours, and protect school land for future generations (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":687,"answer":688},"Can the Vancouver School Board create child care on its own?","The School Board can offer space in schools and lead pilots, which is what OneCity proposes. Child care licensing, subsidies and operating money are set by the Province, so a full system needs provincial support (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":690,"answer":691},"Would OneCity sell school land?","OneCity says it would protect school land for future generations, and its Better Schools plan says it would be carried out without selling any public land (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).","childcare-meals-and-school-lands","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--childcare-meals-and-school-lands","OneCity's School Board candidates say they would put neighbourhood schools at the centre of a public and non-profit child care system, build a universal school meal program for every VSB student, and protect school land while keeping school grounds open to the public after hours.","Y5ZsdjhuF3TuhGH95rC8nl5uBmRS_apO80qoZDbl66M",{"id":697,"title":698,"checkedAt":346,"context":699,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":700,"headline":704,"issues":705,"meta":707,"order":708,"pages":13,"paragraphs":709,"party":313,"pillar":535,"proposals":713,"questions":739,"slug":758,"source":367,"stem":759,"summary":760,"__hash__":761},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--governance-and-student-supports.json","Governance, School Programs and Student Supports",[],[701],{"value":702,"label":703},"Grades 10 to 12","Grades OneCity would limit AI chatbot access to","OneCity on the VSB: open meetings, protected arts and music, AI limits in schools",[206,706],"governance",{},"4",[710,711,712],"The last part of OneCity's Better Schools plan, released on September 29, 2026, is about how the Vancouver School Board runs and what students get in class. The candidates say they would bring back public participation and openness at the board table. On governance, they would open meetings to the public, add chances for input such as oral question and comment periods, and publish information early. On programs, they would reverse recent cuts, set minimum service standards, and protect arts, music, physical education and school libraries as core parts of public education.","Two items concern particular students. The party would work with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on Indigenous language learning, land-based education, culturally safe supports and accountability for results. For students with disabilities, it would press the Province on staffing, funding and training for educators. It would also expand mental health and substance use services in schools through a district-wide strategy. The page attaches no cost or date to any of these items.","On artificial intelligence, the party calls its approach harm reduction centred on learners: safeguards, AI literacy, privacy protection and age limits, with chatbot access limited to Grades 10 to 12. The party says human relationships and supervision would stay available at all times. The board sets these rules itself. The Province sets the funding formula the district budget depends on, which limits how far the board can restore programs.",[714,718,722,726,731,735],{"title":715,"detail":716,"authority":670,"authorityNote":717},"Transparent & Accountable Governance at the Board Table","OneCity would restore public participation, openness and democratic accountability at the VSB by opening meetings to the public, adding chances for input such as oral question and comment periods, and publishing information early and in public.","The Board of Education sets its own meeting rules and public consultation.",{"title":719,"detail":720,"authority":670,"authorityNote":721},"Protected School Programs","The party would reverse recent cuts, set minimum service standards, and protect arts, music, physical education and school libraries as core parts of public education.","The board approves the district budget, though the Province sets the funding formula that the budget depends on.",{"title":723,"detail":724,"authority":670,"authorityNote":725},"Indigenous Student Success Through Language & Culture","OneCity would work with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) to strengthen Indigenous language learning, Indigenous-led land-based education, culturally safe student supports and accountability for Indigenous student success.","The School Board sets programs in its own schools and can work directly with the three Nations.",{"title":727,"detail":728,"authority":729,"authorityNote":730},"Staffed & Funded Supports for Kids with Disabilities","The party would focus its advocacy on the Province to improve staffing, funding allocation and professional development for educators who support students with disabilities.","province","The party itself frames this as advocacy, because the Province sets the funding formula for schools.",{"title":732,"detail":733,"authority":665,"authorityNote":734},"Expanded Mental Health & Substance Use Prevention","OneCity would expand school-based mental health and substance use services, strengthen prevention and early intervention, and improve partnerships with families, health providers and community groups through a district-wide strategy.","The School Board runs services in its schools, while health services are provincial.",{"title":736,"detail":737,"authority":670,"authorityNote":738},"A Nuanced and Cautious Approach to AI in Schools","The party would adopt what it calls a learner-centred harm reduction approach to AI, with new safeguards, AI literacy education, privacy protection and age-appropriate access limits. It would seek to limit AI chatbot access to Grades 10 to 12, with human relationships and supervision always available.","The School Board can set rules for technology use in its own schools.",[740,743,746,749,752,755],{"question":741,"answer":742},"What is OneCity's policy on AI in Vancouver schools?","OneCity says it would adopt a learner-centred harm reduction approach to AI, with safeguards, AI literacy education, privacy protection and age limits. It would seek to limit AI chatbot access to Grades 10 to 12 (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":744,"answer":745},"Would OneCity restore music and arts programs in VSB schools?","Yes. OneCity says it would reverse recent cuts, set minimum service standards, and protect arts, music, physical education and school libraries as core parts of public education (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":747,"answer":748},"How would OneCity change Vancouver School Board meetings?","OneCity's candidates say they would open meetings to the public, add chances for input such as oral question and comment periods, and publish information early and in public (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":750,"answer":751},"What would OneCity do for students with disabilities?","OneCity says it would focus advocacy on the Province to improve staffing, funding and training for educators who support students with disabilities. The Province sets school funding, so the board can only ask (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":753,"answer":754},"Can the School Board restore cut programs on its own?","The board approves its own budget and can choose which programs to protect, as OneCity proposes. The Province sets teacher pay and the funding formula the budget depends on, so the board can only spend within those limits (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":756,"answer":757},"What does OneCity propose for student mental health?","OneCity would expand school-based mental health and substance use services, strengthen prevention and early intervention, and work more closely with families, health providers and community groups through a district-wide strategy (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).","governance-and-student-supports","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--governance-and-student-supports","OneCity's School Board candidates say they would open board meetings with oral question periods, reverse recent cuts to arts, music, physical education and libraries, support Indigenous language learning, press the Province on special education, expand mental health services and limit AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12.","EcHDN2zkAfGDDQSiZ39sn86blrV9rUjmGx3mO96qxHM",{"id":763,"title":764,"checkedAt":346,"context":765,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":766,"headline":767,"issues":768,"meta":769,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":771,"party":313,"pillar":535,"proposals":775,"questions":796,"slug":812,"source":367,"stem":813,"summary":814,"__hash__":815},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--kingsgate-community-hub.json","Turn Kingsgate into a Community Hub",[],[],"OneCity School Board plan for Kingsgate Mall: a new school, child care and homes",[206,258,60],{},"1",[772,773,774],"OneCity's School Board candidates released Better Schools on September 29, 2026. The first project in it is Kingsgate Mall in Mount Pleasant. The party says the mall stands on some of the most valuable land in the province and has been underused for years while homes, jobs and transit were built around it. The candidates frame the whole plan as a way to use land the Vancouver School Board already owns.","The candidates say they would keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership. They would turn the site into what they call a Community Commons, planned with the Host Nations and with OneCity's Park Board and Council candidates. The site would hold a new public school with a flexible space built upward, a new community centre, and a full set of public services including licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous child care, with care before and after school.","The rest of the space would go to affordable and subsidized rental homes. The plan also promises the pool in Mount Pleasant that the party says the city has already promised. That pool is listed on the Park Board page, where the party names all three of its new pools. The School Board owns school land and plans its schools, so it would lead. A community centre would need the Park Board, rental housing and rezoning would need City Council, and child care licensing and operating money are provincial.",[776,780,784,788,792],{"title":777,"detail":778,"authority":665,"authorityNote":779},"Keep Kingsgate in public ownership","OneCity's School Board team would keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and turn the site into a Community Commons in partnership with Host Nations and OneCity's Park Board and Council teams.","The party says the School Board owns the land, so it can keep it, but a shared hub needs the Park Board, Council and the Nations.",{"title":781,"detail":782,"authority":670,"authorityNote":783},"A New Public School","The party would build a new school at Kingsgate with a vertical flex space, meaning a shared space built upward, for the growing neighbourhood.","The School Board plans and runs its schools.",{"title":785,"detail":786,"authority":665,"authorityNote":787},"A New Community Centre","OneCity would include community spaces at Kingsgate where neighbours of all ages can learn and play.","Community centres are run by the Park Board, so it would have to take part.",{"title":789,"detail":790,"authority":665,"authorityNote":791},"Complete Services","The party would place a full set of public services at Kingsgate, including licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous child care, with before- and after-school care.","Child care licensing and operating money are provincial, so the School Board can offer space and plan with partners.",{"title":793,"detail":794,"authority":665,"authorityNote":795},"Affordable Rental Homes","OneCity would use Kingsgate's vertical space to build affordable and subsidized rental housing in a neighbourhood that needs it.","Council approves rezonings and building permits, so housing on the site needs Council as well as the School Board.",[797,800,803,806,809],{"question":798,"answer":799},"What would OneCity do with Kingsgate Mall?","OneCity's School Board candidates say they would keep the Kingsgate Mall land in public ownership and rebuild it as a community hub with a new public school, a community centre, child care and affordable rental homes (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":801,"answer":802},"Does OneCity want to sell Vancouver School Board land?","No. OneCity says its plan would keep the Kingsgate land in public ownership and would be carried out without selling any public land. It would build a school, child care and homes on the site instead (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":804,"answer":805},"Would there be child care at Kingsgate under OneCity's plan?","Yes. OneCity says the Kingsgate hub would include licensed public, non-profit and Indigenous child care, including before- and after-school care. Child care licensing and operating money come from the Province (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":807,"answer":808},"Can the Vancouver School Board build housing at Kingsgate on its own?","The School Board can plan its own land, but housing needs City Council to approve rezoning and building permits, and a community centre needs the Park Board. OneCity says it would plan the hub with its Park Board and Council candidates and the Host Nations (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":810,"answer":811},"Is the Mount Pleasant pool part of OneCity's Kingsgate plan?","Yes. OneCity's Better Schools plan says the Kingsgate hub would include the pool the city promised for Mount Pleasant. The party's Park Board plan lists the same pool as one of three new pools (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).","kingsgate-community-hub","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--kingsgate-community-hub","OneCity's School Board candidates say they would keep the Kingsgate Mall land in public ownership and rebuild it as a community hub with a new public school, a community centre, child care including before- and after-school care, and affordable rental homes.","TcLVEtMfPzEb5ht7uNIw71Kr4Q9c5KwPkQlvHtgWNOM",{"id":817,"title":818,"checkedAt":346,"context":819,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":820,"headline":827,"issues":828,"meta":829,"order":830,"pages":13,"paragraphs":831,"party":313,"pillar":535,"proposals":834,"questions":854,"slug":870,"source":367,"stem":871,"summary":872,"__hash__":873},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--one-britannia.json","One Britannia",[],[821,824],{"value":822,"label":823},"18 acres","Size of the Britannia site OneCity would rebuild as one campus",{"value":825,"label":826},"50 years","How long OneCity says the rebuilt Britannia schools would serve students","OneCity's One Britannia: rebuilt schools, child care, an ice rink and homes",[206,193,60],{},"2",[832,833],"The second project in OneCity's Better Schools plan, released on September 29, 2026, is Britannia in East Vancouver. The party calls it One Britannia. Its School Board candidates say they would carry out a plan with City Council, the Park Board and other public and community partners to rebuild the whole 18-acre site as one public campus. At its centre are rebuilt elementary and secondary schools, which the party says would serve students for the next 50 years. Next to them the plan puts child care that is low-cost, open to ordinary families and available at more hours of the day. A renewed community centre and ice rink would add more ice time and space for fitness and recreation.","The plan also includes food security and social development programs, meaning free and low-cost food and support for people in need, run with other governments and community partners. The party says it always puts non-profit housing on public land first, and that Britannia would include new non-profit homes that stay affordable for workers and families. The School Board controls the school buildings, the Park Board runs the community centre and rink, and City Council approves rezoning and housing. A project of this size needs all three bodies to agree, and the party itself names provincial and community partners for the food programs.",[835,839,843,847,851],{"title":836,"detail":837,"authority":670,"authorityNote":838},"Rebuilt Elementary & Secondary Schools","OneCity would rebuild the elementary and secondary schools at Britannia, so that young people in East Vancouver can learn and play in safe, welcoming schools for the next 50 years.","The School Board plans and runs its school buildings.",{"title":840,"detail":841,"authority":665,"authorityNote":842},"Childcare for Working Families","The party's Britannia plan would include public child care spaces that are low-cost, open to ordinary families and available at more times of day.","Child care licensing, subsidies and operating money are provincial, so the boards can provide space and plan the service.",{"title":844,"detail":845,"authority":665,"authorityNote":846},"A New Community Centre & Ice Rink","OneCity would deliver more ice time and a renewed community centre with fitness and recreation spaces.","Community centres and rinks are run by the Park Board, and new buildings need money in the capital plan, which Council approves.",{"title":848,"detail":849,"authority":665,"authorityNote":850},"Food Security & Social Development Programs","The party would provide, with other levels of government and community partners, programs that meet the urgent needs of community members, including free and low-cost food and social development programming.","The party itself says these programs would be run with other governments and community partners.",{"title":852,"detail":853,"authority":665,"authorityNote":795},"Affordable Housing at Britannia","OneCity says it always puts non-profit housing on public land first, and its Britannia plan would include new non-profit homes that stay affordable for workers and families.",[855,858,861,864,867],{"question":856,"answer":857},"What is OneCity's One Britannia plan?","One Britannia is OneCity's plan to rebuild the whole 18-acre Britannia site in East Vancouver as one public campus, with rebuilt elementary and secondary schools, child care, a community centre and ice rink, food programs and non-profit homes (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":859,"answer":860},"Would OneCity rebuild Britannia Secondary?","Yes. OneCity's School Board candidates say they would rebuild the elementary and secondary schools on the Britannia site as part of One Britannia, built to serve students for the next 50 years (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":862,"answer":863},"Would OneCity add an ice rink at Britannia?","OneCity says One Britannia would include a renewed community centre and ice rink with more ice time and fitness and recreation spaces. The Park Board runs community centres and rinks, so it would have to agree (OneCity Better Schools plan).",{"question":865,"answer":866},"Who would have to approve OneCity's Britannia plan?","The School Board controls the school buildings, the Park Board runs the community centre and rink, and City Council approves rezoning and housing. OneCity says it would plan the project with all of them and with community partners (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":868,"answer":869},"Would there be housing at Britannia under OneCity?","Yes. OneCity says it always puts non-profit housing on public land first, and its Britannia plan would include new non-profit homes that stay affordable for workers and families (OneCity Better Schools plan, September 29, 2026).","one-britannia","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbetter-schools--one-britannia","OneCity's School Board candidates say they would plan with Council, the Park Board and others to rebuild the 18-acre Britannia site as one public campus, with rebuilt elementary and secondary schools, child care, a community centre and ice rink, food programs and non-profit homes.","dXh990MA5vDl_XQC5Eqaj3UfjVcy-yiUwkwlyXDlcHE",{"id":875,"title":876,"checkedAt":346,"context":877,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":878,"headline":879,"issues":880,"meta":881,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":882,"party":313,"pillar":592,"proposals":885,"questions":907,"slug":923,"source":371,"stem":924,"summary":925,"__hash__":926},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--budgeting-with-vancouverites-values.json","Budgeting with Vancouverites' Values",[],[],"OneCity budget plan: participatory budgeting and a progressive property tax",[216],{},[883,884],"OneCity released its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter on September 29, 2026. The party describes ABC's \"Zero Means Zero\" budget as service cuts. The first group of commitments is about how the city budget is written, explained and paid for. Participatory budgeting would grow to the whole city. That is a process in which residents vote directly on how part of the budget is spent. The budget would also be published in plain language with accounts line by line, so residents can see what they get. Council candidate Frances Bula, quoted in the release, says nobody should need a journalist to explain where their tax dollars go.","On revenue, the party would explore a progressive property tax, meaning a higher rate for the most valuable properties, so the wealthiest landowners pay more. It would end tax write-offs for owners who hold building permits but do not build housing and infrastructure. It would also set what it calls fair annual property tax rates, to protect services and pay for new pipes, parks and pools. Council sets the property tax rate and approves the budget each year, so most of this is Council's work. The page does not say which write-off it means, or whether a tax that rises with property value would need new powers from the Province.",[886,891,895,899,903],{"title":887,"detail":888,"authority":889,"authorityNote":890},"Participatory Budgeting","OneCity would scale participatory budgeting citywide, giving residents spending power over part of the budget and key information.","city-council","Council approves the operating budget and can decide to let residents choose how part of it is spent.",{"title":892,"detail":893,"authority":889,"authorityNote":894},"A Readable Budget","The party would publish the city budget in plain language with line-by-line accountability, so residents know what they get from their government.","Council decides how the city presents and reports its own budget.",{"title":896,"detail":897,"authority":665,"authorityNote":898},"Balancing Revenues","OneCity would explore a progressive property tax in Vancouver so the wealthiest landowners, who can afford it, contribute more.","Council sets the property tax rate each year, but the page does not say whether a tax that rises with value would need new powers from the Province.",{"title":900,"detail":901,"authority":889,"authorityNote":902},"Cracking Down on Tax Dodgers","The party would end the tax write-offs for owners with building permits who do not build the housing and infrastructure the city needs.","Council sets city taxes and permit rules, though the page does not name the write-off it means.",{"title":904,"detail":905,"authority":889,"authorityNote":906},"Fighting Austerity","OneCity would protect the services that keep the city running through fair annual property tax rates that make it possible to build new infrastructure such as pipes, parks and pools.","Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the capital plan.",[908,911,914,917,920],{"question":909,"answer":910},"Does OneCity want a progressive property tax in Vancouver?","OneCity says it would explore a progressive property tax so the wealthiest landowners, who can afford it, contribute more. The page does not give rates or say which properties would pay more (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":912,"answer":913},"What is participatory budgeting in OneCity's plan?","Participatory budgeting lets residents vote directly on how part of the city budget is spent. OneCity says it would scale it citywide and give residents key budget information (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":915,"answer":916},"Would OneCity raise property taxes?","OneCity says it would set what it calls fair annual property tax rates to protect city services and pay for new pipes, parks and pools, and would explore a progressive property tax. It gives no rate or percentage (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":918,"answer":919},"What tax write-offs would OneCity end?","OneCity says it would end the tax write-offs for owners who hold building permits but do not build housing and infrastructure. The page does not name the specific write-off (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":921,"answer":922},"Who sets property taxes in Vancouver?","City Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget. OneCity's budget commitments would be decided there, though the page does not say whether a progressive property tax would need new provincial powers (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).","budgeting-with-vancouverites-values","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--budgeting-with-vancouverites-values","OneCity says it would scale participatory budgeting citywide, publish the budget in plain language line by line, explore a progressive property tax so the wealthiest landowners pay more, end tax write-offs for permit holders who do not build, and set fair annual tax rates.","pgfnoxoiVlv6C2uHc7pUJjXaVkU2O8Aq5C4EGoouIys",{"id":928,"title":929,"checkedAt":346,"context":930,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":932,"headline":936,"issues":937,"meta":938,"order":657,"pages":13,"paragraphs":939,"party":313,"pillar":592,"proposals":942,"questions":955,"slug":971,"source":371,"stem":972,"summary":973,"__hash__":974},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--make-your-vote-matter.json","Make Your Vote Matter",[931],{"label":620,"url":621,"publisher":322,"checkedAt":346},[933],{"value":934,"label":935},"2030","Election OneCity wants a new voting system recommended ahead of","OneCity on voting: a ranked ballot for mayor and a citizens' assembly by 2030",[706],{},[940,941],"The last part of OneCity's budget and ballot plan, released on September 29, 2026, is about how Vancouver votes. The party says it wants each ballot to reflect who a neighbourhood wants to lead the city, and it names well-funded campaigns as the problem. The first commitment is an instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor. Voters would rank candidates in order, and if no one has a majority, the last-place candidate is dropped and those votes move to the next choice. The party also commits to new voting methods such as proportional representation, where seats match each party's share of the vote.","To get there, OneCity would support a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, a group of residents chosen to study the question, which would recommend a proportional, ward or hybrid system ahead of the 2030 election. Vancouver now elects its whole council at large, so every voter chooses from the full list of candidates. Vancouver's election rules are written in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law. The city has had to ask the Province to change other election rules in it, so a new voting system would need the Province to act.",[943,947,951],{"title":944,"detail":945,"authority":729,"authorityNote":946},"An instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor","OneCity commits to an instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor, in which voters rank candidates and votes move to the next choice until one candidate has a majority.","Vancouver's election rules are set in the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",{"title":948,"detail":949,"authority":729,"authorityNote":950},"New voting methods such as proportional representation","The party commits to new voting methods, such as proportional representation, so that ballots reflect who each neighbourhood wants to lead the city.","Changing how council is elected would need the Province to amend the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":952,"detail":953,"authority":665,"authorityNote":954},"A Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform","OneCity would support a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform to recommend a proportional, ward or hybrid system to improve diversity and representation, ahead of the 2030 election.","Council can set up an assembly to study the question, but putting its recommendation into effect would need the Province.",[956,959,962,965,968],{"question":957,"answer":958},"Does OneCity support ranked ballots in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity commits to an instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor, where voters rank candidates and votes move to the next choice until someone has a majority (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":960,"answer":961},"Would OneCity bring in wards or proportional representation in Vancouver?","OneCity would support a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform that would recommend a proportional, ward or hybrid system ahead of the 2030 election. The party also commits to new voting methods such as proportional representation (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":963,"answer":964},"Can Vancouver change its voting system without the Province?","No. Vancouver's election rules are in the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law, and the city has had to ask the Province to change other election rules in it. OneCity's ranked ballot and new voting methods would need the Province to act (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":966,"answer":967},"What is a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?","It is a group of residents chosen to study how the city should vote and make a recommendation. OneCity says its assembly would recommend a proportional, ward or hybrid system ahead of the 2030 election (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":969,"answer":970},"When would OneCity change how Vancouver elects its council?","OneCity sets the 2030 election as its target for a recommendation from a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. Any change would also need the Province to amend the Vancouver Charter (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).","make-your-vote-matter","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--make-your-vote-matter","OneCity says it would bring in an instant runoff ranked ballot for mayor, use new voting methods such as proportional representation, and support a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform that would recommend a proportional, ward or hybrid system before the 2030 election.","_3gyVTMarUmokmqPTgzSnjmEHEsSV8pNwqU_MiAuEk0",{"id":976,"title":977,"checkedAt":346,"context":978,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":979,"headline":980,"issues":981,"meta":982,"order":830,"pages":13,"paragraphs":983,"party":313,"pillar":592,"proposals":986,"questions":1011,"slug":1027,"source":371,"stem":1028,"summary":1029,"__hash__":1030},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--public-dollars-for-thriving-communities.json","Public Dollars for Thriving Communities",[],[],"OneCity on city spending: living wage, water meters and early pipe repairs",[216,706],{},[984,985],"The second group in OneCity's September 29, 2026 budget plan is about what city money is spent on. The party says it would continue the city's UNDRIP Action Plan, which puts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into city practice. The party says City Council adopted it unanimously. Before any cut, contracting out, privatization or reduction in service, the city would apply a Public Services Protection Test. The City and the School Board would be certified again as living wage employers, meaning they pay at least the wage set for living in the area.","Two items deal with water. The party would fix and replace old pipes and other core infrastructure early, with public timelines, which it says would let the city borrow at lower cost and spend less later. It would also introduce water meters, which it says would lower utility costs for average residents and make the largest users, such as owners of mansions, pay more. The last item would coordinate shared services agreements between City Council, the Park Board and the School Board. Council controls the city budget and utilities. The living wage and shared services items need the School Board and Park Board as well.",[987,991,995,999,1003,1007],{"title":988,"detail":989,"authority":889,"authorityNote":990},"Supporting & Continuing the UNDRIP Action Plan","OneCity would continue the work to carry out the UNDRIP Action Plan, which the party says the City of Vancouver adopted unanimously.","Council directs city staff and decides how city plans are carried out.",{"title":992,"detail":993,"authority":889,"authorityNote":994},"Protecting Against Service Cuts","The party would adopt a Public Services Protection Test before any cut, contracting out, privatization or service reduction, so money delivers value to communities.","Council approves the budget and decides how city services are delivered.",{"title":996,"detail":997,"authority":665,"authorityNote":998},"Restoring the Living Wage","OneCity would recertify the City and the School Board as living wage employers, so the workers who keep the city running can afford to live in it.","Council sets city pay policy, but the School Board is a separate employer that must decide for itself.",{"title":1000,"detail":1001,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1002},"Repairing Pipes & Potholes Before They Break","The party would fix and replace old infrastructure early through preventive maintenance and public timelines, which it says would let the city borrow at lower cost and spend less later.","Council approves the capital plan that pays for pipes and roads.",{"title":1004,"detail":1005,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1006},"Making Waterhogs Pay","OneCity would introduce water meters to lower utility costs for average residents and make big users of water, such as mansion owners, pay their share.","The city runs its water utility and Council sets its rates.",{"title":1008,"detail":1009,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1010},"Aligning City Council, Park, and School Boards to Deliver Services","The party would coordinate shared services agreements so key services can be supported by every board, run more efficiently and reach as many residents as possible.","Council, the Park Board and the School Board are separate elected bodies, so each would have to agree.",[1012,1015,1018,1021,1024],{"question":1013,"answer":1014},"Does OneCity support water meters for Vancouver homes?","Yes. OneCity says it would introduce water meters to lower utility costs for average residents and make the largest water users, such as mansion owners, pay their share (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1016,"answer":1017},"Would OneCity make the City of Vancouver a living wage employer again?","Yes. OneCity says it would recertify the City and the School Board as living wage employers. The School Board is a separate employer, so it would have to agree for its own staff (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1019,"answer":1020},"What is OneCity's Public Services Protection Test?","It is a test OneCity would apply before any cut, contracting out, privatization or reduction of a city service, to check that public money delivers value to communities. The page does not set out the test's rules (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1022,"answer":1023},"What would OneCity do about old water pipes?","OneCity would fix and replace old pipes and other core infrastructure early, through preventive maintenance and public timelines. The party says this would let the city borrow at lower cost and spend less later (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1025,"answer":1026},"Does OneCity support the UNDRIP Action Plan?","Yes. OneCity says it would continue the work to carry out the city's UNDRIP Action Plan, which the party says City Council adopted unanimously (OneCity budget and ballot plan, September 29, 2026).","public-dollars-for-thriving-communities","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbudget-and-ballot--public-dollars-for-thriving-communities","OneCity says it would continue the city's UNDRIP Action Plan, test any service cut against a Public Services Protection Test, recertify the City and School Board as living wage employers, fix pipes before they break, introduce water meters and share services across the three boards.","vpETsVhIq0IPcR0UwHNx1eZtU5CZdjzO2TqWX3mPT3Y",{"id":1032,"title":1033,"checkedAt":346,"context":1034,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1035,"headline":1054,"issues":1055,"meta":1056,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1057,"party":313,"pillar":453,"proposals":1061,"questions":1086,"slug":453,"source":353,"stem":1105,"summary":1106,"__hash__":1107},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbuilt-to-last--built-to-last.json","Built to Last",[],[1036,1039,1042,1045,1048,1051],{"value":1037,"label":1038},"619","Deaths across BC in the 2021 heat dome, as OneCity cites the BC Coroners Service",{"value":1040,"label":1041},"$67","Permit fees OneCity says it can cost to replace a gas appliance with a gas appliance",{"value":1043,"label":1044},"$767","Permit fees OneCity says a heat pump costs once two permits are combined",{"value":1046,"label":1047},"500","High-risk homes the cooling program would reach, by OneCity's own rough count",{"value":1049,"label":1050},"$4 to $7.5 million","Estimated gross cost OneCity gives for the cooling program",{"value":1052,"label":1053},"3 months","Time OneCity gives itself to list every climate rollback after taking office","OneCity climate plan: cheaper heat pump permits and cooling for at-risk homes",[244],{},[1058,1059,1060],"OneCity announced Built to Last on August 7, 2026. The party calls it a five-part plan to make homes and public buildings safer in extreme heat, cheaper to heat and cool, and cleaner over time. It links the plan to the 2021 heat dome and says the BC Coroners Service found that 619 people died across the province between June 25 and July 1 of that year.","The first two parts deal with heat and cost. The party says the city's 2026 fee schedule charges as little as $67 in permit fees to replace a gas appliance with another gas one, against $767 for a heat pump once two permits are combined, and it would create one flat, low-cost heat pump permit. A Direct Install Cooling Program would put cooling, air filtration and heat pumps into the homes of the highest-risk residents. The party puts the number of these homes at \"roughly 500\" and the gross cost at $4 to $7.5 million, lowered by other funding.","The other parts cover solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres, a return of building rules the party says ABC weakened, and a wider clean energy program. The party also sets a timeline: list every climate rollback within three months of taking office, restore retrofit funding in the 2027 budget, and change bylaws and permits in 2027 and 2028. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy rules for new buildings. The cooling and clean energy parts lean on money from BC Hydro and other governments, and the solar part needs the School Board and Park Board.",[1062,1066,1070,1074,1078,1082],{"title":1063,"detail":1064,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1065},"Heat Pump Cost Reductions","OneCity would create a flat, low-cost, streamlined heat pump permit for homeowners, so choosing clean energy never costs more than staying with gas. The party says a gas-for-gas swap costs as little as $67 in permit fees and a heat pump $767 under the 2026 fee schedule.","Council sets the city's permit fees and its own building bylaw.",{"title":1067,"detail":1068,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1069},"Direct Install Cooling Program","The city would install cooling, air filtration and heat pumps directly in the homes of Vancouver's highest-risk residents. The party puts this at \"roughly 500\" homes and an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million, with the net city cost lowered by stacking BC Hydro, provincial, federal and non-profit funding.","Council can fund the program, but the plan counts on money from BC Hydro and the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":1071,"detail":1072,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1073},"A City for Solar Power","OneCity would start a Public Rooftop Solar and Community Energy Program, putting solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres, with community subscriptions modelled on New Westminster's Urban Solar Garden so renters, co-op residents and non-profits can share in the power.","Schools belong to the School Board and community centres are run by the Park Board, so both would have to agree.",{"title":1075,"detail":1076,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1077},"Restore Climate Leadership in Buildings","The party would reverse what it calls ABC's cuts to enforcement of the green retrofit bylaw and the repeal of the ban on gas-powered hot water systems, including gas space and water heating in new buildings. It would restore the zero-emissions heating rule for new low-rise buildings that the party says was in place from January 2022.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings.",{"title":1079,"detail":1080,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1081},"Clean Energy for Vancouver Buildings","OneCity would carry out a program including topped-up BC Hydro solar and battery incentives, restored replacement rules for aging gas equipment, a low-income retrofit program modelled on Edmonton's, and larger thermal energy networks such as the city's False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility.","Council controls the building bylaw and the city energy utility, while BC Hydro sets its own incentive programs.",{"title":1083,"detail":1084,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1085},"A timeline for the climate rollbacks","Council would identify every climate rollback made under ABC within the first three months in office, put retrofit and compliance funding back in the 2027 budget, and pass bylaw and permit changes in 2027 to 2028.","Council sets the annual budget and passes the city's bylaws.",[1087,1090,1093,1096,1099,1102],{"question":1088,"answer":1089},"What is OneCity's Built to Last climate plan?","Built to Last is OneCity's plan for homes and public buildings. It would create a flat, low-cost heat pump permit, install cooling in high-risk homes, put solar panels on public buildings, restore building climate rules and expand clean energy programs (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).",{"question":1091,"answer":1092},"How would OneCity make heat pumps cheaper in Vancouver?","OneCity would create one flat, low-cost heat pump permit. The party says replacing a gas appliance with gas costs as little as $67 in permit fees, against $767 for a heat pump once two permits are combined, under the city's 2026 fee schedule (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).",{"question":1094,"answer":1095},"Would OneCity install air conditioning in homes?","Yes, for the highest-risk residents. OneCity's Direct Install Cooling Program would put cooling, air filtration and heat pumps into homes the party puts at \"roughly 500\", at an estimated gross cost of $4 to $7.5 million before other funding (OneCity Built to Last).",{"question":1097,"answer":1098},"Does OneCity want to ban gas heating in new Vancouver buildings again?","Yes. OneCity says it would reverse ABC's repeal of the ban on gas-powered hot water systems and the return of gas space and water heating in new buildings, and restore the zero-emissions heating rule for new low-rise buildings (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).",{"question":1100,"answer":1101},"Can Vancouver set its own climate rules for buildings?","Yes. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot. That is the power OneCity would use to restore the building rules it says ABC rolled back (OneCity Built to Last).",{"question":1103,"answer":1104},"When would OneCity bring back the climate rules?","OneCity says Council would list every climate rollback made under ABC within three months of taking office, restore retrofit and compliance funding in the 2027 budget, and pass bylaw and permit changes in 2027 to 2028 (OneCity Built to Last, August 7, 2026).","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fbuilt-to-last--built-to-last","OneCity's Built to Last plan would create a flat, low-cost heat pump permit, install cooling in the homes of the city's highest-risk residents, put solar panels on public buildings, restore the climate rules for buildings that it says ABC rolled back, and expand clean energy programs.","O6HLFXPvurryxq5xOLv2EDaxQKi9bXKWVm5LYhYwebw",{"id":1109,"title":1110,"checkedAt":346,"context":1111,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1112,"headline":1113,"issues":1114,"meta":1115,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1116,"party":313,"pillar":480,"proposals":1120,"questions":1137,"slug":1153,"source":358,"stem":1154,"summary":1155,"__hash__":1156},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhot-fun-and-cool--key-communities-and-nightlife.json","Key Communities, Street Art and the Nighttime Economy",[],[],"OneCity on Chinatown Plaza, Hogan's Alley, buskers and late-night rules",[251,60],{},[1117,1118,1119],"OneCity published its plan for a city it calls \"Hot, Fun, & Cool\" on September 29, 2026. The party opens by saying Vancouver has long been called \"No Fun City\" and blames four years of ABC government for closed venues and smaller grants. This page groups two parts of the plan: two named communities and the rules for street performers and late-night business.","For Chinatown, the Chinatown Advisory Committee would get a funded mandate to bring cultural programs, new businesses, restaurants, pop-ups and safety to Chinatown Plaza. For Hogan's Alley, the party would make it a priority to secure funding from higher governments to remove the viaducts and redevelop the area, with new housing, public spaces that fit the culture of the community, and benefits led by that community.","The page also adds to the party's earlier arts plan, which it calls Backstage Pass. OneCity would simplify the rules for buskers and add more places where they can perform without a permit. It would also simplify late-night rules and trust responsible businesses to stay open later. Council can fund the Chinatown work, set busking rules and change city business hours. The viaducts project depends on money from the provincial and federal governments, as the party itself says, and liquor licensing is shared with the Province.",[1121,1125,1129,1133],{"title":1122,"detail":1123,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1124},"Revitalize Chinatown Plaza as a Cultural Hub","OneCity would give the Chinatown Advisory Committee a funded mandate to bring new life to Chinatown Plaza with cultural programming, new businesses, restaurants, pop-ups and safety for neighbours.","Council sets the mandate of its own advisory committees and decides what city money they get.",{"title":1126,"detail":1127,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1128},"Rebuild & Revitalize Hogan's Alley","The party would make it a priority to secure funding from higher levels of government to remove the viaducts and redevelop Hogan's Alley, with new housing, culturally appropriate public spaces and community benefits, led by the community.","The party itself says the city would need funding from the provincial and federal governments for this project.",{"title":1130,"detail":1131,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1132},"Bring Art to the Streets","OneCity would simplify performance rules and expand the number of permit-free locations for buskers, so more artists can start out in more parts of the city.","Council sets the rules for performing on city streets, while busking in parks falls under the Park Board.",{"title":1134,"detail":1135,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1136},"Enable the Nighttime Economy","The party would simplify Vancouver's late-night rules and trust responsible businesses to stay open late so artists can make the most of every gig.","The city licenses venues and sets business rules, while liquor licensing is shared with the Province.",[1138,1141,1144,1147,1150],{"question":1139,"answer":1140},"What would OneCity do for Chinatown in Vancouver?","OneCity says it would give the Chinatown Advisory Committee a funded mandate to revive Chinatown Plaza as a cultural hub, with cultural programs, new businesses, restaurants, pop-ups and safety for neighbours (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1142,"answer":1143},"What is OneCity's plan for Hogan's Alley and the viaducts?","OneCity would make it a priority to secure funding from higher levels of government to remove the viaducts and redevelop Hogan's Alley, with new housing, culturally appropriate public spaces and community benefits led by the community (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":1145,"answer":1146},"Would OneCity make busking easier in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity says it would simplify performance rules and expand the number of permit-free locations for buskers, so more artists can start out in more parts of the city (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1148,"answer":1149},"Does OneCity want bars and venues to stay open later?","OneCity says it would simplify Vancouver's late-night rules and trust responsible businesses to stay open late. The page gives no specific closing time. Liquor licensing is shared with the Province, so the city cannot change every rule alone (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":1151,"answer":1152},"Can Vancouver remove the viaducts on its own under OneCity's plan?","OneCity's own plan says it would seek funding from higher levels of government to remove the viaducts and redevelop Hogan's Alley. The project would depend on that money from the provincial and federal governments (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).","key-communities-and-nightlife","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhot-fun-and-cool--key-communities-and-nightlife","OneCity says it would give the Chinatown Advisory Committee a funded mandate to revive Chinatown Plaza, seek money from other governments to remove the viaducts and rebuild Hogan's Alley, open more permit-free spots for buskers and simplify late-night rules.","oVnqTAMnIYl41Fy4VX2cwhvB4k6H3pbndB5OMu6fKvU",{"id":1158,"title":1159,"checkedAt":346,"context":1160,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1161,"headline":1166,"issues":1167,"meta":1168,"order":830,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1169,"party":313,"pillar":480,"proposals":1172,"questions":1198,"slug":1217,"source":358,"stem":1218,"summary":1219,"__hash__":1220},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhot-fun-and-cool--libraries-and-neighbourhoods.json","Libraries, Neighbourhoods, Bodega Cats and SeaBus Dogs",[],[1162,1164],{"value":830,"label":1163},"New libraries OneCity says it would build",{"value":657,"label":1165},"Aging library branches OneCity says it would renew","OneCity: two new libraries, block parties, dogs on SkyTrain and shop cats",[251,173],{},[1170,1171],"The second half of OneCity's September 29, 2026 plan for a city that is \"Hot, Fun, & Cool\" turns to libraries and neighbourhood life. The party says it wants libraries to be the centre of civic life again, and wants residents to have a say in, and some money for, projects on their own blocks. Vancouver Library Card Plus+ would build on the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass, so a Vancouver Public Library card gives free or low-cost access to cultural events, recreation, public programs, digital tools and community spaces. The party would also build two new libraries, renew three aging branches, expand programs and fund the library's Facilities Master Plan, which is its long-term plan for its buildings.","A Community Choice Fund would give residents, neighbourhoods and community groups money and help from city staff for local projects they choose. Block parties would get easier, faster and cheaper, and families could close their street for an hour or two of play. The party would also push for an off-peak pilot of leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus, and propose a certified Working Cat program for small shops, worked out with Vancouver Coastal Health. Council approves the capital plan that pays for library buildings, and it controls city streets. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs SkyTrain and SeaBus, so the dog pilot is something the party can only champion.",[1173,1177,1181,1185,1189,1194],{"title":1174,"detail":1175,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1176},"Vancouver Library Card Plus+","OneCity would propose Vancouver Library Card Plus+, a new version of the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass, so a preloaded VPL library card gives free or low-cost access to cultural events, recreation, public programs, digital tools and community spaces.","Council can fund the program, but recreation sites are run by the Park Board, which would need to take part.",{"title":1178,"detail":1179,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1180},"Community in Every Neighbourhood","The party would make the Vancouver Public Library the anchor of a citywide revival of community spaces, with two new libraries, renewal of three aging branches, more community programming and funding for the VPL's Facilities Master Plan.","New library buildings and renewals need money in the capital plan, which Council approves.",{"title":1182,"detail":1183,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1184},"Community Choice Funds","OneCity would create a Community Choice Fund giving residents, neighbourhoods and community organizations direct access to funding for local projects they want, and city staff help to carry them out.","Council approves the city budget and directs city staff.",{"title":1186,"detail":1187,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1188},"Block Party in a Box & Play Streets","The party would make it easier, cheaper and faster to hold a block party, and create an easy way to close a street so children can play street hockey for an hour or two.","The city owns its streets and issues the permits to close them.",{"title":1190,"detail":1191,"authority":1192,"authorityNote":1193},"Allow Well Behaved Dogs on Transit","OneCity would champion an off-peak pilot of leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus, with clear behaviour rules, set boarding areas and operator discretion, and would work to expand it if it works.","regional","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs SkyTrain and SeaBus and sets their rules.",{"title":1195,"detail":1196,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1197},"Corner store Cats","The party would propose a certified Working Cat program and work with Vancouver Coastal Health on ways to allow vaccinated cats in small shops across the city, for chemical-free pest control.","Council licenses businesses, and the party itself names Vancouver Coastal Health as the partner for the health rules.",[1199,1202,1205,1208,1211,1214],{"question":1200,"answer":1201},"Would OneCity build new libraries in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity says it would build two new libraries, renew three aging branches, expand community programs and fund the Vancouver Public Library's Facilities Master Plan. The page does not name the sites (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1203,"answer":1204},"What is Vancouver Library Card Plus+?","It is a OneCity proposal based on the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass. A preloaded Vancouver Public Library card would give free or low-cost access to cultural events, recreation, public programs, digital tools and community spaces (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":1206,"answer":1207},"Does OneCity want to allow dogs on SkyTrain?","OneCity says it would champion an off-peak pilot of leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus, with behaviour rules, set boarding areas and operator discretion. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs both services, so it would make the decision (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":1209,"answer":1210},"What is OneCity's bodega cat proposal?","OneCity would propose a certified Working Cat program and work with Vancouver Coastal Health on ways to allow vaccinated cats in small shops for chemical-free pest control (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1212,"answer":1213},"How would OneCity make block parties easier?","OneCity says it would make block parties easier, cheaper and faster to hold, and create an easy way to close a street so children can play street hockey for an hour or two. The city issues the permits to close its streets (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan).",{"question":1215,"answer":1216},"What is a Community Choice Fund in the OneCity plan?","It is a fund OneCity would create to give residents, neighbourhoods and community groups direct money for local projects they choose, along with help from city staff. The page gives no amount (OneCity Hot, Fun, & Cool plan, September 29, 2026).","libraries-and-neighbourhoods","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhot-fun-and-cool--libraries-and-neighbourhoods","OneCity says it would launch a Vancouver Library Card Plus+, build two new libraries and renew three branches, create Community Choice Funds, make block parties and play streets easier, pilot leashed dogs on SkyTrain and SeaBus, and propose a Working Cat program for shops.","1irUKcCLEAfbgEpKqF25hUWzmhiL7EIetol9mKCaFcc",{"id":1222,"title":1223,"checkedAt":346,"context":1224,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1228,"headline":1232,"issues":1233,"meta":1234,"order":830,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1235,"party":313,"pillar":564,"proposals":1238,"questions":1259,"slug":1275,"source":101,"stem":1276,"summary":1277,"__hash__":1278},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--a-city-for-renters.json","A City for Renters",[1225],{"label":1226,"url":1227,"publisher":322,"checkedAt":346},"Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP), archived copy of September 15, 2026, confirming the policy supports renters who must move because of major renovation or redevelopment","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fpeople-programs\u002Fprotecting-tenants.aspx",[1229],{"value":1230,"label":1231},"6 months","Time a renter would need to live in a building to qualify for city protections under OneCity's plan, down from one year","OneCity for renters: a Renters' Office, protection after six months, pets allowed",[60],{},[1236,1237],"The renters' section of OneCity's housing plan, released on September 24, 2026, deals with people who already rent. The party says it would bring back the Renters' Office, which it describes as bigger and better than the one Vancouver had before. The main rule change is to the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy, known as TRPP. It is the city policy that gives money and help with moving to renters who must leave because their building is renovated or redeveloped. OneCity would expand it across the city and cut the time a renter must live in a building to qualify from one year to six months.","The party would also make developers pay renters whose move-in date is pushed back by construction delays. It calls this the Tenant Delay Guarantee. It would end the ban on pets in city-owned housing, and press the Province to end blanket no-pet clauses in leases. Council sets city housing policy and runs city-owned rentals, so it can act on the office, the TRPP and the pet rule in its own buildings. Tenancy law and lease rules are provincial, so the no-pet clause change is something the party can only ask for.",[1239,1243,1247,1251,1255],{"title":1240,"detail":1241,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1242},"Bring back the Renters' Office","OneCity would bring back the Renters' Office, which it says would be bigger and better than before.","Council decides which offices City Hall has and funds them.",{"title":1244,"detail":1245,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1246},"Expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy","The party would expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP) across the city and cut the time a renter must live in a building to qualify for its protections to six months, down from one year.","The TRPP is a city policy that Council can change.",{"title":1248,"detail":1249,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1250},"Tenant Delay Guarantee","OneCity would make developers pay renters if delayed construction pushes back their move-in date.","Council can attach conditions to rezonings and permits, while tenancy law is provincial.",{"title":1252,"detail":1253,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1254},"End the ban on pets in city-owned housing","The party would end the ban on pets in city-owned housing.","The city sets the rules for housing it owns.",{"title":1256,"detail":1257,"authority":729,"authorityNote":1258},"Push the Province to end blanket no-pet clauses","OneCity would push the Province to end blanket no-pet clauses in rental leases.","The Province sets tenancy law, so the city can only ask for this change.",[1260,1263,1266,1269,1272],{"question":1261,"answer":1262},"What would OneCity do for renters in Vancouver?","OneCity says it would bring back the Renters' Office, expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy, make developers pay renters when construction delays their move-in, and end the ban on pets in city-owned housing (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1264,"answer":1265},"What is the Tenant Delay Guarantee?","It is a OneCity proposal to make developers pay renters if delayed construction pushes back their move-in date. The page does not say how much would be paid (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1267,"answer":1268},"How would OneCity change the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy?","OneCity would expand the policy, which gives money and moving help to renters forced out by renovation or redevelopment, across the city. Renters would qualify after six months in a building, down from one year (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1270,"answer":1271},"Does OneCity want to allow pets in rentals?","OneCity would end the ban on pets in city-owned housing and push the Province to end blanket no-pet clauses in leases. Tenancy law is provincial, so the city can only ask for the second change (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1273,"answer":1274},"Can Vancouver City Council ban no-pet clauses in leases?","No. Tenancy law in British Columbia is set by the Province. OneCity says it would end the pet ban in city-owned housing, which the city controls, and press the Province on leases elsewhere (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).","a-city-for-renters","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--a-city-for-renters","OneCity says it would bring back the Renters' Office, expand the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy so renters qualify after six months, make developers pay renters when construction delays their move-in, and end the ban on pets in city-owned housing.","pCKT7JatRLA3cxgSw0kNhWcpF907Ctk7R2x_-C_ARjs",{"id":1280,"title":1281,"checkedAt":346,"context":1282,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1283,"headline":1296,"issues":1297,"meta":1298,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1299,"party":313,"pillar":564,"proposals":1304,"questions":1333,"slug":1352,"source":101,"stem":1353,"summary":1354,"__hash__":1355},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--peoples-builder-and-small-lots.json","People's Builder and Small Lots & Strong Blocks",[],[1284,1287,1290,1293],{"value":1285,"label":1286},"4,000","Affordable family homes OneCity says a People's Builder would build on city-owned land",{"value":1288,"label":1289},"25 feet","Smallest lot width OneCity would allow, down from 33 feet",{"value":1291,"label":1292},"5 feet","Setback OneCity would allow from the property line",{"value":1294,"label":1295},"6 sites","City sites OneCity says were in ABC's October 2025 rental housing proposal","OneCity housing plan: 4,000 homes on city land, 25-foot lots, single-stair rules",[60],{},[1300,1301,1302,1303],"OneCity released The Way Home & Housing for All on September 24, 2026. Its largest number is 4,000. A city-run People's Builder would build 4,000 family homes on land the city already owns. The city would guarantee loans, draw in federal money and put in its own capital, and any money a project returns would go into the next one.","The party ties this to a council vote. It says that in October 2025, ABC asked council to create a public corporation to build 4,000 market rental homes on six city sites, that OneCity Councillor Lucy Maloney voted against it, and that it failed. OneCity says it would bring the idea back with affordable homes in place of market rents.","The second section, Small Lots & Strong Blocks, changes what can be built on a lot. The party would allow 25-foot lots, down from 33 feet, cut setbacks, the space a building must leave to the property line, to five feet, and allow a courtyard between two four-storey buildings. It would allow single-stair buildings, which have only one staircase, across the city. Four-storey buildings with corner stores would be allowed everywhere, and six storeys with services near city centres.","The party says these changes would make each type of home allowed and leave the choice to build with owners and neighbours. Council controls zoning and city land, so it can make most of these changes. The People's Builder also counts on federal money. Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so the single-stair change is a city decision. The page gives no timeline, cost or list of sites for the 4,000 homes.",[1305,1309,1313,1317,1321,1325,1329],{"title":1306,"detail":1307,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1308},"4,000 Affordable Homes Built by the City","A city-run People's Builder would build 4,000 family homes on land the city already owns. The city would guarantee loans, draw in federal funding and put in capital, and money returned by a project would go into the next project.","The city owns the land and Council can direct its use, but the plan also counts on federal funding.",{"title":1310,"detail":1311,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1312},"Legalize 25-foot lots","OneCity would legalize 25-foot lots, down from 33 feet.","Council sets zoning, including the smallest lot size allowed.",{"title":1314,"detail":1315,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1316},"Five-foot setbacks","The party would reduce setbacks, the distance a building must stand back from the property line, to five feet.","Setbacks are part of the city's zoning rules, which Council sets.",{"title":1318,"detail":1319,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1320},"Courtyards between four-storey buildings","OneCity would let owners build a courtyard between four-storey buildings.","Council sets zoning and approves the building forms allowed on each lot.",{"title":1322,"detail":1323,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1324},"Legalize single-stair buildings across Vancouver","The party would legalize single-stair buildings, which have one staircase, across Vancouver so small home builders can build more homes on smaller lots for less money.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council sets its building rules.",{"title":1326,"detail":1327,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1328},"Four floors with corner stores everywhere","OneCity would allow four-storey buildings with corner stores everywhere in the city.","Council sets zoning, including where shops and homes may be built.",{"title":1330,"detail":1331,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1332},"Six floors with services near city centres","The party would allow six-storey buildings with services near city centres.","Council sets zoning for building heights across the city.",[1334,1337,1340,1343,1346,1349],{"question":1335,"answer":1336},"What is OneCity's People's Builder?","The People's Builder is a city-run builder that OneCity says would build 4,000 affordable family homes on land the city already owns. The city would guarantee loans, draw in federal funding and put in capital, and money a project returns would go into the next one (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1338,"answer":1339},"Does OneCity want to allow 25-foot lots in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity would legalize 25-foot lots, down from 33 feet, and reduce setbacks, the space a building must leave to the property line, to five feet. It would also allow a courtyard between four-storey buildings (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1341,"answer":1342},"What is OneCity's position on single-stair buildings?","OneCity would legalize single-stair buildings, which have one staircase, across Vancouver. The party says this would let small home builders build more homes on smaller lots for less money (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1344,"answer":1345},"Would OneCity allow six-storey buildings in Vancouver neighbourhoods?","OneCity would allow six-storey buildings with services near city centres, and four-storey buildings with corner stores everywhere. The party says the changes would make these homes allowed, with the choice to build left to owners (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1347,"answer":1348},"How did OneCity vote on ABC's plan for city-built rental homes?","OneCity says that in October 2025, ABC asked council to create a public corporation to build 4,000 market rental homes on six city sites, and that OneCity Councillor Lucy Maloney voted against it and it failed. OneCity says it would bring the idea back with affordable homes (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1350,"answer":1351},"Can Vancouver City Council change zoning to allow smaller lots?","Yes. Council sets zoning in Vancouver, including lot sizes, setbacks and building heights, and it controls city-owned land. That is how OneCity would carry out most of its building changes. The People's Builder also counts on federal funding (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).","peoples-builder-and-small-lots","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--peoples-builder-and-small-lots","OneCity says a city-run People's Builder would build 4,000 affordable family homes on city-owned land. It would also allow 25-foot lots, five-foot setbacks, courtyards between four-storey buildings, single-stair buildings, corner stores everywhere and six storeys near city centres.","CEnXGZyZoDrLgMtOvXpChLI29jdGwD9pT7U9E4UVH2o",{"id":1357,"title":1358,"checkedAt":346,"context":1359,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1360,"headline":1361,"issues":1362,"meta":1363,"order":657,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1364,"party":313,"pillar":564,"proposals":1367,"questions":1382,"slug":1398,"source":101,"stem":1399,"summary":1400,"__hash__":1401},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--welcome-neighbours-home.json","Welcome Neighbours Home",[],[],"OneCity on homelessness: end the supportive housing ban, add a shelter standard",[92,60],{},[1365,1366],"The last section of OneCity's housing plan, released on September 24, 2026, is about people without a home. The party says there is no reason anyone should be unhoused in a city as wealthy as Vancouver. Its first step is to end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, meaning homes with on-site support for people leaving homelessness. A new public engagement process, run by a new Office of Community Engagement, would go with it so that more projects succeed. The party's summary of the plan says this engagement would start early.","OneCity would also create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for every shelter the city funds, so they are safe and welcoming. A Community Land Trust Support Strategy would give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale. A community land trust is a non-profit that owns land to keep the homes on it affordable. Council decides where supportive housing is approved and funds city shelter sites, so these steps fall to Council. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal. The page does not say how the first right to buy would work for property the city does not own.",[1368,1372,1376,1379],{"title":1369,"detail":1370,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1371},"End the ban on net-new supportive housing","OneCity would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved.",{"title":1373,"detail":1374,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1375},"A new public engagement process and an Office of Community Engagement","The party would pair new supportive housing with a new public engagement process, supported by a new Office of Community Engagement, so that more projects succeed.","Council sets the city's own consultation process and creates its offices.",{"title":108,"detail":1377,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1378},"OneCity would create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for all city-funded shelters so they are safe and welcoming.","Council funds city shelter sites and can set conditions on that money.",{"title":112,"detail":1380,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1381},"The party would enact a Community Land Trust Support Strategy so non-profits get the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.","Council can adopt a city strategy and fund non-profits, though the page does not say how a first right to buy would apply to property the city does not own.",[1383,1386,1389,1392,1395],{"question":1384,"answer":1385},"Would OneCity allow new supportive housing in Vancouver?","Yes. OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, and pair it with a new public engagement process run by an Office of Community Engagement (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1387,"answer":1388},"What is the Vancouver Shelter Standard proposed by OneCity?","It is a standard OneCity would create for every city-funded shelter, so the shelters are safe and welcoming. The page does not list what the standard would require (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1390,"answer":1391},"What is OneCity's Community Land Trust Support Strategy?","It is a OneCity proposal to give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale. A community land trust is a non-profit that owns land to keep homes affordable (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1393,"answer":1394},"Who decides where supportive housing goes in Vancouver?","City Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while health services are provincial and federal. OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on new supportive housing (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).",{"question":1396,"answer":1397},"What is OneCity's plan for homelessness?","OneCity would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, create an Office of Community Engagement, set a Vancouver Shelter Standard for city-funded shelters, and give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).","welcome-neighbours-home","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fhousing-for-all--welcome-neighbours-home","OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, pair it with a new engagement process run by an Office of Community Engagement, create a Vancouver Shelter Standard and give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land.","JNB-TlpswFVZusr7nnHgn8QbKcQT0ISFHec65IaeXek",{"id":1403,"title":1404,"checkedAt":346,"context":1405,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1406,"headline":1416,"issues":1417,"meta":1419,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1420,"party":313,"pillar":397,"proposals":1424,"questions":1445,"slug":1464,"source":348,"stem":1465,"summary":1466,"__hash__":1467},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Flocal-economy--local-economy-action-plan-part-2.json","Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2",[],[1407,1410,1413],{"value":1408,"label":1409},"$3 million","Funding OneCity would give a new Business & Investment Office",{"value":1411,"label":1412},"Over $3 billion","Investment OneCity says the former Vancouver Economic Commission helped attract",{"value":1414,"label":1415},"3 years","Length of the Buy Vancouver purchasing pilot OneCity proposes","OneCity on business: a $3 million office, micro-grants and Buy Vancouver",[1418,216],"economy",{},[1421,1422,1423],"OneCity published the second part of its Local Economy Action Plan on August 17, 2026. The page is about how City Hall treats people who start, move or grow a business in Vancouver. The party says ABC closed the Vancouver Economic Commission three years earlier, and it describes that agency as having helped attract over $3 billion in investment. Those are the party's own claims about the agency's record.","Two of the five parts are new city offices. A Business & Investment Office would get $3 million in funding, and the party says it would also work to reform, fund and stabilize Invest Vancouver, which it calls a regional body. An Entrepreneur Liaison Office would have staff who help business owners find their way through permits, licences and funding from every level of government.","The other three parts deal with money. The party would create micro-grants in tiers, run by a committee of business, labour and community members that it calls non-partisan. It would run a three-year Buy Vancouver pilot so city spending favours goods and services from Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada. It would also judge contract bids on wages, safety, apprenticeships and local hiring as well as price. All five parts are decisions for City Council, which sets the city budget, creates city offices and writes the city's own purchasing rules. The one exception is Invest Vancouver: the party describes it as regional, so changes to it would need the other governments that share it.",[1425,1429,1433,1437,1441],{"title":1426,"detail":1427,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1428},"Restore the Business & Investment Office","OneCity would build a new Business & Investment Office, funded at $3 million, and work to reform, fund and stabilize the regional Invest Vancouver so the city office has a steady partner.","Council can create and fund a city office, while the party itself describes Invest Vancouver as regional, so reforming it needs the other governments that run it.",{"title":1430,"detail":1431,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1432},"An Entrepreneur Liaison Office","The party would set up an Entrepreneur Liaison Office with dedicated staff who help entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses that want to start, relocate or expand in Vancouver find their way through permits, licensing and funding at every level of government.","Council decides which offices City Hall has and how many staff they get.",{"title":1434,"detail":1435,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1436},"Small Business & Community Micro Grants","OneCity would create a tiered micro-grant system to help start, grow and secure businesses built in Vancouver, run by a committee of business, labour and community representatives that the party calls non-partisan. The page names non-profits as eligible too.","Council approves the city budget, which is where grant money would come from.",{"title":1438,"detail":1439,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1440},"Buy Vancouver, Build Resilience","The party would run a three-year purchasing pilot called Buy Vancouver, so that city tax dollars favour goods and services from Vancouver and support businesses and jobs across British Columbia and Canada.","Council sets the rules for how the city buys goods and services.",{"title":1442,"detail":1443,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1444},"A Good Jobs Procurement Standard","OneCity would judge city contracts on fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local and inclusive hiring, as well as on the lowest upfront price.","Council sets the standards that companies must meet to win city contracts.",[1446,1449,1452,1455,1458,1461],{"question":1447,"answer":1448},"What is OneCity's plan for small business in Vancouver?","OneCity says it would open a Business & Investment Office funded at $3 million, create an Entrepreneur Liaison Office to help owners with permits and licences, and set up tiered micro-grants for small businesses. It would also favour local suppliers in city purchasing (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2, August 17, 2026).",{"question":1450,"answer":1451},"Would OneCity bring back the Vancouver Economic Commission?","OneCity proposes a new Business & Investment Office funded at $3 million in its place. The party says ABC closed the Vancouver Economic Commission three years before the plan was published. It would also work to reform and fund the regional Invest Vancouver (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":1453,"answer":1454},"What is Buy Vancouver in the OneCity platform?","Buy Vancouver is a three-year purchasing pilot proposed by OneCity. City tax dollars would favour goods and services bought in Vancouver, and support businesses and jobs across British Columbia and Canada. Council sets the city's purchasing rules, so it could start such a pilot (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":1456,"answer":1457},"Who would hand out OneCity's small business micro-grants?","OneCity says a committee of business, labour and community representatives, which it calls non-partisan, would run the tiered micro-grant system. The grants would help start, grow and secure businesses built in Vancouver. The party gives no grant amounts (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":1459,"answer":1460},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out OneCity's economy plan on its own?","Most of it, yes. Council creates city offices, approves the budget that would pay for grants, and writes the rules for city contracts. The exception is Invest Vancouver, which OneCity describes as a regional body, so changing it would need the other governments that share it (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).",{"question":1462,"answer":1463},"How would OneCity change how Vancouver awards city contracts?","OneCity would adopt a Good Jobs Procurement Standard. Bids would be judged on fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, safety, and local and inclusive hiring, along with price. The party says the lowest bid now wins too often (OneCity Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2).","local-economy-action-plan-part-2","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Flocal-economy--local-economy-action-plan-part-2","OneCity says it would fund a new Business & Investment Office at $3 million, open an Entrepreneur Liaison Office, create tiered micro-grants for small businesses, run a three-year Buy Vancouver purchasing pilot and add a Good Jobs Procurement Standard to city contracts.","85EhOP5lBgyNboaIeBbN9ePCjP-2NglxZ7mJtsdcSls",{"id":1469,"title":1470,"checkedAt":346,"context":1471,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1472,"headline":1490,"issues":1491,"meta":1492,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1493,"party":313,"pillar":507,"proposals":1497,"questions":1515,"slug":1534,"source":363,"stem":1535,"summary":1536,"__hash__":1537},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fparks-pipes-pools--better-parks-pipes-and-pools.json","A Plan for Better Parks, Pipes, & Pools",[],[1473,1476,1479,1482,1484,1487],{"value":1474,"label":1475},"40%","Tree canopy target OneCity would set",{"value":1477,"label":1478},"11% to 12%","Share of city land OneCity would have as park land, from today to its target",{"value":1480,"label":1481},"Up to 3","Buried creek systems OneCity would bring back to the surface",{"value":657,"label":1483},"New pools OneCity would build, in Mount Pleasant, Hastings and Marpole",{"value":1485,"label":1486},"50 metres","Length of the competition pool OneCity says Vancouver needs",{"value":1488,"label":1489},"More than a third","Share of Vancouver OneCity says is covered in blacktop","OneCity Park Board plan: three new pools, a 40% tree canopy, lifeguards",[193,244],{},[1494,1495,1496],"OneCity's Park Board candidates John Irwin, Tyler Petersen and Dominic Denofrio released their plan on September 29, 2026. It covers how the Park Board is paid for, how much of the city is green, and whether pools stay open. The party says more than a third of Vancouver is covered in blacktop and that parks suffered under four years of ABC budgets.","The money part is called an Evergreen Funding Model. The Park Board would keep the revenue it earns, which the party says now goes to general city funds, and would open a small gift shop program in some parks so people can support parks without any fee going up. ReWild Vancouver would add park land, grow urban meadows and bring buried creeks back to the surface, a step called daylighting. The targets are a 40% tree canopy, park land growing from 11% to 12% of the city, and up to three creeks daylighted.","On swimming, the party would keep public pools open and staffed with qualified lifeguards, trained through a city-run certification focused on equity, with long-term funding. It names three sites for new pools: Mount Pleasant, through the redevelopment of Kingsgate Mall, Hastings Community Centre and Marpole. One of them would be the 50-metre pool the party says Vancouver needs. The Park Board runs pools, beaches and park land. Keeping its own revenue and building new pools would also need City Council, which approves the operating budget and the capital plan.",[1498,1502,1506,1511],{"title":1499,"detail":1500,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1501},"An Evergreen Funding Model for our Independent Park Board","OneCity would build Park Board revenue through no-cost and low-cost tools, as part of a long-term plan for a more independent board. The Park Board would keep the revenue it earns, which the party says now goes to general city funds, and a low-cost gift shop program in some parks would let people support parks without any fee going up.","The Park Board can run gift shops in its parks, but letting it keep its own revenue needs City Council, which approves the city's operating budget.",{"title":1503,"detail":1504,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1505},"ReWild Vancouver","The party would increase park land, grow urban meadows and resurface buried creeks. It would raise the tree canopy target to 40%, grow park land from 11% to 12% of the city's total land, and daylight up to three creek systems buried under streets.","The Park Board controls park land, while the buried creeks run under city streets, which Council controls.",{"title":1507,"detail":1508,"authority":1509,"authorityNote":1510},"Every Beach Guarded and Every Pool Opened","OneCity would keep public pools open, staffed with qualified lifeguards trained through city-run certification focused on equity, and funded over the long term.","park-board","The Park Board runs the city's pools and beaches and hires their lifeguards.",{"title":1512,"detail":1513,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1514},"Three New Pools","The party would build new pools in Mount Pleasant, through the Kingsgate redevelopment, at Hastings Community Centre and in Marpole, including the 50-metre pool it says Vancouver needs.","The Park Board runs pools, but new buildings need money in the capital plan, which Council approves.",[1516,1519,1522,1525,1528,1531],{"question":1517,"answer":1518},"Where would OneCity build new pools in Vancouver?","OneCity's Park Board candidates name three sites: Mount Pleasant, through the redevelopment of Kingsgate Mall, Hastings Community Centre, and Marpole. One would be the 50-metre pool the party says the city needs (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1520,"answer":1521},"What would OneCity do about lifeguard shortages?","OneCity says it would keep public pools open, staffed with qualified lifeguards trained through a city-run certification focused on equity, and funded over the long term. Its Park Board candidates say ABC cut lifeguard staffing (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1523,"answer":1524},"What is OneCity's tree canopy target?","OneCity would raise the tree canopy target to 40%. Under its ReWild Vancouver plan it would also grow park land from 11% to 12% of the city and bring up to three buried creeks back to the surface (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan).",{"question":1526,"answer":1527},"How would OneCity fund the Vancouver Park Board?","OneCity calls it an Evergreen Funding Model. The Park Board would keep the revenue it earns, which the party says now goes to general city funds, and a low-cost gift shop program in some parks would raise money without any fee going up (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan, September 29, 2026).",{"question":1529,"answer":1530},"Can the Park Board build new pools without City Council?","The Park Board runs pools, but money for new buildings comes through the capital plan, which City Council approves. OneCity's three new pools would need both bodies, and the Mount Pleasant pool is tied to the redevelopment of Kingsgate Mall (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan).",{"question":1532,"answer":1533},"Who are OneCity's Park Board candidates?","John Irwin, Tyler Petersen and Dominic Denofrio are OneCity's Park Board candidates. They released the party's parks plan on September 29, 2026 (OneCity Parks, Pipes, & Pools plan).","better-parks-pipes-and-pools","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fparks-pipes-pools--better-parks-pipes-and-pools","OneCity's Park Board candidates say they would let the Park Board keep the money it earns, grow park land from 11% to 12% of the city, raise the tree canopy target to 40%, keep pools open with enough lifeguards, and build new pools in Mount Pleasant, Hastings and Marpole.","HMyfL0LaTehCwyYH0nBESbWTbk0YQEC8ZKl2JLAUF9s",{"id":1539,"title":1540,"checkedAt":346,"context":1541,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1542,"headline":1549,"issues":1550,"meta":1551,"order":770,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1552,"party":313,"pillar":425,"proposals":1556,"questions":1579,"slug":1598,"source":133,"stem":1599,"summary":1600,"__hash__":1601},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fsafe-streets--progressive-public-safety.json","Progressive Public Safety and Public Accountability for Policing",[],[1543,1546],{"value":1544,"label":1545},"10 points","Number of points OneCity gives its Progressive Public Safety Plan",{"value":1547,"label":1548},"3 principles","Number of principles OneCity says the safety plan is built on","OneCity on safety: crisis teams, a survivor fund and a public review of the VPD",[124,92],{},[1553,1554,1555],"OneCity released its Progressive Public Safety Plan on September 25, 2026. The party calls it a 10-point plan built on three principles. This page covers the first and the third: what the party calls progressive public safety, and public accountability for policing. The street design points are on the next page. Councillor Lucy Maloney announced the plan with the party, and Council candidates Caitlin Stockwell and Iona Bonamis are quoted in the release.","The first group is about who answers a call. Trained mental health workers and peer responders, meaning people with lived experience, would take calls where police are not needed. The party says this would let police focus on organized and major crime, and let fire and medical crews focus on emergencies. Trusted community messengers, such as the teams the party calls CRCL teams, would step in before a conflict grows. The party would also build on the Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led safety models to reduce repeat offending.","Survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence would get fast, low-barrier emergency money through frontline organizations, and a Community Safety Table would coordinate help in each neighbourhood. The plan names Housing First, meaning a stable home comes before other support, as its base for responding to the causes of crime. The last point is an independent, publicly reported review of the Vancouver Police Department. Council approves the police budget, while the Vancouver Police Board directs the department, so a review would need both. Courts and health services are provincial, so the crisis and justice items also depend on the Province.",[1557,1561,1564,1568,1571,1575],{"title":1558,"detail":1559,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1560},"One coordinated crisis response system","OneCity would create one crisis response system in which trained mental health professionals and peer responders answer calls when police are not needed, so police can focus on organized and major crime and first responders on fire and medical emergencies.","Council can fund city crisis teams, but the Police Board directs the police department and mental health services are provincial.",{"title":135,"detail":1562,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1563},"The party would use trusted community messengers, such as the teams it calls CRCL teams, to step in before conflict escalates.","Council can fund community programs through the city budget.",{"title":1565,"detail":1566,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1567},"Restorative justice that reduces reoffences","OneCity would build on Vancouver's Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce what it calls the catch-and-release cycle.","Courts and justice programs are provincial, so the city can fund and support community programs alongside them.",{"title":143,"detail":1569,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1570},"The party would create a Survivor Safety Fund giving fast, low-barrier emergency money to survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence through frontline organizations, plus a Community Safety Table to coordinate neighbourhood response and supporters.","Council can make grants to community organizations and set up its own coordinating table.",{"title":1572,"detail":1573,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1574},"Housing First","OneCity names Housing First, a stable home before other support, as the base of its response to the factors that contribute to crime. The party says a person with a safe home is safer, and so are their neighbours.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while health services are provincial and federal.",{"title":1576,"detail":1577,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1578},"An independent, publicly reported review of the VPD","The party would order an independent organizational review of the Vancouver Police Department, reported in public and held to the same standard as other public services, to show where to invest, where to find savings and which calls other services could handle.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department, so the review would need the board's cooperation.",[1580,1583,1586,1589,1592,1595],{"question":1581,"answer":1582},"What is OneCity's plan for police in Vancouver?","OneCity would order an independent, publicly reported organizational review of the Vancouver Police Department to show where to invest, where to save and which calls other services could take. It would also send mental health workers and peer responders to calls that need no police (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1584,"answer":1585},"Does OneCity want mental health workers to answer some 911 calls?","Yes. OneCity proposes one coordinated crisis response system in which trained mental health professionals and peer responders answer calls when police are not needed. The party says this frees police for organized and major crime (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1587,"answer":1588},"What is OneCity's Survivor Safety Fund?","It is a fund that OneCity says would give fast, low-barrier emergency money to survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, delivered by frontline organizations. A Community Safety Table would coordinate neighbourhood help alongside it. The page gives no dollar amount (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).",{"question":1590,"answer":1591},"Can Vancouver City Council order a review of the VPD?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. OneCity's proposed independent review of the VPD would therefore need the board to cooperate (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1593,"answer":1594},"What does OneCity say about restorative justice?","OneCity says it would build on Vancouver's Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce repeat offending. Courts are provincial, so the city's part would be funding and support (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1596,"answer":1597},"How does OneCity link housing and crime?","OneCity lists Housing First as one of the points in its safety plan. The party says a stable, safe home is the base for responding to the factors that contribute to crime, and makes both the person and their neighbours safer (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).","progressive-public-safety","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fsafe-streets--progressive-public-safety","OneCity says it would send mental health workers and peer responders to calls that need no police, use community messengers to stop violence early, expand restorative justice, create a Survivor Safety Fund, put Housing First at the base of safety and order a public review of the VPD.","ooI9WhsYzvprfibCkR5DwpidXYvMRdN9v09v6hlOKlk",{"id":1603,"title":1604,"checkedAt":346,"context":1605,"document":641,"extension":12,"figures":1606,"headline":1607,"issues":1608,"meta":1609,"order":830,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1610,"party":313,"pillar":425,"proposals":1613,"questions":1632,"slug":1648,"source":133,"stem":1649,"summary":1650,"__hash__":1651},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fsafe-streets--safe-streets-and-public-spaces.json","Safe Streets & Public Spaces",[],[],"OneCity: brighter streets, bin maps, a smart glasses ban and e-bike battery rules",[124,173],{},[1611,1612],"The second principle of OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, published on September 25, 2026, is about streets, parks and city buildings. The points here are smaller and more physical than the crisis response items: lights, bins, recording devices and batteries. ReLight Vancouver would light streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood. It would also ban hostile architecture on city-owned benches and shelters, meaning design that stops people from sitting or lying down, such as dividers on benches. A Clean Streets item would bring back reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown and publish a public map of bins.","Eyes Off would ban wearable recording devices, such as smart glasses, in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces. Charge Safe \u002F Ride Safe would regulate businesses that sell unsafe e-bikes and batteries, which the party calls a leading cause of fire risk, and set safe operating rules for e-bikes and e-scooters. Connect Vancouver is a promise that people can walk, roll or scoot safely in any neighbourhood. Council controls city streets, city buildings and business licences, so most of these steps are its own. Park lighting and pool change rooms belong to the Park Board, and the battery trade-in program depends on the Province.",[1614,1617,1620,1624,1628],{"title":147,"detail":1615,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1616},"OneCity would make streets, parks, pathways and bus stops well lit in every neighbourhood, and ban hostile architecture on city-owned benches and shelters.","Council owns city streets, benches and shelters, while lighting inside parks is a Park Board decision.",{"title":1618,"detail":152,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1619},"Clean Streets","Street cleaning and public bins on city streets are city services that Council funds.",{"title":1621,"detail":1622,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1623},"Eyes Off","OneCity would ban wearable recording devices, such as smart glasses, in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces, so people are not recorded without consent.","Council sets rules for city buildings, while change rooms at pools and community centres are run by the Park Board.",{"title":1625,"detail":1626,"authority":665,"authorityNote":1627},"Charge Safe \u002F Ride Safe","The party would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the Province on a battery trade-in program to manage fire risk, and create safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters.","Council licenses businesses and sets rules for city streets, while the party itself names the Province as the partner for a battery trade-in program.",{"title":1629,"detail":1630,"authority":889,"authorityNote":1631},"Connect Vancouver","OneCity promises that people can walk, roll or scoot safely in any neighbourhood.","The city owns and designs its streets, sidewalks and bike lanes.",[1633,1636,1639,1642,1645],{"question":1634,"answer":1635},"What is ReLight Vancouver?","ReLight Vancouver is OneCity's plan to light streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and to ban hostile architecture, such as dividers that stop people lying on benches, on city-owned benches and shelters (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1637,"answer":1638},"Would OneCity ban smart glasses in Vancouver change rooms?","Yes. Under a point it calls Eyes Off, OneCity would ban wearable recording devices such as smart glasses in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces. Change rooms at pools and community centres are run by the Park Board, so it would have to act too (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).",{"question":1640,"answer":1641},"What would OneCity do about e-bike battery fires?","OneCity says it would regulate businesses that sell unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the Province on a battery trade-in program, and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters. It calls the point Charge Safe \u002F Ride Safe (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1643,"answer":1644},"Does OneCity plan to bring back public garbage bins?","Yes. OneCity's Clean Streets point would restore reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown and publish a public map of where the bins are (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan, September 25, 2026).",{"question":1646,"answer":1647},"Who would carry out OneCity's safe streets plan?","Mostly City Council, which owns the streets, benches and bus shelters and licenses businesses. The Park Board runs lighting and change rooms in parks, pools and community centres, and the Province would be the partner for a battery trade-in program (OneCity Progressive Public Safety Plan).","safe-streets-and-public-spaces","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fonecity\u002Fsafe-streets--safe-streets-and-public-spaces","OneCity says its ReLight Vancouver plan would light streets, parks, paths and bus stops in every neighbourhood and ban hostile architecture. It would restore public garbage bins, ban smart glasses in city change rooms and washrooms, and regulate sellers of unsafe e-bike batteries.","URMHkB0WYUaTfswoPS3w1JTF2v2PNB3VbZIlHHkgHPo",[1653,1661,1670,1678,1684,1692,1698,1706,1713,1719,1727,1733,1739,1745,1751,1757,1765,1771,1777,1785,1791,1797,1803,1809,1815,1823,1829,1835,1839,1845,1852,1858,1864,1870,1876,1882,1888,1896,1902,1908,1913,1919,1925,1931,1937,1943,1949,1955,1962,1968,1974,1979,1985,1991,1997,2002,2008,2014,2020,2026,2032,2038,2044,2051,2057,2063,2069,2076,2082,2089,2095,2101,2106,2112,2117,2123,2129,2135,2141,2147,2153,2159,2165,2171,2176,2182,2188,2195,2201,2207,2212,2218,2223,2229,2235,2240,2245,2251,2256,2262,2268,2273,2279,2285,2290,2295,2300,2305,2311,2317,2323,2329,2335,2341,2347,2353,2359,2365,2371,2376,2382,2388,2394,2399,2405,2411,2417,2423,2429],{"slug":1654,"name":1655,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1656,"currentRole":13,"headline":1657,"sample":17,"party":1658},"alex-tkach","Alex Tkach","225","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 225.",{"name":1659,"url":1660},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002F",{"slug":1662,"name":1663,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1664,"currentRole":1665,"headline":1666,"sample":17,"party":1667},"alfred-chien","Alfred Chien (錢育廷)","305","Vancouver School Board trustee","Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},"ABC Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1671,"name":1672,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1673,"currentRole":13,"headline":1674,"sample":17,"party":1675},"alisha-masongsong","Alisha Masongsong","303","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 303.",{"name":1676,"url":1677},"Green Party of Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F",{"slug":1679,"name":1680,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1681,"currentRole":13,"headline":1682,"sample":17,"party":1683},"allan-fawley","Allan Fawley","201","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 201.",{"name":1659,"url":1660},{"slug":1685,"name":1686,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1687,"currentRole":13,"headline":1688,"sample":17,"party":1689},"amanda-bains","Amanda Bains","221","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 221.",{"name":1690,"url":1691},"Vancouver Liberals","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F",{"slug":1693,"name":1694,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1695,"currentRole":13,"headline":1696,"sample":17,"party":1697},"amanda-boggan","Amanda Boggan","110","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 110.",{"name":1659,"url":1660},{"slug":1699,"name":1700,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1701,"currentRole":13,"headline":1702,"sample":17,"party":1703},"amarys-joseph","Amarys Joseph","319","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 319.",{"name":1704,"url":1705},"Vote Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1707,"name":1708,"office":1709,"ballotNumber":1710,"currentRole":1711,"headline":1712,"sample":17,"party":13},"amauri-caliman","Amauri Caliman","Mayor","55","Independent mayoral candidate","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 55.",{"slug":1714,"name":1715,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1716,"currentRole":13,"headline":1717,"sample":17,"party":1718},"amir-bajehkian","Amir Bajehkian","223","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 223.",{"name":1690,"url":1691},{"slug":1720,"name":1721,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1722,"currentRole":13,"headline":1723,"sample":17,"party":1724},"andy-lin","Andy Lin","140","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 140.",{"name":1725,"url":1726},"Bright Future Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1728,"name":1729,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1730,"currentRole":13,"headline":1731,"sample":17,"party":1732},"annette-reilly","Annette Reilly","102","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 102.",{"name":1676,"url":1677},{"slug":1734,"name":1735,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1736,"currentRole":13,"headline":1737,"sample":17,"party":1738},"arezo-zarrabian","Arezo Zarrabian","126","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 126.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},{"slug":1740,"name":1741,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1742,"currentRole":13,"headline":1743,"sample":17,"party":1744},"armor-valor","Armor Valor","125","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 125.",{"name":1690,"url":1691},{"slug":1746,"name":1747,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1748,"currentRole":13,"headline":1749,"sample":17,"party":1750},"bhavna-solecki","Bhavna Solecki","115","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 115.",{"name":1704,"url":1705},{"slug":1752,"name":1753,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1754,"currentRole":13,"headline":1755,"sample":17,"party":1756},"bilal-khan","Bilal Khan","122","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 122.",{"name":1725,"url":1726},{"slug":1758,"name":1759,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1760,"currentRole":13,"headline":1761,"sample":17,"party":1762},"blair-coleman","Blair Coleman","309","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 309.",{"name":1763,"url":1764},"TrueBlue Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",{"slug":1766,"name":1767,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1768,"currentRole":13,"headline":1769,"sample":17,"party":1770},"breanne-smart","Breanne Smart","216","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 216.",{"name":1676,"url":1677},{"slug":1772,"name":1773,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1774,"currentRole":13,"headline":1775,"sample":17,"party":1776},"bridget-burns","Bridget Burns","141","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 141.",{"name":1676,"url":1677},{"slug":1778,"name":1779,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1780,"currentRole":13,"headline":1781,"sample":17,"party":1782},"brynja-marshall","Brynja Marshall","224","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 224.",{"name":1783,"url":1784},"Independent Parks Party","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",{"slug":1786,"name":1787,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1788,"currentRole":13,"headline":1789,"sample":17,"party":1790},"caitlin-stockwell","Caitlin Stockwell","149","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 149.",{"name":42,"url":317},{"slug":1792,"name":1793,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1794,"currentRole":13,"headline":1795,"sample":17,"party":1796},"cam-rothery","Cam Rothery","213","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 213.",{"name":1783,"url":1784},{"slug":1798,"name":1799,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1800,"currentRole":13,"headline":1801,"sample":17,"party":1802},"camil-dumont","Camil Dumont","119","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 119.",{"name":1676,"url":1677},{"slug":1804,"name":1805,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1806,"currentRole":13,"headline":1807,"sample":17,"party":1808},"charles-kelly","Charles Kelly","117","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 117.",{"name":1659,"url":1660},{"slug":1810,"name":1811,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1812,"currentRole":13,"headline":1813,"sample":17,"party":1814},"cheryl-grant","Cheryl Grant","232","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 232.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},{"slug":1816,"name":1817,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1818,"currentRole":13,"headline":1819,"sample":17,"party":1820},"chloe-leslie","Chloe Leslie","124","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 124.",{"name":1821,"url":1822},"COPE","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",{"slug":1824,"name":1825,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1826,"currentRole":13,"headline":1827,"sample":17,"party":1828},"chris-qiu","Chris Qiu (仇云霞)","227","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 227.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},{"slug":1830,"name":1831,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1832,"currentRole":13,"headline":1833,"sample":17,"party":1834},"christian-kyle","Christian Kyle","218","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 218.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},{"slug":1836,"name":1837,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1838,"currentRole":1665,"headline":1666,"sample":17,"party":13},"christopher-jk-richardson","Christopher JK Richardson","317",{"slug":1840,"name":1841,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1842,"currentRole":13,"headline":1843,"sample":17,"party":1844},"christopher-lee","Christopher Lee (李基鵬)","325","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 325.",{"name":42,"url":317},{"slug":1846,"name":1847,"office":1709,"ballotNumber":1848,"currentRole":1849,"headline":1850,"sample":17,"party":1851},"colleen-hardwick","Colleen Hardwick","50","Former Vancouver city councillor","Former Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.",{"name":1659,"url":1660},{"slug":1853,"name":1854,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1855,"currentRole":13,"headline":1856,"sample":17,"party":1857},"darren-boidman","Darren Boidman","300","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 300.",{"name":1690,"url":1691},{"slug":1859,"name":1860,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1861,"currentRole":13,"headline":1862,"sample":17,"party":1863},"david-grewal","David Grewal","138","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 138.",{"name":1668,"url":1669},{"slug":1865,"name":1866,"office":537,"ballotNumber":1867,"currentRole":13,"headline":1868,"sample":17,"party":1869},"derrick-o-keefe","Derrick O'Keefe","323","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 323.",{"name":1821,"url":1822},{"slug":1871,"name":1872,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1873,"currentRole":13,"headline":1874,"sample":17,"party":1875},"devin-clemens","Devin Clemens","128","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 128.",{"name":1690,"url":1691},{"slug":1877,"name":1878,"office":399,"ballotNumber":1879,"currentRole":13,"headline":1880,"sample":17,"party":1881},"devyani-singh","Devyani Singh","121","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 121.",{"name":1821,"url":1822},{"slug":1883,"name":1884,"office":509,"ballotNumber":1885,"currentRole":13,"headline":1886,"sample":17,"party":1887},"dominic-denofrio","Dominic Denofrio","230","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 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No brand colour could be read from the party site.",[2443],"abc-home","The governing party, running the mayor and 23 more candidates",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2446,"gaps":2447,"entries":2448},[20,21],[23],[],[2450],{"role":2451,"name":2071,"cites":2452},"Mayor and mayoral candidate",[2443,276],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2455,"gaps":2456,"searchUrl":34,"filings":2457,"notes":2458},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2460,"gaps":2461,"entries":2462},[45],[47],[],[2464,2465,2466],"ABC Vancouver goes into the October 17, 2026 election as the governing party. Ken Sim has been mayor since 2022 and is running again at ballot number 54.","ABC is running 24 candidates, more than any other party: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board. It is one of only two parties running a full or near-full slate in all four races.","Its published platform is organised into five headings: public safety and street disorder, affordability and accountability at City Hall, jobs and economy, restoring Vancouver, and raising Vancouver. Several of its commitments carry a number attached, which is unusual on this ballot and makes them easier to check later.",{"accent":2440,"onAccent":55,"tint":2468,"ink":2469},"#E3F5F7","#1F727A",[2471,2494,2516,2561,2580,2624,2646,2687,2696,2715],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":2472,"proposals":2476,"questions":2483,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2484,"gaps":2488,"headline":2492,"summary":2493},[2473,2474,2475],"Housing does not have its own heading in ABC’s published platform. The one commitment that bears on it directly is a promise to make permitting faster and easier, which sits under \"Restoring Vancouver\".","We looked for a housing target, an affordable housing commitment and a rental protection policy on the party website on September 22, 2026 and found none published.","This is a finding about the published platform on that date, and it is not a statement about what ABC would do in office.",[2477],{"title":2478,"detail":2479,"cites":2480,"authority":2482},"Make City Hall permitting faster and easier","The platform commits to making permitting faster and easier and to continuing to streamline City Hall operations.",[2481],"abc-platform","Council and city staff control the permit process.",[],[2485,2486,2487],"The ABC Vancouver platform page","The ABC Vancouver home page","A web search for ABC Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[2489,2490,2491],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordable or non-market housing commitment is published.","No rental or tenant protection policy is published.","Faster permits, and no published housing target","ABC’s published platform commits to making City Hall permitting faster and easier. It does not publish a housing supply target, an affordability target or a rental policy.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":2495,"proposals":2498,"questions":2508,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2509,"gaps":2510,"headline":2514,"summary":2515},[2496,2497],"ABC does not publish a separate homelessness section. Its commitments that touch the subject are the same ones that appear under public safety: more than 100 involuntary care beds, moving drug consumption sites away from schools and parks, and good neighbour agreements for public housing where there is street disorder.","We found no published commitment on shelter spaces, encampments or supportive housing supply on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2499,2504],{"title":2500,"detail":2501,"cites":2502,"authority":2503},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds","The same commitment that appears under public safety. ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds.",[2481,2443],"Provincial.",{"title":2505,"detail":2506,"cites":2507},"Non-profit oversight for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2481],[],[2485,2486],[2511,2512,2513],"No shelter space commitment is published.","No supportive housing supply commitment is published.","No encampment policy is published.","Treatment beds and drug sites, handled as a safety question","ABC addresses homelessness and drugs inside its public safety heading, through involuntary care beds, drug site locations and oversight of public housing.",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":2517,"proposals":2521,"questions":2547,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2556,"gaps":2558,"headline":2559,"summary":2560},[2518,2519,2520],"Public safety is the first heading on ABC’s published platform, and it is the area where the party has put the most specific commitments in writing.","Two of these reach beyond what a city council can do on its own. Involuntary care beds and drug consumption site rules are provincial decisions. ABC’s own wording is that it will \"fight for\" the beds, which is a request to the province rather than a promise the city can keep by itself.","ABC also placed two questions on the October 17 ballot alongside the candidate races. One asks whether the city should strengthen its laws against open-air hard drug use. The other asks whether the city should formally request that the province convert part of the old St Paul’s Hospital, or a similar site, into a secure facility with voluntary and involuntary care beds.",[2522,2528,2533,2538,2543],{"title":2523,"detail":2524,"cites":2525,"authority":2527},"Ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces","ABC would change city bylaws to forbid using hard drugs in public. A plebiscite question on the same subject appears on the October 17 ballot.",[2481,2526],"plebiscite","City Council sets bylaws. Drug possession law is federal and provincial.",{"title":2529,"detail":2530,"cites":2531,"authority":2532},"Give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs","The platform commits to \"give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs\". The wording of the tool is not published.",[2481],"The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Council approves its budget.",{"title":2534,"detail":2535,"cites":2536,"cost":70,"authority":2537},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver","ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds for people with severe substance use and mental health disorders.",[2481,2443],"Health care, including involuntary care, is a provincial responsibility.",{"title":2539,"detail":2540,"cites":2541,"authority":2542},"Move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks","The platform commits to \"mandate provincial drug consumption sites away from schools & parks\".",[2481],"These sites are approved and funded provincially.",{"title":2544,"detail":2545,"cites":2546},"Good neighbour agreements for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and require a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2481],[2548,2552],{"question":2549,"answer":2550,"cites":2551},"Can a city council ban drug use in public by itself?","A council can pass a bylaw about behaviour in public space, and it can direct city staff to enforce it. It cannot change the criminal law, and it cannot order the police, because the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. ABC also put the question to voters as a plebiscite on October 17, which does not by itself change any law.",[2481,2526],{"question":2553,"answer":2554,"cites":2555},"What are involuntary care beds?","These are hospital or facility beds where a person can be kept and treated without agreeing to it, under provincial mental health law. Vancouver city council does not run them, fund them or decide who goes into one. A city can ask the province for more of them, which is what ABC has committed to do.",[2481],[2485,2486,2557],"The City of Vancouver notice on the plebiscite questions",[],"Ban open-air hard drug use and give police a seizure tool","ABC would ban hard drug use in public spaces, push the province for more than 100 involuntary care beds, and move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks.",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":2562,"proposals":2564,"questions":2573,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2574,"gaps":2575,"headline":2578,"summary":2579},[2563],"ABC’s published transport commitments come from the affordability and infrastructure parts of its platform rather than a transport section.",[2565,2569],{"title":2566,"detail":2567,"cites":2568},"Prioritise road and sidewalk repair","The platform commits to prioritising investments in roads and sidewalk repairs and renewal.",[2481],{"title":2570,"detail":2571,"cites":2572},"A city-wide universal parking app","ABC would mandate a single city-wide parking app alongside removing pay parking at beaches and community centres.",[2481],[],[2485],[2576,2577],"No transit commitment is published.","No cycling or road safety commitment is published.","Parking fees removed, roads and sidewalks repaired","ABC’s transport commitments are about parking and road repair. It publishes no transit, cycling or road safety commitment.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":2581,"proposals":2585,"questions":2609,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2619,"gaps":2621,"headline":2622,"summary":2623},[2582,2583,2584],"ABC’s parks and recreation commitments sit under two platform headings, \"Jobs & Economy\" and \"Restoring Vancouver\", rather than under a parks heading.","This is the largest dollar figure any party has attached to a single commitment on this ballot. The platform does not say which five community centres, or over how many years the $400 million would be spent.","ABC also asked the province to abolish the elected Park Board during the last term. The mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate the board if re-elected. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates for them.",[2586,2592,2597,2601,2605],{"title":2587,"detail":2588,"cites":2589,"cost":2590,"authority":2591},"Rebuild or revamp 5 community centres","The platform commits to rebuilding or revamping five community centres for $400 million, and to starting a second phase of another five in the next capital plan.",[2481],"$400 million","Capital spending is approved by Council through the capital plan.",{"title":2593,"detail":2594,"cites":2595,"cost":2596},"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool","The commitment is worded \"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50M pool, at cost\".",[2481],"Stated as \"at cost\"",{"title":2598,"detail":2599,"cites":2600},"Deliver the River District Community Centre","The platform commits to delivering the River District Community Centre.",[2481],{"title":2602,"detail":2603,"cites":2604,"cost":70},"Create a playground improvement fund","ABC would create a fund for playground improvements. No amount is published.",[2481],{"title":2606,"detail":2607,"cites":2608},"More pools, rinks and ice time","The platform commits to revamping and investing in recreational facilities, naming more pools, rinks and ice time.",[2481],[2610,2614],{"question":2611,"answer":2612,"cites":2613},"Which five community centres would be rebuilt?","The platform does not name them. It commits $400 million to five, and a second group of five in the next capital plan. We checked the platform page on September 22, 2026 and no list was published.",[2481],{"question":2615,"answer":2616,"cites":2617},"Does ABC still want to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to change the Vancouver Charter to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. The board still exists and seven commissioners are being elected on October 17.",[2618],"cbc-parkboard",[2485,2620],"News coverage of the Park Board governance question",[],"$400 million to rebuild five community centres","ABC commits $400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with another five in the next capital plan, plus a rebuilt Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":2625,"proposals":2628,"questions":2642,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2643,"gaps":2644,"headline":2630,"summary":2645},[2626,2627],"ABC is running seven School Board candidates. Its school commitments appear under the \"Restoring Vancouver\" and \"Raising Vancouver\" headings of its platform rather than a schools heading.","The school tax commitment is a request to the province. School tax is collected on Vancouver properties and goes into provincial general revenue. A school board can ask for that to change; it cannot change it.",[2629,2634,2638],{"title":2630,"detail":2631,"cites":2632,"authority":2633},"Keep Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","The platform commits to \"fight to ensure provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools\".",[2481],"School tax and the funding formula are set by the province.",{"title":2635,"detail":2636,"cites":2637,"cost":70},"Increase teaching assistance in classrooms","ABC commits to \"increase teaching assistance by investing in our classrooms\".",[2481],{"title":2639,"detail":2640,"cites":2641},"A performance based action committee for families","The platform commits to creating \"a strict performance based action committee to set better metrics for families\".",[2481],[],[2485],[],"ABC would fight to keep provincial school tax collected in Vancouver in Vancouver schools, increase classroom teaching assistance, and bring swimming lessons into the school day.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":2647,"proposals":2651,"questions":2674,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2683,"gaps":2684,"headline":2685,"summary":2686},[2648,2649,2650],"ABC has published a number here rather than a direction, which makes it one of the few commitments on this ballot that can be checked against a council vote later.","The two pages do not agree on the year. The platform page says \"0% property tax increase in 2027 for buyers & renters\". The party home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We have recorded the platform page wording, checked on September 22, 2026.","A property tax freeze holds the rate, not the bill. A household’s bill can still move if the assessed value of its property changes relative to other properties in the city.",[2652,2658,2662,2666,2670],{"title":2653,"detail":2654,"cites":2655,"cost":70,"authority":2656,"deadline":2657},"0% property tax increase in 2027","The platform commits to a zero percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.",[2481],"Council sets the property tax rate each year.","2027 budget",{"title":2659,"detail":2660,"cites":2661},"Remove pay parking at beaches and community centres","ABC would end pay parking at beaches and community centres and require a single city-wide parking app.",[2481],{"title":2663,"detail":2664,"cites":2665},"End residential parking permit fees","The platform commits to ending the fee for a residential parking permit.",[2481],{"title":2667,"detail":2668,"cites":2669},"Expand VANSTAT to weekly check-ins","ABC would expand its department head meetings, which it calls VANSTAT, to a weekly check-in.",[2481],{"title":2671,"detail":2672,"cites":2673},"Spend only on municipal responsibilities","The platform commits to ensuring \"taxpayer dollars only go to municipal responsibilities\".",[2481],[2675,2679],{"question":2676,"answer":2677,"cites":2678},"Does a tax freeze mean my bill will not go up?","No. A freeze holds the overall rate the city collects. Your own bill depends on how your property is assessed compared with everyone else’s. If your assessment rises faster than the city average, your bill can rise in a year when the rate is frozen.",[2481],{"question":2680,"answer":2681,"cites":2682},"Which year does the freeze apply to?","ABC’s platform page says 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as 2026. Both were checked on September 22, 2026. We have not asked the party which is correct.",[2481,2443],[2485,2486],[],"A zero percent property tax increase, and parking fees removed","ABC’s published platform commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027, removing pay parking at beaches and community centres, and ending residential parking permit fees.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":2688,"proposals":2689,"questions":2690,"state":2691,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2692,"gaps":2694},[],[],[],"none-published",[2485,2486,2693],"A web search for ABC Vancouver climate policy, September 2026",[2695],"No climate or building emissions commitment appears in the published platform.",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":2697,"proposals":2699,"questions":2708,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2709,"gaps":2710,"headline":2713,"summary":2714},[2698],"ABC’s culture commitments sit under its \"Jobs & Economy\" heading and are framed around the street and the events calendar rather than around artists or venues.",[2700,2704],{"title":2701,"detail":2702,"cites":2703},"Revitalise Granville Street and its pedestrian zone","The platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone.",[2481],{"title":2705,"detail":2706,"cites":2707,"cost":70},"A new funding model for major events","ABC commits to \"a new era of cooperation between the City & major events, along with a new funding model\".",[2481],[],[2485],[2711,2712],"No commitment on affordable artist or rehearsal space is published.","No arts grant commitment is published.","Revitalise Granville Street and back major events","ABC commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone, and to a new funding model for major events.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":2716,"proposals":2720,"questions":2735,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2736,"gaps":2737,"headline":2722,"summary":2738},[2717,2718,2719],"The platform wording is \"Doubling down on childcare (double our 2000 new spaces)\". Read plainly that is a commitment to a further 2,000 spaces.","The claim that 2,000 spaces were created in the last term is ABC’s own account of its record. We have not checked it against city records.","A city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and money collected from developers. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding come from the province, so a city can build a room but cannot on its own decide what a parent pays.",[2721,2726,2730],{"title":2722,"detail":2723,"cites":2724,"cost":70,"authority":2725},"Double the 2,000 new child care spaces","The platform commits to doubling what it describes as 2,000 new spaces created in the last term.",[2481],"The city creates spaces. The province licenses them and sets funding.",{"title":2727,"detail":2728,"cites":2729},"Expand after-school programming","ABC commits to expanding after-school programming and keeping extracurricular activities in Vancouver.",[2481],{"title":2731,"detail":2732,"cites":2733,"authority":2734},"Bring swimming lessons into the school day","The platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day.",[2481],"Delivered with the Board of Education and the Park Board.",[],[2485],[],"ABC commits to \"doubling down on childcare\", which its platform defines as doubling the 2,000 new spaces it says it created.",[2740,2744,2748,2752,2756,2760,2764,2768,2772],{"question":2741,"answer":2742,"cites":2743},"Who leads ABC Vancouver?","Ken Sim is the mayor of Vancouver and ABC’s mayoral candidate. He appears at ballot number 54. Whether he is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[2443,276],{"question":2745,"answer":2746,"cites":2747},"How many candidates is ABC running?","24, the largest slate on the ballot: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board.",[276],{"question":2749,"answer":2750,"cites":2751},"What is ABC’s biggest single spending commitment?","$400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with a second group of five in the next capital plan. The platform does not name the five centres or give a timeline.",[2481],{"question":2753,"answer":2754,"cites":2755},"Does ABC promise to freeze property taxes?","Its platform page commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We recorded the platform page wording on September 22, 2026.",[2481,2443],{"question":2757,"answer":2758,"cites":2759},"What does ABC say about drugs in public?","It would ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces, give police a tool to seize hard drugs, and move provincial drug consumption sites away from schools and parks. A plebiscite question on the same subject is on the October 17 ballot.",[2481,2526],{"question":2761,"answer":2762,"cites":2763},"Does ABC have a published housing plan?","Not as a section of its platform. The one published commitment that bears on housing is to make permitting faster and easier. We found no supply target, affordability target or rental policy on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2481],{"question":2765,"answer":2766,"cites":2767},"Does ABC have a published climate policy?","We found none on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2443,2481],{"question":2769,"answer":2770,"cites":2771},"Is ABC still trying to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates.",[2618],{"question":2773,"answer":2774,"cites":2775},"Where can I see ABC’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is not due until about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[293,306],{"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":2777,"searched":2778,"gaps":2782,"entries":2785},"2026-09-23",[2779,2780,2781],"The party website and platform pages","City of Vancouver council decision and budget-approval records","Independent news coverage of council votes (CBC, Daily Hive)",[2783,2784],"Police-hiring and mental-health-worker hiring figures were checked against multiple sources that disagreed on the exact current count; they are not included here until a single primary source (VPD Board or Vancouver Coastal Health reporting) can be confirmed directly.","Co-op housing and childcare-space completion figures from third-party coverage were not independently confirmed against a City or BC Housing primary source and are not included here.",[2786,2792,2798,2804,2810,2817],{"date":2787,"title":2788,"body":2789,"cites":2790},"2023-03-01","2023 property tax increase: 10.7%, the largest in over a decade","ABC Vancouver's council majority approved a 10.7% property tax increase for 2023, up from the 9.7% in the original draft budget after an amendment moved by Mayor Ken Sim. It was the largest single-year increase in more than ten years, following a mayoral campaign that had not proposed a tax increase of this size.",[2791],"cov-2023-budget",{"date":2793,"title":2794,"body":2795,"cites":2796},"2023-12-14","2024 property tax increase: 7.5%, passed 8 to 3","Council approved a 7.5% property tax increase for the 2024 operating budget, made up of 1% for infrastructure renewal, 3% for Vancouver Police Department funding and 3.5% for general City services. The budget motion passed 8 to 3, with Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC Vancouver council majority voting in favour.",[2797],"cov-2024-budget",{"date":2799,"title":2800,"body":2801,"cites":2802},"2024-12-10","2025 property tax increase: 3.9%","Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase for the 2025 budget, a smaller increase than either of the two prior years, made up of 2.9% for City services and 1% for infrastructure renewal.",[2803],"cov-2025-budget",{"date":2805,"title":2806,"body":2807,"cites":2808},"2025-11-25","2026 property tax increase: 0%, after three straight increases","Council approved a 0% property tax increase for 2026, following Mayor Ken Sim's 'zero means zero' motion passed in October 2025. The vote on the final budget was 7 to 4, with councillors Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney voting against. Over the full term, the combined increase across 2023 through 2025 was 10.7%, 7.5% and 3.9%, before the 2026 freeze.",[2809],"cov-2026-budget",{"date":2811,"title":2812,"body":2813,"cites":2814},"2025-02-10","Permit processing times improved but most targets remain unmet","The council-adopted 3-3-3-1 permitting targets set goals of 3 days for simple renovation permits, 3 weeks for single-family and townhouse permits, 3 months for mid-rise buildings on land already zoned, and 1 year for high-rises. By 2025, the City reported 92% of simple renovation permits issued within 3 days, meeting that target. Single-family home permits improved from 250 days in 2022 to 160 days in 2025, a 36% reduction, but remained well above the 21-day (3-week) target.",[2815,2816],"cov-permit-update","dh-93-promises",{"date":2818,"title":2819,"body":2820,"cites":2821},"2026-06-01","Multiplex permit approvals reported 50% faster","The City reported that multiplex permit approval times had improved by 50% as of June 2026, part of the same permitting-speed push behind the 3-3-3-1 targets adopted under the ABC-majority council.",[2822],"cov-multiplex-permits","abc-vancouver",[2825,2827,2830,2833,2838,2839,2840,2841,2842,2845,2848,2851,2854,2857,2860],{"id":2443,"label":2826,"url":1669,"publisher":1668,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"ABC Vancouver home page",{"id":2481,"label":2828,"url":2829,"publisher":1668,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"ABC Vancouver platform","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":2526,"label":2831,"url":2832,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"Council adds plebiscite question to Vancouver election ballot","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-adds-plebiscite-question-to-vancouver-election-ballot-august-2026.aspx",{"id":2618,"label":2834,"url":2835,"publisher":2836,"kind":2837,"checkedAt":18},"Vancouver mayor says he will not try to eliminate the park board if re-elected","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fken-sim-park-board-stays-9.7268871","CBC News","news",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":2791,"label":2843,"url":2844,"publisher":2836,"kind":2837,"publishedAt":2787,"checkedAt":2777},"Vancouver passes new budget with 10.7% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fvancouver-budget-property-tax-increase-1.6763926",{"id":2797,"label":2846,"url":2847,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"publishedAt":2793,"checkedAt":2777},"Vancouver City Council approves 2024 Operating Budget","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2024-operating-budget-dec-2023.aspx",{"id":2803,"label":2849,"url":2850,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"publishedAt":2799,"checkedAt":2777},"Vancouver City Council approves 2025 operating and capital budget with 3.9% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2025-operating-and-capital-budget-dec-2024.aspx",{"id":2809,"label":2852,"url":2853,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"publishedAt":2805,"checkedAt":2777},"Vancouver City Council approves 2026 Budget with 0% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-0-property-tax-nov-2025.aspx",{"id":2815,"label":2855,"url":2856,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"publishedAt":2811,"checkedAt":2777},"3-3-3-1 permitting program update, council memo","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Ffiles\u002Fcov\u002F2025-02-10-council-memo-3-3-3-1-permitting-program-update.pdf",{"id":2816,"label":2858,"url":2859,"publisher":387,"kind":2837,"checkedAt":2777},"Ken Sim made 93 campaign promises in 2022. How did he do?","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fken-sim-2022-campaign-promises",{"id":2822,"label":2861,"url":2862,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"publishedAt":2818,"checkedAt":2777},"Permitting is getting easier in Vancouver with multiplex approvals now 50% faster","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fpermitting-easier-multiplex-approvals-faster-june-2026.aspx","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver","ABC Vancouver holds the mayor’s chair and is running 24 candidates in 2026, the largest slate on the ballot. Its published platform leads with a property tax freeze, a ban on open-air hard drug use, and $400 million for community centres.","e2_gb8RavKbZYTZ7c-cYUTGATk2dB7AENvR_ZN4syGc",{"id":2867,"aliases":2868,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":2869,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":2873,"history":2874,"leadership":2878,"logo":13,"meta":2879,"money":2880,"name":1894,"news":2885,"overview":2889,"palette":2893,"platform":2897,"questions":2962,"record":2994,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":1894,"slug":2998,"sources":2999,"stem":3006,"summary":3007,"website":1895,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3008},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing.json",[],{"hex":2870,"note":9,"cites":2871},"#3361a1",[2872],"ah-home","One candidate, for City Council",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2875,"gaps":2876,"entries":2877},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2881,"gaps":2882,"searchUrl":34,"filings":2883,"notes":2884},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2886,"gaps":2887,"entries":2888},[45],[47],[],[2890,2891,2892],"The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate, for City Council. It is the smallest party on this ballot.","We checked the party website on September 22, 2026. The page held a heading and no policy content. The name of the party is the clearest statement of its subject.","Every issue page for this party records what we searched and when. None of them asserts a position, because none has been published.",{"accent":2894,"onAccent":55,"tint":2895,"ink":2896},"#3361A1","#E4ECF6","#254674",[2898,2907,2914,2920,2926,2932,2938,2944,2950,2956],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":2899,"proposals":2900,"questions":2901,"state":2691,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2902,"gaps":2905},[],[],[],[2903,2904],"The party website at affordablehousingvancouver.ca","A web search for the party name with Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[2906],"No housing policy is published on the party website, which is the subject the party is named after.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":2908,"proposals":2909,"questions":2910,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2911,"gaps":2913},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F",[214],{"issue":124,"paragraphs":2915,"proposals":2916,"questions":2917,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2918,"gaps":2919},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":173,"paragraphs":2921,"proposals":2922,"questions":2923,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2924,"gaps":2925},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":193,"paragraphs":2927,"proposals":2928,"questions":2929,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2930,"gaps":2931},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":206,"paragraphs":2933,"proposals":2934,"questions":2935,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2936,"gaps":2937},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":216,"paragraphs":2939,"proposals":2940,"questions":2941,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2942,"gaps":2943},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":244,"paragraphs":2945,"proposals":2946,"questions":2947,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2948,"gaps":2949},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":251,"paragraphs":2951,"proposals":2952,"questions":2953,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2954,"gaps":2955},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":2957,"proposals":2958,"questions":2959,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2960,"gaps":2961},[],[],[],[2912,119,212],[214],[2963,2967,2971,2975,2979,2983,2987,2990],{"question":2964,"answer":2965,"cites":2966},"How many candidates does this party have?","One, for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 Vancouver ballot.",[276],{"question":2968,"answer":2969,"cites":2970},"What is its platform?","We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held a heading with no policy content.",[2872],{"question":2972,"answer":2973,"cites":2974},"Does the party name tell me its position?","It tells you the subject, not the policy. A party named Affordable Housing has said what it cares about. What it would actually do about it has not been published.",[2872],{"question":2976,"answer":2977,"cites":2978},"Who leads the party?","No leader is named on the website, checked September 22, 2026.",[2872],{"question":2980,"answer":2981,"cites":2982},"Can one councillor change anything?","Council has ten councillors and a mayor, and decisions need six votes. One councillor can put motions forward, speak in debates and vote, but cannot pass anything alone.",[276],{"question":2984,"answer":2985,"cites":2986},"Why does this party have the same pages as ABC?","Every party on this site gets the same page structure, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more. What differs is how much each party has published. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results.",[2872],{"question":2988,"answer":304,"cites":2989},"Where can I see its campaign finances?",[293,306],{"question":2991,"answer":2992,"cites":2993},"How do I find out more before voting?","Read the candidate profile linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[2872,276],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":2995,"gaps":2996,"entries":2997},[20,309],[311],[],"affordable-housing",[3000,3002,3003,3004,3005],{"id":2872,"label":3001,"url":1895,"publisher":1894,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Affordable Housing party website",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing","The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 ballot. We found no published platform on its website.","BsoEy_-nId6kt0MWiTUydQQHTtBi7RuMgf1CqC8VSBc",{"id":3010,"aliases":3011,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":3012,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3016,"history":3017,"leadership":3021,"logo":13,"meta":3025,"money":3026,"name":1725,"news":3031,"overview":3035,"palette":3040,"platform":3044,"questions":3180,"record":3215,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":1725,"slug":3219,"sources":3220,"stem":3231,"summary":3232,"website":1726,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3233},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3013,"note":9,"cites":3014},"#12a5db",[3015],"bf-home","Free transit, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit rule",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3018,"gaps":3019,"entries":3020},[20,21],[23],[],[3022],{"role":3023,"name":2190,"cites":3024},"Mayoral candidate",[3015,276],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3027,"gaps":3028,"searchUrl":34,"filings":3029,"notes":3030},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3032,"gaps":3033,"entries":3034},[45],[47],[],[3036,3037,3038,3039],"Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor at ballot number 53, and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.","It is one of only two parties on this ballot running for mayor and council but neither of the two boards.","Its published commitments are unusually specific for a smaller party. Several carry a number: 20% rent-to-own equity, 100% free resident transit, a 24 hour child care vision, a 21 day permit rule and a 2% fair share surcharge.","The party calls its platform the Blueprint.",{"accent":3041,"onAccent":55,"tint":3042,"ink":3043},"#0E7EA7","#E3F2F7","#1F627A",[3045,3064,3078,3085,3109,3115,3121,3145,3158,3164],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3046,"proposals":3049,"questions":3058,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3059,"gaps":3061,"headline":3051,"summary":3063},[3047,3048],"Rent-to-own means part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home, so that renting moves someone toward owning rather than only covering a landlord’s costs.","The party publishes the figure 20% but has not published how the scheme would be funded, who would run it or which homes it would apply to.",[3050,3054],{"title":3051,"detail":3052,"cites":3053,"cost":70},"20% rent-to-own equity","The party commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%.",[3015],{"title":3055,"detail":3056,"cites":3057},"Secure affordable rentals and local-first housing protections","The party commits to secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",[3015],[],[3060],"The Bright Future Vancouver home page",[3062],"No detail is published on how rent-to-own would be funded or administered.","Bright Future commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%, secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":3065,"proposals":3067,"questions":3073,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3074,"gaps":3075,"headline":3069,"summary":3077},[3066],"The party publishes the phrase \"treatment-first crisis response\" without further detail. Treatment services are provincial, so a city would be pressing the province rather than delivering this itself.",[3068],{"title":3069,"detail":3070,"cites":3071,"authority":3072},"Treatment-first crisis response","The party commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",[3015],"Treatment services are provincial.",[],[3060],[3076],"No detail is published on what a treatment-first response would involve.","Bright Future commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":3079,"proposals":3080,"questions":3081,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3082,"gaps":3084},[],[],[],[3083,119,212],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",[214],{"issue":173,"paragraphs":3086,"proposals":3090,"questions":3101,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3106,"gaps":3107,"headline":3092,"summary":3108},[3087,3088,3089],"Free transit for every resident is the largest transport commitment published by any party in this election. COPE goes as far as free transit for under-18s; Bright Future publishes 100%.","Fares are set by TransLink, a regional body that Vancouver does not control. A city can contribute money toward a fare programme and can advocate through the Mayors’ Council, but it cannot make transit free by a council vote.","The party has not published what free transit would cost or who would pay for it.",[3091,3096],{"title":3092,"detail":3093,"cites":3094,"cost":70,"authority":3095},"100% free transit for residents","The party commits to free transit for Vancouver residents, alongside fare relief, safer stations and faster buses.",[3015],"TransLink sets fares. The city can contribute funding and advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":3097,"detail":3098,"cites":3099,"authority":3100},"A ready path for SkyTrain to UBC","The party commits to a ready path for the SkyTrain extension to UBC.",[3015],"TransLink and the province decide on rapid transit expansion.",[3102],{"question":3103,"answer":3104,"cites":3105},"Can a city make transit free?","Not on its own. TransLink sets fares across the region and Vancouver is one voice on its Mayors’ Council. A city can put its own money toward covering fares, which is how free-transit programmes usually work. Bright Future has not published a cost or a funding source.",[3015],[3060],[],"Bright Future commits to free transit for residents, safer stations, faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":3110,"proposals":3111,"questions":3112,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3113,"gaps":3114},[],[],[],[3083,119,212],[214],{"issue":206,"paragraphs":3116,"proposals":3117,"questions":3118,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3119,"gaps":3120},[],[],[],[3083,119,212],[214],{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3122,"proposals":3125,"questions":3140,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3141,"gaps":3142,"headline":3143,"summary":3144},[3123,3124],"Bright Future is one of the few parties that names both a spending programme and a tax to pay for it. The surcharge is published as 2%, though the party has not published what it applies to.","The 21 day permit rule is a deadline commitment: a decision within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties commit to faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3126,3131,3136],{"title":3127,"detail":3128,"cites":3129,"cost":3130},"A 2% fair share surcharge","The party commits to a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as a 2% fair share surcharge. What it applies to is not published.",[3015],"2%",{"title":3132,"detail":3133,"cites":3134,"authority":2482,"deadline":3135},"A 21 day permit rule","The party commits to a 21 day permit rule.",[3015],"21 days",{"title":3137,"detail":3138,"cites":3139},"Faster permits and lower building costs","Alongside the 21 day rule the party commits to affordable food access and modern worker training.",[3015],[],[3060],[],"A 2% fair share surcharge and a 21 day permit rule","Bright Future commits to a 2% fair share surcharge to fund its programme, and a 21 day deadline for permits.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":3146,"proposals":3148,"questions":3153,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3154,"gaps":3155,"headline":3150,"summary":3157},[3147],"The party’s published environment commitment is clean water and lead-free schools. It is not contesting the School Board race.",[3149],{"title":3150,"detail":3151,"cites":3152,"cost":70},"Clean water and lead-free schools","The party commits to clean water and lead free schools.",[3015],[],[3060],[3156],"No emissions or building energy commitment is published.","Bright Future commits to clean water and lead-free schools under its environment heading.",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":3159,"proposals":3160,"questions":3161,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3162,"gaps":3163},[],[],[],[3083,119,212],[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3165,"proposals":3169,"questions":3175,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3176,"gaps":3177,"headline":3178,"summary":3179},[3166,3167,3168],"No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on child care outside standard daytime hours.","It matters for shift workers: nurses, transit operators, hospitality and warehouse staff, who cannot use care that closes at six.","Licensing and operating funding for child care are provincial. A city can create the space and press for the licence.",[3170],{"title":3171,"detail":3172,"cites":3173,"cost":70,"authority":3174},"24 hour child care including night shifts","The party commits to night-shift child care and accessible care services, described as a 24 hour child care vision.",[3015],"The city creates spaces. Licensing and funding are provincial.",[],[3060],[],"A 24 hour child care vision, including night shifts","Bright Future commits to night-shift child care and a 24 hour child care vision.",[3181,3185,3189,3193,3197,3201,3205,3209,3213],{"question":3182,"answer":3183,"cites":3184},"Who leads Bright Future Vancouver?","Muhammad Ahmad is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 53.",[3015,276],{"question":3186,"answer":3187,"cites":3188},"How many candidates is it running?","7: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.",[276],{"question":3190,"answer":3191,"cites":3192},"What is the 21 day permit rule?","A commitment that a permit decision comes within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties promise faster permitting without saying how fast.",[3015],{"question":3194,"answer":3195,"cites":3196},"Would transit really be free?","The party commits to 100% free resident transit. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city, so a council would have to fund it and negotiate rather than vote it in. No cost or funding source is published.",[3015],{"question":3198,"answer":3199,"cites":3200},"What is 20% rent-to-own equity?","Part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home. The party publishes the figure 20% but not how the scheme would be funded or who would run it.",[3015],{"question":3202,"answer":3203,"cites":3204},"What is the 2% fair share surcharge?","A tax the party describes as a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as 2%. What it applies to is not published.",[3015],{"question":3206,"answer":3207,"cites":3208},"What is the 24 hour child care vision?","Child care available outside standard daytime hours, including night shifts. No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on care outside daytime hours.",[3015],{"question":3210,"answer":3211,"cites":3212},"Why does it publish nothing on parks or schools?","It is not running candidates for Park Board or School Board. Its slate covers mayor and council only.",[276],{"question":2988,"answer":304,"cites":3214},[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3216,"gaps":3217,"entries":3218},[20,309],[311],[],"bright-future-vancouver",[3221,3223,3227,3228,3229,3230],{"id":3015,"label":3222,"url":1726,"publisher":1725,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Bright Future Vancouver home page",{"id":3224,"label":3225,"url":3226,"publisher":1725,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"bf-blueprint","Bright Future Vancouver Blueprint","https:\u002F\u002Fbrightfuturevancouver.ca\u002Fblueprint",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver","Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates behind mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad, all for mayor and council. Its published commitments include free transit for residents, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit deadline.","Gs_MTO5N4kOCAnoVj44tof6Gd4ircGm7TpZLQzG9o6I",{"id":3235,"aliases":3236,"checkedAt":18,"declaredColour":3237,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3242,"history":3243,"leadership":3247,"logo":13,"meta":3248,"money":3249,"name":1821,"news":3254,"overview":3258,"palette":3263,"platform":3267,"questions":3516,"record":3552,"registeredName":3556,"rosterLabel":1821,"slug":3557,"sources":3558,"stem":3573,"summary":3574,"website":1822,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3575},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope.json",[],{"hex":3238,"note":3239,"cites":3240},"#f23d3d","Read from the party stylesheet on September 22, 2026.",[3241],"cope-home","The left slate, running no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3244,"gaps":3245,"entries":3246},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3250,"gaps":3251,"searchUrl":34,"filings":3252,"notes":3253},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3255,"gaps":3256,"entries":3257},[45],[47],[],[3259,3260,3261,3262],"COPE stands for the Coalition of Progressive Electors. It is running 12 candidates: 4 for City Council, 4 for Park Board and 4 for School Board. It is not running a mayoral candidate.","It is one of two parties on this ballot contesting three races but not the mayoralty; OneCity is the other.","The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform, not a 2026 platform. We have recorded it as such throughout, with its date attached, because the commitments in it were written for a different election.","COPE states that it rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and says it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022.",{"accent":3264,"onAccent":55,"tint":3265,"ink":3266},"#E71010","#F7E3E3","#7A1F1F",[3268,3323,3346,3369,3393,3414,3432,3458,3494,3501],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3269,"proposals":3274,"questions":3308,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3317,"gaps":3320,"headline":3321,"summary":3322},[3270,3271,3272,3273],"These commitments come from COPE’s April 2025 by-election platform, which was still the platform published on its website on September 22, 2026.","The mansion tax is the most specific number on it: 1% on property values above $5 million, to pay for ending homelessness.","COPE would also have the city buy existing apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, naming Montreal as the model.","The vacancy loophole it names is the rule that lets a landlord raise rent without limit between tenants. Rent control between tenancies is provincial law, so a city cannot close that gap on its own.",[3275,3282,3286,3291,3295,3300,3304],{"title":3276,"detail":3277,"cites":3278,"cost":3280,"authority":3281},"A 1% tax on property values above $5 million","COPE would end homelessness with a tax on what it calls the mansions of the super-rich: a progressive property tax of 1% on values exceeding $5 million.",[3279],"cope-platform","1% above $5 million","Council sets property tax. A new tax class may need provincial approval.",{"title":3283,"detail":3284,"cites":3285},"Buy apartments and convert them to public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and turn them into permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, following Montreal’s municipal approach.",[3279],{"title":3287,"detail":3288,"cites":3289,"authority":3290},"Close the vacancy loophole","COPE would close the loophole that lets landlords raise rents without limit between tenants.",[3279],"Rent control between tenancies is set by provincial tenancy law.",{"title":3292,"detail":3293,"cites":3294},"Stop demovictions","COPE would stop demovictions and address city-owned vacant land and what it calls exclusionary mansion districts.",[3279],{"title":3296,"detail":3297,"cites":3298,"authority":3299},"Increase and tighten the Empty Homes Tax","COPE would keep increasing the tax, apply a partial vacancy tax to exempt new builds, increase enforcement and close loopholes.",[3279],"The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver tax.",{"title":3301,"detail":3302,"cites":3303},"Create a landlord registry","A registry would track rents and allow enforcement against landlords with patterns of violations.",[3279],{"title":3305,"detail":3306,"cites":3307},"Bring back the renters office with enforcement powers","COPE would restore the renters office and give it new enforcement powers.",[3279],[3309,3313],{"question":3310,"answer":3311,"cites":3312},"Is this COPE’s 2026 platform?","No. The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept its date attached to every commitment because it was written for a different election.",[3279],{"question":3314,"answer":3315,"cites":3316},"Can the city close the vacancy loophole?","No. The rule that lets a landlord raise the rent without limit when one tenant leaves and another arrives is provincial tenancy law. A city can ask the province to change it, and can act on the taxes and registries it does control.",[3279],[3318,3319],"The COPE platform page","The COPE home page",[],"A 1% tax on homes worth more than $5 million","COPE’s published platform would tax properties above $5 million at 1% to fund ending homelessness, buy apartments as permanent public housing, close the vacancy loophole and stop demovictions.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":3324,"proposals":3327,"questions":3341,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3342,"gaps":3343,"headline":3344,"summary":3345},[3325,3326],"COPE is the only party on this ballot that names both an end to homelessness and the tax that would pay for it in the same commitment.","On the drug crisis, COPE maintains support for safe supply and harm reduction, which is the opposite position to ABC’s ban on open-air use and TrueBlue’s recovery-first framing.",[3328,3332,3337],{"title":3329,"detail":3330,"cites":3331,"cost":3280},"End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax","A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.",[3279],{"title":3333,"detail":3334,"cites":3335,"authority":3336},"Maintain safe supply and harm reduction","COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.",[3279],"These are provincial and federal health programmes.",{"title":3338,"detail":3339,"cites":3340},"Buy apartments as permanent public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.",[3279],[],[3318],[],"End homelessness, funded by the mansion tax","COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":3347,"proposals":3351,"questions":3364,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3365,"gaps":3366,"headline":3367,"summary":3368},[3348,3349,3350],"COPE is the clearest counter-position to ABC and TEAM on this issue. Where they commit to more police tools and enforcement, COPE commits to funding other services instead.","Its platform states the Vancouver police budget increased by about $100 million under the current administration. That is COPE’s own figure and we have not checked it against city budget documents.","Peer-assisted care teams, which COPE calls PACTs, send trained peers rather than police to a mental health crisis.",[3352,3357,3361],{"title":3353,"detail":3354,"cites":3355,"authority":3356},"Fund public services rather than policing","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation facilities and social infrastructure over policing.",[3279],"Council approves the police budget but the Police Board directs the department.",{"title":3358,"detail":3359,"cites":3360},"Support peer-assisted care teams","COPE would support peer-assisted care teams to respond to mental health crises without involving police.",[3279],{"title":3333,"detail":3334,"cites":3362,"authority":3363},[3279],"Safe supply is a provincial and federal health programme.",[],[3318],[],"Fund peer crisis teams rather than police","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and support peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":3370,"proposals":3372,"questions":3388,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3389,"gaps":3390,"headline":3391,"summary":3392},[3371],"COPE publishes its transport commitments inside its climate section rather than separately.",[3373,3378,3383],{"title":3374,"detail":3375,"cites":3376,"authority":3377},"Work toward free public transit","COPE would expand free transit to under-18s and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system.",[3279],"TransLink sets fares.",{"title":3379,"detail":3380,"cites":3381,"authority":3382},"Restore bus routes 17 and 25","COPE would restore both routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3279],"TransLink runs bus routes.",{"title":3384,"detail":3385,"cites":3386,"authority":3387},"Support protected bike lanes","COPE would support protected bike lanes and cycling safety initiatives.",[3279],"The city designs its own streets.",[],[3318],[],"Free transit, restored bus routes and protected bike lanes","COPE would work toward fully funded free public transit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and support protected bike lanes.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":3394,"proposals":3396,"questions":3409,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3410,"gaps":3411,"headline":3412,"summary":3413},[3395],"COPE and TEAM both commit to keeping and strengthening the elected Park Board, and both would make temporary parks permanent. COPE publishes a number: more than 100.",[3397,3401,3405],{"title":3398,"detail":3399,"cites":3400},"Strengthen the elected Park Board","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected park board.",[3279],{"title":3402,"detail":3403,"cites":3404},"Make 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3279],{"title":3406,"detail":3407,"cites":3408},"Expand community gardens and food growing","COPE would expand community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchens and establish food sovereignty networks.",[3279],[],[3318],[],"Make the 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected Park Board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent ones.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":3415,"proposals":3417,"questions":3426,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3427,"gaps":3428,"headline":3430,"summary":3431},[3416],"COPE’s published platform addresses public education in general terms and does not set out school-specific commitments. Its related commitments are on libraries and food security.",[3418,3422],{"title":3419,"detail":3420,"cites":3421},"Increase library funding, hours and wages","COPE would increase funding, hours and wages and add worker representation to the Vancouver Public Library board.",[3279],{"title":3423,"detail":3424,"cites":3425},"Defend public education","COPE campaigns on fighting for public education.",[3241],[],[3318,3319],[3429],"No school capacity, catchment or budget commitment is published.","Public education, libraries and food programmes","COPE is running four School Board candidates and campaigns on defending public education, with library funding and food programmes alongside.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3433,"proposals":3436,"questions":3453,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3454,"gaps":3455,"headline":3456,"summary":3457},[3434,3435],"COPE and TEAM both commit to a lobbyist registry, from opposite ends of the political range. That makes it one of the few commitments with support across this ballot.","COPE’s donation position is a claim about its own conduct: it says it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are the place to check it.",[3437,3441,3445,3449],{"title":3438,"detail":3439,"cites":3440},"Establish a lobbyist registry","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry and push fossil fuel and big business lobbyists out.",[3279],{"title":3442,"detail":3443,"cites":3444},"Defend the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would defend and restore the independence and authority of the Integrity Commissioner.",[3279],{"title":3446,"detail":3447,"cites":3448},"Refuse developer and big business donations","COPE states it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. This is the party’s own account of its conduct.",[3279],{"title":3450,"detail":3451,"cites":3452},"Expand public participation at council","COPE would increase council comment time and follow-up questions and hold town halls throughout the city.",[3279],[],[3318],[],"A lobbyist registry, and no developer donations","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry, defend the Integrity Commissioner’s independence, and states it rejects donations from developers and big business.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":3459,"proposals":3463,"questions":3489,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3490,"gaps":3491,"headline":3492,"summary":3493},[3460,3461,3462],"COPE’s climate section is the longest part of its published platform and folds transport into it.","It refers to the 2021 heat dome, stating 99 people died in Vancouver, and frames its climate adaptation commitments around protecting people from extreme weather.","Rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit would have the city join other local governments suing fossil fuel companies for climate costs.",[3464,3469,3473,3476,3481,3485],{"title":3465,"detail":3466,"cites":3467,"authority":3468},"Free transit for everyone under 18","COPE would expand free public transit to youth under the age of 18, working toward fully funded free-to-ride public transit.",[3279],"TransLink sets fares. A city can advocate and can contribute funding.",{"title":3470,"detail":3471,"cites":3472},"Rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","The city would rejoin the lawsuit requiring polluters to fund climate crisis remediation.",[3279],{"title":3379,"detail":3474,"cites":3475,"authority":3382},"COPE would restore the two routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3279],{"title":3477,"detail":3478,"cites":3479,"authority":3480},"Block gas in new buildings","COPE would block what it describes as the next attempt to enable burning methane gas in new builds, and support electric heat pump retrofitting.",[3279],"Vancouver sets its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":3482,"detail":3483,"cites":3484},"Exceed IPCC emissions targets","COPE commits to exceeding IPCC greenhouse gas reduction targets and timelines.",[3279],{"title":3486,"detail":3487,"cites":3488},"A climate defence strategy for extreme weather","COPE would develop adaptation infrastructure for extreme weather, citing the 99 deaths in Vancouver during the 2021 heat dome.",[3279],[],[3318],[],"Free transit for under-18s and rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","COPE’s published platform would expand free transit to everyone under 18, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and exceed IPCC emissions targets.",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":3495,"proposals":3496,"questions":3497,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3498,"gaps":3500},[],[],[],[3499,119,212],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3502,"proposals":3504,"questions":3511,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3512,"gaps":3513,"headline":3514,"summary":3515},[3503],"The $10 a day programme is a provincial scheme. A city can create the rooms and press for more spaces to be funded, but it does not set the fee.",[3505],{"title":3506,"detail":3507,"cites":3508,"cost":3509,"authority":3510},"Expand $10 a day child care spaces in Vancouver","COPE would expand affordable child care, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3279],"$10 per day per space","The $10 a day programme is funded and set by the province.",[],[3318],[],"Expand $10-a-day child care spaces","COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3517,3521,3525,3529,3533,3537,3541,3545,3549],{"question":3518,"answer":3519,"cites":3520},"Is COPE running a candidate for mayor?","No. COPE is running 12 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[276],{"question":3522,"answer":3523,"cites":3524},"What does COPE stand for?","The Coalition of Progressive Electors.",[3241],{"question":3526,"answer":3527,"cites":3528},"Is the platform on COPE’s website its 2026 platform?","No. On September 22, 2026 the platform page held its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept that date attached to every commitment taken from it.",[3279],{"question":3530,"answer":3531,"cites":3532},"What is COPE’s mansion tax?","A property tax of 1% on the value of a home above $5 million, which COPE says would fund ending homelessness. A home assessed at $6 million would be taxed 1% on the $1 million above the threshold.",[3279],{"question":3534,"answer":3535,"cites":3536},"Where does COPE stand on policing?","It would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and fund peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",[3279],{"question":3538,"answer":3539,"cites":3540},"Does COPE take developer donations?","It states that it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are where to check it.",[3279,293],{"question":3542,"answer":3543,"cites":3544},"What does COPE say about the Park Board?","It would strengthen the independence of the elected board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3279],{"question":3546,"answer":3547,"cites":3548},"Does COPE support free transit?","Yes. It would expand free transit to everyone under 18 and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city.",[3279],{"question":3550,"answer":304,"cites":3551},"Where can I see COPE’s campaign finances?",[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3553,"gaps":3554,"entries":3555},[20,309],[311],[],"The Coalition of Progressive Electors","cope",[3559,3561,3565,3566,3567,3568,3569],{"id":3241,"label":3560,"url":1822,"publisher":1821,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"COPE home page",{"id":3279,"label":3562,"url":3563,"publisher":1821,"kind":318,"publishedAt":3564,"checkedAt":18},"COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fplatform","2025-04-05",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":3570,"label":3571,"url":3572,"publisher":1821,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"cope-platform-2026","Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fs\u002FFight-For-Vancouver-COPE-2026-Platform-t7yf.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope","COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, is running 12 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and no mayoral candidate. Its published platform commits to a mansion tax, buying apartments as public housing, and free transit.","OHl8B5Jgx9XJP0Ej9FnoyIVCJp-rs_ulMHPTEKXYQx4",{"id":3577,"aliases":3578,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3579,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3583,"history":3584,"leadership":3588,"logo":13,"meta":3591,"money":3592,"name":1676,"news":3597,"overview":3601,"palette":3606,"platform":3610,"questions":3845,"record":3877,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":3881,"slug":3882,"sources":3883,"stem":3912,"summary":3913,"website":1677,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3914},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3580,"note":9,"cites":3581},"#a9c94f",[3582],"green-home","Pete Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3585,"gaps":3586,"entries":3587},[20,21],[23],[],[3589],{"role":3023,"name":2231,"cites":3590},[3582,276],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3593,"gaps":3594,"searchUrl":34,"filings":3595,"notes":3596},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3598,"gaps":3599,"entries":3600},[45],[47],[],[3602,3603,3604,3605],"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":3607,"onAccent":55,"tint":3608,"ink":3609},"#667D26","#F2F7E4","#607524",[3611,3666,3681,3703,3722,3751,3780,3792,3818,3830],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3612,"proposals":3617,"questions":3650,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3660,"gaps":3663,"headline":3664,"summary":3665},[3613,3614,3615,3616],"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.",[3618,3624,3629,3633,3638,3642,3646],{"title":3619,"detail":3620,"cites":3621,"authority":3623},"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.",[3622],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":3625,"detail":3626,"cites":3627,"authority":3628},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[3622],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":3630,"detail":3631,"cites":3632},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[3622],{"title":3634,"detail":3635,"cites":3636,"authority":3637},"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.",[3622],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":3639,"detail":3640,"cites":3641},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[3622],{"title":3643,"detail":3644,"cites":3645},"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.",[3622],{"title":3647,"detail":3648,"cites":3649},"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.",[3622],[3651,3656],{"question":3652,"answer":3653,"cites":3654},"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.",[3622,3655],"liberals-home",{"question":3657,"answer":3658,"cites":3659},"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.",[3622],[3661,3662],"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":92,"paragraphs":3667,"proposals":3669,"questions":3675,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3676,"gaps":3678,"headline":3671,"summary":3680},[3668],"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.",[3670],{"title":3671,"detail":3672,"cites":3673,"cost":70},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[3674],"green-shelters",[],[3677],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[3679],"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":124,"paragraphs":3682,"proposals":3685,"questions":3696,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3697,"gaps":3700,"headline":3702},[3683,3684],"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.",[3686,3691],{"title":3687,"detail":3688,"cites":3689},"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.",[3690],"green-school-board",{"title":3692,"detail":3693,"cites":3694},"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.",[3695],"green-city-council",[],[3698,3699,119],"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",[3701],"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":173,"paragraphs":3704,"proposals":3707,"questions":3718,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3719,"gaps":3720,"headline":3721},[3705,3706],"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.",[3708,3714],{"title":3709,"detail":3710,"cites":3711,"authority":3713},"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.",[3712],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":3715,"detail":3716,"cites":3717},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[3695],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":3723,"proposals":3726,"questions":3747,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3748,"gaps":3749,"headline":3750},[3724,3725],"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.",[3727,3731,3735,3739,3743],{"title":3728,"detail":3729,"cites":3730},"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.",[3712],{"title":3732,"detail":3733,"cites":3734},"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.",[3712],{"title":3736,"detail":3737,"cites":3738},"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.",[3712],{"title":3740,"detail":3741,"cites":3742},"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.",[3712],{"title":3744,"detail":3745,"cites":3746},"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.",[3712],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":3752,"proposals":3755,"questions":3776,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3777,"gaps":3778,"headline":3779},[3753,3754],"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.",[3756,3760,3764,3768,3772],{"title":3757,"detail":3758,"cites":3759},"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.",[3690],{"title":3761,"detail":3762,"cites":3763},"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.",[3690],{"title":3765,"detail":3766,"cites":3767},"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.",[3690],{"title":3769,"detail":3770,"cites":3771},"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.",[3690],{"title":3773,"detail":3774,"cites":3775},"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.",[3690],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":3781,"proposals":3783,"questions":3788,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3789,"gaps":3790,"headline":3791},[3782],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[3784],{"title":3785,"detail":3786,"cites":3787},"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.",[3695],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":3793,"proposals":3797,"questions":3810,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3811,"gaps":3813,"headline":3816,"summary":3817},[3794,3795,3796],"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.",[3798,3802,3806],{"title":3799,"detail":3800,"cites":3801,"authority":3637},"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.",[3622],{"title":3803,"detail":3804,"cites":3805},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[3622],{"title":3807,"detail":3808,"cites":3809},"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.",[3622],[],[3661,3812],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[3814,3815],"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":251,"paragraphs":3819,"proposals":3821,"questions":3826,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3827,"gaps":3828,"headline":3829},[3820],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[3822],{"title":3823,"detail":3824,"cites":3825},"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.",[3695],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":3831,"proposals":3833,"questions":3841,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3842,"gaps":3843,"headline":3844},[3832],"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.",[3834,3838],{"title":3835,"detail":3836,"cites":3837},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[3695],{"title":3761,"detail":3839,"cites":3840},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[3690],[],[3698,3699,119],[3701],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[3846,3850,3854,3858,3862,3866,3870,3874],{"question":3847,"answer":3848,"cites":3849},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[3582,276],{"question":3851,"answer":3852,"cites":3853},"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.",[276],{"question":3855,"answer":3856,"cites":3857},"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.",[3622],{"question":3859,"answer":3860,"cites":3861},"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.",[3622],{"question":3863,"answer":3864,"cites":3865},"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.",[3622,3655],{"question":3867,"answer":3868,"cites":3869},"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.",[3582],{"question":3871,"answer":3872,"cites":3873},"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.",[3674],{"question":3875,"answer":304,"cites":3876},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?",[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3878,"gaps":3879,"entries":3880},[20,309],[311],[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[3884,3886,3889,3893,3895,3896,3897,3898,3899,3902,3905,3908],{"id":3582,"label":3885,"url":1677,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Green Party of Vancouver home page",{"id":3674,"label":3887,"url":3888,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"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":3622,"label":3890,"url":3891,"publisher":387,"kind":2837,"publishedAt":3892,"checkedAt":18},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","2026-09-16",{"id":3655,"label":3894,"url":1691,"publisher":1690,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Vancouver Liberals home page",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":3695,"label":3900,"url":3901,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":3712,"label":3903,"url":3904,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":3690,"label":3906,"url":3907,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":3909,"label":3910,"url":3911,"publisher":1676,"kind":318,"publishedAt":361,"checkedAt":346},"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","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":3916,"aliases":3917,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3918,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3922,"history":3923,"leadership":3927,"logo":13,"meta":3928,"money":3929,"name":1783,"news":3934,"overview":3938,"palette":3943,"platform":3947,"questions":4120,"record":4149,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":1783,"slug":4153,"sources":4154,"stem":4164,"summary":4165,"website":1784,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4166},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party.json",[],{"hex":3919,"note":9,"cites":3920},"#0b6a0b",[3921],"ipp-home","Five candidates, all for Park Board, running on one 33-point platform",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3924,"gaps":3925,"entries":3926},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3930,"gaps":3931,"searchUrl":34,"filings":3932,"notes":3933},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3935,"gaps":3936,"entries":3937},[45],[47],[],[3939,3940,3941,3942],"The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for the Board of Parks and Recreation. It is not contesting mayor, council or school board.","It is the only party on this ballot focused on one race. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17, so a full slate of five means the party could take a majority of the board if all five won.","Its website identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit.","The party's home page carries no policy content, only navigation and a login prompt. A platform page at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions. voche.me found this page on September 26, 2026 and reads it below.",{"accent":3944,"onAccent":55,"tint":3945,"ink":3946},"#0B6A0B","#E3F7E3","#1F7A1F",[3948,3955,3961,3977,3993,4039,4045,4071,4108,4114],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":3949,"proposals":3950,"questions":3951,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3952,"gaps":3954},[],[],[],[3953,119,212],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",[214],{"issue":92,"paragraphs":3956,"proposals":3957,"questions":3958,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":3959,"gaps":3960},[],[],[],[3953,119,212],[214],{"issue":124,"paragraphs":3962,"proposals":3964,"questions":3971,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3972,"gaps":3974,"headline":3976},[3963],"The platform's one position that fits this office's public-safety power, rather than its parks power more broadly, is a noise bylaw.",[3965],{"title":3966,"detail":3967,"cites":3968,"authority":3970},"Restrict late-night noise near Jericho Beach and other parks","The party would move to prohibit excessive late-night noise that it says affects residents near Jericho Beach and other parks.",[3969],"ipp-platform","The Park Board makes bylaws for parks and beaches.",[],[3953,3973,119],"The party's platform page at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform, not linked from the home page but reachable directly",[3975],"The platform names no individual candidate as its author, so no page below credits one of the five personally.","One bylaw position, on late-night noise near parks",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":3978,"proposals":3980,"questions":3989,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3990,"gaps":3991,"headline":3992},[3979],"The platform's transport positions are both about Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.",[3981,3985],{"title":3982,"detail":3983,"cites":3984,"authority":3713},"Reinstate a protected lane on Stanley Park Drive","The party would reinstate a protected lane for active transportation and recreation along Stanley Park Drive, and carry out a transportation safety review of other parks.",[3969],{"title":3986,"detail":3987,"cites":3988},"Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park","The party commits to holding car-free days in Stanley Park.",[3969],[],[3953,3973,119],[3975],"A protected lane on Stanley Park Drive and car-free days",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":3994,"proposals":3998,"questions":4035,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4036,"gaps":4037,"headline":4038},[3995,3996,3997],"The platform's largest group of positions concerns who runs parks and how. It opposes selling park names or transferring parks to the private sector, and it would reverse the outsourcing of park maintenance.","Several positions ask for a pause: on the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation, on Britannia Pool renovations, and on new commercial development inside parks, each until a review is done.","The platform names no cost or completion date for any of these.",[3999,4003,4007,4011,4015,4019,4023,4027,4031],{"title":4000,"detail":4001,"cites":4002},"Keep parks in public ownership","Parks would remain fully in the public domain, not transferred in whole or part to the private sector, and their names would not be sold to private corporations.",[3969],{"title":4004,"detail":4005,"cites":4006},"Reverse outsourcing of park maintenance","Park maintenance now outsourced to private companies would be brought back in-house.",[3969],{"title":4008,"detail":4009,"cites":4010},"Make temporary parks permanent","Every park now classified as temporary would be reclassified as permanent.",[3969],{"title":4012,"detail":4013,"cites":4014},"Freeze the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation pending a 50-metre pool review","Work on the Aquatic Centre renovation would stop until a full analysis of ways to keep the 50-metre pool is done.",[3969],{"title":4016,"detail":4017,"cites":4018},"Hold Britannia Pool renovations while the Aquatic Centre is out of service","Britannia Pool renovations would be paused while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is unavailable, so the city keeps a working pool.",[3969],{"title":4020,"detail":4021,"cites":4022},"Decline new commercial development inside parks","The party would not approve new commercial developments in Stanley Park or other parks that reduce green space, encroach on forest, or degrade the visitor experience.",[3969],{"title":4024,"detail":4025,"cites":4026},"Overhaul Kitsilano Pool's booking system and hold a town hall on its future","Booking restrictions at Kitsilano Pool would be removed so the pool can be used at its historical capacity, with a town hall before any renovation or replacement.",[3969],{"title":4028,"detail":4029,"cites":4030},"Repair the David Lam Park playground and fix its reseeding downtime","The party would address underfunding at the David Lam Park playground and convene an expert panel on its long seasonal closures for grass reseeding.",[3969],{"title":4032,"detail":4033,"cites":4034},"Assess restoring the Stanley Park miniature train","An expert panel would advise on recovering from logging damage near the Stanley Park train, aiming to restore it.",[3969],[],[3953,3973,119],[3975],"Keep parks public, reverse outsourcing, and hold off major projects pending review",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":4040,"proposals":4041,"questions":4042,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4043,"gaps":4044},[],[],[],[3953,119,212],[214],{"issue":216,"paragraphs":4046,"proposals":4049,"questions":4067,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4068,"gaps":4069,"headline":4070},[4047,4048],"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.",[4050,4054,4059,4063],{"title":4051,"detail":4052,"cites":4053},"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.",[3969],{"title":4055,"detail":4056,"cites":4057,"authority":4058},"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.",[3969],"This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.",{"title":4060,"detail":4061,"cites":4062},"Rescind the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\"","The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.",[3969],{"title":4064,"detail":4065,"cites":4066},"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.",[3969],[],[3953,3973,119],[3975],"Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":4072,"proposals":4075,"questions":4104,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4105,"gaps":4106,"headline":4107},[4073,4074,3997],"Most of the platform's environmental positions concern trees on Park Board land: a moratorium on removals except imminently hazardous trees, a ban on glyphosate and similar herbicides, and a review of artificial turf fields.","Several positions are specific to Stanley Park's forest, including a dispute over how the Board is replanting it after storm damage and logging, and a demand to follow the terms of the federal lease and a historic-site designation that the platform says require keeping the native forest.",[4076,4080,4084,4088,4092,4096,4100],{"title":4077,"detail":4078,"cites":4079},"A moratorium on tree removals except imminently hazardous trees","The party would halt further tree removals on Park Board land, apart from trees judged imminently hazardous, until a full review of the reasons for removals is done.",[3969],{"title":4081,"detail":4082,"cites":4083},"Ban glyphosate and similar herbicides and pesticides","Glyphosate and other herbicides and pesticides judged environmentally hazardous would be banned on Park Board land, alongside a scientific inquiry into other ways to manage invasive species.",[3969],{"title":4085,"detail":4086,"cites":4087},"Halt replanting in Stanley Park pending a scientific inquiry","The party would stop replanting farmed, selectively bred trees in Stanley Park until an inquiry assesses the consequences.",[3969],{"title":4089,"detail":4090,"cites":4091},"Follow the Stanley Park federal lease and historic-site terms on the native forest","The party says the Stanley Park lease with the federal government, and the park's Commemorative Integrity Statement as a National Historic Site, both require preserving the native coastal western hemlock forest rather than replanting it as a different mix of trees.",[3969],{"title":4093,"detail":4094,"cites":4095},"Rescind the current tree inspection policy","The party would rescind and replace a recently passed tree inspection policy that it says does not require inspections by provincially certified arborists, which it says conflicts with provincial standards.",[3969],{"title":4097,"detail":4098,"cites":4099},"Review artificial turf sports fields for environmental harm","The party would commission a scientific and environmental review of every artificial turf sports field on Park Board land.",[3969],{"title":4101,"detail":4102,"cites":4103},"Stop Charleson Park and Memorial South Park ponds from drying up","The party would stop allowing these two ponds to dry out, which it says kills the animals that depend on them.",[3969],[],[3953,3973,119],[3975],"A moratorium on tree removals, a pesticide ban, and disputes over Stanley Park's forest",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":4109,"proposals":4110,"questions":4111,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4112,"gaps":4113},[],[],[],[3953,119,212],[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":4115,"proposals":4116,"questions":4117,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4118,"gaps":4119},[],[],[],[3953,119,212],[214],[4121,4125,4129,4132,4136,4140,4144,4146],{"question":4122,"answer":4123,"cites":4124},"What office is the Independent Parks Party contesting?","Park Board only. It is running 5 candidates for the Board of Parks and Recreation and none for mayor, council or school board.",[276],{"question":4126,"answer":4127,"cites":4128},"Could it win control of the Park Board?","Seven commissioners are elected on October 17. The party is running five candidates, so if all five won it would hold a majority of the board.",[276],{"question":2968,"answer":4130,"cites":4131},"We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held navigation and a login prompt with no policy positions.",[3921],{"question":4133,"answer":4134,"cites":4135},"Who runs the party?","No leader is named on the website. The site identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit. We have not checked that organisation’s registration.",[3921],{"question":4137,"answer":4138,"cites":4139},"Why does this page have so little on it?","Because the party has published little. We record what we searched and when, rather than filling the space. If the party publishes a platform we will add it with its date.",[3921],{"question":4141,"answer":4142,"cites":4143},"What does the Park Board actually control?","Parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board, and it has seven commissioners.",[276],{"question":2988,"answer":304,"cites":4145},[293,306],{"question":2991,"answer":4147,"cites":4148},"Read the five candidate profiles linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[3921,276],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4150,"gaps":4151,"entries":4152},[20,309],[311],[],"independent-parks-party",[4155,4157,4158,4159,4160,4161],{"id":3921,"label":4156,"url":1784,"publisher":1783,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Independent Parks Party website",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":3969,"label":4162,"url":4163,"publisher":1783,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Independent Parks Party platform, 33 numbered positions","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party","The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for Park Board. It is the only party on this ballot contesting a single race. Its home page shows no policy content, but a platform page reachable at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions, all about 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most detailed published platform on the 2026 ballot",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4342,"gaps":4343,"entries":4344},[20,21],[23],[],[4346,4348],{"role":3023,"name":1847,"cites":4347},[4339,276],{"role":4349,"name":4350,"cites":4351},"Financial agent","Douglas Johnstone",[4352],"team-safety",{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4355,"gaps":4356,"searchUrl":34,"filings":4357,"notes":4358},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4360,"gaps":4361,"entries":4362},[45],[47],[],[4364,4365,4366,4367],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates: Colleen Hardwick for mayor at ballot number 50, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.","TEAM publishes more policy detail than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site is organised into ten areas, most with a separate long \"learn more\" page listing dozens of numbered action items.","The platform is built around a single argument: that the city has approved growth faster than the infrastructure and consultation processes can carry, and that recent provincial housing legislation has taken planning decisions away from neighbourhoods. Most of its commitments follow from that.","Its financial agent is listed as Douglas Johnstone, and its mailing address is published on the site.",{"accent":4369,"onAccent":55,"tint":4370,"ink":4371},"#162B6F","#E3E8F7","#1F347A",[4373,4435,4460,4487,4520,4578,4630,4662,4706,4742],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":4374,"proposals":4379,"questions":4420,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4429,"gaps":4432,"headline":4433,"summary":4434},[4375,4376,4377,4378],"This is the longest single policy document any party has published in this election, and housing is where most of it sits.","TEAM’s starting argument is that supply alone has not produced affordability. Its page states that since the 1970s the city has tripled its number of housing units, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing. We have not checked that claim against census data; it is the party’s own reading.","The most consequential commitment is repealing the Official Development Plan. TEAM notes that eliminating public hearings for rezonings consistent with an Official Development Plan removes a step where the public can speak, and that repealing it is what would stop the Villages plan coming back after the election.","TEAM also commits to reconsidering the city’s support for the UBC SkyTrain extension and the related development planning around it.",[4380,4386,4390,4395,4399,4403,4407,4411,4415],{"title":4381,"detail":4382,"cites":4383,"authority":4385},"Repeal the Official Development Plan","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related plans for Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages, so that neighbourhood-based participatory planning can replace it.",[4384],"team-planning","Council adopts and can repeal an Official Development Plan.",{"title":4387,"detail":4388,"cites":4389},"Restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning","New development would be planned with local residents and businesses, within the scale and context of each neighbourhood, alongside the infrastructure and amenities needed to support it.",[4384],{"title":4391,"detail":4392,"cites":4393,"authority":4394},"Challenge provincial housing legislation","TEAM would work with other municipalities to change what it calls provincial overreach into municipal planning, naming BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47 of 2023, Bill 18 of 2024 and M216 of 2025.",[4384],"These are provincial statutes. A city can lobby but cannot repeal them.",{"title":4396,"detail":4397,"cites":4398},"Stop demovictions and protect older rental buildings","TEAM would protect older rental buildings from demolition, improve renter supports and protections, and retain and increase co-op housing.",[4384],{"title":4400,"detail":4401,"cites":4402},"Withdraw rental programs that do not create real affordability","TEAM would withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program and the Secured Rental Policy, arguing they do not create meaningful affordability and inflate surrounding land values.",[4384],{"title":4404,"detail":4405,"cites":4406},"Reinstate third-party appeals to the Board of Variance","TEAM would restore third-party appeals it says were in place for 50 years, as a check on the discretionary powers of the Director of Planning.",[4384],{"title":4408,"detail":4409,"cites":4410},"Re-establish the One Stop Renovation Centre","TEAM would restore a single service for approving small construction projects, to make laneway housing, secondary suites, duplexes and small infill easier to build.",[4384],{"title":4412,"detail":4413,"cites":4414},"Protect and reinstate public view cones","TEAM would protect all public view cone corridors and reinstate the view cones amended or eliminated over the last term.",[4384],{"title":4416,"detail":4417,"cites":4418},"Retain on-site parking minimums","TEAM would keep minimum on-site parking requirements in the Parking Bylaw for new construction, arguing this is needed for future electric vehicle charging.",[4384,4419],"team-environment",[4421,4425],{"question":4422,"answer":4423,"cites":4424},"What is an Official Development Plan, and why does repealing it matter?","It is a city-wide plan that sets in advance what can be built where. Once it is adopted, a rezoning that matches it can be approved without a public hearing. TEAM would repeal it, which would bring back the hearing step and, TEAM says, stop the Villages plan returning after the election.",[4384],{"question":4426,"answer":4427,"cites":4428},"Can a city undo the provincial housing bills?","No. Bills 44, 46, 47, 18 and M216 are provincial law and only the province can change them. TEAM commits to working with other municipalities to push for changes, which is lobbying rather than a power the city holds.",[4384],[4430,4431],"The TEAM positions site","The TEAM planning learn-more page",[],"Repeal the Official Development Plan and restore neighbourhood planning","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew and Villages plans, restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning, and challenge provincial housing legislation.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":4436,"proposals":4439,"questions":4453,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4454,"gaps":4456,"headline":4458,"summary":4459},[4437,4438],"TEAM does not publish a standalone homelessness plan. Its argument connects homelessness to demolition of older affordable rental buildings, which its planning page says displaces residents and forces some into homelessness.","On the street-level response, its safety page commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds and transition services.",[4440,4444,4449],{"title":4441,"detail":4442,"cites":4443},"Stop demolition of older affordable rental buildings","TEAM argues demolition of cheaper older stock displaces residents into homelessness, and would reverse policies that target those buildings for redevelopment.",[4384],{"title":4445,"detail":4446,"cites":4447,"authority":4448},"Work with senior governments on non-market and supportive housing","TEAM would work with provincial and federal housing agencies so they provide the non-market, supportive and social housing and services the city needs.",[4384],"Supportive housing is funded provincially and federally.",{"title":4450,"detail":4451,"cites":4452},"A Downtown Eastside audit","The same audit commitment that appears under public safety.",[4352],[],[4431,4455],"The TEAM safety for all page",[4457,2513],"No shelter space target is published.","Handled through planning and safety, not a separate plan","TEAM addresses homelessness inside its planning and safety pages: protecting older rental stock from demolition, and working with the province on care beds and complex needs.",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":4461,"proposals":4465,"questions":4482,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4483,"gaps":4484,"headline":4485,"summary":4486},[4462,4463,4464],"TEAM’s safety page is shorter than its planning and parks pages and does not carry a separate long \"learn more\" version.","The Downtown Eastside audit is its most specific commitment: a review to check that resources reach the people who need them.","Like ABC, TEAM commits to working with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds. That is a request to another level of government rather than something a council decides.",[4466,4469,4473,4477],{"title":4450,"detail":4467,"cites":4468},"TEAM would establish an audit to ensure the social issues affecting the community are addressed and resources reach those who need them.",[4352],{"title":4470,"detail":4471,"cites":4472},"Enforce bylaws against public disorder","TEAM would enforce bylaws to crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.",[4352],{"title":4474,"detail":4475,"cites":4476,"cost":70},"Support community policing such as Block Watch","TEAM would increase support for community policing initiatives, naming Block Watch.",[4352],{"title":4478,"detail":4479,"cites":4480,"authority":4481},"Work with the province on voluntary and involuntary care beds","TEAM would work with the province so people with complex needs get care, including voluntary and involuntary beds, transition services and long-term support.",[4352],"Health care is provincial.",[],[4455],[],"Restoring Order to Our City, with a Downtown Eastside audit","TEAM’s public safety plan is called Restoring Order to Our City. It would enforce bylaws against public disorder, establish a Downtown Eastside audit, and back a recovery-oriented approach to addiction.",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":4488,"proposals":4491,"questions":4514,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4515,"gaps":4517,"headline":4518,"summary":4519},[4489,4490],"TEAM argues that Vancouver’s transport infrastructure has not kept pace with population growth and that successive councils have treated personal vehicles as a problem while much of the city is hard to reach by transit.","It is one of the few parties publishing a clear position against road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",[4492,4497,4502,4506,4510],{"title":4493,"detail":4494,"cites":4495},"An all-of-the-above transportation strategy","TEAM would invest in road network improvement and maintenance so people can get around by car, transit, bicycle or on foot.",[4496],"team-transport",{"title":4498,"detail":4499,"cites":4500,"authority":4501},"Expand bus service and add stops in under-served neighbourhoods","TEAM would expand the bus service and add new stops to build a citywide network, and stop the elimination of bus stops.",[4496],"TransLink runs bus service. The city can advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":4503,"detail":4504,"cites":4505},"Restore off-street parking minimums","TEAM would reverse council’s decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction.",[4496],{"title":4507,"detail":4508,"cites":4509},"Oppose road pricing","TEAM states it will not adopt punitive city-wide parking permits as previously proposed by council.",[4496],{"title":4511,"detail":4512,"cites":4513},"Repair sidewalks and improve pedestrian lighting","TEAM would repair broken or lifted sidewalk sections, add sidewalks in underserved areas, and upgrade street and pedestrian lighting.",[4496],[],[4516],"The TEAM transportation page",[],"An all-of-the-above strategy, with parking minimums restored","TEAM would invest in road maintenance, expand bus service and stops, restore off-street parking minimums for new construction, and oppose road pricing.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":4521,"proposals":4525,"questions":4563,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4573,"gaps":4575,"headline":4576,"summary":4577},[4522,4523,4524],"TEAM publishes more on parks than any other party, and it is the clearest dividing line between TEAM and the governing party.","The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board. TEAM commits to withdrawing that request and to transferring finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments.","TEAM publishes a measurable target, which is rare: a ratio of 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people, which it describes as consistent with previous City and Park Board policy.",[4526,4532,4536,4540,4544,4547,4551,4555,4559],{"title":4527,"detail":4528,"cites":4529,"authority":4531},"Withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board","TEAM would withdraw the city’s request to the province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board.",[4530],"team-parks","Only the province can amend the Vancouver Charter. The city can withdraw its request.",{"title":4533,"detail":4534,"cites":4535},"Restore Park Board control of its own budget and operations","Finance, operations and facilities would move back under Park Board jurisdiction from the city’s planning, real estate and facilities departments, with line-by-line budget oversight.",[4530],{"title":4537,"detail":4538,"cites":4539,"cost":70},"Target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people","TEAM would advocate and plan for new parks and recreation facilities as population grows, striving for a ratio of 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people.",[4530],{"title":4541,"detail":4542,"cites":4543},"Halt Stanley Park logging pending independent review","TEAM would halt current logging operations until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, with only trees judged imminently dangerous by a certified assessor felled.",[4530],{"title":4008,"detail":4545,"cites":4546},"Existing temporary and de-facto parks would be designated as permanent parks.",[4530],{"title":4548,"detail":4549,"cites":4550},"Secure ongoing Park Board funding from the tax base","TEAM would advocate for ongoing funding for the Park Board as a specified portion of the City of Vancouver tax base.",[4530],{"title":4552,"detail":4553,"cites":4554},"Restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue","Access would be restored while providing new separate infrastructure for cycling and walking.",[4530],{"title":4556,"detail":4557,"cites":4558},"No selling of park naming rights","TEAM states that public park land should not be used as a revenue stream such as selling naming rights.",[4530],{"title":4560,"detail":4561,"cites":4562,"cost":70},"More park rangers and lifeguards","TEAM would expand maintenance and garbage pickup, actively enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards.",[4530],[4564,4569],{"question":4565,"answer":4566,"cites":4567},"Is the Park Board being abolished?","No. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17, 2026. The current council asked the province to amend the Vancouver Charter to remove the board. TEAM would withdraw that request, and the mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected.",[4530,4568],"cbc-parkboard-team",{"question":4570,"answer":4571,"cites":4572},"What does 1.1 hectares per 1,000 people mean?","It is a target for how much park land the city should have compared with how many people live here. One hectare is about the size of a rugby pitch and a half. TEAM says the figure matches earlier City and Park Board policy.",[4530],[4574],"The TEAM parks and recreation learn-more page",[],"Keep the elected Park Board and halt Stanley Park logging","TEAM would withdraw the request to abolish the elected Park Board, restore its control over its own budget and operations, halt current Stanley Park logging pending independent review, and target 1.1 hectares of park per 1,000 people.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":4579,"proposals":4584,"questions":4624,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4625,"gaps":4627,"headline":4628,"summary":4629},[4580,4581,4582,4583],"TEAM is running one School Board candidate, the smallest school slate of the parties contesting that race, but it publishes a detailed schools platform.","Its argument is that schools are not being planned where students actually live, and that the board should stop selling land it will need when those neighbourhoods fill up.","TEAM publishes a specific and checkable claim about swimming: that 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim, and that it would provide training so all of them can. We have not checked that figure.","It also names buildings: reversing the proposed sale of the Queen Elizabeth Annex, the leasing of Fleming’s field, and the closure of Carleton.",[4585,4590,4594,4598,4602,4606,4610,4615,4620],{"title":4586,"detail":4587,"cites":4588},"End school enrolment lotteries","Long-range planning with the city would put schools where students need them, when they need them.",[4589],"team-schools",{"title":4591,"detail":4592,"cites":4593},"Stop disposing of school land","TEAM commits to retaining ownership of school buildings and property, and using space in underused buildings for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[4589],{"title":4595,"detail":4596,"cites":4597},"Reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, Fleming’s field lease and Carleton closure","TEAM would take action by any means possible to reverse all three.",[4589],{"title":4599,"detail":4600,"cites":4601},"Pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools","The rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+ would pause until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and students, families and educators have been consulted.",[4589],{"title":4603,"detail":4604,"cites":4605,"cost":70},"Bring back elementary band and strings","Music programming would be included at every elementary school, restoring the Elementary Band and Strings programs.",[4589],{"title":4607,"detail":4608,"cites":4609},"Swimming training so every child can swim","TEAM states 50% of Vancouver children cannot swim and commits to an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so 100% can.",[4589],{"title":4611,"detail":4612,"cites":4613,"authority":4614},"Keep more Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","TEAM would negotiate with the province to keep more of the school tax collected in Vancouver for local schools.",[4589],"The school tax formula is provincial.",{"title":4616,"detail":4617,"cites":4618,"authority":4619},"Protect schools at seismic risk","TEAM would demand the province protect the four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools it says remain at high risk in an earthquake.",[4589],"Seismic upgrade funding is provincial.",{"title":4621,"detail":4622,"cites":4623},"Child care on school sites","Child care would be built into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds.",[4589],[],[4626],"The TEAM schools learn-more page",[],"End enrolment lotteries and stop selling school land","TEAM would end school enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the city, stop disposing of school land, pause the Microsoft Copilot rollout in secondary schools, and bring back elementary band and strings.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":4631,"proposals":4635,"questions":4656,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4657,"gaps":4659,"headline":4660,"summary":4661},[4632,4633,4634],"TEAM’s finance argument is that the city has taken on work outside its core mandate and funded it through property tax and fee increases.","Its page states that over the last decade the city has almost doubled its operating budget, with new spending funded through property tax increases beyond promised inflationary levels. This is TEAM’s own reading of the budget and we have not checked it against city financial statements.","The proposed budget review would sort services into essential and supplementary, develop benchmarks for each, and give council and the public the ability to review and approve departmental budgets and service plans.",[4636,4641,4645,4648,4652],{"title":4637,"detail":4638,"cites":4639},"Limit tax increases to what core services need","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is necessary to maintain municipal services at levels agreed with the community.",[4640],"team-finance",{"title":4642,"detail":4643,"cites":4644},"Review the operating and capital budgets service by service","The review would document where costs rose over the last decade and why, sort services into essential and supplementary, and build benchmarks to measure cost and value.",[4640],{"title":3438,"detail":4646,"cites":4647},"A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.",[4640],{"title":4649,"detail":4650,"cites":4651},"Stop spending city money on provincial and federal responsibilities","TEAM would stop spending city funds on what it considers clearly provincial or federal responsibilities while holding senior governments to account for funding them.",[4640],{"title":4653,"detail":4654,"cites":4655},"Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks","Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.",[4640],[],[4658],"The TEAM finance and administration learn-more page",[],"Limit tax rises to core services and establish a lobbyist registry","TEAM would limit tax increases to what is needed for municipal services, review the operating and capital budgets service by service, and set up a lobbyist registry.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":4663,"proposals":4668,"questions":4700,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4701,"gaps":4703,"headline":4704,"summary":4705},[4664,4665,4666,4667],"TEAM frames climate policy around what it calls practical, measurable local outcomes, and says it will avoid what it calls green-washing.","The clearest split with other parties is on how building emissions rules should work. TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades to existing buildings rather than requiring them, arguing mandatory rules may be beyond people’s means.","TEAM is the only party we found publishing a position on AI data centres: a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting them until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.","It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists, and would prioritise reusing and renovating buildings over demolition.",[4669,4674,4678,4682,4686,4690,4695],{"title":4670,"detail":4671,"cites":4672,"authority":4673},"Moratorium on AI data centre approvals","TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and regulatory frameworks are developed.",[4419],"The city controls permitting and land use.",{"title":4675,"detail":4676,"cites":4677},"Incentives rather than mandates for building retrofits","TEAM would incentivise voluntary upgrades of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and move to zero emissions, rather than the mandatory regulation it says is currently proposed.",[4419],{"title":4679,"detail":4680,"cites":4681},"No road pricing and no city-wide parking permits","TEAM states it will not implement road pricing, which it says unfairly affects affordability and tracks people’s movements, and will not adopt city-wide parking permits.",[4419,4496],{"title":4683,"detail":4684,"cites":4685},"Prioritise adaptive reuse over demolition","TEAM would prioritise retaining and renovating existing buildings rather than what it calls a wasteful bias toward demolition and new construction.",[4419],{"title":4687,"detail":4688,"cites":4689},"Expand tree planting and protect mature trees","TEAM would expand tree planting, protect mature trees, retain and enhance green space, and consider heat island effects when planning growth.",[4419],{"title":4691,"detail":4692,"cites":4693,"authority":4694},"Electrify the bus fleet with TransLink","TEAM would work with TransLink to convert the existing bus system to an electric fleet and expand frequent service on all arterials.",[4419],"TransLink runs the buses. The city sits on the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":4696,"detail":4697,"cites":4698,"authority":4699},"Work with BC Hydro on step energy rates","TEAM would work with BC Hydro to adjust step energy charges so electricity use is encouraged rather than penalised, noting rates increase by 50% from Step 1 to Step 2.",[4419],"BC Hydro rates are provincially regulated.",[],[4702],"The TEAM environment learn-more page",[],"Incentives instead of mandates, and a moratorium on AI data centres","TEAM would use incentives rather than mandatory rules for building retrofits, enact a moratorium on AI data centre approvals, and rejects road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":4707,"proposals":4710,"questions":4736,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4737,"gaps":4739,"headline":4740,"summary":4741},[4708,4709],"TEAM’s argument is that artists have left the city because affordable studio space and public venues, mostly in older buildings, have been lost.","Two of its commitments are unusually concrete for an arts platform: a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and publishing an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca.",[4711,4716,4720,4724,4728,4732],{"title":4712,"detail":4713,"cites":4714},"One-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space","TEAM would pursue a one-for-one replacement and retention policy for city-owned creative space, and repurpose unused or underused properties including Park Board and School Board facilities.",[4715],"team-arts",{"title":4717,"detail":4718,"cites":4719},"Publish an inventory of arts spaces","TEAM would create and publish an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca, and build an arts and culture page there listing all events.",[4715],{"title":4721,"detail":4722,"cites":4723},"Incentives to retain creative space","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces and disincentives for demolishing them.",[4715],{"title":4725,"detail":4726,"cites":4727},"Support street festivals","TEAM would encourage and facilitate street festivals, naming Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano.",[4715],{"title":4729,"detail":4730,"cites":4731},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts community","Community centres and other Park Board facilities would be kept affordable for arts use.",[4715],{"title":4733,"detail":4734,"cites":4735},"Review the civic theatres","TEAM would examine how Vancouver’s civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.",[4715],[],[4738],"The TEAM arts and culture learn-more page",[],"Protect affordable artist space and publish an inventory of it","TEAM would protect and expand affordable rehearsal and performance space, require one-for-one replacement of city-owned creative space, and publish an inventory of arts spaces on the city website.",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":4743,"proposals":4745,"questions":4754,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4755,"gaps":4756,"headline":4759,"summary":4760},[4744],"TEAM does not publish a separate child care section. Its commitments appear inside the schools and planning pages.",[4746,4750],{"title":4621,"detail":4747,"cites":4748,"authority":4749},"TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, with a long-range view toward an early education preschool program for all 3 and 4 year olds, in keeping with Ministry of Education plans.",[4589],"Licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":4751,"detail":4752,"cites":4753},"Use underused school buildings for child care","Space in underused school buildings would be used for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[4589],[],[4626,4431],[4757,4758],"No number of new child care spaces is published.","No position on child care fees is published.","Child care built into school sites and new housing","TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites, aiming toward preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds, and include child care in new housing developments.",[4762,4766,4770,4774,4778,4782,4786,4790,4795],{"question":4763,"answer":4764,"cites":4765},"Who leads TEAM for a Livable Vancouver?","Colleen Hardwick is its mayoral candidate, at ballot number 50. She is a former Vancouver city councillor. Whether she is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[4339,276],{"question":4767,"answer":4768,"cites":4769},"How many candidates is TEAM running?","14: Colleen Hardwick for mayor, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.",[276],{"question":4771,"answer":4772,"cites":4773},"What is the single biggest thing TEAM would change?","Repeal the Official Development Plan, including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans. That would bring back public hearings for rezonings those plans currently allow without one.",[4384],{"question":4775,"answer":4776,"cites":4777},"Where does TEAM stand on the Park Board?","It would withdraw the city’s request to the province to abolish the elected board, and move finance, operations and facilities back under Park Board control from city departments.",[4530],{"question":4779,"answer":4780,"cites":4781},"Does TEAM support the UBC SkyTrain extension?","Its planning page commits to reconsidering the city’s support for it, and to ensuring the business case for its viability and for alternatives includes all the facts.",[4384],{"question":4783,"answer":4784,"cites":4785},"What does TEAM say about climate rules for buildings?","It would use incentives for voluntary upgrades rather than mandatory rules, arguing mandatory retrofits may be beyond people’s resources. It also argues the greenest building is the one that already exists.",[4419],{"question":4787,"answer":4788,"cites":4789},"Does TEAM have a position on AI data centres?","Yes. It is the only party we found with one. TEAM would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres until local rules exist to handle their water and power use.",[4419],{"question":4791,"answer":4792,"cites":4793},"How much detail does TEAM publish compared with other parties?","More than any other party on this ballot. Its positions site has ten areas, and most carry a separate long page of numbered action items. We counted 13,801 words across the eight pages we archived on September 22, 2026.",[4794],"team-positions",{"question":4796,"answer":4797,"cites":4798},"Where can I see TEAM’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4800,"gaps":4801,"entries":4802},[20,309],[311],[],"TEAM","team-for-a-livable-vancouver",[4806,4808,4811,4814,4817,4820,4823,4826,4829,4832,4835,4836,4837,4838,4839,4840,4844,4848,4852,4856,4860,4864,4868,4872,4876,4880,4884],{"id":4339,"label":4807,"url":1660,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page",{"id":4794,"label":4809,"url":4810,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM our positions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026",{"id":4384,"label":4812,"url":4813,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM planning for livability and affordability, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability\u002Fplanning-learn-more",{"id":4530,"label":4815,"url":4816,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM parks and recreation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026\u002Fparks-learn-more",{"id":4589,"label":4818,"url":4819,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM schools, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026\u002Fschools-learn-more",{"id":4640,"label":4821,"url":4822,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM finance and administration, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026\u002Ffinance-learn-more",{"id":4419,"label":4824,"url":4825,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM our environment, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026\u002Fenvironment-learn-more",{"id":4715,"label":4827,"url":4828,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM arts and culture, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026\u002Farts-learn-more",{"id":4352,"label":4830,"url":4831,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM safety for all","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026",{"id":4496,"label":4833,"url":4834,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TEAM transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026",{"id":4568,"label":2834,"url":2835,"publisher":2836,"kind":2837,"checkedAt":18},{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":4841,"label":4842,"url":4843,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-community-page","TEAM community representation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026",{"id":4845,"label":4846,"url":4847,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-community","TEAM community representation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026\u002Fcommunity-learn-more",{"id":4849,"label":4850,"url":4851,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-planning-page","TEAM planning for livability and affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability",{"id":4853,"label":4854,"url":4855,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-environment-page","TEAM our environment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026",{"id":4857,"label":4858,"url":4859,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-finance-page","TEAM finance and administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026",{"id":4861,"label":4862,"url":4863,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-safety-more","TEAM safety for all, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026\u002Fsafety-learn-more",{"id":4865,"label":4866,"url":4867,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-transport-more","TEAM transportation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026\u002Ftransportation-learn-more",{"id":4869,"label":4870,"url":4871,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-economy-page","TEAM economic development","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026",{"id":4873,"label":4874,"url":4875,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-economy","TEAM economic development, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026\u002Flearn-more",{"id":4877,"label":4878,"url":4879,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-arts-page","TEAM arts and culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026",{"id":4881,"label":4882,"url":4883,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-parks-page","TEAM parks and recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026",{"id":4885,"label":4886,"url":4887,"publisher":1659,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"team-schools-page","TEAM schools","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver is running 14 candidates behind mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick. It publishes the longest and most detailed platform of any party in this election, organised into ten policy areas.","dHhspTfFv81Tmq5jCqhTBoIdnIynv8L-WkTnXKXRFYM",{"id":4892,"aliases":4893,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4894,"extension":12,"founded":4898,"headline":4902,"history":4903,"leadership":4907,"logo":13,"meta":4908,"money":4909,"name":1763,"news":4914,"overview":4918,"palette":4923,"platform":4926,"questions":5092,"record":5123,"registeredName":5127,"rosterLabel":1763,"slug":5128,"sources":5129,"stem":5143,"summary":5144,"website":1764,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5145},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":4895,"note":9,"cites":4896},"#1d4ed8",[4897],"tb-home",{"year":4899,"note":4900,"cites":4901},2023,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[4897],"A small conservative slate, mostly contesting the School Board",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4904,"gaps":4905,"entries":4906},[20,21],[23],[],[],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4910,"gaps":4911,"searchUrl":34,"filings":4912,"notes":4913},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4915,"gaps":4916,"entries":4917},[45],[47],[],[4919,4920,4921,4922],"TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 people across 4 ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears on the ballot twice, for City Council at number 154 and for School Board at number 318.","It is the only party on this ballot with a candidate standing for two different offices.","The party site gives its founding year as 2023 and describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate, so we have recorded the official list.","Its published platform is broad and mostly without numbers. It sets a direction on ten subjects rather than making costed commitments.",{"accent":4924,"onAccent":55,"tint":4370,"ink":4925},"#1D4ED8","#1F377A",[4927,4942,4960,4974,5000,5013,5029,5047,5080,5086],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":4928,"proposals":4930,"questions":4935,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4936,"gaps":4938,"headline":4940,"summary":4941},[4929],"The party publishes a direction with no supply target, cost or timeline attached.",[4931],{"title":4932,"detail":4933,"cites":4934,"cost":70},"Make housing easier and less expensive to build","The party would reduce fees, red tape and permit delays while protecting neighbourhood character.",[4897],[],[4937],"The TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform page",[2489,4939],"No affordability commitment is published.","Cheaper to build, with neighbourhood character protected","TrueBlue would make housing easier and less expensive to build by reducing fees, red tape and permit delays, while protecting neighbourhood character.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":4943,"proposals":4946,"questions":4956,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4957,"gaps":4958,"headline":4948,"summary":4959},[4944,4945],"This is the recovery-first end of the ballot. TrueBlue’s framing is the opposite of COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.","Detox and treatment services are provincial, so a city taking this direction would be pressing the province rather than delivering it.",[4947,4952],{"title":4948,"detail":4949,"cites":4950,"authority":4951},"Prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery","The party would focus on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",[4897],"Detox and treatment services are provincial.",{"title":4953,"detail":4954,"cites":4955},"Address encampments","The party would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks.",[4897],[],[4937],[],"TrueBlue focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":4961,"proposals":4963,"questions":4969,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4970,"gaps":4971,"headline":4972,"summary":4973},[4962],"TrueBlue’s safety position sits with ABC and against COPE on the ballot’s clearest divide: whether to fund policing more or to fund other services instead. No budget figure is published.",[4964],{"title":4965,"detail":4966,"cites":4967,"cost":70,"authority":4968},"Properly funded police","The party supports properly funded police and addressing repeat crime and public disorder. No budget figure is published.",[4897],"Council approves the police budget. The Police Board directs the department.",[],[4937],[],"Properly funded police and action on repeat crime","TrueBlue supports properly funded police and would address repeat crime and public disorder.",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":4975,"proposals":4977,"questions":4995,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":4996,"gaps":4997,"headline":4998,"summary":4999},[4976],"TrueBlue and TEAM are the two parties publishing a position against road pricing. TrueBlue adds a bike lane audit, which no other party publishes.",[4978,4982,4986,4991],{"title":4979,"detail":4980,"cites":4981},"Oppose congestion pricing","The party opposes congestion pricing.",[4897],{"title":4983,"detail":4984,"cites":4985},"Audit bike lanes","The party would audit bike lanes.",[4897],{"title":4987,"detail":4988,"cites":4989,"authority":4990},"Support transit based on ridership and need","The party would support transit based on ridership and need.",[4897],"TransLink runs transit service.",{"title":4992,"detail":4993,"cites":4994},"Protect commercial parking access","The party would cut red tape and protect commercial parking access.",[4897],[],[4937],[],"Oppose congestion pricing and audit bike lanes","TrueBlue opposes congestion pricing, would audit bike lanes, and would support transit based on ridership and need.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":5001,"proposals":5003,"questions":5007,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5008,"gaps":5009,"headline":5011,"summary":5012},[5002],"The party is not contesting the Park Board race. Its published commitment touching parks is about maintenance and encampments and would be carried out through council.",[5004],{"title":5005,"detail":4954,"cites":5006},"Maintain parks and sidewalks",[4897],[],[4937],[5010],"No position on the future of the elected Park Board is published.","Maintain parks and sidewalks, address encampments","TrueBlue would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks. It is not running Park Board candidates.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":5014,"proposals":5017,"questions":5022,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5023,"gaps":5024,"headline":5027,"summary":5028},[5015,5016],"The School Board is where TrueBlue is concentrating. Three of its four ballot entries are school trustee candidacies, which is the largest share of any party’s slate going to one race.","Its published school position is a direction rather than a set of commitments: safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[5018],{"title":5019,"detail":5020,"cites":5021},"Safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking","The party commits to promoting safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[4897],[],[4937],[5025,5026],"No measurable school outcome is published.","No position on school capacity, catchments or the budget is published.","Safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking","TrueBlue promotes safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. Three of its four ballot entries are for School Board.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":5030,"proposals":5032,"questions":5041,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5042,"gaps":5043,"headline":5045,"summary":5046},[5031],"The party publishes a direction rather than a number. It would control property tax increases and audit spending, but no percentage target or timeline is published.",[5033,5037],{"title":5034,"detail":5035,"cites":5036,"cost":70},"Control property tax increases","The party commits to controlling property tax increases and auditing spending to focus on essential services. No percentage target is published.",[4897],{"title":5038,"detail":5039,"cites":5040},"Publish spending information","The party commits to publishing spending information and holding officials accountable.",[4897],[],[4937],[5044],"No property tax percentage target is published.","Control property tax increases and audit spending","TrueBlue would control property tax increases, audit spending to focus on essential services, and publish spending information.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":5048,"proposals":5051,"questions":5073,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5074,"gaps":5077,"headline":5079},[5049,5050],"The party's climate chapter opposes existing City climate rules on buildings, and reframes flooding and heat as maintenance and infrastructure issues rather than emissions issues.","It also ties park cleanliness and encampment removal to its \"Green Space\" policy, and opposes road-pricing and paid-parking expansion under \"Private Vehicles and Parking.\"",[5052,5057,5061,5065,5069],{"title":5053,"detail":5054,"cites":5055},"Repeal green building mandates and retrofit rules","The party would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofits and gas-stove bans, and streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so builders and homeowners can choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources.",[5056],"tb-platform-pdf",{"title":5058,"detail":5059,"cites":5060},"Direct spending to drainage, dikes and seawalls","The party would focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs, upgrading storm sewers and coastal defences, rather than what it calls activist environmental projects.",[5056],{"title":5062,"detail":5063,"cites":5064},"Maintain tree canopy and green space, tied to park cleanliness","The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for recreation, while enforcing public space bylaws and clearing encampments it says make parks unsafe.",[5056],{"title":5066,"detail":5067,"cites":5068},"Maintain cooling infrastructure without new heat regulations","The party would keep community centre cooling, pools and ice rinks running through summer heat waves, without new heat-related regulations or taxes on private property owners.",[5056],{"title":5070,"detail":5071,"cites":5072},"Oppose road pricing and paid-parking expansion","The party would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and end paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods.",[5056],[],[5075,5076,119],"The party's 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",[5078],"The platform states no dollar figure or date for any of these commitments.","Repeal green building rules, and focus climate spending on drainage and cooling infrastructure",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":5081,"proposals":5082,"questions":5083,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5084,"gaps":5085},[],[],[],[5076,119,212],[214],{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5087,"proposals":5088,"questions":5089,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5090,"gaps":5091},[],[],[],[5076,119,212],[214],[5093,5097,5101,5105,5109,5113,5117,5121],{"question":5094,"answer":5095,"cites":5096},"How many candidates is TrueBlue running?","Three people across four ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears twice, for City Council at number 154 and School Board at number 318.",[276],{"question":5098,"answer":5099,"cites":5100},"Can a candidate run for two offices at once?","Naomi Chocyk is on the 2026 Vancouver ballot for both City Council and School Board. That is what the official candidate list shows, and she is the only person on this ballot in that position.",[276],{"question":5102,"answer":5103,"cites":5104},"Is TrueBlue running a mayoral candidate?","No. Its own site describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board, but the official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate. We have recorded the official list.",[276,4897],{"question":5106,"answer":5107,"cites":5108},"When was TrueBlue founded?","Its website states 2023. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[4897],{"question":5110,"answer":5111,"cites":5112},"Where does TrueBlue stand on drugs?","It focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use. That is the opposite framing to COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.",[4897],{"question":5114,"answer":5115,"cites":5116},"Does TrueBlue publish any numbers?","No. Its platform sets a direction on about ten subjects without dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines attached, checked September 22, 2026.",[4897],{"question":5118,"answer":5119,"cites":5120},"What does TrueBlue say about bike lanes?","It would audit them. It is the only party on this ballot publishing that commitment. It also opposes congestion pricing, which TEAM does too.",[4897],{"question":2988,"answer":304,"cites":5122},[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5124,"gaps":5125,"entries":5126},[20,309],[311],[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[5130,5132,5133,5134,5135,5136,5139],{"id":4897,"label":5131,"url":1764,"publisher":1763,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":5056,"label":5137,"url":5138,"publisher":1763,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":5140,"label":5141,"url":5142,"publisher":1763,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"tb-platform-2026","TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver-2026-full-platform.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 candidates: one for City Council and three for School Board, with one person on the ballot twice. Its published platform is built around lower taxes, funded police and recovery-focused drug policy.","odDz0QpNRH95psX90cqatAcQ3ljzSPIwNK0hPZF3ayg",{"id":5147,"aliases":5148,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":5149,"extension":12,"founded":5152,"headline":5155,"history":5156,"leadership":5160,"logo":13,"meta":5163,"money":5164,"name":1690,"news":5169,"overview":5173,"palette":5178,"platform":5182,"questions":5375,"record":5411,"registeredName":5415,"rosterLabel":1690,"slug":5416,"sources":5417,"stem":5434,"summary":5435,"website":1691,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5436},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json",[],{"hex":5150,"note":9,"cites":5151},"#d53f31",[3655],{"year":5153,"note":4900,"cites":5154},2025,[3655],"A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5157,"gaps":5158,"entries":5159},[20,21],[23],[],[5161],{"role":3023,"name":2046,"cites":5162},[3655,276],{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5165,"gaps":5166,"searchUrl":34,"filings":5167,"notes":5168},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5170,"gaps":5171,"entries":5172},[45],[47],[],[5174,5175,5176,5177],"The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates: Kareem Allam for mayor at ballot number 56, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Only ABC is running more.","The party site gives its registered name as the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association and its founding year as 2025, which makes it the newest party running a large slate.","Kareem Allam is described in our candidate records as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.","Its most distinctive commitment is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead, which is the opposite of the Green Party position.",{"accent":5179,"onAccent":55,"tint":5180,"ink":5181},"#D43B2D","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[5183,5206,5227,5246,5258,5301,5316,5337,5349,5368],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":5184,"proposals":5188,"questions":5194,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5200,"gaps":5202,"headline":5204,"summary":5205},[5185,5186,5187],"This is one of the sharpest single splits on the 2026 ballot, and it turns on a power only Vancouver has.","Under the Vancouver Charter, Vancouver writes its own building rules. Every other municipality in British Columbia follows the provincial code. The Liberals would give that power up.","The argument for giving it up is that one code across the province is simpler and cheaper for builders. The argument against, which the Green Party makes, is that the local code is what lets Vancouver set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings.",[5189],{"title":5190,"detail":5191,"cites":5192,"authority":5193},"Eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code","The party commits to \"eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and just adopt the BC Building Code\".",[3655],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[5195],{"question":5196,"answer":5197,"cites":5198},"What would change if Vancouver dropped its own building code?","Builders would follow the same rules here as in the rest of British Columbia, which is simpler for anyone building in more than one city. Vancouver would also lose the power to set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, because that power comes from having its own code.",[3655,5199],"green-housing-x",[5201],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[2489,5203],"No affordable or rental housing commitment is published.","Abolish the Vancouver Building Code","The Vancouver Liberals would eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code instead.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":5207,"proposals":5210,"questions":5220,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5221,"gaps":5224,"headline":5226},[5208,5209],"The party's homelessness position mirrors a citywide ban it opposes: it would reverse the prohibition on new supportive housing construction.","It ties this to a second, more specific commitment: requiring 24-hour public washrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project.",[5211,5216],{"title":5212,"detail":5213,"cites":5214,"authority":102},"Reverse the ban on new supportive housing","On its first day, the party would reverse what it calls a ban on all new supportive housing construction in the city, to serve seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.",[5215],"vl-issues",{"title":5217,"detail":5218,"cites":5219},"Require public washrooms and showers in new supportive housing","Every new supportive housing project in the city would be required to include 24-hour public washrooms and showers for people who are unhoused.",[5215],[],[5222,5223,118,119],"The party's Issues page at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues","The party's dedicated Parks and Recreation plan PDF, linked from that page",[5225],"No cost or date is given for either commitment beyond \"day one\" for the ban reversal.","Reverse the ban on new supportive housing, and require public washrooms in it",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":5228,"proposals":5231,"questions":5241,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5242,"gaps":5243,"headline":5244,"summary":5245},[5229,5230],"The Liberals are the only party on this ballot publishing a commitment on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs.","They would also create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board, which is a new body rather than a change to an existing one.",[5232,5237],{"title":5233,"detail":5234,"cites":5235,"authority":5236},"Crack down on Bitcoin ATMs and money laundering","The party commits to \"crack down on Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering, and other root causes of crime\".",[3655],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":5238,"detail":5239,"cites":5240,"cost":70},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[3655],[],[5201],[],"Crack down on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs","The Vancouver Liberals would target Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering and what they call the root causes of crime, and increase long-term funding for firefighters.",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":5247,"proposals":5249,"questions":5254,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5255,"gaps":5256,"headline":5251,"summary":5257},[5248],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[5250],{"title":5251,"detail":5252,"cites":5253},"Road maintenance through new front-line staff","Road maintenance is named as one of the services the 400 new front-line unionized staff would improve.",[3655],[],[5201],[2576,2577],"Road maintenance appears as one of the services the Vancouver Liberals’ 400 new front-line staff would improve. No transit or cycling commitment is published.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":5259,"proposals":5262,"questions":5295,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5296,"gaps":5297,"headline":5299,"summary":5300},[5260,5261],"The party publishes a dedicated Parks and Recreation plan, separate from its main issues page, that commits to keeping the Park Board elected and independent and gives it a bigger, steadier share of the City budget.","It also promises a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools, and specific facility positions: 50-metre pools at the Aquatic Centre, removing parking meters at beaches and community centres, and an auditor general review of the PNE.",[5263,5269,5274,5278,5283,5287,5291],{"title":5264,"detail":5265,"cites":5266,"authority":5268},"Keep the Park Board elected and reverse the move to abolish it","The party would fight efforts to remove the elected Park Board and repeal Council's motion calling for its abolition.",[5267],"vl-parkplan","Only the province can abolish the Park Board by amending the Vancouver Charter. Council can withdraw its own request to the province.",{"title":5270,"detail":5271,"cites":5272,"cost":5273},"Create a Joint Budget Advisory Committee and restore funding to 9% of the city budget","A committee of Park Board commissioners, city councillors and both bodies' senior finance staff would guide the annual budget cycle, aiming to restore Park Board funding from 7.9% to 9% of the total city budget within four years, with a three-year rolling budget framework.",[5267],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":5275,"detail":5276,"cites":5277},"Return facility management authority to the Park Board","The party would repeal the centralized facilities-management structure it says excludes the Park Board, restoring the Board's direct control of maintenance and capital planning for its own facilities.",[5267],{"title":5279,"detail":5280,"cites":5281,"cost":5282},"A capital renewal plan for community centres","Each capital cycle would aim to build one new community centre and renew three more, following the existing Community Centre Strategy, with a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools.",[5215],"$1.35 billion",{"title":5284,"detail":5285,"cites":5286},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[5215],{"title":5288,"detail":5289,"cites":5290},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[5215],{"title":5292,"detail":5293,"cites":5294},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[5215],[],[5222,5223,118,119],[5298],"Most items name no specific dollar figure beyond the $1.35 billion total and the 7.9 to 9 percent target, and no completion date beyond the four-year budget goal.","Keep the elected Park Board, a Joint Budget Committee, and a capital renewal plan","Parks appear in the Vancouver Liberals’ published commitments as one of the services the 400 new front-line staff would improve.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":5302,"proposals":5305,"questions":5311,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5312,"gaps":5313,"headline":5314,"summary":5315},[5303,5304],"The School Liaison Officer programme places police officers in schools. It has been ended and restarted in Vancouver in recent years and is one of the clearest dividing lines in the School Board race.","The party is running five School Board candidates.",[5306],{"title":5307,"detail":5308,"cites":5309,"authority":5310},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[3655],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[5201],[],"Keep the School Liaison Officer programme","The Vancouver Liberals support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools.",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":5317,"proposals":5321,"questions":5332,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5333,"gaps":5334,"headline":5335,"summary":5336},[5318,5319,5320],"These two commitments sit together because one is a saving and the other is a cost, and the party has published a figure for the saving but not for the hiring.","The 400 staff would work on garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities. The party has not published what they would cost.","The $800 million figure and the name \"Second City Hall\" are the party’s own description of the project. We have not checked it against the city capital plan.",[5322,5328],{"title":5323,"detail":5324,"cites":5325,"cost":5326,"authority":5327},"Cancel the $800 million second city hall","The party commits to cancelling what it calls the \"$800-Million Second City Hall\" project.",[3655],"$800 million, as described by the party","Council approves capital projects.",{"title":5329,"detail":5330,"cites":5331,"cost":70},"Hire 400 new front-line unionized staff","The 400 staff would improve garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities.",[3655],[],[5201],[],"Cancel the $800 million second city hall and hire 400 staff","The Vancouver Liberals would cancel an $800 million project they call the \"Second City Hall\" and hire 400 new front-line unionized staff.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":5338,"proposals":5340,"questions":5345,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5346,"gaps":5347,"headline":5342},[5339],"The party's one climate-specific position is about the shrinking tree canopy, stated as a problem with no measure yet attached.",[5341],{"title":5342,"detail":5343,"cites":5344},"A tree canopy strategy","The party says Vancouver's tree canopy is shrinking, driving up electricity use and worsening air quality and livability, and commits to a tree canopy strategy, without stating a canopy target or a date.",[5215],[],[5222,5223,118,119],[5348],"No target percentage, cost or date is given for the strategy.",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":5350,"proposals":5353,"questions":5363,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5364,"gaps":5365,"headline":5367},[5351,5352],"The party's clearest culture commitment is a reserved-land program for artists, cutting their property taxes in half.","It also promises to lower festival organizers' policing fees, tying this to affordability for community events.",[5354,5359],{"title":5355,"detail":5356,"cites":5357,"cost":5358},"An Artist Land Reserve in four locations","The party would establish an Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, providing studio space and cutting property taxes in half for artists and creatives there.",[5215],"Property tax cut in half for participating artists; no total program cost published",{"title":5360,"detail":5361,"cites":5362},"Lower policing fees for festivals","The party would find a way to make policing more affordable for community events and festivals, after what it says have been rising fees under the current Council.",[5215],[],[5222,5223,118,119],[5366],"No dollar figure is given for the tax cut's cost to the city, and no date is set for either commitment.","An Artist Land Reserve, and cheaper festival policing fees",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5369,"proposals":5370,"questions":5371,"state":2691,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5372,"gaps":5373},[],[],[],[5222,5223,118,119],[5374],"No child care commitment appears anywhere on the party's issues page or its linked plan documents.",[5376,5380,5384,5388,5392,5396,5400,5404,5408],{"question":5377,"answer":5378,"cites":5379},"Who leads the Vancouver Liberals?","Kareem Allam is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 56. Our candidate records describe him as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.",[3655,276],{"question":5381,"answer":5382,"cites":5383},"How many candidates are they running?","19: Kareem Allam for mayor, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. That is the second-largest slate on the ballot after ABC.",[276],{"question":5385,"answer":5386,"cites":5387},"When was the party founded?","Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[3655],{"question":5389,"answer":5390,"cites":5391},"What is their most distinctive commitment?","Eliminating the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead. Vancouver is the only BC city with its own building code, and the Green Party would keep it. This is one of the sharpest splits on the ballot.",[3655,5199],{"question":5393,"answer":5394,"cites":5395},"What would the 400 new staff do?","Garbage pickup, road maintenance, and parks and recreation facilities. They would be unionized front-line staff. The party has not published what they would cost.",[3655],{"question":5397,"answer":5398,"cites":5399},"What is the \"Second City Hall\" they would cancel?","The party describes an $800 million project by that name and commits to cancelling it. The name and the figure are the party’s own description, and we have not checked them against the city capital plan.",[3655],{"question":5401,"answer":5402,"cites":5403},"Where do they stand on police in schools?","They support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. The Board of Education decides whether it runs.",[3655],{"question":5405,"answer":5406,"cites":5407},"Do they have a published housing supply plan?","No. The one published commitment touching housing is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code. We found no supply target, affordability commitment or rental policy on September 22, 2026.",[3655],{"question":5409,"answer":304,"cites":5410},"Where can I see their campaign finances?",[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5412,"gaps":5413,"entries":5414},[20,309],[311],[],"Vancouver Liberal Electors Association","vancouver-liberals",[5418,5419,5420,5421,5422,5423,5424,5427,5430],{"id":3655,"label":3894,"url":1691,"publisher":1690,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},{"id":5199,"label":3890,"url":3891,"publisher":387,"kind":2837,"publishedAt":3892,"checkedAt":18},{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":5215,"label":5425,"url":5426,"publisher":1690,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues",{"id":5267,"label":5428,"url":5429,"publisher":1690,"kind":318,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver Liberals: Our Plan for Parks and Recreation Facilities (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1787255366\u002FVancouver_Liberals_Park_Plan.pdf?1787255366",{"id":5431,"label":5432,"url":5433,"publisher":1690,"kind":318,"checkedAt":346},"vl-ipv-policy","Vancouver Liberals: Intimate Partner Violence Policy (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1789599508\u002FVancouver_Liberals_IPV_Policy.pdf?1789599508","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals","The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include hiring 400 front-line staff and cancelling an $800 million city hall project.","LoE0qDMondKgLHT6NEJ0H2OwzNMRTCFMOYkf5qAkMts",{"id":5438,"aliases":5439,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":5440,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":5444,"history":5445,"leadership":5449,"logo":13,"meta":5454,"money":5455,"name":1704,"news":5460,"overview":5464,"palette":5469,"platform":5472,"questions":5710,"record":5746,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":1704,"slug":5750,"sources":5751,"stem":5761,"summary":5762,"website":1705,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5763},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":5441,"note":2441,"cites":5442},"#7A3D9E",[5443],"vv-home","A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5446,"gaps":5447,"entries":5448},[20,21],[23],[],[5450],{"role":5451,"name":2253,"cites":5452},"Mayoral candidate and founder",[5453,276],"vv-policy",{},{"state":28,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5456,"gaps":5457,"searchUrl":34,"filings":5458,"notes":5459},[30,31],[33],[],[37,38,39,40,41],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5461,"gaps":5462,"entries":5463},[45],[47],[],[5465,5466,5467,5468],"Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates: Rebecca Bligh for mayor at ballot number 52, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.","Rebecca Bligh is a sitting Vancouver city councillor and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The party site describes her as having created Vote Vancouver.","The party describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology.","Its published Policy Priorities document runs to roughly 6,400 words and is organised into four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.",{"accent":5441,"onAccent":55,"tint":5470,"ink":5471},"#EFE5F5","#552B6E",[5473,5530,5557,5582,5599,5613,5642,5658,5676,5697],{"issue":60,"paragraphs":5474,"proposals":5479,"questions":5517,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5526,"gaps":5528,"headline":5481,"summary":5529},[5475,5476,5477,5478],"This is the most time-bound commitment any party has published in this election. Five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.","The party also publishes an affordability definition rather than leaving the word undefined: new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income.","Its faith-based land policy is unusual. Vote Vancouver would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the city first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, and would help faith organisations that want to redevelop rather than sell.","The party would also reverse what it describes as a ban on new supportive housing, arguing it blocks replacing single room occupancy hotels with better options.",[5480,5485,5489,5492,5497,5501,5505,5509,5513],{"title":5481,"detail":5482,"cites":5483,"authority":71,"deadline":5484},"Name five parcels of public land within one month","Five parcels of city-owned land will be chosen, named and announced with an associated timeline within one month of entering City Hall.",[5453],"One month after taking office",{"title":5486,"detail":5487,"cites":5488},"Target rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.",[5453],{"title":5212,"detail":5490,"cites":5491},"Vote Vancouver would reverse the ban so single room occupancy hotels can be replaced with safe, dignified, affordable options.",[5453],{"title":5493,"detail":5494,"cites":5495,"authority":5496},"A right-of-first-refusal bylaw for faith-based land","The city would get the first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, for housing, child care and community services.",[5453],"Council can pass such a bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":5498,"detail":5499,"cites":5500},"Use DASH to build faster","The city would use Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing, pre-approved models and sustainable materials, especially for modular housing.",[5453],{"title":5502,"detail":5503,"cites":5504},"Non-profits run the developments","Non-profit or community organisations would run the new developments, to reduce strain on City Hall and keep them connected to their communities.",[5453],{"title":5506,"detail":5507,"cites":5508},"Replace SROs with self-contained housing","Existing single room occupancy hotels would be replaced with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing, while existing facilities keep operating until alternatives are available.",[5453],{"title":5510,"detail":5511,"cites":5512},"Hold landlords to maintenance standards","The city would enforce its maintenance standards and act where buildings fall into serious disrepair that threatens residents’ ability to stay housed.",[5453],{"title":5514,"detail":5515,"cites":5516},"Work with community land trusts","Vote Vancouver would work with community land trusts and community groups to keep public land in community ownership and build co-operative housing, naming the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust, the SRO Collaborative, the False Creek South Community Housing Trust and Hogan’s Alley.",[5453],[5518,5522],{"question":5519,"answer":5520,"cites":5521},"What does \"30% of household income\" mean?","It is a definition of affordable. A household earning $60,000 a year would pay no more than $18,000 a year, or $1,500 a month, for a home built under this policy. Most parties use the word affordable without saying what it means; Vote Vancouver puts a number on it.",[5453],{"question":5523,"answer":5524,"cites":5525},"What is a right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","It means that when a church, temple or other faith organisation decides to sell its land, the city gets the first chance to buy it before private buyers. The organisation still chooses to sell; the city just gets first offer.",[5453],[5527],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document, dated in its filename September 15, 2026",[],"Vote Vancouver would name five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing within one month of taking office, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, and reverse the ban on new supportive housing.",{"issue":92,"paragraphs":5531,"proposals":5534,"questions":5550,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5551,"gaps":5554,"headline":5556},[5532,5533],"The document's clearest homelessness position is reversing the City's ban on new supportive housing, which it credits to a motion by Rebecca Bligh.","Its addiction and mental health proposals include continuing to fund a specific existing program, St. Paul's Road to Recovery, and building new Recovery Community Centres.",[5535,5538,5542,5546],{"title":5212,"detail":5536,"cites":5537,"authority":102},"The party would reverse a City ban on building new supportive housing, to allow replacing single-room-occupancy hotels with self-contained supportive homes connected to mental health, addiction, social work and job supports.",[5453],{"title":5539,"detail":5540,"cites":5541},"Support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program","The party would keep supporting the Road to Recovery program by building more supportive housing for people exiting it, and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health.",[5453],{"title":5543,"detail":5544,"cites":5545},"Build more Recovery Community Centres","The party would build more Recovery Community Centres to connect people with peer support and wellness activities, bridging the gap to detox and treatment.",[5453],{"title":5547,"detail":5548,"cites":5549},"Better coordinate police, health and housing responses","The party would improve coordination between police, healthcare providers, housing providers and community organizations so police are not the only response to mental health and addiction crises.",[5453],[],[5552,5553,119],"The party's Policy Priorities PDF, already archived in research\u002Fvancouver-2026-09-22\u002Fparty-sources\u002F","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",[5555],"Most items name no cost and no date. The document credits several of these to Rebecca Bligh personally, and those are also recorded on her own candidate record.","Reverse the supportive housing ban, and expand recovery programs",{"issue":124,"paragraphs":5558,"proposals":5561,"questions":5578,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5579,"gaps":5580,"headline":5581},[5559,5560],"The document sets out a multi-part public safety plan built around prevention and coordination rather than a police budget figure.","It also states a School Board position on School Liaison Officers, kept out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, which sits on the schools area of this page instead.",[5562,5566,5570,5574],{"title":5563,"detail":5564,"cites":5565},"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","The party would develop this strategy with police, healthcare providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.",[5453],{"title":5567,"detail":5568,"cites":5569},"Rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs","Community Policing Centres would become hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship and connecting residents to services, prioritizing prevention over criminalization.",[5453],{"title":5571,"detail":5572,"cites":5573},"Expand gender-based violence prevention work","The party would expand policies and working groups on gender-based violence, crediting a motion by Rebecca Bligh.",[5453],{"title":5575,"detail":5576,"cites":5577},"Become Canada's first Restorative City","The party would build a restorative justice system, training city staff with Peace of the Circle and applying what it calls the Vancouver Test to future policy decisions.",[5453],[],[5552,5553,119],[5555],"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reworked policing centres, and a restorative justice system",{"issue":173,"paragraphs":5583,"proposals":5587,"questions":5592,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5593,"gaps":5595,"headline":5597,"summary":5598},[5584,5585,5586],"Transportation Choice is the second of four sections in the party’s Policy Priorities document, covering pages 13 to 19.","The section opens by describing Vancouver as a large city with a variety of transport options including walking and biking, framed around more choices and fewer barriers.","We archived the full document on September 22, 2026. The detailed commitments inside this section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[5588],{"title":5589,"detail":5590,"cites":5591},"Transportation Choice section of the Policy Priorities document","The party publishes a dedicated transport section under the heading \"More choices. Fewer barriers.\" The individual commitments in it are recorded in our archived copy and have not yet been transcribed here.",[5453],[],[5594],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document",[5596],"The individual commitments in the Transportation Choice section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Transportation Choice: one of four sections of the policy document","Vote Vancouver publishes a Transportation Choice section running from page 13 to page 19 of its Policy Priorities document.",{"issue":193,"paragraphs":5600,"proposals":5602,"questions":5607,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5608,"gaps":5609,"headline":5611,"summary":5612},[5601],"Parks and recreation appear in the party’s stated focus and in the Public Services section of its Policy Priorities document, which runs from page 20 to page 32. The individual commitments in that section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[5603],{"title":5604,"detail":5605,"cites":5606},"Improve access to parks, pools and recreation","The party names improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on.",[5453],[],[5594],[5610],"The individual commitments in the Public Services section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Improving access to parks, pools and recreation","Vote Vancouver lists improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on. Detailed commitments sit in the Public Services section of its policy document.",{"issue":206,"paragraphs":5614,"proposals":5617,"questions":5638,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5639,"gaps":5640,"headline":5641},[5615,5616],"The party's education proposals include a School Board position on School Liaison Officers distinct from its policing proposal: SLOs would stay but out of uniform, rebranded away from police, focused on early intervention.","It also lists school nutrition funding, technology and AI rules for classrooms, and a facilities-condition audit.",[5618,5622,5626,5630,5634],{"title":5619,"detail":5620,"cites":5621},"Establish School Liaison Officers as regular, rebranded support","SLOs would focus on early intervention and youth protection, work out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, and be paired with counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs, with regular independent equity-centred reviews.",[5453],{"title":5623,"detail":5624,"cites":5625},"Support student mental health and neurodivergence","The party would push for more school counsellors, faster neurodivergence assessments, and closing the gap between individual education plans and real classroom support.",[5453],{"title":5627,"detail":5628,"cites":5629},"Fund and expand school nutrition programs","Council would work with the school district to expand nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools, developing a cost-sharing plan rather than relying on individual school budgets.",[5453],{"title":5631,"detail":5632,"cites":5633},"Set rules for AI tools and cellphones in classrooms","The party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools, give teachers clear rules on acceptable AI use, and restrict cellphones in younger grades.",[5453],{"title":5635,"detail":5636,"cites":5637},"Audit and upgrade school facilities","The party would audit elementary school grounds, keep seismic renewal on pace for the district's high seismic risk, and evaluate the Olympic Village School's development and 3 versus 4 storey options.",[5453],[],[5552,5553,119],[5555],"Neurodivergence supports, a rebranded School Liaison Officer role, and facility upgrades",{"issue":216,"paragraphs":5643,"proposals":5647,"questions":5652,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5653,"gaps":5654,"headline":5656,"summary":5657},[5644,5645,5646],"Rather than publishing a tax number, Vote Vancouver publishes a test. It says that a policy that does not meet all four questions will not be prioritised.","The fourth question, whether residents can measure if it worked, is the one that matters most for holding a council to account, because it commits the party to publishing something measurable.","The party describes its approach as fiscally responsible while expanding public services. It does not publish a property tax rate commitment.",[5648],{"title":5649,"detail":5650,"cites":5651},"Apply the Vancouver Test to every policy","Four questions: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen Vancouver’s long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails the test will not be prioritised.",[5453],[],[5594],[5655],"No property tax rate commitment is published.","The Vancouver Test: four questions applied to every policy","Vote Vancouver publishes a decision test it says it applies to every policy: does it improve service, strengthen the long-term future, build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked.",{"issue":244,"paragraphs":5659,"proposals":5661,"questions":5672,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5673,"gaps":5674,"headline":5675},[5660],"The document's clearest climate positions are both about buildings: restarting a paused emissions-reporting program, and keeping an existing heating rule rather than loosening it.",[5662,5667],{"title":5663,"detail":5664,"cites":5665,"authority":5666},"Restart the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program","The party would unpause this City program so it can measure where building emissions come from and track progress.",[5453],"The City's own reporting program.",{"title":5668,"detail":5669,"cites":5670,"authority":5671},"Keep the electric heating requirement for new buildings","The party would maintain the existing requirement for electric space and hot water heating in new buildings, rather than allowing gas.",[5453],"Vancouver's own building bylaw.",[],[5552,5553,119],[5555],"Restart emissions reporting, and keep electric heating rules for new buildings",{"issue":251,"paragraphs":5677,"proposals":5679,"questions":5693,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5694,"gaps":5695,"headline":5696},[5678],"The document gives arts and culture its most detailed proposal of any issue on this page: a two-step plan to move City arts funding to an independent council.",[5680,5684,5689],{"title":5681,"detail":5682,"cites":5683,"cost":70},"Create an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator within six months","This service would help artists and cultural non-profits navigate permitting, liquor licensing and special-event approvals, and coordinate marketing for Vancouver's arts and culture.",[5453],{"title":5685,"detail":5686,"cites":5687,"cost":5688},"Establish an Independent Arts Council to administer City arts grants","The Council would take over grant decisions from Council votes, administer a dedicated annual City allocation with at least 90 percent going directly to the arts and creative sector, and advocate for the sector.",[5453],"A dedicated annual allocation from the City; no figure published",{"title":5690,"detail":5691,"cites":5692},"Work toward a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private funding","The party would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to create a permanent vehicle for private donations and sponsorships in the arts.",[5453],[],[5552,5553,119],[5555],"An Independent Arts Council and a City Navigator for permits",{"issue":258,"paragraphs":5698,"proposals":5700,"questions":5705,"state":28,"indexable":81,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5706,"gaps":5707,"headline":5708,"summary":5709},[5699],"Child care appears inside the housing section of the policy document rather than on its own. The commitment is that new public housing developments include access to child care, schools and public spaces.",[5701],{"title":5702,"detail":5703,"cites":5704},"Child care in every new public housing development","New public housing developments will include access to child care, schools and public spaces. The party calls this building complete communities, not just buildings.",[5453],[],[5594],[4757,4758],"Child care built into every new public housing development","Vote Vancouver would include child care, schools and public spaces in new public housing developments, describing this as building complete communities rather than buildings.",[5711,5715,5719,5723,5727,5731,5735,5739,5743],{"question":5712,"answer":5713,"cites":5714},"Who leads Vote Vancouver?","Rebecca Bligh, a sitting Vancouver city councillor, is its mayoral candidate at ballot number 52. The party’s own document says she created Vote Vancouver.",[5453,276],{"question":5716,"answer":5717,"cites":5718},"How many candidates is Vote Vancouver running?","12: Rebecca Bligh for mayor, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.",[276],{"question":5720,"answer":5721,"cites":5722},"What is the Vancouver Test?","Four questions the party says it applies to every policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen the long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails is not prioritised.",[5453],{"question":5724,"answer":5725,"cites":5726},"What is Vote Vancouver’s fastest housing commitment?","Naming five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing, with a timeline, within one month of taking office. That is the tightest deadline any party has published in this election.",[5453],{"question":5728,"answer":5729,"cites":5730},"What does the party mean by affordable?","No more than 30% of household income for new public housing built under its policy. Most parties do not put a number on the word.",[5453],{"question":5732,"answer":5733,"cites":5734},"Where does Vote Vancouver sit politically?","It describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology or by political polarization.",[5453],{"question":5736,"answer":5737,"cites":5738},"Does the party have a position on supportive housing?","Yes. It would reverse what it describes as a ban on building new supportive housing, arguing the ban stops single room occupancy hotels being replaced with better options.",[5453],{"question":5740,"answer":5741,"cites":5742},"Does it publish a property tax commitment?","No. It publishes the Vancouver Test and describes itself as fiscally responsible, but we found no property tax rate commitment in the document, checked September 22, 2026.",[5453],{"question":5744,"answer":304,"cites":5745},"Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?",[293,306],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":18,"searched":5747,"gaps":5748,"entries":5749},[20,309],[311],[],"vote-vancouver",[5752,5754,5757,5758,5759,5760],{"id":5443,"label":5753,"url":1705,"publisher":1704,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Vote Vancouver home page",{"id":5453,"label":5755,"url":5756,"publisher":1704,"kind":318,"checkedAt":18},"Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fvotevancouver.ca\u002Fs\u002FVV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf",{"id":276,"label":320,"url":321,"publisher":322,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":293,"label":325,"url":34,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":306,"label":328,"url":329,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},{"id":331,"label":332,"url":333,"publisher":326,"kind":323,"checkedAt":18},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver","Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates behind mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, a sitting city councillor. 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