[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":6697},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-team-for-a-livable-vancouver":3,"platform-team-for-a-livable-vancouver-2026-platform":624,"platform-chapters-team-for-a-livable-vancouver-2026-platform-all":895,"party-roster-TEAM for a Livable Vancouver":2721,"parties-all":3503,"platforms-all":6684},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":14,"history":15,"leadership":24,"logo":13,"meta":35,"money":36,"name":51,"news":52,"overview":58,"palette":63,"platform":68,"questions":472,"record":512,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":518,"slug":519,"sources":520,"stem":621,"summary":622,"website":523,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":623},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-22",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#162b6f","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"team-home","json",null,"The most detailed published platform on the 2026 ballot",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":18,"gaps":21,"entries":23},"unresearched",false,[19,20],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[22],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[25,30],{"role":26,"name":27,"cites":28},"Mayoral candidate","Colleen Hardwick",[11,29],"city-candidates",{"role":31,"name":32,"cites":33},"Financial agent","Douglas Johnstone",[34],"team-safety",{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":38,"gaps":41,"searchUrl":43,"filings":44,"notes":45},"researched",[39,40],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[42],"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",[],[46,47,48,49,50],"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.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":53,"gaps":55,"entries":57},[54],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[56],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[59,60,61,62],"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":64,"onAccent":65,"tint":66,"ink":67},"#162B6F","#FFFFFF","#E3E8F7","#1F347A",[69,133,160,189,223,283,336,370,415,452],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":71,"proposals":76,"questions":117,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":127,"gaps":130,"headline":131,"summary":132},"housing",[72,73,74,75],"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.",[77,83,87,92,96,100,104,108,112],{"title":78,"detail":79,"cites":80,"authority":82},"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.",[81],"team-planning","Council adopts and can repeal an Official Development Plan.",{"title":84,"detail":85,"cites":86},"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.",[81],{"title":88,"detail":89,"cites":90,"authority":91},"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.",[81],"These are provincial statutes. A city can lobby but cannot repeal them.",{"title":93,"detail":94,"cites":95},"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.",[81],{"title":97,"detail":98,"cites":99},"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.",[81],{"title":101,"detail":102,"cites":103},"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.",[81],{"title":105,"detail":106,"cites":107},"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.",[81],{"title":109,"detail":110,"cites":111},"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.",[81],{"title":113,"detail":114,"cites":115},"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.",[81,116],"team-environment",[118,122],{"question":119,"answer":120,"cites":121},"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.",[81],{"question":123,"answer":124,"cites":125},"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.",[81],true,[128,129],"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":134,"paragraphs":135,"proposals":138,"questions":152,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":153,"gaps":155,"headline":158,"summary":159},"homelessness",[136,137],"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.",[139,143,148],{"title":140,"detail":141,"cites":142},"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.",[81],{"title":144,"detail":145,"cites":146,"authority":147},"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.",[81],"Supportive housing is funded provincially and federally.",{"title":149,"detail":150,"cites":151},"A Downtown Eastside audit","The same audit commitment that appears under public safety.",[34],[],[129,154],"The TEAM safety for all page",[156,157],"No shelter space target is published.","No encampment policy 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":161,"paragraphs":162,"proposals":166,"questions":184,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":185,"gaps":186,"headline":187,"summary":188},"public-safety",[163,164,165],"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.",[167,170,174,179],{"title":149,"detail":168,"cites":169},"TEAM would establish an audit to ensure the social issues affecting the community are addressed and resources reach those who need them.",[34],{"title":171,"detail":172,"cites":173},"Enforce bylaws against public disorder","TEAM would enforce bylaws to crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.",[34],{"title":175,"detail":176,"cites":177,"cost":178},"Support community policing such as Block Watch","TEAM would increase support for community policing initiatives, naming Block Watch.",[34],"Not published",{"title":180,"detail":181,"cites":182,"authority":183},"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.",[34],"Health care is provincial.",[],[154],[],"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":190,"paragraphs":191,"proposals":194,"questions":217,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":218,"gaps":220,"headline":221,"summary":222},"transport",[192,193],"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.",[195,200,205,209,213],{"title":196,"detail":197,"cites":198},"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.",[199],"team-transport",{"title":201,"detail":202,"cites":203,"authority":204},"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.",[199],"TransLink runs bus service. The city can advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":206,"detail":207,"cites":208},"Restore off-street parking minimums","TEAM would reverse council’s decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction.",[199],{"title":210,"detail":211,"cites":212},"Oppose road pricing","TEAM states it will not adopt punitive city-wide parking permits as previously proposed by council.",[199],{"title":214,"detail":215,"cites":216},"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.",[199],[],[219],"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":224,"paragraphs":225,"proposals":229,"questions":268,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":278,"gaps":280,"headline":281,"summary":282},"parks",[226,227,228],"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.",[230,236,240,244,248,252,256,260,264],{"title":231,"detail":232,"cites":233,"authority":235},"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.",[234],"team-parks","Only the province can amend the Vancouver Charter. The city can withdraw its request.",{"title":237,"detail":238,"cites":239},"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.",[234],{"title":241,"detail":242,"cites":243,"cost":178},"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.",[234],{"title":245,"detail":246,"cites":247},"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.",[234],{"title":249,"detail":250,"cites":251},"Make temporary parks permanent","Existing temporary and de-facto parks would be designated as permanent parks.",[234],{"title":253,"detail":254,"cites":255},"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.",[234],{"title":257,"detail":258,"cites":259},"Restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue","Access would be restored while providing new separate infrastructure for cycling and walking.",[234],{"title":261,"detail":262,"cites":263},"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.",[234],{"title":265,"detail":266,"cites":267,"cost":178},"More park rangers and lifeguards","TEAM would expand maintenance and garbage pickup, actively enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards.",[234],[269,274],{"question":270,"answer":271,"cites":272},"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.",[234,273],"cbc-parkboard-team",{"question":275,"answer":276,"cites":277},"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.",[234],[279],"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":284,"paragraphs":285,"proposals":290,"questions":330,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":331,"gaps":333,"headline":334,"summary":335},"schools",[286,287,288,289],"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.",[291,296,300,304,308,312,316,321,326],{"title":292,"detail":293,"cites":294},"End school enrolment lotteries","Long-range planning with the city would put schools where students need them, when they need them.",[295],"team-schools",{"title":297,"detail":298,"cites":299},"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.",[295],{"title":301,"detail":302,"cites":303},"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.",[295],{"title":305,"detail":306,"cites":307},"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.",[295],{"title":309,"detail":310,"cites":311,"cost":178},"Bring back elementary band and strings","Music programming would be included at every elementary school, restoring the Elementary Band and Strings programs.",[295],{"title":313,"detail":314,"cites":315},"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.",[295],{"title":317,"detail":318,"cites":319,"authority":320},"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.",[295],"The school tax formula is provincial.",{"title":322,"detail":323,"cites":324,"authority":325},"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.",[295],"Seismic upgrade funding is provincial.",{"title":327,"detail":328,"cites":329},"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.",[295],[],[332],"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":337,"paragraphs":338,"proposals":342,"questions":364,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":365,"gaps":367,"headline":368,"summary":369},"taxes-and-budget",[339,340,341],"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.",[343,348,352,356,360],{"title":344,"detail":345,"cites":346},"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.",[347],"team-finance",{"title":349,"detail":350,"cites":351},"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.",[347],{"title":353,"detail":354,"cites":355},"Establish a lobbyist registry","A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.",[347],{"title":357,"detail":358,"cites":359},"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.",[347],{"title":361,"detail":362,"cites":363},"Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks","Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.",[347],[],[366],"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":371,"paragraphs":372,"proposals":377,"questions":409,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":410,"gaps":412,"headline":413,"summary":414},"climate",[373,374,375,376],"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.",[378,383,387,391,395,399,404],{"title":379,"detail":380,"cites":381,"authority":382},"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.",[116],"The city controls permitting and land use.",{"title":384,"detail":385,"cites":386},"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.",[116],{"title":388,"detail":389,"cites":390},"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.",[116,199],{"title":392,"detail":393,"cites":394},"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.",[116],{"title":396,"detail":397,"cites":398},"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.",[116],{"title":400,"detail":401,"cites":402,"authority":403},"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.",[116],"TransLink runs the buses. The city sits on the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":405,"detail":406,"cites":407,"authority":408},"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.",[116],"BC Hydro rates are provincially regulated.",[],[411],"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":416,"paragraphs":417,"proposals":420,"questions":446,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":447,"gaps":449,"headline":450,"summary":451},"culture",[418,419],"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.",[421,426,430,434,438,442],{"title":422,"detail":423,"cites":424},"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.",[425],"team-arts",{"title":427,"detail":428,"cites":429},"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.",[425],{"title":431,"detail":432,"cites":433},"Incentives to retain creative space","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces and disincentives for demolishing them.",[425],{"title":435,"detail":436,"cites":437},"Support street festivals","TEAM would encourage and facilitate street festivals, naming Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano.",[425],{"title":439,"detail":440,"cites":441},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts community","Community centres and other Park Board facilities would be kept affordable for arts use.",[425],{"title":443,"detail":444,"cites":445},"Review the civic theatres","TEAM would examine how Vancouver’s civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.",[425],[],[448],"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":453,"paragraphs":454,"proposals":456,"questions":465,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":466,"gaps":467,"headline":470,"summary":471},"child-care",[455],"TEAM does not publish a separate child care section. Its commitments appear inside the schools and planning pages.",[457,461],{"title":327,"detail":458,"cites":459,"authority":460},"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.",[295],"Licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":462,"detail":463,"cites":464},"Use underused school buildings for child care","Space in underused school buildings would be used for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[295],[],[332,129],[468,469],"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.",[473,477,481,485,489,493,497,501,506],{"question":474,"answer":475,"cites":476},"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.",[11,29],{"question":478,"answer":479,"cites":480},"How many candidates is TEAM running?","14: Colleen Hardwick for mayor, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.",[29],{"question":482,"answer":483,"cites":484},"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.",[81],{"question":486,"answer":487,"cites":488},"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.",[234],{"question":490,"answer":491,"cites":492},"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.",[81],{"question":494,"answer":495,"cites":496},"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.",[116],{"question":498,"answer":499,"cites":500},"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.",[116],{"question":502,"answer":503,"cites":504},"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.",[505],"team-positions",{"question":507,"answer":508,"cites":509},"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.",[510,511],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":513,"gaps":515,"entries":517},[19,514],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[516],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"TEAM","team-for-a-livable-vancouver",[521,525,528,531,534,537,540,543,546,549,552,557,562,565,568,572,577,581,585,589,593,597,601,605,609,613,617],{"id":11,"label":522,"url":523,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002F","subject",{"id":505,"label":526,"url":527,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM our positions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026",{"id":81,"label":529,"url":530,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"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":234,"label":532,"url":533,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM parks and recreation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026\u002Fparks-learn-more",{"id":295,"label":535,"url":536,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM schools, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026\u002Fschools-learn-more",{"id":347,"label":538,"url":539,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM finance and administration, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026\u002Ffinance-learn-more",{"id":116,"label":541,"url":542,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM our environment, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026\u002Fenvironment-learn-more",{"id":425,"label":544,"url":545,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM arts and culture, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026\u002Farts-learn-more",{"id":34,"label":547,"url":548,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM safety for all","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026",{"id":199,"label":550,"url":551,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TEAM transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026",{"id":273,"label":553,"url":554,"publisher":555,"kind":556,"checkedAt":6},"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":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":573,"label":574,"url":575,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-community-page","TEAM community representation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026","2026-09-30",{"id":578,"label":579,"url":580,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-community","TEAM community representation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026\u002Fcommunity-learn-more",{"id":582,"label":583,"url":584,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-planning-page","TEAM planning for livability and affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability",{"id":586,"label":587,"url":588,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-environment-page","TEAM our environment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026",{"id":590,"label":591,"url":592,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-finance-page","TEAM finance and administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026",{"id":594,"label":595,"url":596,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"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":598,"label":599,"url":600,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-transport-more","TEAM transportation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026\u002Ftransportation-learn-more",{"id":602,"label":603,"url":604,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-economy-page","TEAM economic development","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026",{"id":606,"label":607,"url":608,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-economy","TEAM economic development, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026\u002Flearn-more",{"id":610,"label":611,"url":612,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-arts-page","TEAM arts and culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026",{"id":614,"label":615,"url":616,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"team-parks-page","TEAM parks and recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026",{"id":618,"label":619,"url":620,"publisher":51,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"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":625,"title":626,"checkedAt":576,"context":627,"corrections":628,"extension":12,"headline":629,"intro":630,"meta":634,"pageCount":13,"party":519,"pillars":635,"questions":871,"slug":890,"sourceId":505,"sourceIds":891,"stem":892,"summary":893,"tagline":13,"updatedAt":13,"url":527,"__hash__":894},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver.json","Our Positions",[],[],"The TEAM for a Livable Vancouver 2026 platform, topic by topic",[631,632,633],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes its 2026 platform as a set of web pages under the heading \"Our Positions\". There are ten topics, from Community Representation to Schools. Each topic has a short page with the party's view of \"what's gone wrong\" and a numbered list of solutions, and a longer \"learn more\" page with a full list of action items.","These pages sort those ten topics into sections and split the longest ones into chapters. Each chapter lists every commitment the party makes on that subject, using the longer page as the main source and adding items that appear only on the short page. Where the same promise appears under two topics, it is listed once. We added one thing the party does not give: which government would have to act for each commitment, and why.","The council sections cover City Hall and finances, housing and planning, public safety, the environment, transportation, and the economy and culture. The Park Board section covers the board's future, parks and trees, and recreation. The School Board section covers school planning and what happens in classrooms.",{},[636,669,701,728,756,784,812,843],{"slug":637,"title":638,"race":639,"order":640,"aim":641,"headline":642,"summary":643,"intro":644,"questions":648,"context":664},"neighbourhoods-and-city-hall","Neighbourhoods and City Hall","City Council",1,"TEAM will restore real input to residents and neighbourhoods by bringing back community-based planning, revitalizing local democracy, and restructuring how City Hall interacts with residents.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on City Hall: wards, open meetings and a budget review","This section brings together TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's positions on community representation and on finance and administration. The party would elect councillors by ward, publish Council materials a month ahead, create a lobbyist registry, limit tax increases to inflation and review the budget line by line.",[645,646,647],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver lists Community Representation first among its ten positions and Finance and Administration fourth. We have grouped them here because both are about how City Hall works: who gets heard, what is decided in private, and how the city spends its money. The party opens its community page with the aim of restoring \"real input to residents and neighbourhoods\".","On representation, TEAM would adopt a ward system, publish Council material at least one month before debate, limit closed meetings, open staff briefings to the public, create a lobbyist registry and pick advisory committee members at random from volunteers. On finance, it would hold tax increases to inflation, stop spending on provincial and federal duties, review the operating and capital budgets service by service, and give Council and the public a say over department budgets.","Nearly all of this is within City Council's power, since Council sets its own meeting rules and approves the tax rate and the budget each year. The ward system needs one more step: under the Vancouver Charter, the provincial cabinet must approve the by-law that creates it.",[649,652,655,658,661],{"question":650,"answer":651},"What does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want to change at City Hall?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would adopt a ward system, publish Council materials at least one month before debate, limit closed meetings, create a lobbyist registry and bring back community-based planning (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":653,"answer":654},"What is TEAM's position on property taxes?","TEAM says it would limit tax increases to inflation, reduce spending on administration and non-core services, stop paying for provincial and federal responsibilities and review the operating and capital budgets line by line (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":656,"answer":657},"Does TEAM want councillors elected by neighbourhood?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would adopt a ward system so each councillor is accountable to one area. Under the Vancouver Charter, Council can pass the by-law, but the provincial cabinet must approve it (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":659,"answer":660},"How would TEAM make Vancouver's budget more open?","TEAM says it would increase transparency in the budget process, give residents a meaningful voice on spending, require departments to write yearly service plans with benchmarks, and let Council and the public review and approve department budgets (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":662,"answer":663},"Who would have to act on TEAM's City Hall promises?","City Council controls its meeting rules, advisory committees, tax rate and budget, so a Council majority could act on most of these promises. A ward system also needs approval from the provincial cabinet under the Vancouver Charter (TEAM Community Representation page).",[665],{"label":666,"url":667,"publisher":668,"checkedAt":576},"Vancouver Charter: section 138 (councillors elected by neighbourhood), section 165.2 (closed Council meetings) and section 573 (appeals to the Board of Variance)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\u002Fcivix\u002Fdocument\u002Fid\u002Fcomplete\u002Fstatreg\u002Fvanch_00_multi","Province of British Columbia (BC Laws)",{"slug":670,"title":671,"race":639,"order":672,"aim":673,"headline":674,"summary":675,"intro":676,"questions":680,"context":699},"housing-and-planning","Housing and Planning",2,"TEAM will restore public trust by ensuring residents have a meaningful say in how their communities develop.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on housing: neighbourhood planning, renters and BC housing laws","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver would repeal the Official Development Plan for a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan, rethink the Broadway and Jericho plans, withdraw the MIRPP rental program, bring back a One Stop Renovation Centre, stop demoviction, open a renters office and challenge BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47.",[677,678,679],"Planning for Livability and Affordability is the longest of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. The party divides its longer page into parts, and each part has its own chapter here: participatory planning, more housing type options, development efficiency, challenging provincial overreach, and supporting renters. TEAM says it would give residents \"a meaningful say in how their communities develop\" and balance density with infrastructure.","The biggest promises are to repeal the Official Development Plan, which the party says lets rezonings that match it skip public hearings, and to replace it with a \"Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan\". TEAM would rethink the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans, withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program, restore third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, protect older rental buildings from demolition and use city land for affordable homes. It says supply alone will not make housing affordable.","Council controls zoning, area plans, permits and city land, so it could act on most of this section. Provincial housing laws limit what a city can undo, and only the Province can change them. Rent limits, tenancy law and most social housing money are provincial too, and the SkyTrain extension to UBC is a TransLink decision.",[681,684,687,690,693,696],{"question":682,"answer":683},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's housing plan?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would plan growth neighbourhood by neighbourhood with residents, allow a broad mix of housing that fits each area, protect older rental buildings, use city land for affordable housing, and speed up permits for small projects (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":685,"answer":686},"Would TEAM repeal Vancouver's Official Development Plan?","Yes. TEAM says it would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans, and replace it with its own Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":688,"answer":689},"What does TEAM say about BC housing Bills 44, 46 and 47?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says these provincial laws, along with Bill 18 and Bill M216, took planning power away from cities. It would reconsider how the City applies them, demand that the Province change its approach and support cities calling for judicial review (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":691,"answer":692},"How would TEAM protect Vancouver renters?","TEAM says it would stop demoviction by protecting older rental buildings from demolition, set up a renters office, keep and upgrade co-ops, build new family co-ops and use public land for affordable rentals before market rentals (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":694,"answer":695},"Does TEAM believe more housing supply will lower prices?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says supply alone will not fix housing. Its planning page says the city has tripled its housing units since the 1970s, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":697,"answer":698},"Could a TEAM council carry out its housing plan alone?","Council controls zoning, plans, permits and city land, so it could act on most of it. Provincial housing laws, rent limits and most social housing funding are set by the Province, and the UBC SkyTrain extension is a TransLink decision (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",[700],{"label":666,"url":667,"publisher":668,"checkedAt":576},{"slug":161,"title":702,"race":639,"order":703,"aim":704,"headline":705,"summary":706,"intro":707,"questions":711,"context":727},"Public Safety",3,"TEAM is committed to ensuring that all residents feel secure living in and moving around the city, that tourists feel welcome and safe, and that people experiencing addiction and mental health issues have the support they need to improve their quality of life.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on safety: a Downtown Eastside Audit and district policing","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its safety plan Restoring Order to Our City. It would set up a Downtown Eastside Audit, press the Province for treatment on demand and involuntary care beds, expand Car 87, bring in district policing, enforce ignored bylaws and build a disaster-proof emergency command centre.",[708,709,710],"Safety for All is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's public safety position, and the party calls its plan \"Restoring Order to Our City\". Its chapters here are care for people with addiction, mental illness and homelessness, including the Downtown Eastside, and policing, bylaws, clean streets and readiness for disasters.","On care, TEAM would set up a Downtown Eastside Audit to follow funding and results, press the Province for voluntary treatment on demand and involuntary care beds, fully apply the Four Pillars approach of treatment, harm reduction, prevention and enforcement, and expand Car 87. On policing and public space, it would bring in district policing, back Block Watch, enforce laws against public drug use, add public washrooms, start a city-wide rat program and build a disaster-proof emergency command centre.","The party itself says most social service money comes from the provincial and federal governments, and health care, treatment and drug policy belong to them. Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police. Bylaws, street cleaning, fire services and emergency planning are run by the city.",[712,715,718,721,724],{"question":713,"answer":714},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's public safety plan?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its plan Restoring Order to Our City. It says it would restore order, strengthen neighbourhood policing, protect people from violence and replace the current management of addiction with an approach focused on recovery (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":716,"answer":717},"What would TEAM do in the Downtown Eastside?","TEAM says it would set up a Downtown Eastside Audit to support the Province's advisor for the area, Larry Campbell, and make sure resources reach the people who need them, including detailed audits of funding and outcomes if needed (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":719,"answer":720},"Does TEAM support involuntary care?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would work with the Province so people with complex needs get voluntary treatment on demand, involuntary care beds, transition services and long-term supports. These are provincial health services (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":722,"answer":723},"How would TEAM change policing in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would implement district policing, increase support for Block Watch and other community policing, review whether police and fire services can keep up with growth, and work with police and the Province to enforce laws against public drug use (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":725,"answer":726},"Can Vancouver City Council control the police?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. TEAM's district policing and enforcement promises would need the board, while bylaws, cleaning and emergency planning are city work (TEAM Safety for All page).",[],{"slug":729,"title":730,"race":639,"order":731,"aim":732,"headline":733,"summary":734,"intro":735,"questions":739,"context":755},"environment","Environment",4,"Protecting our environment is an essential part of creating a livable city for current and future generations.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on the environment: trees, AI data centres and going electric","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. It would pause AI data centre approvals, plant and protect trees against heat, stop sewage reaching False Creek, favour reusing buildings, use incentives in place of mandatory rules and ask BC Hydro to change its rates.",[736,737,738],"Our Environment is the third of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. The party says City Hall calls itself green while favouring high-rise towers over low-rise wood buildings and losing trees and green space. TEAM calls its answer the Local Environment Action Plan and says climate policy should be practical, measurable and affordable. Its chapters here are resilient city planning and the move to electric power.","TEAM would pause approvals for AI data centres until local rules can deal with their water and power use, plant and protect trees to reduce heat, plan for floods, rising seas and drought, upgrade sewers so raw sewage stops reaching False Creek, and favour reusing old buildings over demolition. For existing buildings it prefers incentives to mandatory energy rules. On electric power, it would ask BC Hydro to change its step rates, expand public charging, simplify home charger rules and offer incentives for heat pumps and solar.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can set energy rules or incentives for buildings that other BC cities cannot. Zoning, sewers and city incentives are Council decisions. BC Hydro rates and school locations are outside the city's control, so on those items it can only ask. TEAM's positions on road pricing, parking and electric buses are on the transportation pages.",[740,743,746,749,752],{"question":741,"answer":742},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's climate plan?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls it the Local Environment Action Plan. The party says it would care for parks and green space, encourage low-rise wood buildings, and make sure infrastructure can withstand harsh weather, using measures it says are practical and affordable (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":744,"answer":745},"Would TEAM allow AI data centres in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and rules are developed to deal with their effects on livability, the environment, water and power (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":747,"answer":748},"Does TEAM support mandatory building emission rules?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would offer incentives for voluntary upgrades of existing buildings in place of the mandatory rules it says are currently proposed, which it says may be impractical or beyond people's means (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":750,"answer":751},"How would TEAM encourage electric cars and heat pumps?","TEAM says it would expand public EV charging, simplify the rules for adding chargers in homes, encourage electric trucks, and offer incentives for EVs, heat pumps and solar panels. It would also ask BC Hydro to adjust its step rates (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":753,"answer":754},"Can Vancouver set its own building climate rules?","Yes. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy rules or incentives for buildings that other BC cities cannot. TEAM says it would favour incentives (TEAM Our Environment page).",[],{"slug":757,"title":758,"race":639,"order":759,"aim":760,"headline":761,"summary":762,"intro":763,"questions":767,"context":783},"transportation","Transportation",5,"TEAM will work to reduce travel times for all modes of transportation while also prioritizing safety, reliability, and sustainability.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on transportation: buses, bike lane reviews and no road pricing","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver backs an \"all-of-the-above\" transportation plan. It would put every resident within a 5-minute walk of a bus stop, review the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, repair sidewalks, restore parking minimums and refuse road pricing and city-wide parking permits.",[764,765,766],"Transportation is one of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. The party says Vancouver is one of the most congested cities in North America and that past councils treated private cars as a problem. It wants a system that works for people who drive, take transit, cycle or walk. TEAM's longer page sorts its actions under headings, and each has its own chapter here: transit, cycling, walking and rolling, and personal and commercial vehicles.","On transit, TEAM would work with TransLink to restore cut bus routes, electrify buses, add small community routes and put every resident within a 5-minute walk of a stop. On cycling, it would build low-traffic cross-town routes and review the Granville Bridge Connector and the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes. It would repair and widen sidewalks, synchronize traffic lights, restore parking minimums for new buildings, and refuse road pricing and city-wide parking permits.","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council can act on those items. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, so every transit promise depends on TransLink agreeing.",[768,771,774,777,780],{"question":769,"answer":770},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's transportation plan?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it backs an \"all-of-the-above\" approach that works for people who drive, take transit, cycle or walk. It would improve buses with TransLink, repair sidewalks, synchronize traffic lights and keep parking for new buildings (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":772,"answer":773},"Does TEAM oppose road pricing in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM says it would not implement road pricing, which it says hurts workers who must drive into the city, tracks people's movements against civil rights and keeps customers away from local businesses (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":775,"answer":776},"Would TEAM remove bike lanes?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would review the Granville Bridge Connector, the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes and traffic lane closures, consulting with affected neighbourhoods, businesses and road users. It would also build safe, low-traffic cross-town routes (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":778,"answer":779},"How would TEAM improve buses in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would work with TransLink to restore cut neighbourhood and express routes, electrify the fleet, add small community routes, stop removing bus stops and put every resident within a 5-minute walk of a stop (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":781,"answer":782},"Who controls transportation in Vancouver?","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council can act on those. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control (TEAM Transportation page).",[],{"slug":785,"title":786,"race":639,"order":787,"aim":788,"headline":789,"summary":790,"intro":791,"questions":795,"context":811},"economy-and-culture","Economy and Culture",6,"TEAM’s approach to economic development is to retain existing companies and help them grow, while attracting new businesses to Vancouver.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on business and the arts: local shops and creative spaces","This section groups TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's positions on economic development and on arts and culture. The party would protect industrial land, cut taxes and fees for small businesses, lower parking rates, buy locally, protect and add affordable arts spaces and support street festivals.",[792,793,794],"Economic Development and Arts and Culture are two of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. We have grouped them because the party links both to the same problem: rising land values that push out small businesses and artists. TEAM calls its business plan \"A Local Economy that Works for Residents\".","For business, TEAM would protect industrial and commercial land from rezoning for housing, cut property taxes and fees for small businesses, keep curbside parking and lower its rates, rent city-owned commercial space for less, buy locally and speed up permits. For the arts, it would protect and add affordable studio and performance spaces, replace city-owned creative space one for one, keep community centres affordable for artists, publish an inventory of arts spaces and support street festivals such as Greek Day and Khatsalano.","Council zones commercial and industrial land, sets business licence fees and parking rates, approves Business Improvement Associations and funds cultural grants, so most of this section is in its hands. Community centres belong to the Park Board and school buildings to the School Board, so arts promises that use those buildings need the boards.",[796,799,802,805,808],{"question":797,"answer":798},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's plan for local business?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would protect industrial and commercial land, cut property taxes and fees for small businesses, keep curbside parking and lower its rates, rent city-owned space for less and use city purchasing to favour local businesses (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":800,"answer":801},"How would TEAM support artists in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would protect and add affordable rehearsal, performance and arts spaces, replace city-owned creative space one for one, keep community centres affordable for the arts and review arts funding (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":803,"answer":804},"Does TEAM want to protect industrial land?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would protect existing industrial and commercially zoned land for future economic growth and would not rezone it mainly for housing (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":806,"answer":807},"What does TEAM say about street festivals?","TEAM says it would encourage and help organize street festivals such as Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano, and support the Eastside Culture Crawl (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":809,"answer":810},"Who would have to act on TEAM's business and arts promises?","City Council controls zoning, business fees, parking rates and cultural grants, so it could act on most of them. Arts promises that use community centres or schools need the Park Board or the School Board (TEAM Economic Development page).",[],{"slug":813,"title":814,"race":814,"order":815,"aim":816,"headline":817,"summary":818,"intro":819,"questions":823,"context":842},"park-board","Park Board",7,"TEAM supports an independent, properly-funded, elected Park Board that will protect, improve, and expand neighbourhood parks, recreational facilities, and community centres.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on parks: save the Park Board and a 50 metre pool","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its parks plan Better Parks and Recreation for Everyone. It would keep the elected Park Board, invest $739 million over four years, halt Stanley Park logging pending review, aim for 1.1 hectares of park per 1000 people and put a 50 metre pool in the Aquatic Centre replacement.",[820,821,822],"Parks and Recreation is one of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions, and the party runs Park Board candidates to carry it out. TEAM says it supports \"an independent, properly-funded, elected Park Board\". Its action list is one long list, which we have grouped into chapters on protecting the Park Board, on parks, trees and green space, and on access, safety and community centres.","The headline promises are to withdraw the City's request to the Province to eliminate the elected board, return finance, operations and facilities to it, and invest $739 million over four years in parks and recreation facilities. TEAM would also halt logging in Stanley Park until an independent review, aim for 1.1 hectares of park per 1000 people, make temporary parks permanent, restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue, add off-leash dog areas in every neighbourhood and include a 50 metre pool in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement.","The seven Park Board commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches, so most of these items are theirs to decide. The board's existence is set by the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change, and the capital plan that pays for park buildings is approved by City Council, so several promises also need TEAM councillors.",[824,827,830,833,836,839],{"question":825,"answer":826},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's Park Board platform?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would keep the elected Park Board, return its finance, operations and facilities, invest $739 million over four years in parks and recreation, protect Stanley Park and expand parks as the city grows (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":828,"answer":829},"Does TEAM want to keep the Vancouver Park Board?","Yes. TEAM says it would withdraw the City's request to the Province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board, and would restore the board's authority over its operations and facilities (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":831,"answer":832},"What would TEAM do about the Vancouver Aquatic Centre?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would reconsider the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement so it includes a 50 metre pool, as it says voters approved in the capital plan, and would study renovating the existing building if needed (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":834,"answer":835},"How much would TEAM invest in Vancouver parks?","TEAM pledges $739 million over four years to invest in parks and recreation facilities. It says over 70% of recreational facilities are rated in poor condition or worse (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":837,"answer":838},"What would TEAM do about Stanley Park?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would halt the current logging in Stanley Park until a full scientific review is done, restore pre-COVID access to the park and Beach Avenue, and ask the City to acknowledge the Park Board's exclusive authority over the park (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":840,"answer":841},"What powers does the Vancouver Park Board have?","Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches, while Council approves the capital plan that pays for park buildings (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",[],{"slug":844,"title":845,"race":845,"order":846,"aim":847,"headline":848,"summary":849,"intro":850,"questions":854,"context":870},"school-board","School Board",8,"A TEAM School Board will focus on improving classrooms and school facilities while improving the school experience for all students and their families.","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on schools: no enrolment lotteries, music and swimming for all","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says its School Board would end enrolment lotteries, stop selling school land, reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, press the Province on seismic risk, bring back band and strings, teach every child to swim and pause Microsoft Copilot 13+ in secondary schools.",[851,852,853],"Schools is the last of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions, and the party runs a School Board candidate. TEAM quotes the School Act, which says a board \"is responsible for the improvement of student achievement\", and says a TEAM board would meet that duty through better neighbourhood planning, open decisions and well-resourced classrooms. Its chapters here are access to schools in all neighbourhoods, and classrooms, programs and the budget.","On access, TEAM would end enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the City, keep siblings together, stop selling school land, reverse the proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Annex, keep existing schools open and press the Province on schools it says are at high seismic risk. In classrooms, it would move money from administration to teaching, bring back Elementary Band and Strings, run a swimming program for every child, add applied skills and dual credit courses, and pause Microsoft Copilot 13+ until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and families are consulted.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget, so trustees could act on most of this section. Teacher pay, the provincial funding formula and money for new and safer buildings are set by the Province, so on those items the board can only negotiate or press.",[855,858,861,864,867],{"question":856,"answer":857},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's School Board platform?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says its School Board would end enrolment lotteries, keep school land in public hands, move money from administration to classrooms, bring back elementary band and strings and teach every child to swim (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":859,"answer":860},"Would TEAM end school enrolment lotteries in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM says it would work to end enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the City, so schools are built where students need them, when they need them (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":862,"answer":863},"Does TEAM support music programs in Vancouver schools?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would include music at every elementary school by bringing back the Elementary Band and Strings programs (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":865,"answer":866},"What does TEAM say about Microsoft Copilot in schools?","TEAM says it would pause the rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+ in secondary schools until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and students, families and educators have been meaningfully consulted (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":868,"answer":869},"Who funds Vancouver schools?","The Board of Education approves the district budget, but teacher pay and the funding formula are set by the Province. TEAM says it would negotiate to keep more of the school taxes collected in Vancouver for local schools (TEAM Schools page).",[],[872,875,878,881,884,887],{"question":873,"answer":874},"What is in TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's 2026 platform?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's 2026 platform is a set of web pages called \"Our Positions\", covering Community Representation, Planning for Livability and Affordability, Our Environment, Finance and Administration, Safety for All, Transportation, Economic Development, Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, and Schools. This site has a page for every section and chapter.",{"question":876,"answer":877},"Who are the TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","Colleen Hardwick is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's candidate for mayor. Amanda Boggan, Charles Kelly, Jonathan Weisman, Josh Gordon, Kathleen Larsen, Patrick Sauriol and Raj Mundra are running for City Council. Alex Tkach, Allan Fawley, Jon Girard, Mayeli Alvarez and Wah Gee are running for Park Board, and Kat Nystedt for School Board, according to the City of Vancouver's official candidate list.",{"question":879,"answer":880},"Where can I read TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's platform?","The party publishes its positions on its own website, voteteam.ca, under \"Our Positions\". Every chapter on this site names the party web page it comes from, so you can read the party's own wording next to our summary.",{"question":882,"answer":883},"What are TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's main promises?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would repeal the Official Development Plan for a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan, adopt a ward system, limit tax increases to inflation, set up a Downtown Eastside Audit, refuse road pricing, keep the elected Park Board with $739 million for parks over four years, and end school enrolment lotteries.",{"question":885,"answer":886},"Could TEAM carry out its whole platform if it wins?","Many commitments are within the power of City Council, the Park Board or the School Board. Others depend on the Province, the federal government, TransLink or BC Hydro, and the party can only press them. A council decision also needs six of the eleven votes. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":888,"answer":889},"Who wrote these pages about the TEAM for a Livable Vancouver platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own web pages. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.","2026-platform",[573,578,582,81,586,116,590,347,34,594,199,598,602,606,610,425,614,234,618,295],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver","Every commitment on TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's 2026 positions pages, sorted into sections and chapters, with the party web page each one comes from and the government that would have to act. 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On its Arts and Culture pages, the party says it wants Vancouver to stay the creative hub of British Columbia and to be an affordable place for artists to live, work, rehearse and perform.","Most of TEAM's promises are about space. It would protect existing affordable rehearsal, performance and arts spaces, reward owners who keep and upgrade creative spaces, discourage their demolition, and offer incentives to build new ones. City-owned creative space would be replaced one for one when lost, and unused city, Park Board and School Board buildings could be turned into arts space. Where neighbourhoods grow denser, TEAM would encourage a minimum amount of space for culture. It would also study how the civic theatres could be more useful and affordable for local artists.","Other items deal with programs and promotion. TEAM would review arts funding, support programming for youth and seniors, back events such as the Eastside Culture Crawl and street festivals such as Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano, and support media production. It would build an arts page on vancouver.ca listing all events and publish an inventory of arts spaces.","Council controls cultural grants, city-owned buildings and the zoning that protects or replaces arts space. Community centres are run by the Park Board, and school buildings by the School Board, so those items need their agreement.",[912,917,921,925,930,934,938,942,946,949,953,957,961,965,968,972,976],{"title":913,"detail":914,"authority":915,"authorityNote":916},"Review and encourage arts funding","TEAM would review and encourage program funding for arts and culture. Its pages say arts programs, events and spaces should be sufficiently funded.","city-council","Council approves the city's cultural grants.",{"title":918,"detail":919,"authority":915,"authorityNote":920},"More affordable arts spaces and artist housing","The party would make arts spaces and housing for artists more affordable to keep a strong arts community.","Council controls zoning, city-owned space and its own housing programs.",{"title":922,"detail":923,"authority":915,"authorityNote":924},"Support the Eastside Culture Crawl and similar events","TEAM would support existing events such as the Eastside Culture Crawl.","The city funds and permits cultural events.",{"title":926,"detail":927,"authority":928,"authorityNote":929},"Arts programming for youth and seniors","The party would support arts programming, especially for youth and seniors.","city-with-others","Council funds cultural grants, while many arts programs run in Park Board community centres.",{"title":931,"detail":932,"authority":915,"authorityNote":933},"New commercial opportunities for artists","TEAM would develop new initiatives to support and increase commercial opportunities for artists and performers.","Council can fund city programs and set rules for selling art in public space.",{"title":935,"detail":936,"authority":915,"authorityNote":937},"Encourage street festivals","The party would encourage and help organize street festivals such as Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano, which it says bring communities together.","The city issues permits for street closures and events.",{"title":939,"detail":940,"authority":915,"authorityNote":941},"Support the media production industry","TEAM would support the media production industry and chances for it to work with communities and businesses.","The city issues filming permits and controls city property.",{"title":943,"detail":944,"authority":915,"authorityNote":945},"An arts and culture page on vancouver.ca","The party would build an arts and culture page on vancouver.ca that promotes all event listings.","The city runs vancouver.ca.",{"title":427,"detail":947,"authority":915,"authorityNote":948},"TEAM would create and publish an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca.","The city runs vancouver.ca and can direct staff to compile the list.",{"title":950,"detail":951,"authority":915,"authorityNote":952},"Protect existing affordable arts spaces","The party would take action to protect and enhance existing affordable rehearsal, performance and arts spaces.","Council controls the zoning and permits that decide whether these spaces survive redevelopment.",{"title":954,"detail":955,"authority":915,"authorityNote":956},"Keep heritage buildings that house artists","TEAM would support the retention and conservation of heritage buildings, many of which it says are home to artists and community arts organizations.","Council sets the city's heritage rules and incentives.",{"title":958,"detail":959,"authority":813,"authorityNote":960},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts","The party would keep community centres and other Park Board facilities affordable for the arts community.","The Park Board sets fees for its community centres and facilities.",{"title":962,"detail":963,"authority":915,"authorityNote":964},"Incentives to keep creative spaces and disincentives to demolish them","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces, including in older buildings, and disincentives for demolishing them.","Council controls zoning, permits and city fees.",{"title":422,"detail":966,"authority":928,"authorityNote":967},"The party would ensure city-owned creative space is replaced or retained through a one-for-one replacement and retention policy, and repurpose unused or underused properties, including Park Board and School Board facilities.","Council controls city buildings, but Park Board and School Board facilities need the agreement of those elected boards.",{"title":969,"detail":970,"authority":915,"authorityNote":971},"Minimum cultural space where neighbourhoods grow","TEAM would encourage minimum space requirements for cultural amenities where neighbourhoods are getting denser.","Council decides what it asks for when it approves rezonings.",{"title":973,"detail":974,"authority":915,"authorityNote":975},"Make civic theatres more affordable for local artists","The party would examine how Vancouver's civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.","Council can direct a review of the city's civic theatres.",{"title":977,"detail":978,"authority":915,"authorityNote":979},"Incentives to build new affordable arts spaces","TEAM would offer incentives for building additional affordable arts and performance spaces.","Council sets the incentives it offers developers through zoning and fees.",[981,984,987,990,993,996],{"question":982,"answer":983},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's arts policy?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would protect affordable rehearsal, performance and arts spaces, offer incentives to build more, replace city-owned creative space one for one, review arts funding and publish an inventory of arts spaces on vancouver.ca (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":985,"answer":986},"Would TEAM support Vancouver street festivals?","Yes. TEAM says it would encourage and help organize street festivals such as Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano, and support existing events such as the Eastside Culture Crawl (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":988,"answer":989},"How would TEAM keep artists in Vancouver?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would make arts spaces and housing for artists more affordable, reward owners who keep and upgrade creative spaces, discourage their demolition and keep community centres affordable for the arts community (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":991,"answer":992},"What would TEAM do with Vancouver's civic theatres?","TEAM says it would examine how Vancouver's civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":994,"answer":995},"What is TEAM's one-for-one policy for arts space?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would replace or keep city-owned creative space on a one-for-one basis and turn unused or underused properties, including Park Board and School Board facilities, into creative space. Those boards would have to agree to the use of their buildings (TEAM Arts and Culture page).",{"question":997,"answer":998},"Who decides arts funding in Vancouver?","City Council approves the city's cultural grants and controls city buildings. Community centres belong to the Park Board, so TEAM's promise to keep them affordable for artists would need commissioners on that board (TEAM Arts and Culture page).","arts-and-culture","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Feconomy-and-culture--arts-and-culture","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would protect and add affordable arts spaces, replace city-owned creative space one for one, publish an inventory of arts spaces and an arts page on vancouver.ca, keep community centres affordable for artists and support street festivals.","C_3_sTRNRI-qTD4177r0yONwdzvLDyPwNK0XMD_T22Q",{"id":1004,"title":1005,"checkedAt":576,"context":1006,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1007,"headline":1011,"issues":1012,"meta":1013,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1015,"party":519,"pillar":785,"proposals":1020,"questions":1082,"slug":1101,"source":606,"stem":1102,"summary":1103,"__hash__":1104},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Feconomy-and-culture--economic-development.json","Economic Development",[],[1008],{"value":1009,"label":1010},"22","Business Improvement Associations in Vancouver, by the party's count","TEAM on business: protect industrial land, lower parking rates and local procurement",[903,337],{},"1",[1016,1017,1018,1019],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its business plan \"A Local Economy that Works for Residents\". The party argues that the city depends too much on real estate, that land speculation has pushed up land values, and that high property taxes and fees have driven small businesses off the main streets. Its stated goal is to keep existing companies and help them grow while attracting new ones.","Land is at the centre of the plan. TEAM would keep industrial and commercial land for jobs and refuse to rezone it mainly for housing, and it would stop what it calls inflationary upzoning, which raises land values and the taxes that come with them. Small businesses would pay less in property tax and fees, and city-owned commercial space would be rented at lower rates to local firms. The City's buying power would be used to favour local suppliers.","For main streets, TEAM would keep curbside parking in neighbourhood business areas, except at peak hours on arterial roads, and lower parking rates. It would support businesses during construction, work with the city's 22 Business Improvement Associations, and speed up permits for new and growing firms. Film and television would get easier permits and use of city property, and the party would back tourism and the convention trade with Destination Vancouver.","Council sets business licence fees, parking rates, zoning and the city's purchasing rules, and it decides how city property is leased, so most of this is within its power. Regional business attraction is led by Invest Vancouver, which the party describes as an arm of Metro Vancouver, so on that item the city works as a partner.",[1021,1025,1029,1033,1037,1041,1045,1049,1053,1057,1061,1065,1069,1073,1077],{"title":1022,"detail":1023,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1024},"Protect industrial and commercial land","TEAM would protect existing industrial and commercially zoned lands for future economic growth, meaning it would not rezone these lands for mainly residential development. Its summary page says this would end the over-reliance on real estate speculation.","Council zones commercial and industrial land.",{"title":1026,"detail":1027,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1028},"A more diverse economy less dependent on real estate","The party would support a more diversified and resilient local economy that does not depend on real estate development, reflected in land use planning, rezoning and permit processes aimed at business viability and job creation.","Council controls land use planning, rezoning and permits.",{"title":1030,"detail":1031,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1032},"Engage Business Improvement Associations through neighbourhood planning","TEAM would use its neighbourhood-based planning to engage the city's 22 Business Improvement Associations, local businesses and residents in shaping the future of their commercial areas. Its pages also say it would support the associations' work to reduce barriers to opening and running a business and to use neighbourhood branding in planning.","Council approves Business Improvement Associations and runs neighbourhood planning.",{"title":1034,"detail":1035,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1036},"Lower rents on city-owned commercial property","The party would use City-owned commercial properties to support local economic development through targeted leasing and more affordable rents.","Council decides how city-owned property is leased.",{"title":1038,"detail":1039,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1040},"Lower property taxes and fees for small businesses","TEAM would reduce the property tax burden and regulatory fees for local small businesses, including protecting them from steep property tax increases caused by upzoning of their area.","Council sets the property tax rate and city fees.",{"title":1042,"detail":1043,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1044},"Stop inflationary land upzoning","The party's summary page says it would stop inflationary land upzoning, which it links to rising land values on main streets.","Council decides on rezonings.",{"title":1046,"detail":1047,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1048},"Keep curbside parking in business areas","TEAM would retain curbside parking in all neighbourhood business areas, except during peak travel periods on arterial roads, to support customer access.","The city controls parking on its streets.",{"title":1050,"detail":1051,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1052},"Lower parking rates in local shopping areas","The party would lower parking rates in neighbourhood business areas to support local shops and services.","Council sets city parking rates.",{"title":1054,"detail":1055,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1056},"Buy local through city procurement","TEAM would use the city's buying power in procurement to better support local businesses, and look at the City's procurement process to prioritize them.","Council sets the city's purchasing policy.",{"title":1058,"detail":1059,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1060},"Work with Destination Vancouver on tourism","The party would work with Destination Vancouver and other destination marketing organizations to support the local visitor economy.","Destination Vancouver is a separate tourism organization, so the city works with it as a partner.",{"title":1062,"detail":1063,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1064},"Support the film and television industry","TEAM would support the city's film and television industry through easier and faster permits for location filming, parking and other rules, use of city properties and facilities for film production, and priority for local suppliers and service providers.","The city issues film permits and controls city property and street parking.",{"title":1066,"detail":1067,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1068},"Support the convention industry","The party would support the convention industry by addressing concerns of event planners and visitors, such as crime and safety, community vibrancy and transportation.","The city can act on its own services, but policing is directed by the Vancouver Police Board and transit by TransLink.",{"title":1070,"detail":1071,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1072},"Faster permits for new and growing businesses","TEAM would streamline the permitting process for opening or expanding a business, from small local shops to major industries and large employers.","The city issues business licences and development permits.",{"title":1074,"detail":1075,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1076},"Support businesses during construction","The party would support local businesses during periods of construction. Its summary page says this would prevent the hollowing out of neighbourhoods.","The city manages construction on its streets and can fund support programs.",{"title":1078,"detail":1079,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":1081},"Work with Invest Vancouver on economic development","TEAM would provide local economic development opportunities that draw on regional, provincial and federal initiatives led by Invest Vancouver and other agencies. The party describes Invest Vancouver as an arm of Metro Vancouver that leads regional efforts to attract larger companies.","regional","Invest Vancouver is run at the regional level, so the city works with it as a partner.",[1083,1086,1089,1092,1095,1098],{"question":1084,"answer":1085},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's plan for small business?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would cut property taxes and regulatory fees for small businesses, protect them from tax increases caused by upzoning, keep curbside parking, lower parking rates, rent city-owned commercial space for less and support businesses during construction (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":1087,"answer":1088},"Would TEAM protect industrial land in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM says it would protect existing industrial and commercially zoned land for future economic growth and would not rezone it mainly for housing (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":1090,"answer":1091},"Does TEAM want cheaper parking on Vancouver shopping streets?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would lower parking rates in neighbourhood business areas and keep curbside parking there, except during peak travel periods on arterial roads (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":1093,"answer":1094},"What would TEAM do for the film industry?","TEAM says it would make permits for location filming and parking easier and faster, open city properties and facilities for film production, and give priority to local suppliers and service providers (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":1096,"answer":1097},"What is TEAM's A Local Economy that Works for Residents plan?","It is the name TEAM for a Livable Vancouver gives its economic plan. The party says it would end the city's over-reliance on real estate speculation by diversifying the economy, strengthening commercial areas and protecting industrial land (TEAM Economic Development page).",{"question":1099,"answer":1100},"Can Vancouver City Council cut business taxes?","Council sets the property tax rate, business licence fees and parking rates each year, so TEAM's tax and fee promises would need a Council majority. Tourism and regional business attraction involve outside partners (TEAM Economic Development page).","economic-development","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Feconomy-and-culture--economic-development","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would protect industrial and commercial land from residential rezoning, cut property taxes and fees for small businesses, keep curbside parking and lower its rates, rent city-owned commercial space for less, buy locally and speed up business permits.","nmNWKbJKqMnEj9XvhrImhI_AncaTGRBimJY06Zfy0bg",{"id":1106,"title":1107,"checkedAt":576,"context":1108,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1109,"headline":1113,"issues":1114,"meta":1115,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1116,"party":519,"pillar":729,"proposals":1120,"questions":1146,"slug":1162,"source":116,"stem":1163,"summary":1164,"__hash__":1165},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fenvironment--move-to-electric.json","Move to Electric",[],[1110],{"value":1111,"label":1112},"50%","Rise in BC Hydro electricity rates from Step 1 to Step 2, as stated by the party","TEAM on going electric: BC Hydro rates, public charging and heat pumps",[371,190],{},[1117,1118,1119],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver wants more of the city to run on electricity, using rewards in place of requirements. Under the heading \"Move to electric\" on its environment page, the party lists steps on cars, trucks, home heating and power prices. It also asks that planning count embodied greenhouse gases, the emissions released when building materials are made, moved and later thrown away, and that new buildings be planned to last hundreds of years.","On price, TEAM would ask BC Hydro to change its step rates. The party says the cost of power rises by 50% when a household moves from the first price step to the second, which it argues discourages people from switching to electric. On cars, it would expand public charging through policy and incentives, make it easier to add chargers in new and existing homes by simplifying building rules, and encourage electric commercial trucks. It would also offer incentives for heat pumps and solar panels for heat and hot water.","The city does not control BC Hydro, so on that item it can only ask. The city's own building bylaw, its parking and permit rules and its incentive programs are under Council's control, which covers most of the other items here.",[1121,1125,1130,1134,1138,1142],{"title":1122,"detail":1123,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1124},"Count the full life cycle of emissions","TEAM would consider all environmental factors affecting climate change in planning, development and transit, including the embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) across the supply chain: resource extraction, transport, manufacturing, materials, heat island effects, demolition waste and building life expectancy. It would plan for buildings to last hundreds of years, in place of a few decades.","Council sets the city's planning policies and its own building bylaw.",{"title":1126,"detail":1127,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":1129},"Ask BC Hydro to change step energy charges","The party would work with BC Hydro to lower the cost of electricity by adjusting the step energy charges so they encourage electricity use. It says current rates rise by 50% from Step 1 to Step 2.","province","The city does not control BC Hydro or the rates it charges, so it can only ask.",{"title":1131,"detail":1132,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1133},"Expand public charging infrastructure","TEAM would expand public charging infrastructure through policy and incentives. Its transportation page also speaks of options for on-street and public charging stations.","The city controls its streets and its own charging and incentive programs.",{"title":1135,"detail":1136,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1137},"Simpler rules for home EV charging","The party would make it easier to add electric vehicle charging in existing and new homes by reviewing and simplifying the Building Code and other regulatory requirements.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw, which Council can change.",{"title":1139,"detail":1140,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1141},"Electric commercial trucks","TEAM would encourage commercial trucks in the city to switch to electric.","The city can offer its own incentives and set rules for loading and charging on its streets.",{"title":1143,"detail":1144,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1145},"Incentives for EVs, heat pumps and solar","The party would provide incentives for switching to electric vehicles and charging, and for heat and hot water systems that use heat pumps and solar panels.","Council can fund its own incentive programs through the city budget.",[1147,1150,1153,1156,1159],{"question":1148,"answer":1149},"What does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want from BC Hydro?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would work with BC Hydro to lower electricity costs by adjusting the step energy charges, which the party says rise by 50% from Step 1 to Step 2. The city does not control BC Hydro, so it can only ask (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1151,"answer":1152},"How would TEAM help Vancouver drivers switch to electric cars?","TEAM says it would expand public charging through policy and incentives, make it easier to add chargers in homes by simplifying building rules, and offer incentives for buying electric vehicles (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1154,"answer":1155},"Does TEAM support heat pumps?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would offer incentives for heat and hot water systems that use heat pumps and solar panels. It prefers incentives over mandatory rules for existing buildings (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1157,"answer":1158},"What are embodied emissions in TEAM's platform?","TEAM says planning should count embodied greenhouse gases, the emissions from extracting, making and moving building materials and from demolition waste. It would plan for buildings that last hundreds of years (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1160,"answer":1161},"Would TEAM push for electric trucks in Vancouver?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would encourage commercial trucks in the city to switch to electric. It would also work with TransLink to electrify the bus system, which its transportation page covers (TEAM Our Environment page).","move-to-electric","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fenvironment--move-to-electric","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would ask BC Hydro to change its two-step power rates, expand public EV charging, simplify the rules for adding home chargers, encourage electric trucks, offer incentives for heat pumps and solar, and count the emissions built into materials when planning.","LhMcC06drewA9QliwoVPSf3xIirajBenS2qpOJvE3jY",{"id":1167,"title":1168,"checkedAt":576,"context":1169,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1170,"headline":1174,"issues":1175,"meta":1176,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1177,"party":519,"pillar":729,"proposals":1182,"questions":1231,"slug":1253,"source":116,"stem":1254,"summary":1255,"__hash__":1256},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fenvironment--resilient-city-planning.json","Resilient City Planning",[],[1171],{"value":1172,"label":1173},"Up to 1\u002F4","Share of daily car trips the party says involve transporting school-age children","TEAM on climate: an AI data centre moratorium, trees for heat and no sewage in False Creek",[371,70],{},[1178,1179,1180,1181],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its climate plan the Local Environment Action Plan. The party says City Hall claims to be green while encouraging high-rise towers over low-rise wood buildings, letting usable housing be torn down, and losing green space and trees. TEAM says its own policy will aim for results that can be measured, avoid what it calls green-washing, and weigh the cost to residents and businesses.","Several promises deal with heat and water. TEAM would plant more trees, protect mature ones, keep and add green space, build under the existing tree canopy where possible, and count the urban heat island effect, the extra heat that builds up in dense areas with little shade, when planning growth. It would plan for floods, rising seas, drought and food security, and upgrade sewers so raw sewage and pollution stop reaching False Creek.","TEAM says the greenest building is the one that already exists, so it would favour fixing and reusing old buildings over demolition. It would pause approvals and permits for AI data centres until local rules can deal with their use of water and power. Instead of mandatory energy rules for existing buildings, it would offer incentives for owners who choose to upgrade, and it would keep low-income residents in mind when choosing climate policies.","Most of this sits with City Council, which controls zoning, city sewers and Vancouver's own building bylaw. Placing schools within walking distance of students is up to the Province and the School Board, so on that item the city can only work with them.",[1183,1187,1191,1195,1199,1203,1207,1211,1215,1219,1223,1227],{"title":1184,"detail":1185,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1186},"Plan for long-term resiliency and walkable neighbourhoods","TEAM would plan for long-term resiliency, stability and walkable neighbourhoods where practical.","Council sets city plans and zoning.",{"title":1188,"detail":1189,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1190},"Reduce, reuse and recycle","The party would focus on the 3 Rs, reduce, reuse and recycle, for a sustainable and green city.","Council sets the city's own waste policies and bylaws.",{"title":1192,"detail":1193,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1194},"Incentives for lower emissions such as free EV parking","TEAM would use incentive-based policies to encourage a move to lower or zero emission targets, such as free parking for electric vehicles.","Council sets city parking rates and its own incentive programs.",{"title":1196,"detail":1197,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1198},"Trees and green space against heat","The party would avoid and reduce rising heat by expanding tree planting, protecting mature trees, keeping and adding green space, building under the urban forest canopy whenever possible, and considering the heat island effects of growth when planning communities.","Council controls tree bylaws and zoning on private land, while the Park Board manages park trees.",{"title":1200,"detail":1201,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1202},"Reuse existing buildings before demolition","TEAM would prioritize adaptive reuse of existing buildings through retention and renovation, in place of what it calls the current wasteful bias toward demolition and new construction. It says it is better for the environment to extend the life of buildings while updating them.","Council controls zoning, permits and the city building bylaw that shape renovation choices.",{"title":1204,"detail":1205,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1206},"Moratorium on AI data centres","The party would enact a municipal moratorium on approving and permitting AI data centres while local planning and regulatory frameworks are developed to address all negative consequences. Its pages name concerns about livability, the environment and heavy use of water and electrical power.","Council controls zoning and development permits in the city.",{"title":1208,"detail":1209,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1210},"Plan for floods, extreme heat, rising seas and drought","TEAM would invest in strategic planning for flood preparation and mitigation, and plan for adapting to extreme heat, rising sea levels, floods, drought and water shortages, and food security.","Council approves the capital plan that pays for city infrastructure.",{"title":1212,"detail":1213,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1214},"Upgrade infrastructure to stop sewage reaching False Creek","The party would upgrade city infrastructure to improve the environment, such as avoiding raw sewage or pollution going into False Creek, and make sure growth and infrastructure capacity are aligned.","Council approves the capital plan that pays for city sewer and drainage upgrades.",{"title":1216,"detail":1217,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1218},"Walkable communities planned with neighbourhoods","TEAM would work directly with neighbourhoods to reduce driving by creating practical, walkable communities.","Council sets neighbourhood plans and zoning.",{"title":1220,"detail":1221,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":1222},"Schools within walking distance","The party would work with the Province to locate K-12 schools within walking distance of where students live. It says up to a quarter of daily car trips involve taking school-age children to school.","Schools are run by the School Board and funded by the Province, so the city can only work with them.",{"title":1224,"detail":1225,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1226},"Climate action with defined goals","TEAM says climate resilience action should have defined goals and should avoid what it calls green-washing of other agendas.","Council sets the goals of the city's own climate plans.",{"title":1228,"detail":1229,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1230},"Voluntary incentives for building upgrades","The party would give incentives for voluntary upgrades of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and move to zero emissions, in place of mandatory rules it says are currently proposed and may be impractical or beyond people's means.","Vancouver has its own building bylaw, so Council can choose between rules and incentives for building energy use.",[1232,1235,1238,1241,1244,1247,1250],{"question":1233,"answer":1234},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want to ban AI data centres?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would enact a municipal moratorium, a temporary stop, on approving and permitting AI data centres until local planning and rules can deal with their effects on livability, the environment, water and power (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1236,"answer":1237},"What is TEAM's Local Environment Action Plan?","It is the name TEAM gives its environment plan. The party says it focuses on caring for parks and green space, encouraging low-rise wood buildings, and making sure infrastructure can withstand harsh weather (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1239,"answer":1240},"What would TEAM do about sewage in False Creek?","TEAM says it would upgrade city infrastructure to avoid raw sewage or pollution going into False Creek, and make sure growth stays in line with infrastructure capacity (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1242,"answer":1243},"Would TEAM force building owners to cut emissions?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would offer incentives for voluntary upgrades of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and reach zero emissions. The party opposes the mandatory rules it says are currently proposed (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1245,"answer":1246},"How would TEAM protect Vancouver from extreme heat?","TEAM says it would expand tree planting, protect mature trees, keep and add green space, build under the tree canopy where possible, and consider heat island effects when planning growth. It would also plan for extreme heat, floods, rising seas and drought (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1248,"answer":1249},"Why does TEAM favour renovating old buildings?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the greenest building is the one that already exists. It would prioritize keeping and renovating existing buildings and says extending their life is better for the environment than demolition and new construction (TEAM Our Environment page).",{"question":1251,"answer":1252},"Can Vancouver set its own climate rules for buildings?","Yes. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can choose between rules and incentives for building energy use. TEAM says it would use incentives for voluntary upgrades (TEAM Our Environment page).","resilient-city-planning","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fenvironment--resilient-city-planning","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would pause approvals for AI data centres, plant and protect more trees against heat, favour reusing old buildings over demolition, plan for floods and drought, end raw sewage flows into False Creek, and use incentives in place of mandatory building rules.","ZN2pmTy9941fp3TUGC47QgcLks93932PMPHROQA5SRM",{"id":1258,"title":1259,"checkedAt":576,"context":1260,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1261,"headline":1262,"issues":1263,"meta":1265,"order":1266,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1267,"party":519,"pillar":670,"proposals":1271,"questions":1284,"slug":1300,"source":81,"stem":1301,"summary":1302,"__hash__":1303},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--challenging-provincial-overreach.json","Challenging Provincial Overreach",[],[],"TEAM on BC housing laws: Bills 44, 46 and 47 and support for a legal challenge",[70,1264],"governance",{},"4",[1268,1269,1270],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says recent provincial housing laws took planning power away from cities. Its planning page names Bills 44, 46 and 47 from 2023, Bill 18 from 2024 and Bill M216 from 2025, and says they moved planning, zoning and building authority from municipalities to the Province in a \"one-size-fits-all approach\". The party also says the City of Vancouver is carrying out these rules beyond what the Province requires.","TEAM would first have the City reconsider its own response to the bills so that planned growth comes with the infrastructure and public amenities it needs. It would also press the Province to change its approach; the summary page says it would \"demand\" that the provincial government amend the bills. And it would support other municipalities that are calling for judicial review, which is a court challenge, and for the laws to be withdrawn.","Only the Province can amend or repeal provincial laws, and only a court can rule on a judicial review. Council controls how the city applies the laws within the limits they set, so reconsidering the City's response is within its power, while the rest depends on the Province and the courts.",[1272,1276,1280],{"title":1273,"detail":1274,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1275},"Reconsider the City's response to the provincial zoning bills","TEAM would reconsider the City's response to BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47 (2023), 18 (2024) and M216 (2025), among others, to make sure planned growth is supported by the necessary infrastructure and public amenities. The party says the City is applying these policies beyond what the Province requires.","Council decides how the city applies provincial housing law, within the minimums the law sets.",{"title":1277,"detail":1278,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":1279},"Press the Province to change its one-size-fits-all approach","The party would work with other municipalities to have the Province reconsider its one-size-fits-all approach. Its summary page says TEAM would demand that the provincial government amend its approach to Bills 44, 46 and 47.","Only the provincial legislature can amend or repeal these laws.",{"title":1281,"detail":1282,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1283},"Support municipalities calling for judicial review","TEAM would support other municipalities that are calling for judicial review and withdrawal of what it calls these flawed policies.","Council can join or support other cities, but a court decides any judicial review and the Province decides whether to withdraw a law.",[1285,1288,1291,1294,1297],{"question":1286,"answer":1287},"What does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver say about Bill 44?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47 from 2023, Bill 18 from 2024 and Bill M216 from 2025 moved planning, zoning and building authority from cities to the Province. It would demand that the Province amend its approach and would support cities seeking judicial review (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1289,"answer":1290},"Would TEAM take the Province to court over housing laws?","TEAM says it would support other municipalities that are calling for judicial review, which is a court challenge, and for withdrawal of the provincial zoning bills. (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1292,"answer":1293},"Could a TEAM council undo provincial housing laws in Vancouver?","Only the Province can change or repeal its laws. TEAM says Council would reconsider how the City applies them, which the party says goes beyond what the Province requires, and would press the Province to change its approach (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1295,"answer":1296},"Why does TEAM call the BC housing bills provincial overreach?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the bills impose a one-size-fits-all approach and take planning decisions away from cities and neighbourhoods. Its planning page says they cause disruption and displacement for residents and businesses, both owners and tenants (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1298,"answer":1299},"What does TEAM want from the City in response to the provincial bills?","TEAM says the City should reconsider its response to the bills so that planned growth comes with the infrastructure and public amenities it needs. It would also work with other municipalities to press the Province (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).","challenging-provincial-overreach","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--challenging-provincial-overreach","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the City should reconsider how it carries out BC zoning Bills 44, 46, 47, 18 and M216, press the Province to drop its one-size-fits-all approach, and support other municipalities calling for judicial review and withdrawal of these laws.","yQwa6QJRYsNNpkakBodXgVjpE7kNVG5wXBvIiNSMeGE",{"id":1305,"title":1306,"checkedAt":576,"context":1307,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1309,"headline":1316,"issues":1317,"meta":1318,"order":1319,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1320,"party":519,"pillar":670,"proposals":1325,"questions":1364,"slug":1383,"source":81,"stem":1384,"summary":1385,"__hash__":1386},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--development-efficiency.json","Development Efficiency",[1308],{"label":666,"url":667,"publisher":668,"checkedAt":576},[1310,1313],{"value":1311,"label":1312},"50 years","How long third-party appeals to the Board of Variance were in place, according to the party",{"value":1314,"label":1315},"50mm","Lens length the party would require for development photos and renderings","TEAM on permits: a One Stop Renovation Centre and Board of Variance appeals",[70,1264],{},"3",[1321,1322,1323,1324],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver wants faster permits without weaker review. On its planning page the party says city processes are complex and slower than needed while public consultation is \"opaque, rushed and misleading\". Its answer is to simplify zoning, development and building permits, find the points where applications get stuck, and train staff to handle them, while keeping checks on quality and public process.","Small builders get their own promises. TEAM would bring back the One Stop Renovation Centre, a single city office for small projects such as laneway homes, secondary suites, duplexes and small infill homes that do not require buying several lots together. It would also allow more flexible on-site review for renovation permits. The party says planning should serve the public interest, and it criticizes planning shaped by developer proformas, which are a developer's projections of costs and profit.","Other items give the public more information and more ways to object. Third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, which the party says existed for 50 years, would return, so neighbours could challenge decisions of the Director of Planning. Proposal images would have to use a 50mm lens view that matches human sight, and shadow studies would be required for four dates in the year. Demolition would face more rules on taking buildings apart and reusing materials.","Permits, rendering standards and the Urban Design Panel are all run by the city, so Council can act on them. The Board of Variance is set up by the Vancouver Charter, a provincial law. Section 573 of that law lists the appeals the board can hear, and only the Province can change it.",[1326,1330,1334,1338,1342,1345,1349,1353,1357,1360],{"title":1327,"detail":1328,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1329},"Simpler and more transparent permit processes","TEAM would simplify the zoning, development and building permit processes and make them more transparent, to cut costs and approval times for all new development and renovations.","Council controls the city's zoning and permit rules.",{"title":1331,"detail":1332,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1333},"Keep quality and due diligence while speeding up","The party would make sure quality, due diligence and democratic process in the public interest are not reduced by faster processing.","Council sets the review standards in the city's permit process.",{"title":1335,"detail":1336,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1337},"Find bottlenecks and train permit staff","TEAM would make it a priority to identify bottlenecks in the permitting process and make sure staff are properly trained to handle permits.","City permit staff work under policies and budgets that Council approves.",{"title":1339,"detail":1340,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1341},"Flexible on-site review for renovation permits","The party would streamline processes for smaller projects with more flexible on-site review for renovation building permits.","Vancouver issues its own building permits under its own building by-law.",{"title":105,"detail":1343,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1344},"TEAM would re-establish the One Stop Renovation Centre and similar services for approving small construction projects, making it easier to build laneway housing, secondary suites, duplexes and small ground-oriented infill without assembling several lots.","Council can fund and organize a city permit office.",{"title":1346,"detail":1347,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1348},"Restore third-party appeals to the Board of Variance","The party would reinstate third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, which it says were in place for 50 years as a check on the discretionary powers of the Director of Planning.","The Board of Variance and the appeals it hears are set out in section 573 of the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change.",{"title":1350,"detail":1351,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1352},"Urban Design Panel members who represent the public","TEAM would make sure members of the Urban Design Panel, the city's advisory panel on building design, have a strong record of representing the public interest in design and planning.","Council sets how members of the city's advisory panels are appointed.",{"title":1354,"detail":1355,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1356},"A professional standard for development photos and renderings","The party would require proposal photos and 3D renderings to show the impact on the whole neighbourhood and skyline, including all surrounding buildings, using a 50mm lens and suitable focal length, or the same perspective in a digital rendering, so they match human vision. It cites CityHallWatch articles of June 2, 2020 and December 15, 2020.","Council sets what a development application must include.",{"title":1358,"detail":1359,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1356},"Shadow studies at four points in the year","TEAM would require every development proposal to provide shadow studies at the winter solstice, spring equinox, summer solstice and autumn equinox, using 3D renderings that show the effect on the surrounding neighbourhood and skyline.",{"title":1361,"detail":1362,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1363},"More deconstruction and reuse of building materials","The party would add more requirements for taking houses apart and reusing building materials, as a more sustainable alternative to demolition, and enforce the related tree retention and replacement policies.","Vancouver sets its own demolition and tree rules through city by-laws.",[1365,1368,1371,1374,1377,1380],{"question":1366,"answer":1367},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's plan to speed up permits?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would simplify zoning, development and building permit processes, identify bottlenecks, train staff, and allow more flexible on-site review for renovation permits, while keeping quality and due diligence in place (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1369,"answer":1370},"Would TEAM bring back the One Stop Renovation Centre?","Yes. TEAM says it would re-establish the One Stop Renovation Centre and similar services for small projects, making it easier to build laneway housing, secondary suites, duplexes and small infill homes without combining several lots (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1372,"answer":1373},"What does TEAM propose for the Board of Variance?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver would reinstate third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, which it says existed for 50 years as a check on the Director of Planning. The board's appeals are set out in section 573 of the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1375,"answer":1376},"What rules would TEAM set for development renderings in Vancouver?","TEAM says proposal photos and 3D renderings would have to show the whole neighbourhood and skyline using a 50mm lens view that matches human vision. Every proposal would also need shadow studies at both solstices and both equinoxes (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1378,"answer":1379},"Does TEAM want to limit demolition of houses?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would add more requirements for deconstruction, which means taking a building apart, and for reusing building materials instead of demolishing houses. It would also enforce tree retention and replacement rules (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1381,"answer":1382},"Can Vancouver City Council change its own permit rules?","Yes. Council controls the city's zoning and permit processes, its building by-law and what a development application must include. Restoring third-party appeals to the Board of Variance touches the Vancouver Charter, which is provincial law (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).","development-efficiency","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--development-efficiency","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would simplify zoning and permit processes, bring back the One Stop Renovation Centre for small projects, restore third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, and require accurate renderings and shadow studies for every development proposal.","oIfe1KdLsXDr0VNBJdG9rs8b8fqSysNgdLdk8NBQO9w",{"id":1388,"title":1389,"checkedAt":576,"context":1390,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1391,"headline":1395,"issues":1396,"meta":1397,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1398,"party":519,"pillar":670,"proposals":1403,"questions":1457,"slug":1476,"source":81,"stem":1477,"summary":1478,"__hash__":1479},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--more-housing-type-options.json","More Housing Type Options",[],[1392],{"value":1393,"label":1394},"Tripled","Growth in Vancouver's housing units since the 1970s, as the party states it","TEAM on housing types: co-ops, multiplexes and an end to the MIRPP rental program",[70],{},[1399,1400,1401,1402],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says supply alone will not make housing affordable. Its planning page states that the city has tripled its housing units since the 1970s, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing. From that claim, the party argues for a mix of housing types sized to each street, with priority on affordability.","The list of housing TEAM would plan for is long: co-ops, co-housing, secondary suites, conversions of houses into several units, infill, laneway homes, duplexes, multiplexes, townhouses and apartments. It would plan homes for families, youth, seniors, frontline service workers and people with disabilities, and says true affordability means more than below-market rents or average rents measured by CMHC, the federal housing agency.","TEAM would also withdraw two city rental programs, the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program and the Secured Rental Policy. It says they do not create real affordability, produce buildings out of scale with their streets, and raise nearby land values. Instead it would protect older rental buildings, give landlords reasons to maintain them, and use city-owned land for affordable homes. It would avoid excessive new housing in areas where local schools are full.","Council decides zoning, city rental policies and the use of city land, so most of this would be Council's work. Social and supportive housing depends on provincial and federal agencies, and federal funding tied to immigration would have to come from Ottawa, so on those items the city can only ask.",[1404,1408,1412,1416,1420,1424,1428,1432,1436,1441,1445,1449,1453],{"title":1405,"detail":1406,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1407},"A broad mix of housing that fits the neighbourhood","TEAM would provide a broad mix of housing, including co-ops, co-housing, secondary suites, multiple conversion dwellings, infill, laneways, duplexes, multiplexes, townhouses and apartments, that fits within the local built form scale and context.","Council sets zoning, which decides what kinds of homes can be built where.",{"title":1409,"detail":1410,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1411},"Plan affordable options for many household types","The party would plan for a range of affordable housing that respects the neighbourhood context, including social, supportive and co-op housing and homes for families, youth, seniors, frontline service workers, people with disabilities and other household types.","Council controls land use, while most funding for social and supportive housing comes from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":1413,"detail":1414,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1415},"True affordability and larger family units","TEAM would aim for true housing affordability, beyond below-market rentals or average rents measured by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), with a focus on larger units for families.","Council sets the affordability terms it asks for when it approves rental buildings.",{"title":1417,"detail":1418,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1419},"Withdraw the MIRPP and the Secured Rental Policy","The party would withdraw rental programs it says do not create meaningful affordability, produce buildings out of scale with the neighbourhood and inflate nearby land values, naming the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program (MIRPP) and the Secured Rental Policy.","These are city programs, so Council can end them.",{"title":1421,"detail":1422,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1423},"Balance new buildings with keeping older ones","TEAM would support buildings of many types and ages by balancing new development with the retention and repair of older buildings, which it says supports affordability and sustainability across the city.","Council's zoning and permit rules decide whether keeping an older building is practical.",{"title":1425,"detail":1426,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1427},"Reverse policies that target older rental buildings","The party would protect the existing stock of affordable rental buildings by reversing current policies that it says target older, more affordable rental buildings for redevelopment.","Council sets the zoning that decides which rental sites can be redeveloped.",{"title":1429,"detail":1430,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1431},"Incentives for landlords to maintain rentals","TEAM would give landlords incentives to maintain rental properties in place of upzoning them for demolition.","Council can offer city incentives and decides on upzoning.",{"title":1433,"detail":1434,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":1435},"Press senior governments for non-market and supportive housing","The party would work with provincial and federal housing and service agencies so they provide the non-market, supportive and social housing and services the city needs, within the local neighbourhood built form, to house residents who are lower income, housing insecure or homeless.","Provincial and federal agencies fund and run most social and supportive housing, so the city can only work with them and ask.",{"title":1437,"detail":1438,"authority":1439,"authorityNote":1440},"Ask for federal funding tied to immigration","TEAM would ask the federal government for funding to support the population growth caused by its immigration policies. The party says that even with immigration reduced, high costs are still passed down to the City and the Province.","federal","Immigration levels and the money tied to them are federal decisions.",{"title":1442,"detail":1443,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1444},"Avoid policies that hurt low-income residents","The party would avoid policies that unfairly hurt low-income residents and their ability to afford housing.","Council weighs the effect on low-income residents when it adopts city policies.",{"title":1446,"detail":1447,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1448},"Use city-owned land for affordable housing","TEAM would use City-owned lands for more affordable housing. It says Vancouver has a past record of working with communities and funding agencies to build livable affordable housing that fits its neighbourhood.","Council decides how city-owned land is used.",{"title":1450,"detail":1451,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1452},"Transparent affordable housing incentives","The party would give affordable housing incentives only on the basis of open project details, including financing and operating agreements, for projects that fit the scale, context and zoning of each neighbourhood, offer a mix of incomes and unit sizes with needed services and amenities, and involve ongoing consultation and good neighbour agreements for how they operate.","Council sets the terms for any city incentive to a housing project.",{"title":1454,"detail":1455,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1456},"No excessive new housing where schools are full","TEAM would avoid excessive new housing development in areas where local schools are full and students would have to travel to other schools.","Council controls where housing is zoned, while the School Board and the Province decide school capacity.",[1458,1461,1464,1467,1470,1473],{"question":1459,"answer":1460},"What kinds of housing does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver support?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it supports co-ops, co-housing, secondary suites, conversions, infill, laneway homes, duplexes, multiplexes, townhouses and apartments, as long as they fit the local scale and context of each neighbourhood (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1462,"answer":1463},"Would TEAM end the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program?","Yes. TEAM says it would withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program (MIRPP) and the Secured Rental Policy. The party says these programs do not create meaningful affordability, produce buildings out of scale with their streets and inflate land values (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1465,"answer":1466},"Does TEAM think more supply will fix Vancouver housing costs?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says supply alone will not fix housing. Its planning page states that the city has tripled its housing units since the 1970s, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1468,"answer":1469},"What would TEAM do with city-owned land?","TEAM says it would use city-owned land for more affordable housing, pointing to what it describes as Vancouver's past success working with communities and funding agencies to build affordable homes that fit their neighbourhoods (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1471,"answer":1472},"Would TEAM ask Ottawa to pay for housing growth in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would ask the federal government for funding to support population growth caused by federal immigration policy, which the party says passes high costs down to the City and the Province (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1474,"answer":1475},"Who would have to act on TEAM's housing type promises?","Council controls zoning, city rental programs and city land, so it could act on most of these items. Social, supportive and non-market housing is funded mainly by the provincial and federal governments, so on those the city can only press other governments (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).","more-housing-type-options","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--more-housing-type-options","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would plan a broad mix of housing that fits each neighbourhood, withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program and the Secured Rental Policy, protect older rental buildings, use city land for affordable homes and ask Ottawa for funding tied to immigration.","FOkOrgu1sBTSxyrMOiFhvc2CC8nplGZO0cFRPV5w4gw",{"id":1481,"title":1482,"checkedAt":576,"context":1483,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1484,"headline":1486,"issues":1487,"meta":1488,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1489,"party":519,"pillar":670,"proposals":1494,"questions":1558,"slug":1580,"source":81,"stem":1581,"summary":1582,"__hash__":1583},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--participatory-planning.json","Participatory Planning within the Context of Every Neighbourhood",[],[1485],{"value":1009,"label":1010},"TEAM on planning: repeal the Official Development Plan and rethink Broadway and Jericho",[70,190],{},[1490,1491,1492,1493],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver builds its housing platform on one complaint: that the city plans growth from the top down and ignores the people who live with the results. Its planning page says the current approach uses \"arbitrary circles and corridors\" around transit to decide where towers go. TEAM wants each neighbourhood to plan its own growth with residents and local businesses, placing more homes near transit and local shopping areas while keeping to the scale and character of the street.","The central promise is to repeal the Official Development Plan, a city-wide plan that, according to the party, lets rezonings that match it go ahead without a public hearing. TEAM's summary page says it would replace it with its own \"Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan\". The party would also rethink the Broadway Plan, the Vancouver Plan, station area plans such as Rupert and Renfrew, and the Jericho Lands plan, which it wants built with lower buildings and more homes at ground level.","Infrastructure is a theme across the list. TEAM says planning should count the limits and costs of sewers, water, power, schools, parks and transit before approving growth, and would run a public review of those needs. It would publish city data on growth, zoning, vacancies and pre-sale condo sales, and reconsider how new infrastructure is paid for. Other items protect public view cones, which are protected views across the city, and make it easier to keep heritage and character buildings.","Zoning, area plans and rezonings are decided by City Council, so most of this sits with Council. The UBC SkyTrain extension is planned with TransLink, the regional transit body the city does not control. TEAM says it would use the city's seat on TransLink's Mayors' Council to press for a business case that includes all the facts.",[1495,1499,1503,1507,1510,1514,1518,1522,1526,1530,1534,1538,1542,1546,1550,1554],{"title":1496,"detail":1497,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1498},"A meaningful voice for local residents and businesses","TEAM would give local residents and businesses a meaningful voice in any planning process that affects their community.","Council sets how the city consults on plans and rezonings.",{"title":1500,"detail":1501,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1502},"Make public consultation count in every neighbourhood","The party would work with residents in all neighbourhoods to restore trust between citizens and City Hall by making public consultation meaningful and building it into planning outcomes.","Council decides how consultation results are used in its planning decisions.",{"title":1504,"detail":1505,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1506},"Neighbourhood-based plans for higher density near transit","TEAM would restore neighbourhood-based participatory planning that creates chances for higher density, especially near transit and neighbourhood centres, while working within the local character and context of each neighbourhood. The party says this would replace generic policies based on what it calls \"arbitrary circles and corridors\".","Council approves area plans and zoning.",{"title":109,"detail":1508,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1509},"The party would protect all public view cone corridors, which are protected views across the city, and reinstate the view cones that were amended or eliminated over the last term.","View protection is part of the city's own planning policy, which Council sets.",{"title":1511,"detail":1512,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1513},"Repeal the Official Development Plan and adopt a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan","TEAM would repeal the Official Development Plan (ODP), including the related plans for Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages, to allow neighbourhood-based community planning. Its summary page says the ODP would be replaced with TEAM's Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan. The party says the Villages rezoning was not approved before the election but remains part of the ODP, so the ODP must be repealed to stop it returning.","Council can repeal or replace a city plan, within the limits of provincial housing law.",{"title":1515,"detail":1516,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1517},"Planning based on verifiable data that is made public","The party would base all City planning decisions on a transparent process using real, verifiable data, in place of what it calls arbitrarily inflated growth targets, and would publish information on growth, zoning, housing and land stock, vacancies and pre-sale condo market data.","Council directs what data city staff collect and publish.",{"title":1519,"detail":1520,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1521},"Rethink the Broadway Plan, station area plans and the Vancouver Plan","TEAM would rethink the Broadway Plan, station area plans such as Rupert\u002FRenfrew, and the Vancouver Plan, which it says are being carried out through area-wide prezoning and the Official Development Plan without meaningful public input.","These are city plans, so Council can amend them.",{"title":1523,"detail":1524,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1525},"Rethink the Jericho Lands plan","The party would rethink the Jericho Lands development plan around more ground-oriented and low- to mid-rise buildings.","Council approves plans and rezonings for sites such as the Jericho Lands.",{"title":1527,"detail":1528,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":1529},"Reconsider support for the UBC SkyTrain extension","TEAM would reconsider the City's support for the UBC SkyTrain extension (UBCx) and the development planning tied to it, with informed input from the public. Through the City's influence on TransLink's Mayors' Council, it would make sure the business case for UBCx and its alternatives includes all the facts.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, plans and runs SkyTrain, so Vancouver has only its own voice at the Mayors' Council.",{"title":1531,"detail":1532,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1533},"Public review of infrastructure and amenity needs","The party would carry out, as part of the Official Development Plan process, a publicly transparent, system-wide review of current and future infrastructure and amenity needs and capacities.","Council can direct staff to carry out and publish this review.",{"title":1535,"detail":1536,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1537},"Plan growth within infrastructure limits","TEAM would consider the capacity limits of city infrastructure and the cost of expanding it, so growth is not concentrated beyond what the area can support. It names storm and sanitary sewers, water, electrical, data and gas utilities, and also social benefits, schools, parks, amenities, transit and services.","Council controls city sewers, water and zoning, but schools, power, gas and transit are run by other bodies.",{"title":1539,"detail":1540,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1541},"Rethink how infrastructure and amenities are funded","The party would reconsider how infrastructure and amenities are funded, in a way it says is viable for both the public and the building industry.","Council sets the city's development charges and capital plan, within provincial law.",{"title":1543,"detail":1544,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1545},"Make it easier to keep heritage and character buildings","TEAM would make retention of heritage and character buildings easier through (a) a more flexible development and permit process without a bias toward new construction, (b) zoning with incentives for keeping buildings and disincentives for demolition, since it says the greenest building is the one that already exists, and (c) incentives that allow several secondary suites through the Secondary Suite Program or infill homes.","Council controls zoning, permits and the city's heritage incentives.",{"title":1547,"detail":1548,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1549},"Tax and fee incentives for heritage retention","The party would support new incentives, including tax and fee exemptions, for keeping and conserving Vancouver's heritage resources and character buildings, and give them more priority so heritage retention becomes a desirable development option.","Council sets city fees and decides on city heritage incentives.",{"title":1551,"detail":1552,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1553},"Listen to small businesses and the 22 Business Improvement Associations","TEAM would listen to local small businesses and the City's 22 Business Improvement Associations, which are local groups of businesses in a shopping area, to understand their issues, and put in place policies and services for the long-term health of local business districts.","Council approves Business Improvement Associations and sets policy for commercial areas.",{"title":1555,"detail":1556,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1557},"Plan affordable spaces for artists","The party would plan for the arts and culture sector so there are affordable spaces for artists to work and perform, by protecting the more affordable industrial lands, theatres, community centres and publicly owned buildings.","Council controls zoning of industrial land and city buildings, while community centres are run by the Park Board.",[1559,1562,1565,1568,1571,1574,1577],{"question":1560,"answer":1561},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want to repeal the Broadway Plan?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related plans for Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages, and would rethink the Broadway Plan and the Vancouver Plan with public input. Its summary page says a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan would replace the ODP (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1563,"answer":1564},"What is TEAM's Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan?","It is the name TEAM gives to the plan it would use to replace Vancouver's Official Development Plan. The party says the new plan would put residents and neighbourhoods first and address their concerns about the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1566,"answer":1567},"What would TEAM do about the Jericho Lands?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would rethink the Jericho Lands development plan, basing it on more ground-oriented and low- to mid-rise buildings. It also lists the Jericho plan among those it would remove by repealing the Official Development Plan (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1569,"answer":1570},"Does TEAM support the SkyTrain extension to UBC?","TEAM says it would reconsider the City's support for the UBC SkyTrain extension and the development planning tied to it, with public input. It would use the City's influence at TransLink's Mayors' Council to make sure the business case includes all the facts. TransLink, which the city does not control, makes the decision (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1572,"answer":1573},"How would TEAM link new housing to infrastructure in Vancouver?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says planning should count the capacity limits and expansion costs of sewers, water, power, data and gas, as well as schools, parks, transit and services, so growth is not concentrated beyond what an area can support. It would also run a public review of infrastructure needs (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1575,"answer":1576},"Would TEAM protect Vancouver's view cones?","Yes. TEAM says it would protect all public view cone corridors, which are protected views across the city, and reinstate the view cones that were amended or eliminated over the last council term (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1578,"answer":1579},"Could a TEAM council repeal the Official Development Plan?","Council adopts and changes city plans and zoning, so a Council majority could act on most of this chapter. Provincial housing laws set some limits on what a city can undo, and the UBC SkyTrain extension is a TransLink decision (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).","participatory-planning","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--participatory-planning","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans, and replace it with a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan. It would protect view cones, rethink the UBC SkyTrain extension and tie growth to infrastructure.","E0VcR6fW0ThnP5jqgHv9d6b1DhGVAmUVzx3z_SuJh-s",{"id":1585,"title":1586,"checkedAt":576,"context":1587,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1588,"headline":1589,"issues":1590,"meta":1591,"order":1592,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1593,"party":519,"pillar":670,"proposals":1597,"questions":1626,"slug":1642,"source":81,"stem":1643,"summary":1644,"__hash__":1645},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--supporting-renters.json","Supporting Renters",[],[],"TEAM on renters: stop demoviction, a renters office and new family co-ops",[70],{},"5",[1594,1595,1596],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says renters are being pushed out as older, cheaper rental buildings are torn down for new ones. Its planning page says some displaced residents end up homeless. The party's first renter promise is to stop demoviction, the loss of a rental home when the building is demolished, by protecting older rental buildings.","TEAM would set up a renters office to help tenants understand development rules and the protections they have. The party says the office would not repeat work the Province already does. It would improve the supports the city itself can give, keep and upgrade existing co-ops with the subsidies they need, and build new co-ops with larger ground-level homes for families. Public land and money would go to affordable rentals before market rentals.","Rent increase limits and tenancy law are set by the Province, so the city's tools are zoning, its own rules on demolition and tenant relocation, its land and its own programs. Co-op subsidies come mainly from the provincial and federal governments, which is why TEAM says it would work with those governments to keep them.",[1598,1602,1606,1610,1614,1618,1622],{"title":1599,"detail":1600,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1601},"Stop demoviction by protecting older rental buildings","TEAM would stop demoviction, meaning tenants losing their homes when a building is demolished, by protecting older rental buildings from demolition.","Council controls zoning and demolition permits for rental sites.",{"title":1603,"detail":1604,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1605},"Establish a renters office","The party would establish a renters office to support renters who are dealing with development rules and tenant protections, without duplicating provincial roles.","Council can create and fund a city office.",{"title":1607,"detail":1608,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1609},"Improve renter protections within city powers","TEAM would improve renter supports and protections under municipal jurisdiction.","Council makes rental and tenant protection by-laws, while rent limits and tenancy law are provincial.",{"title":1611,"detail":1612,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1613},"Retain and upgrade existing co-ops","The party would retain and upgrade existing co-ops and make sure they keep the subsidies that make them viable, working with provincial and federal supports.","The city can help with land and permits, but co-op subsidies come mainly from the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":1615,"detail":1616,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1617},"Build new co-ops with larger family units","TEAM's summary page says it would build new co-ops, especially larger ground-oriented units for families.","The city can offer land and approvals, while building funds come mainly from senior governments and co-op groups.",{"title":1619,"detail":1620,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1621},"Public land and resources for affordable rentals first","The party would use public resources and land to prioritize affordable rentals over market rentals.","Council decides how city land and city housing money are used.",{"title":1623,"detail":1624,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1625},"Prioritize the rental homes most needed","TEAM would prioritize the kinds of affordable rental housing that are most needed, such as larger ground-oriented units for families.","Council sets the priorities for city housing programs and the rental buildings it approves.",[1627,1630,1633,1636,1639],{"question":1628,"answer":1629},"How would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver stop demovictions?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would stop demoviction, which is tenants losing their homes when a building is torn down, by protecting older rental buildings from demolition. It would also reverse policies it says target older rentals for redevelopment (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1631,"answer":1632},"What is TEAM's renters office?","TEAM says it would set up a city renters office to help renters understand development rules and the protections they have. The party says the office would not duplicate provincial roles (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1634,"answer":1635},"Does TEAM support co-op housing in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would keep and upgrade existing co-ops with the subsidies they need and build new co-ops, especially larger ground-oriented units for families (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1637,"answer":1638},"Would TEAM put city land toward affordable rentals?","Yes. TEAM says it would use public resources and land to prioritize affordable rentals over market rentals, with a focus on the homes most needed, such as larger ground-oriented family units (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).",{"question":1640,"answer":1641},"Can Vancouver City Council control rent increases?","No. The Province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law. TEAM says it would improve renter protections within municipal powers, such as rules on demolition and rental zoning, and would work with senior governments on co-op subsidies (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).","supporting-renters","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-planning--supporting-renters","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would stop demoviction by protecting older rental buildings from demolition, set up a renters office, keep and upgrade co-ops and build new ones with larger family units, and use public land for affordable rentals before market rentals.","RFxZoWKgXvnl9f-WrkXqcCVoAryAKqgkn1H7edoBrVw",{"id":1647,"title":1648,"checkedAt":576,"context":1649,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1651,"headline":1652,"issues":1653,"meta":1654,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1655,"party":519,"pillar":637,"proposals":1660,"questions":1705,"slug":1727,"source":578,"stem":1728,"summary":1729,"__hash__":1730},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fneighbourhoods-and-city-hall--community-representation.json","Community Representation",[1650],{"label":666,"url":667,"publisher":668,"checkedAt":576},[],"TEAM on City Hall: wards, a lobbyist registry and documents a month early",[1264],{},[1656,1657,1658,1659],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver puts neighbourhood input first in its list of ten positions. On its Community Representation pages the party says City Hall has stopped listening to residents, and that rules added since the pandemic made this worse. Its answer is to make participatory, community-based planning the base for every future decision, with residents and local businesses shaping change in their own area.","Several promises deal with how open City Hall is. TEAM would publish all material for a Council discussion, including staff letters, financial papers and Freedom of Information requests, at least one month ahead, and tell residents when it is posted. It would review the rules for in camera meetings, which are meetings held in private, so they happen only when truly needed, and open general staff briefings to the public. A registry would list paid lobbyists who try to influence Council. Resident groups would not have to register.","Other items change who takes part. Feedback would come from verified Vancouver residents, owners, renters and business owners. Advisory committees for renters and homeowners would be filled at random from pools of volunteers. TEAM would also create public registers showing what developers paid toward each neighbourhood through two city charges: Community Amenity Contributions, which are money or facilities a developer gives when land is rezoned, and Development Cost Levies, which are fees on new building that pay for city services.","The largest change is a ward system, where each councillor is elected by one part of the city. Council can pass a by-law to do this under the Vancouver Charter, but the provincial cabinet must approve that by-law before it can take effect. Most of the other items are within Council's own control.",[1661,1665,1669,1673,1677,1681,1685,1689,1693,1697,1701],{"title":1662,"detail":1663,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1664},"Reinstate participatory community-based planning","TEAM would reinstate participatory community-based planning as the base for Vancouver's future as what it calls a livable, affordable, inclusive, socially just, prosperous and environmentally sustainable city of neighbourhoods. Its summary page says this would give residents real input on changes to their neighbourhoods.","Council directs how city planning and consultation are done.",{"title":1666,"detail":1667,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1668},"Give verified residents, business owners and property owners a say","The party would make City operations, policy, planning and public engagement transparent, impartial and consultative, and make sure verified Vancouver residents (owners and renters), business owners and property owners have a say, along with other verified stakeholders where appropriate.","Council sets the rules for how the city runs its own public engagement.",{"title":1670,"detail":1671,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1672},"Integrated stakeholder meetings with priority for local people","TEAM would hold integrated stakeholder meetings open to verified Vancouver residents, business owners and property owners, giving priority to the local residents and business owners most affected by the outcome.","Council decides how city staff consult the public.",{"title":1674,"detail":1675,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1676},"A system of neighbourhood-based organizations","The party would support a system of City-supported neighbourhood-based organizations to carry out local planning, build community, and give residents and businesses a way to deal with the City.","Council can fund and recognize neighbourhood groups through its own budget and policies.",{"title":1678,"detail":1679,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1680},"Public registers of developer contributions","TEAM would create Community Amenity Contribution (CAC) and Development Cost Levy (DCL) registers so people can see whether new developments have brought a financial benefit to their neighbourhood. CACs are money or facilities a developer gives the city when land is rezoned, and DCLs are fees on new building that pay for city services.","The city collects these charges, so Council can decide to publish where the money goes.",{"title":1682,"detail":1683,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1684},"Advisory committees chosen at random","The party would set up diverse, inclusive City advisory committees for both renters and homeowners, and fill them by random selection from pools of volunteers so they reflect Vancouver's range of views.","Council creates its own advisory committees and sets how members are chosen.",{"title":1686,"detail":1687,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1688},"Publish all meeting materials one month ahead","TEAM would publish all materials related to public proceedings, including staff correspondence, staff briefings to Council, financial documents and Freedom of Information requests, at least one month before Council discusses them, and notify residents, businesses and local groups so they have time to study them and respond.","Council sets its own meeting procedures and decides when city documents are released.",{"title":1690,"detail":1691,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1692},"Limit closed-door meetings and open staff briefings","The party would review the policies and practices on in camera meetings, which are meetings held in private, and recommend how to limit them to cases where they are truly essential. It would make general staff briefings of Council open to the public. The summary page describes this as reducing the number of closed door meetings.","Council decides when it meets in private, within the limits set by section 165.2 of the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":1694,"detail":1695,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1696},"Review the Code of Conduct for Council and staff","TEAM would review the Code of Conduct policies for Council and staff so they hold people accountable to the public without becoming an unreasonable barrier to councillors who want to communicate with the public.","Council adopts and changes its own Code of Conduct.",{"title":1698,"detail":1699,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1700},"Lobbyist registry","The party would create a registry of lobbyists and professional advocates who work for special interests, organizations and businesses, in line with federal and provincial practice, so the public knows who is paying to influence Council. Resident groups would be excluded.","Council can set up a registry for people who lobby the city.",{"title":1702,"detail":1703,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1704},"Elect councillors by ward","TEAM would make Council directly accountable to neighbourhood constituents by adopting a ward system, in which each councillor represents one area of the city.","Under section 138 of the Vancouver Charter, Council can pass a by-law to elect some or all councillors by neighbourhood, and the provincial cabinet must approve it before it is adopted.",[1706,1709,1712,1715,1718,1721,1724],{"question":1707,"answer":1708},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want a ward system?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would adopt a ward system so each councillor is directly accountable to one neighbourhood. Under the Vancouver Charter, Council can pass a by-law for this, but the provincial cabinet must approve it first (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1710,"answer":1711},"What would TEAM do to make Vancouver City Hall more open?","TEAM says it would publish all material for Council discussions, including staff letters, financial documents and Freedom of Information requests, at least one month ahead. It would review closed meetings so they happen only when truly needed and open general staff briefings to the public (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1713,"answer":1714},"Would TEAM create a lobbyist registry in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would create a registry of lobbyists and professional advocates working for special interests, organizations and businesses, in line with federal and provincial practice. Resident groups would be excluded (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1716,"answer":1717},"Who would TEAM let take part in Vancouver city consultations?","TEAM says verified Vancouver residents, both owners and renters, business owners and property owners should have a say, with priority for the local people most affected by a decision. Other verified stakeholders would be included where appropriate (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1719,"answer":1720},"What are TEAM's CAC and DCL registers?","TEAM would publish registers of Community Amenity Contributions, which are money or facilities developers give the city when land is rezoned, and Development Cost Levies, which are fees on new building. The party says this would show whether new developments brought a financial benefit to each neighbourhood (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1722,"answer":1723},"How would TEAM choose members of Vancouver advisory committees?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would create advisory committees for both renters and homeowners and fill them by random selection from pools of volunteers, so the committees reflect the city's range of views (TEAM Community Representation page).",{"question":1725,"answer":1726},"Can a TEAM council make these City Hall changes on its own?","Most of them, yes. Council controls its meeting rules, advisory committees, document releases and consultation. The ward system is the exception: under the Vancouver Charter, the provincial cabinet must approve the by-law before it takes effect (TEAM Community Representation page).","community-representation","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fneighbourhoods-and-city-hall--community-representation","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would bring back community-based planning, elect councillors by ward, publish Council materials at least one month before debate, limit closed meetings, and create a registry of lobbyists. It would also open City advisory committees to people picked at random.","0Shs5rwt1fimDBCSSUTLpCQk_QMixkRadRu97bO-SpM",{"id":1732,"title":1733,"checkedAt":576,"context":1734,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1735,"headline":1736,"issues":1737,"meta":1738,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1739,"party":519,"pillar":637,"proposals":1744,"questions":1789,"slug":1808,"source":347,"stem":1809,"summary":1810,"__hash__":1811},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fneighbourhoods-and-city-hall--finance-and-administration.json","Finance and Administration",[],[],"TEAM on city finances: tax increases held to inflation and a full budget review",[337,1264],{},[1740,1741,1742,1743],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver argues that the city has raised property taxes and fees beyond what residents can afford while taking on jobs that belong to the provincial and federal governments. On its Finance and Administration pages the party says the operating budget has almost doubled in a decade. It calls its answer the \"Services. Stability. Safety. Guarantee\": spend first on core services such as police, fire, public works, utilities, parks and libraries.","The main tax promise is to hold increases to inflation, the party's summary page says, while the longer page speaks of limiting increases to what is needed to keep services at levels the community has agreed to. TEAM would also stop spending city money on provincial or federal responsibilities while pressing those governments to pay for the services they owe.","Several items change how the budget is made. TEAM would review the operating budget, which pays for daily services, and the capital budget, which pays for buildings and infrastructure. The review would show where costs grew over ten years, sort essential services from optional ones, and set benchmarks for value. Departments would write yearly service plans with targets. Council and the public would get to review and approve department budgets. The party would also use savings found by Vancouver's Auditor General, the office that checks how well the city spends its money.","Council sets the property tax rate and approves both budgets each year, so most of this is in its hands. The municipal finance reform the party wants to continue is a joint review by the Province and the Union of BC Municipalities, the group that represents local governments, so the city is one voice among many there.",[1745,1749,1753,1757,1761,1765,1769,1773,1777,1781,1785],{"title":1746,"detail":1747,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1748},"Limit tax increases to inflation","TEAM would limit property tax increases to inflation, its summary page says, to keep municipal services at levels agreed to by voters. The longer page describes this as limiting increases to what is necessary to maintain services at levels agreed to by the community.","Council sets the property tax rate every year.",{"title":1750,"detail":1751,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1752},"Stop paying for provincial and federal responsibilities","The party would stop spending City funds on what it calls clearly provincial or federal responsibilities, while holding those governments to account for funding required services.","Council decides what the city budget pays for, though it can only ask other governments to fund their own services.",{"title":1754,"detail":1755,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1756},"Focus spending on core services","TEAM would improve access to core city services and amenities by reducing spending on administration and non-core services, and would look at services outside the City's core mandate only after core programs are efficient and effective.","Council approves the operating budget and decides which services to fund.",{"title":1758,"detail":1759,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1760},"More transparent budget process with a voice for residents","The party would increase transparency in the budget process and give residents a meaningful voice on spending decisions.","Council controls how its budget is prepared and consulted on.",{"title":1762,"detail":1763,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1764},"Use savings identified by the Auditor General","TEAM would act on service delivery proposals and spending efficiencies identified by Vancouver's Auditor General.","Council decides whether to act on the Auditor General's reports.",{"title":1766,"detail":1767,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1768},"Auditor General support for Council oversight","The party would make sure the Office of the Auditor General supports Council's oversight of how efficient and effective the City's administration and finances are.","The Auditor General reports to Council, which can set the office's priorities.",{"title":1770,"detail":1771,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1772},"Annual service plans with performance benchmarks","TEAM would have each department develop annual service plans with performance benchmarks and hold management accountable for meeting them.","Council directs the city manager and can require service plans from departments.",{"title":1774,"detail":1775,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1776},"Review the City's financial structure and policies","The party would review the City's financial structure and policies to make sure they follow best practices and are transparent for citizens.","Council sets the city's financial policies.",{"title":1778,"detail":1779,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1780},"Line-by-line review of the operating and capital budgets","TEAM would conduct a thorough, line-by-line review of the operating and capital budgets to (a) document where service costs have risen over the last decade and why, (b) decide which services are essential and set benchmarks for cost and value for money, and (c) decide which services are supplementary, write a purpose statement for each, and make sure each brings a direct benefit to Vancouver residents.","Council approves both budgets and can order a review of them.",{"title":1782,"detail":1783,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1784},"Council and public review of department budgets","The party would change the budget process so Council and the public can review and set priorities within the operating and capital budgets, including reviewing and approving departmental budgets, service plans and performance benchmarks.","Council sets its own budget process.",{"title":1786,"detail":1787,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1788},"Continue municipal finance reform with the Province","TEAM would continue the Long-Term Financial Sustainability and Municipal Finance Reform initiative, which the party describes as the joint review by the Union of BC Municipalities and the provincial government of new ways to fund municipal services and ease the pressure on property taxes.","New ways to fund cities need provincial law, so Vancouver can take part in the review but the Province decides.",[1790,1793,1796,1799,1802,1805],{"question":1791,"answer":1792},"How much would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver raise property taxes?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's summary page says it would limit tax increases to inflation to keep services at levels agreed to by voters, and its longer page speaks of limiting increases to what is needed to maintain those services (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":1794,"answer":1795},"What is TEAM's Services. Stability. Safety. Guarantee?","It is the name TEAM gives to its finance pledge. The party says it would improve core services while limiting tax increases, reducing spending on administration and non-core services, and bringing stability, transparency and competency to the budget (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":1797,"answer":1798},"How would TEAM review the Vancouver city budget?","TEAM says it would review the operating and capital budgets line by line to find where service costs rose over the last decade and why. It would sort services into essential ones, with cost benchmarks, and supplementary ones, each with a purpose statement and a direct benefit to residents (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":1800,"answer":1801},"Does TEAM want Vancouver to stop funding provincial services?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the City should stop spending its funds on what it calls clearly provincial or federal responsibilities, and should hold those governments to account for funding the services they owe (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":1803,"answer":1804},"What role would the Auditor General have under TEAM?","TEAM says it would make sure Vancouver's Auditor General supports Council's oversight of the city's administration and finances, and would act on the savings and service ideas the Auditor General identifies (TEAM Finance and Administration page).",{"question":1806,"answer":1807},"Who decides Vancouver's property tax rate?","City Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating and capital budgets, so TEAM's tax and budget promises would need a majority of Council. New sources of city revenue would need the Province (TEAM Finance and Administration page).","finance-and-administration","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fneighbourhoods-and-city-hall--finance-and-administration","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would limit property tax increases to inflation, stop City spending on provincial and federal duties, review the operating and capital budgets service by service, and give Council and the public more say over department budgets.","E7E6wJwYJoznYu7ePVUgCXMxbFTWpzUNjduap0WTeNc",{"id":1813,"title":1814,"checkedAt":576,"context":1815,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1816,"headline":1823,"issues":1824,"meta":1825,"order":1319,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1826,"party":519,"pillar":813,"proposals":1831,"questions":1883,"slug":1902,"source":234,"stem":1903,"summary":1904,"__hash__":1905},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--access-safety-and-community-centres.json","Access, Safety and Community Centres",[],[1817,1820],{"value":1818,"label":1819},"50 metres","Pool length TEAM wants in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement",{"value":1821,"label":1822},"2027","Year the party says Joint Operating Agreements with Community Centre Associations come up for renewal","TEAM on recreation: a 50 metre pool, pre-COVID Stanley Park access and dog parks",[224,134],{},[1827,1828,1829,1830],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says parks and recreation centres should be safe and easy to reach for everyone, including older people, people with disabilities and families who need to arrive by car. One promise is to restore the pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue, while adding new space for cycling and walking that does not get in the way of vehicles. It would also work with the public and user groups to settle access to Stanley Park and its attractions.","On safety, TEAM would expand the park ranger program, keep lifeguards on beaches, fence parks beside busy roads, and discourage encampments in parks while working with the City and other governments on housing and services. Every neighbourhood would get a safe off-leash dog area within walking distance.","For recreation, TEAM would reconsider the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement so it includes a 50 metre pool, which it says voters approved in the capital plan, even if that means renovating the existing building. It would put local community centres first, approve new Joint Operating Agreements with Community Centre Associations in 2027, and fund every community centre in the yearly and long-term budgets. It would withdraw support for building housing above new community centres. The party's swimming lesson plan for every child appears in its schools chapter.","Commissioners control parks, community centres, pools and beaches, so most of these items are Park Board decisions. Park Board budgets, the capital plan and housing for people in encampments depend on Council and other governments.",[1832,1836,1839,1843,1847,1851,1855,1859,1863,1867,1871,1875,1879],{"title":1833,"detail":1834,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1835},"Settle Stanley Park access with the public and user groups","TEAM would resolve accessibility issues in Stanley Park in collaboration with the public and user groups, and make sure the park and its facilities, such as the Aquarium, restaurants and horse-drawn carriages, are accessible to everyone, including cyclists.","Stanley Park is run by the Park Board.",{"title":257,"detail":1837,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1838},"The party would ensure access and safety across parks and facilities for elderly people, people with disabilities and families who need convenient vehicle access, such as by restoring pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue, while allowing new cycling and walking infrastructure that does not impede vehicles.","Roads in Stanley Park are under the Park Board, while Beach Avenue is a city street designed by Council's staff.",{"title":1840,"detail":1841,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1842},"More park rangers, lifeguards and fencing near busy roads","TEAM would increase safety by expanding the park ranger program, keeping lifeguards on beaches and adding fencing to parks next to busy roads.","The Park Board employs park rangers and lifeguards and maintains its parks.",{"title":1844,"detail":1845,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1846},"Off-leash dog areas within walking distance","The party would provide safe park spaces for off-leash dogs within walking distance in all neighbourhoods.","Dog areas are park land, which the Park Board plans and runs.",{"title":1848,"detail":1849,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1850},"Discourage park encampments","TEAM would discourage park encampments so parks stay safe and accessible for everyone, while working with the City and other governments so parks are not used in place of the housing and services people need.","The Park Board controls park land, while shelter is funded by Council and housing and health services come mainly from the Province.",{"title":1852,"detail":1853,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1854},"Put local recreation facilities first","The party would prioritize local neighbourhood community centres, recreation facilities, amenities, pools and parks to achieve walkable neighbourhoods with universal access.","The Park Board plans its facilities, with capital funding approved by Council.",{"title":1856,"detail":1857,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1858},"No more regional-serving parks and facilities in the city","TEAM would avoid further development of parks and facilities that serve the whole region, except for replacing existing city-wide special use facilities such as the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.","The Park Board decides what kinds of facilities it builds.",{"title":1860,"detail":1861,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1862},"A 50 metre pool in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement","The party would reconsider the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement so it includes a 50 metre pool, as it says voters originally approved in the capital plan, including studying whether to renovate the existing building if that is the only way to keep a 50 metre pool.","The Park Board runs the pool, while the capital plan that pays for it is approved by Council.",{"title":1864,"detail":1865,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1866},"Support Community Centre Associations and renew agreements in 2027","TEAM would support local Community Centre Associations (CCAs), the local associations the party says jointly operate community centres, and make sure the upcoming renewal of Joint Operating Agreements with all CCAs in 2027 and beyond is approved.","The Park Board approves the Joint Operating Agreements with each association.",{"title":1868,"detail":1869,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1870},"Share facilities with schools and libraries","The party would encourage collaboration with schools and libraries on using their facilities for community centre programs.","Schools are run by the School Board, so the Park Board needs its agreement to use school space.",{"title":1872,"detail":1873,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1874},"No housing above new community centres","TEAM would withdraw Park Board support for the City policy of building housing over new community centres, saying the space above may be needed to expand facilities as the city grows, in place of spreading over green space or buying new land.","The Park Board can withdraw its support, but the policy is the City's, so Council would decide whether to change it.",{"title":1876,"detail":1877,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1878},"Plan community centre maintenance to save money","The party would plan community centre maintenance, upgrades, renovations and expansions that save money over the long term, in place of deferring maintenance until costly replacements are needed.","The Park Board maintains its community centres.",{"title":1880,"detail":1881,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1882},"Steady funding for every community centre","TEAM would make sure the yearly and long-term operating budgets and the capital plan include established, ongoing funding for all existing community centres.","The Park Board prepares its budget, but Council approves the operating budget and capital plan.",[1884,1887,1890,1893,1896,1899],{"question":1885,"answer":1886},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want a 50 metre pool at the Aquatic Centre?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would reconsider the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement so it includes a 50 metre pool, as it says voters approved in the capital plan, even studying a renovation of the existing building if that is the only way to keep one (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1888,"answer":1889},"Would TEAM reopen Stanley Park to cars?","TEAM says it would restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue for elderly people, people with disabilities and families who need vehicle access, while allowing new cycling and walking infrastructure that does not impede vehicles (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1891,"answer":1892},"What is TEAM's position on encampments in Vancouver parks?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would discourage park encampments so parks are safe and accessible for everyone, while working with the City and other governments so parks are not used as a substitute for housing and services (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1894,"answer":1895},"Would TEAM add more off-leash dog parks?","Yes. TEAM says it would provide safe off-leash dog spaces within walking distance in all neighbourhoods (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1897,"answer":1898},"What would TEAM do for community centres?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would support Community Centre Associations and approve the renewal of their Joint Operating Agreements in 2027, plan maintenance to avoid costly replacements, fund every existing centre on an ongoing basis, and withdraw support for housing above new community centres (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1900,"answer":1901},"Does TEAM support teaching every child to swim?","Yes. TEAM says it would provide an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so all Vancouver children learn to swim, working with qualified agencies and linking community centres and schools. Its schools page gives the fuller version of this promise (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).","access-safety-and-community-centres","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--access-safety-and-community-centres","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the Vancouver Aquatic Centre replacement should include a 50 metre pool, that pre-COVID car access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue should return, that every neighbourhood should have off-leash dog space within walking distance, and that community centres should be fully funded.","e0r0Fvsv8hNTg6LZ6pYBnUhZUyoDfJTX1HocG-JytRA",{"id":1907,"title":1908,"checkedAt":576,"context":1909,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1910,"headline":1914,"issues":1915,"meta":1916,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1917,"party":519,"pillar":813,"proposals":1922,"questions":1967,"slug":1986,"source":234,"stem":1987,"summary":1988,"__hash__":1989},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--parks-trees-and-green-space.json","Parks, Trees and Green Space",[],[1911],{"value":1912,"label":1913},"1.1 hectares","Parkland per 1000 people that TEAM would aim for, which it says matches previous City and Park Board policy","TEAM on parks: halt Stanley Park logging, more parks in the east and 1.1 ha per 1000",[224,371],{},[1918,1919,1920,1921],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver wants the park system to grow with the city. The party says the Park Board should keep to a ratio of 1.1 hectares of parkland for every 1000 people, a target it says matches earlier City and Park Board policy, and should add green space where density is rising and on the east side, which it says has long had less. Temporary parks and spaces that already work as parks would become permanent parks.","Stanley Park gets its own promise. TEAM would halt the current logging there until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, keep written records of each tree inspection, and allow only trees judged to be in immediate danger of falling by a provincially certified tree risk assessor to be cut.","Other items cover upkeep and trees across the city. TEAM would put garden and lawn care first, plant more trees on city land and street boulevards with the goal of healthy tree cover on every boulevard, and enforce upkeep bylaws on vacant lots and building sites. It would protect heritage buildings in parks, plan for climate change on beaches and seawalls, and improve bike access to parks without paving lawns or gardens. The party also supports gardens and urban farming, which this site lists in its safety chapter.","Park land, park trees and park maintenance are run by the Park Board. Street boulevards and private property bylaws are city matters, and park access for bikes needs the City's engineering staff, so several items need Council too.",[1923,1927,1931,1935,1939,1943,1947,1951,1955,1959,1963],{"title":1924,"detail":1925,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1926},"1.1 hectares of park per 1000 people","TEAM would protect and expand the parks and recreation system for current and future generations to serve projected growth, consistent with what it says were previous City and Park Board policies of 1.1 hectares of parks per 1000 people. Its pages say the Park Board would need its own planning, operations, equipment and maintenance resources to do this.","The Park Board plans and acquires park land, though Council approves the capital plan that pays for it.",{"title":1928,"detail":1929,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1930},"Make temporary and de facto parks permanent","The party would designate existing temporary and de facto parks as permanent parks to protect them for generations to come.","The Park Board manages park sites and would lead any change in their status.",{"title":1932,"detail":1933,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1934},"Halt logging in Stanley Park pending review","TEAM would halt the current logging in Stanley Park until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, keep written records including documented tree inspections that consider ecological, wildlife and recreational values, and allow only trees judged imminently dangerous by a provincially certified tree risk assessor to be cut.","Stanley Park is managed by the Park Board.",{"title":1936,"detail":1937,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1938},"More parks where density grows and on the east side","The party would add green spaces, recreation facilities and parks to address rising density and existing shortages, especially on the east side of the city, which it says has been historically underserved.","The Park Board plans new parks and facilities, with funding approved by Council.",{"title":1940,"detail":1941,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1942},"Bike access to parks without paving green space","TEAM would keep parks green by working with the City's Engineering department to improve bike access to parks and beaches without paving over existing lawns and gardens.","The Park Board controls park land, while the streets that lead to parks are designed by City Engineering.",{"title":1944,"detail":1945,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1946},"Better upkeep of gardens and lawns","The party would improve green space management by prioritizing the maintenance of gardens, cutting lawns, and keeping them clean and safe.","The Park Board maintains park gardens and lawns.",{"title":1948,"detail":1949,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1950},"Enforce upkeep bylaws on vacant lots and boulevards","TEAM would enforce maintenance bylaws on vacant or under-construction private property and on boulevards, to make sure lawns are trimmed and litter is picked up.","Property maintenance bylaws are city bylaws enforced by city staff.",{"title":1952,"detail":1953,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1954},"Plant and care for the urban forest on city land","The party would increase planting and maintenance of the urban forest on city-owned land, including street boulevards, and plant new trees to support a healthy tree canopy.","This covers city-owned land outside parks, so it needs Council's support as well as the Park Board's.",{"title":1956,"detail":1957,"authority":928,"authorityNote":1958},"Protect mature street trees and plant where there are few","TEAM would improve street tree management to protect existing mature trees and add new trees where they are lacking, with the goal of healthy tree cover on all city boulevards.","Boulevards are city land, so this needs Council's support as well as the Park Board's.",{"title":1960,"detail":1961,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1962},"Keep and upgrade heritage park facilities","The party would retain, protect and upgrade heritage facilities within the parks and recreation system.","The Park Board maintains the facilities in its parks.",{"title":1964,"detail":1965,"authority":813,"authorityNote":1966},"Plan for climate change in parks, beaches and seawalls","TEAM would assess and plan for the effect of climate change on the parks and recreation system, including beaches and seawalls, and protect and expand the tree canopy across the city to provide shade and support urban wildlife and ecology.","The Park Board runs beaches, seawalls in parks and park trees.",[1968,1971,1974,1977,1980,1983],{"question":1969,"answer":1970},"What would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver do about logging in Stanley Park?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would halt the current logging in Stanley Park until a full scientific review and independent risk assessments are done, and allow only trees judged imminently dangerous by a provincially certified tree risk assessor to be cut (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1972,"answer":1973},"How much parkland does TEAM want for Vancouver?","TEAM says it would plan the park system for growth at a ratio of 1.1 hectares of parks per 1000 people, which it says matches previous City and Park Board policy (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1975,"answer":1976},"Would TEAM add parks on Vancouver's east side?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would add green spaces, recreation facilities and parks, especially on the east side of the city, which it says has been historically underserved (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1978,"answer":1979},"What does TEAM plan for street trees in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would protect mature street trees, plant new ones where there are few, and increase planting and care of the urban forest on city land, with the goal that all city boulevards have healthy tree cover (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1981,"answer":1982},"Would TEAM make temporary parks permanent?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would designate existing temporary and de facto parks as permanent parks so they last for generations to come (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":1984,"answer":1985},"Can the Park Board protect Stanley Park on its own?","The Park Board manages Stanley Park and controls its trees and maintenance, so commissioners could act on TEAM's logging promise. TEAM would also ask the City to acknowledge the board's exclusive authority over the park (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).","parks-trees-and-green-space","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--parks-trees-and-green-space","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would halt logging in Stanley Park until an independent review is done, make temporary parks permanent, aim for 1.1 hectares of park per 1000 people, add parks on the east side, and plant and protect more trees on streets and city land.","ANTarFDBXMaPR93TZFffR9PZ3WbvmLh5x_k6MxMSO7E",{"id":1991,"title":1992,"checkedAt":576,"context":1993,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":1994,"headline":2001,"issues":2002,"meta":2003,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2004,"party":519,"pillar":813,"proposals":2009,"questions":2054,"slug":2073,"source":234,"stem":2074,"summary":2075,"__hash__":2076},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--protecting-the-park-board.json","Protecting the Park Board",[],[1995,1998],{"value":1996,"label":1997},"$739 million","Investment TEAM pledges for parks and recreation facilities over four years",{"value":1999,"label":2000},"Over 70%","Share of recreational facilities the party says are rated in the two lowest condition grades, \"poor\" or worse","TEAM on the Park Board: keep it elected and pledge $739 million over four years",[224,1264],{},[2005,2006,2007,2008],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver makes saving the elected Park Board the first item in its parks platform. The party says Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC council majority asked the Province to change the Vancouver Charter so the board would be eliminated, and it calls this a \"power grab\". TEAM says the board was created early in Vancouver's history to protect Stanley Park from development, separate from the City's job of developing land, and that the reason still holds.","TEAM's plan, which it calls \"Better Parks and Recreation for Everyone\", would withdraw the City's request and move finance, operations and facilities back from City departments to the Park Board, with line-by-line oversight of its budget. The board would get a set share of the City's tax base. The party pledges $739 million over four years for parks and recreation facilities, and says over 70% of recreation facilities are rated in poor condition or worse.","Other items set rules for how parks are run. TEAM would keep park assets publicly owned and operated, stop selling park naming rights as a source of money, prefer the board's own staff over outside contractors, and require public engagement and several expert opinions before major projects. It would also ask the City to accept that commissioners have exclusive authority over Stanley Park.","The Park Board's existence and powers are set by the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change. Withdrawing the City's request and moving money and staff back to the board are Council decisions, so these promises need TEAM councillors as well as commissioners.",[2010,2014,2018,2022,2026,2030,2034,2038,2042,2046,2050],{"title":2011,"detail":2012,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2013},"Withdraw the request to eliminate the Park Board","TEAM would withdraw the City's request to the Province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board. Its summary page calls this saving the board from what it calls Ken Sim's power grab.","The party says the request came from Council, which could withdraw it, while only the Province can change the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":2015,"detail":2016,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2017},"Keep Park Board assets publicly owned and operated","The party would keep Park Board assets publicly owned and operated.","The Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.",{"title":2019,"detail":2020,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2021},"Return finance, operations and facilities to the Park Board","TEAM would restore the Park Board's authority over its operations and facilities by moving finance, operations and facilities back under its control from the City's planning, real estate and facilities departments, while managing its finances with line-by-line budget analysis and oversight.","Council controls the City departments that now hold these duties, so moving them back needs Council and the Park Board together.",{"title":2023,"detail":2024,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2025},"Secure funding as a set share of the tax base","The party would advocate for secure, ongoing funding for the Park Board as a specified portion of the City of Vancouver tax base.","Council sets the property tax and decides the Park Board's budget.",{"title":2027,"detail":2028,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2029},"Keep park management to the core mandate","TEAM would stop what it calls the politicization of park management, with policies and goals beyond the Park Board's core mandate of maintaining and improving parks and recreation for all Vancouverites.","Commissioners set the Park Board's policies and goals.",{"title":2031,"detail":2032,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2033},"No sale of park naming rights","The party says the main purpose of parks is to preserve natural areas and improve residents' quality of life through green space and recreation, and that park land should not be used as a source of revenue, such as by selling park naming rights.","The Park Board decides whether to sell naming rights for its parks and facilities.",{"title":2035,"detail":2036,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2037},"Balanced policies that serve citizens","TEAM would create balanced policies that serve the needs of Vancouver residents as the Vancouver Charter requires, in place of serving third-party interests or possible privatization.","Commissioners set the Park Board's policies.",{"title":2039,"detail":2040,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2041},"City recognition of Park Board authority over Stanley Park","The party would seek City acknowledgement that Park Board commissioners have exclusive authority over the maintenance and management of Stanley Park, consistent with the Vancouver Charter.","The acknowledgement would be a Council decision.",{"title":2043,"detail":2044,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2045},"Public engagement and expert opinion before major park projects","TEAM would make sure there is public engagement and that several expert opinions are considered before major projects are carried out in Vancouver parks.","The Park Board approves projects in its parks and sets how it consults.",{"title":2047,"detail":2048,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2049},"In-house park workers and WorkSafe BC guidelines","The party would give preference to in-house employees over outside contractors in parks projects, and follow all WorkSafe BC guidelines to protect workers.","The Park Board decides how its projects are staffed.",{"title":2051,"detail":2052,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2053},"$739 million over four years for parks and recreation","TEAM's summary page pledges $739 million over four years to invest in parks and recreation facilities, as part of its Better Parks and Recreation for Everyone plan.","The capital plan that pays for park facilities is approved by Council, so the Park Board needs Council to fund this.",[2055,2058,2061,2064,2067,2070],{"question":2056,"answer":2057},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want to keep the elected Park Board?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would withdraw the City's request to the Province to change the Vancouver Charter to eliminate the elected Park Board, and would return finance, operations and facilities to the board (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":2059,"answer":2060},"How much would TEAM spend on Vancouver parks?","TEAM's summary page pledges $739 million over four years to invest in parks and recreation facilities. The party says over 70% of recreational facilities are rated in poor condition or worse (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":2062,"answer":2063},"What is TEAM's Better Parks and Recreation for Everyone plan?","It is the name TEAM for a Livable Vancouver gives its parks plan. The party says it would save the Park Board, protect parkland, improve and expand parks and green spaces, and invest $739 million over four years in facilities (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":2065,"answer":2066},"Would TEAM sell park naming rights?","No. TEAM says the purpose of parks is to preserve natural areas and give residents green space and recreation, and that park land should not be used as a revenue source, such as by selling park naming rights (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":2068,"answer":2069},"How would TEAM fund the Park Board?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would advocate for secure, ongoing funding for the Park Board as a specified portion of the City of Vancouver tax base, and manage the board's finances line by line (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).",{"question":2071,"answer":2072},"Who decides whether Vancouver keeps its Park Board?","The Park Board is set up by the Vancouver Charter, which only the Province can change. Council can withdraw the City's request for that change, so TEAM's promise needs councillors as well as Park Board commissioners (TEAM Parks and Recreation page).","protecting-the-park-board","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpark-board--protecting-the-park-board","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would withdraw the City's request to the Province to eliminate the elected Park Board, return finance, operations and facilities to the board, give it a fixed share of the tax base, and invest $739 million over four years in parks and recreation.","F-pifK1aToXoYDSj5P-8ng_SiAMOTQMWRiCECdi-qfA",{"id":2078,"title":2079,"checkedAt":576,"context":2080,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2081,"headline":2082,"issues":2083,"meta":2084,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2085,"party":519,"pillar":161,"proposals":2090,"questions":2135,"slug":2154,"source":594,"stem":2155,"summary":2156,"__hash__":2157},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety--care-addiction-and-the-downtown-eastside.json","Care, Addiction and the Downtown Eastside",[],[],"TEAM on addiction and the Downtown Eastside: an audit, care beds and Car 87",[134,161],{},[2086,2087,2088,2089],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver calls its safety plan \"Restoring Order to Our City\" and says it would replace what it sees as failed management of addiction with an approach built on recovery. On its Safety for All pages, the party says people living with homelessness, addiction and mental illness are not getting the care they need and end up relying on emergency services.","The best-known promise is a Downtown Eastside Audit. TEAM says it would support Larry Campbell, whom it names as the Province's recently appointed advisor for the Downtown Eastside, and would ask for detailed audits of funding and results if needed, so the money reaches the people it is meant for. The party would also measure needs and resources and make the gaps public.","TEAM lists the care it wants from other governments: voluntary treatment on demand, involuntary care beds, transition services and long-term support. It would fully apply the Four Pillars approach of treatment, harm reduction, prevention and enforcement, and expand Car 87, which the party describes as a partnership between the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Coastal Health. Housing for homeless people would be matched to each person's needs, which the party contrasts with \"warehousing\".","Health services, treatment beds and drug policy belong to the provincial and federal governments, so most of this chapter is about what a TEAM council would ask for and organize. The city can fund its own outreach, bring agencies together and publish data, but Car 87 expansion depends, as the party itself says, on funding from Vancouver Coastal Health.",[2091,2095,2099,2103,2107,2111,2115,2119,2123,2127,2131],{"title":2092,"detail":2093,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2094},"Long-term care for complex needs with the Province","TEAM would work with the Province so that people with complex needs from homelessness, addiction and mental health issues get long-term care that covers all of those needs, in place of emergency services. Its pages name voluntary treatment on demand, involuntary care beds, transition services and supports for long-term solutions.","Health care, treatment beds and involuntary care are run by the Province, so the city can only press for them.",{"title":2096,"detail":2097,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2098},"A Downtown Eastside Audit","The party would establish a Downtown Eastside Audit to support the Province's advisor for the Downtown Eastside, Larry Campbell, so that the community's social issues are addressed and resources reach the people who need them, including asking for detailed audits of funding and outcomes if needed.","The city can review its own spending, but most social and health funding in the area comes from the Province and the federal government.",{"title":2100,"detail":2101,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2102},"Measure needs and publicize gaps","TEAM would work with provincial and federal governments and other agencies to secure resources for vulnerable people and communities, measure both needs and resources, and make the gaps public.","The city can gather and publish data, while most of the resources come from senior governments.",{"title":2104,"detail":2105,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2106},"Full implementation of the Four Pillars","The party would seek full implementation of the Four Pillars approach: treatment on demand, harm reduction, prevention and enforcement.","Treatment and harm reduction services are provincial, drug law is federal, and police are directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2108,"detail":2109,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2110},"Safe housing matched to each person","TEAM would seek proper safe housing for homeless people based on each person's needs, which it contrasts with what it calls warehousing of vulnerable people.","The city decides where supportive housing is approved, but the Province funds and runs most of it.",{"title":2112,"detail":2113,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2114},"Support and training for addiction and mental health care","The party would seek access to support and training to provide addiction and mental health care.","Addiction and mental health care are provincial health services.",{"title":2116,"detail":2117,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2118},"Address the overdose crisis and safe supply","TEAM would work with other governments on the overdose crisis and on what it calls the need for a safe drug supply.","Health policy on drugs is provincial and drug law is federal, so the city can only press for change.",{"title":2120,"detail":2121,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2122},"Expand Car 87","The party would expand the Car 87 program, which it describes as a partnership between the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Coastal Health, with details set by a needs assessment and confirmation of provincial funding through Vancouver Coastal Health.","The program needs funding from Vancouver Coastal Health, a provincial health authority, and staffing decisions from the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2124,"detail":2125,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2126},"Coordinate agencies","TEAM would coordinate agencies so they work together as effectively as possible.","The city can bring agencies together, but most social service agencies are funded by other governments.",{"title":2128,"detail":2129,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2130},"Job and vocational training","The party would help arrange, with other levels of government, job and vocational training where appropriate.","Job training is funded mainly by the provincial and federal governments.",{"title":2132,"detail":2133,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2134},"Help homeless people connect with a community","TEAM would coordinate with community agencies to help homeless and disadvantaged people find connection within a community.","The city funds community grants and its own outreach work.",[2136,2139,2142,2145,2148,2151],{"question":2137,"answer":2138},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Audit?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would set up a Downtown Eastside Audit to support Larry Campbell, whom it names as the Province's advisor for the area. The goal is to make sure resources reach the people who need them, including detailed audits of funding and outcomes if needed (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2140,"answer":2141},"Does TEAM support involuntary care for addiction in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would work with the Province so people with complex needs get voluntary treatment on demand, involuntary care beds, transition services and long-term supports. The Province runs these health services, so the city can only press for them (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2143,"answer":2144},"What does TEAM say about safe supply and the overdose crisis?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver lists addressing the overdose crisis and the need for a safe drug supply among the items it would pursue with provincial and federal governments, along with full implementation of the Four Pillars: treatment on demand, harm reduction, prevention and enforcement (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2146,"answer":2147},"Would TEAM expand Car 87?","Yes. TEAM says it would expand Car 87, which it describes as a partnership between the Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Coastal Health. Details would follow a needs assessment and confirmation of provincial funding through Vancouver Coastal Health (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2149,"answer":2150},"What is TEAM's Restoring Order to Our City plan?","Restoring Order to Our City is the name TEAM for a Livable Vancouver gives its public safety and recovery plan. The party says it would restore order, strengthen neighbourhood policing, protect people from violence and replace the current management of addiction with an approach focused on recovery (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2152,"answer":2153},"Who would pay for TEAM's addiction and mental health plans?","Most of the care TEAM names, such as treatment beds, involuntary care and mental health services, is funded and run by the Province. TEAM says the city would work with provincial and federal governments to secure resources and would publish the gaps between needs and resources (TEAM Safety for All page).","care-addiction-and-the-downtown-eastside","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety--care-addiction-and-the-downtown-eastside","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would set up a Downtown Eastside Audit, press the Province for voluntary treatment on demand and involuntary care beds, fully apply the Four Pillars approach to drugs, and expand Car 87, a Vancouver Police and Vancouver Coastal Health partnership.","W4iqF7vX0w585WatP13of836R49b9YbRIlz73WW39g4",{"id":2159,"title":2160,"checkedAt":576,"context":2161,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2162,"headline":2163,"issues":2164,"meta":2165,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2166,"party":519,"pillar":161,"proposals":2171,"questions":2236,"slug":2255,"source":594,"stem":2256,"summary":2257,"__hash__":2258},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety--policing-bylaws-and-emergencies.json","Policing, Bylaws and Emergency Readiness",[],[],"TEAM on safety: district policing, bylaw enforcement and a disaster-proof command centre",[161,371],{},[2167,2168,2169,2170],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says public safety in Vancouver has been getting worse for decades and that past mayors offered \"slogans, not solutions\". This part of its Safety for All platform covers the daily work of keeping streets safe and clean: policing, bylaws, sanitation, wildlife and readiness for disasters.","On policing, TEAM would bring in district policing, where officers are tied to one area of the city, and give more support to community programs such as Block Watch, which the party says would be overseen by the councillor responsible for that neighbourhood. It would work with police, nearby cities and the Province to prevent crime, enforce laws against public drug use, and review whether police, fire and emergency services can keep up with population growth.","Other promises are about the state of public space. TEAM would enforce bylaws it says have been ignored, add public washrooms, collect syringes more often from streets and playgrounds, clean public spaces more, act quickly when wildlife attacks residents, and start a city-wide program to cut the rat population. For disasters, it would build a disaster-proof emergency command centre, help neighbourhoods prepare, and plan cooling for low-income seniors and people living in SROs, single room occupancy hotels, during extreme heat.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department, so district policing and enforcement priorities need the board. Bylaws, street cleaning, washrooms, fire services and emergency planning are run by the city itself.",[2172,2176,2180,2184,2188,2192,2196,2200,2204,2208,2212,2216,2220,2224,2228,2232],{"title":2173,"detail":2174,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2175},"Consult residents on neighbourhood safety","TEAM would consult residents to inform policy on health and safety issues in their neighbourhoods.","Council sets how the city consults on its own policies.",{"title":2177,"detail":2178,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2179},"Prioritize crime prevention","The party would prioritize crime prevention by working with police, neighbouring cities and the Province. Its summary page says this would protect residents and businesses from petty crime and vandalism.","Council funds the police, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department, and other cities and the Province run their own services.",{"title":2181,"detail":2182,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2183},"Enforce laws against public drug use","TEAM's summary page says it would work with the police and the Province to enforce laws against public drug use.","Drug laws are federal and provincial and the Vancouver Police Board directs enforcement, while the city can pass its own bylaws on the use of public space.",{"title":2185,"detail":2186,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2187},"Review police, fire and emergency services for growth","The party would review whether police, fire and other emergency services can meet current and future needs from increasing density and population, and add new resources as required.","Council approves the police budget, and fire and rescue services report to the city.",{"title":2189,"detail":2190,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2191},"Implement district policing","TEAM would implement district policing.","Council funds the police, but how the department is organized is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2193,"detail":2194,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2195},"More support for community policing such as Block Watch","The party would increase support for community policing initiatives such as Block Watch, coordination with school programs, youth at risk and anti-gang supports. Its pages say Block Watch would be overseen by the councillor responsible for each neighbourhood.","Council can fund community programs, while police participation is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2197,"detail":2198,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2199},"Enforce ignored bylaws","TEAM would enforce bylaws that have been ignored. Its summary page says this would crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.","The city enforces its own bylaws through its own staff.",{"title":2201,"detail":2202,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2203},"More public washrooms and syringe collection","The party would improve safety and sanitation with more public washrooms and frequent collection of syringes on streets and playgrounds.","The city runs street cleaning and public washrooms on city land.",{"title":2205,"detail":2206,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2207},"Cleaner public spaces and action on repeat petty crime","TEAM would improve the cleaning of public spaces and address repeat petty crime.","The city runs street cleaning, while police work is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2209,"detail":2210,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2211},"Act immediately on wildlife threats","The party would act immediately when and where wildlife threatens or attacks residents. Its pages also speak of responding to urban wildlife threats.","The city can respond with its own staff on land it runs, and would need the Park Board for parks.",{"title":2213,"detail":2214,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2215},"A city-wide rat reduction program","TEAM would implement a city-wide program to reduce the rat population.","The city can run its own pest control program and set bylaws on garbage and property upkeep.",{"title":2217,"detail":2218,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2219},"Neighbourhood disaster readiness and heat planning","The party would improve disaster and emergency resilience by engaging neighbourhoods with the resources they need, planning for disasters and climate events across the city as part of planning, and making sure the most vulnerable, such as low-income seniors and people in SROs, have air conditioning or cooling facilities in extreme heat.","The party itself notes that planning for disasters is within the city's mandate.",{"title":2221,"detail":2222,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2223},"A disaster-proof emergency command centre","TEAM would build a disaster-proof emergency command centre.","Council approves the capital plan, which pays for city buildings.",{"title":2225,"detail":2226,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2227},"Mental health support for emergency responders","The party would provide additional mental health support for emergency responders.","The city employs firefighters and funds the police, so it can pay for support programs.",{"title":2229,"detail":2230,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2231},"Recruiting and cultural awareness training for first responders","TEAM would support the recruiting and cultural awareness training of police and other first responders.","Council funds police and fire services, but police hiring and training are directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2233,"detail":2234,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2235},"Local gardening and farmers markets for food security","The party would improve food security and community development by encouraging local gardening on private or public property and neighbourhood farmers' markets that provide local produce. Its parks page also speaks of supporting gardens and urban farming in public and private spaces.","Council controls city land and market permits, while gardens in parks need the Park Board.",[2237,2240,2243,2246,2249,2252],{"question":2238,"answer":2239},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver support district policing?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would implement district policing and increase support for community policing such as Block Watch, school programs, youth at risk and anti-gang supports. The Vancouver Police Board directs how the department is organized, while Council approves its budget (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2241,"answer":2242},"What would TEAM do about public drug use in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would work with the police and the Province to enforce laws against public drug use, as part of its focus on crime prevention and protecting residents and businesses from petty crime and vandalism (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2244,"answer":2245},"Would TEAM add public washrooms in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would improve safety and sanitation with more public washrooms and more frequent collection of syringes on streets and playgrounds (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2247,"answer":2248},"What does TEAM plan for rats in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would implement a city-wide program to reduce the rat population. It also promises to act immediately when wildlife threatens or attacks residents (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2250,"answer":2251},"How would TEAM prepare Vancouver for disasters and heat waves?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would build a disaster-proof emergency command centre, help neighbourhoods prepare with the resources they need, and make sure low-income seniors and people in SROs have air conditioning or cooling facilities in extreme heat (TEAM Safety for All page).",{"question":2253,"answer":2254},"Can Vancouver City Council direct the police?","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. TEAM's district policing and enforcement promises would need the board, while bylaws, cleaning and emergency planning are run by the city itself (TEAM Safety for All page).","policing-bylaws-and-emergencies","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety--policing-bylaws-and-emergencies","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would bring in district policing, back Block Watch, enforce ignored bylaws and laws against public drug use, add public washrooms, start a city-wide rat program, build a disaster-proof emergency command centre and add cooling for vulnerable people in heat waves.","MW8SsCcTs2PMbvfyzGukov2JCVeyWTkutnIzjf-y9q4",{"id":2260,"title":2261,"checkedAt":576,"context":2262,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2263,"headline":2272,"issues":2273,"meta":2274,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2275,"party":519,"pillar":844,"proposals":2280,"questions":2331,"slug":2350,"source":295,"stem":2351,"summary":2352,"__hash__":2353},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fschool-board--access-to-schools-in-all-neighbourhoods.json","Ensuring Access to Schools in All Neighbourhoods",[],[2264,2266,2269],{"value":1266,"label":2265},"Annexes the party says remain at high risk in a seismic event",{"value":2267,"label":2268},"28","Elementary schools the party says remain at high risk in a seismic event",{"value":2270,"label":2271},"11","Secondary schools the party says remain at high risk in a seismic event","TEAM on school planning: end enrolment lotteries and stop selling school land",[284,453],{},[2276,2277,2278,2279],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the local school should be where local children go, and that poor planning means many neighbourhoods have no school or one that is too small. Its Schools pages argue that as the City adds housing, the School Board must plan with it so that schools are built where children live now and where they will live. TEAM would work to end enrolment lotteries, which decide who gets a place when a school is full, and keep children from one family in the same school.","Land is the second theme. TEAM would stop selling school land and keep school buildings in public hands for future growth, filling empty space with child care, seniors care or community programs. It would act to reverse the proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Annex, the lease of Fleming's field and the closure of Carleton, and keep existing schools open. New schools would go first to new neighbourhoods such as Olympic Village.","TEAM also points to earthquake risk. It says four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools remain at high risk in a seismic event, and it would demand that the Province act. It would work with the Park Board on school fields and community programs and add child care at school sites, with a long-term aim of preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.","The Board of Education decides catchment boundaries, school use and whether to sell land, so trustees could act on most of these items. New schools, seismic upgrades and preschool programs need money and approval from the Province, so on those the board can only press.",[2281,2284,2288,2292,2296,2300,2303,2307,2311,2315,2319,2323,2327],{"title":292,"detail":2282,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2283},"TEAM would work to end school enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the City, so schools are planned where students need them, when they need them.","The School Board sets catchments and admissions, but planning schools for new housing needs the City, and new buildings need provincial funding.",{"title":2285,"detail":2286,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2287},"Keep siblings in the same school","The party would prioritize keeping children from one family together in the same school.","The School Board sets its own admission rules.",{"title":2289,"detail":2290,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2291},"Plan with the District Parent Advisory Council","TEAM would work with the District Parent Advisory Council, the district-wide body of school parent groups, on how best to serve neighbourhoods. Its pages say it would treat Parent Advisory Councils as a resource.","The School Board decides how it consults parents.",{"title":2293,"detail":2294,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2295},"Keep City growth in step with school resources","The party would make sure City planning for growth does not get ahead of the school resources needed to support it.","Council decides where housing goes, while the School Board and the Province decide school capacity.",{"title":2297,"detail":2298,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2299},"New schools first in newly built neighbourhoods","TEAM would prioritize new schools to catch up in newly developed neighbourhoods, naming Olympic Village as one still waiting for a school.","The Province funds new school buildings, so the board can only ask for them.",{"title":297,"detail":2301,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2302},"The party would commit to keeping ownership of school buildings and property for future population growth, using space in underused schools for other community uses such as child care, seniors care or community programs.","The School Board decides whether to keep or dispose of its property.",{"title":2304,"detail":2305,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2306},"Reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, the Fleming field lease and the Carleton closure","TEAM would take action by any means possible to reverse the proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Annex, the leasing of Fleming's field and the closure of Carleton.","The School Board makes decisions on the sale, lease and closure of its schools.",{"title":2308,"detail":2309,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2310},"Demand seismic upgrades from the Province","The party would demand that the Province protect the four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools that it says remain at high risk in a seismic event.","Seismic upgrade funding comes from the Province, so the board can only press for it.",{"title":2312,"detail":2313,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2314},"Better fields and green space with the Park Board","TEAM would coordinate with the Park Board to improve fields and green spaces for use by the wider community as well as by the host schools.","School fields belong to the School Board and nearby parks to the Park Board, so both boards would have to agree.",{"title":2316,"detail":2317,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2318},"More community programs in school buildings","The party would make better use of school facilities by coordinating with the Park Board to offer more community programs.","The School Board controls its buildings and the Park Board runs community programs.",{"title":2320,"detail":2321,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2322},"Long-term planning based on accurate data","TEAM would make sure long-term planning uses accurate data and reflects recent housing densification mandates.","The School Board prepares its own long-range facilities plan.",{"title":2324,"detail":2325,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2326},"Keep existing schools open","The party's summary page says it would ensure continued access to neighbourhood schools by keeping existing schools open, while prioritizing new school construction in under-served communities.","The School Board decides whether to close a school.",{"title":2328,"detail":2329,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2330},"Child care at school sites and preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds","TEAM would incorporate child care into school sites with the long-range aim of an early education preschool program for all 3- and 4-year-olds, in line with Ministry of Education plans.","The School Board can offer space, but child care licensing and funding and any preschool program come from the Province.",[2332,2335,2338,2341,2344,2347],{"question":2333,"answer":2334},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver want to end school lotteries?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would work to end school enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the City, so schools are where students need them, when they need them (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2336,"answer":2337},"What does TEAM say about Queen Elizabeth Annex?","TEAM says it would take action by any means possible to reverse the proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Annex, along with the leasing of Fleming's field and the closure of Carleton (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2339,"answer":2340},"Would TEAM sell Vancouver school land?","No. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would stop disposing of school land and keep school buildings and property for future growth, using space in underused schools for child care, seniors care or community programs (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2342,"answer":2343},"How many Vancouver schools does TEAM say are at seismic risk?","TEAM says four annexes, twenty-eight elementary schools and eleven secondary schools remain at high risk in a seismic event, and it would demand that the Province protect them (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2345,"answer":2346},"Would a TEAM School Board build a school in Olympic Village?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would prioritize new schools in newly developed neighbourhoods and names Olympic Village as one still waiting for a school. New school buildings are funded by the Province, so the board would have to press for the money (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2348,"answer":2349},"Who decides school closures and land sales in Vancouver?","The Vancouver Board of Education decides on closures, catchments and its property, so TEAM trustees could act on those items. New schools and seismic upgrades need provincial funding (TEAM Schools page).","access-to-schools-in-all-neighbourhoods","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fschool-board--access-to-schools-in-all-neighbourhoods","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says its School Board would end enrolment lotteries through long-range planning with the City, keep siblings in the same school, stop selling school land, reverse the Queen Elizabeth Annex sale, keep schools open and press the Province on seismic upgrades.","cNchJd_3ll13MzYDoUbULa0Nh8mXfJ2ql8PrE1O39bQ",{"id":2355,"title":2356,"checkedAt":576,"context":2357,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2358,"headline":2364,"issues":2365,"meta":2366,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2367,"party":519,"pillar":844,"proposals":2372,"questions":2409,"slug":2426,"source":295,"stem":2427,"summary":2428,"__hash__":2429},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fschool-board--classrooms-programs-and-budget.json","Classrooms, Programs and the Budget",[],[2359,2362],{"value":2360,"label":2361},"100%","Share of Vancouver children TEAM wants to learn to swim",{"value":1111,"label":2363},"Share of Vancouver children the party says currently cannot swim","TEAM on classrooms: music in every school, swimming for all and a Copilot pause",[284,337],{},[2368,2369,2370,2371],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says the School Board has grown its administration while student results fell and parents were not heard. The party's answer is to direct a larger share of money to classrooms, look again at how much senior management has grown compared with classroom spending, and bring back meaningful public input into a transparent budget process.","Programs make up most of this chapter. TEAM would bring back the Elementary Band and Strings programs so every elementary school has music, and offer more alternative, applied skills and dual credit courses, which count toward both high school and post-secondary credit. It would set inclusion policies and measure whether they work. It would pause the rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+, an AI assistant, in secondary schools until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks and families and teachers have been consulted.","TEAM's swimming promise aims for 100% of Vancouver children to learn to swim; the party says 50% now cannot. It would run an integrated swimming and lifeguard program with qualified agencies and make community pools easier to reach. On money, it would negotiate with the Province to keep more of the school taxes collected in Vancouver for local schools.","Trustees set the district budget and decide programs, so most of these items are School Board decisions. The amount of school tax kept in Vancouver and the provincial funding formula are set by the Province, so on those the board can only negotiate.",[2373,2377,2381,2385,2389,2393,2397,2401,2405],{"title":2374,"detail":2375,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2376},"Redirect money from administration to classrooms","TEAM would make the best use of limited financial resources by directing a greater proportion to classroom learning. Its summary page says it would redirect financial resources from administration to classrooms.","The School Board approves the district budget.",{"title":2378,"detail":2379,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2380},"Review the growth of senior management","The party would examine the need for the expansion of senior management relative to spending directly in classrooms.","The School Board hires district senior staff and sets their budget.",{"title":2382,"detail":2383,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2384},"Public input into a transparent budget","TEAM would return to the practice of meaningful public input into a transparent budgeting process.","The School Board sets its own budget process.",{"title":2386,"detail":2387,"authority":1128,"authorityNote":2388},"Keep more Vancouver school taxes for local schools","The party would negotiate with the Province to keep more of the school taxes collected in Vancouver for local schools, which it says are underfunded. It says city school taxes now go into provincial general revenue, so Vancouver subsidizes the rest of the province.","The provincial funding formula is set by the Province, so the board can only negotiate.",{"title":2390,"detail":2391,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2392},"Pause Microsoft Copilot 13+ in secondary schools","TEAM would pause the rollout of Microsoft Copilot 13+ in secondary schools until research shows the benefits outweigh the risks, and students, families and educators have been meaningfully consulted.","The School Board decides which digital tools its schools use.",{"title":2394,"detail":2395,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2396},"Swimming and lifeguard training for every child","The party would provide an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so 100% of Vancouver children can learn to swim. It says 50% currently cannot. TEAM would provide the training with qualified agencies, offer more easily reached community-based pools, and link community centres and schools to focus on early learning for young children.","The School Board runs school programs, while pools and swimming lessons are run by the Park Board.",{"title":2398,"detail":2399,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2400},"Inclusion policies with measured outcomes","TEAM would implement inclusion policies and measure their outcomes to make sure they work.","The School Board sets district policies for student support.",{"title":2402,"detail":2403,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2404},"Music in every elementary school","The party would include music programming at every elementary school, bringing back the Elementary Band and Strings programs.","The School Board decides which programs its schools offer, within its budget.",{"title":2406,"detail":2407,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2408},"Pathways for students to pursue their passions","TEAM would provide pathways for students to find and pursue their passions, with more focus on alternative, applied skills and dual credit programs, which count for both high school and post-secondary credit. It says learners across the academic range need both support and challenge.","The School Board decides which programs its schools offer.",[2410,2412,2414,2417,2420,2423],{"question":2411,"answer":863},"Would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver bring back band and strings?",{"question":2413,"answer":866},"What does TEAM say about Microsoft Copilot in Vancouver schools?",{"question":2415,"answer":2416},"Would TEAM teach every Vancouver child to swim?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would run an integrated swimming and lifeguard training program so 100% of children learn to swim, saying 50% currently cannot. Pools are run by the Park Board, so the two boards would have to work together (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2418,"answer":2419},"How would TEAM change the Vancouver School Board budget?","TEAM says it would direct a greater share of money to classrooms, examine the growth of senior management compared with classroom spending, and bring back meaningful public input into a transparent budget process (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2421,"answer":2422},"What does TEAM want from the Province on school taxes?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would negotiate with the Province to keep more school taxes collected in Vancouver for local schools. The party says those taxes now go into provincial general revenue, so Vancouver subsidizes the rest of the province (TEAM Schools page).",{"question":2424,"answer":2425},"Can the Vancouver School Board decide its own programs?","Yes. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and approves the district budget, so trustees could act on music, inclusion and course offerings. Teacher pay and the funding formula are set by the Province (TEAM Schools page).","classrooms-programs-and-budget","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fschool-board--classrooms-programs-and-budget","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says its School Board would move money from administration to classrooms, bring back elementary band and strings, teach every child to swim, pause Microsoft Copilot 13+ in secondary schools and ask the Province to keep more Vancouver school taxes.","gB654QdgohiccenYPKbj2PzpPhDER3BxLWP6QkZ6kMQ",{"id":2431,"title":2432,"checkedAt":576,"context":2433,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2434,"headline":2435,"issues":2436,"meta":2437,"order":905,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2438,"party":519,"pillar":757,"proposals":2443,"questions":2476,"slug":2492,"source":598,"stem":2493,"summary":2494,"__hash__":2495},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--cycling.json","Cycling",[],[],"TEAM on cycling: review the Granville Connector and Stanley Park bike lanes",[190],{},[2439,2440,2441,2442],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it wants to make cycling safer and more attractive while planning for cars and trucks too. Its cycling list favours routes on quieter streets that cross the city and connect to each other, with better signs, lighting and paint, and promotion of those routes on the City website.","TEAM would also review projects it calls contentious, naming the Granville Bridge Connector and the bike lanes in Stanley Park and on Beach Avenue, along with traffic lane closures. It would review where street parking was removed for bike and scooter share stations that it says are little used. In each case it would consult the neighbourhoods, businesses and road users affected.","Other items deal with safety and training. TEAM would ask for secure, sheltered bike storage at major transit stops, bus loops and schools, use education and enforcement against conflicts between people walking and cycling on sidewalks, and work with two other elected bodies: the Park Board on bike markings in parks and the School Board on teaching elementary students the cycling rules in the Motor Vehicle Act.","City streets, bike lanes and their signs are designed and paid for by the city, so Council can act on routes and reviews alone. Storage at transit stops needs TransLink, park paths need the Park Board, and school training needs the School Board.",[2444,2448,2452,2456,2460,2464,2468,2472],{"title":2445,"detail":2446,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2447},"Safe, low-traffic cross-town bike routes","TEAM would prioritize safe, low-traffic, cost-effective cross-town and connected cycling routes with better signs, lighting and pavement painting.","The city owns and designs its streets and bike routes.",{"title":2449,"detail":2450,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2451},"Promote cycling routes on the City website","The party would promote cycling routes on the City website.","The city runs its own website.",{"title":2453,"detail":2454,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2455},"Review the Granville Bridge Connector and Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes","TEAM would review contentious projects such as the Granville Bridge Connector, the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, and traffic lane closures, consulting with affected neighbourhoods, businesses and road users.","Council controls city streets and bridges, while roads inside Stanley Park are under the Park Board.",{"title":2457,"detail":2458,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2459},"Review lane closures and parking removed for share depots","The party would review traffic lane closures and the removal of street parking for bike and scooter share depots it calls under-used, consulting with local neighbourhoods and businesses.","The city controls street space and parking on its streets.",{"title":2461,"detail":2462,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2463},"Secure bike storage at transit stops, bus loops and schools","TEAM would advocate for secure, sheltered bicycle storage at major transit stops, bus loops and schools.","Transit stations are run by TransLink and schools by the School Board, so the city can only ask them.",{"title":2465,"detail":2466,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2467},"Education and enforcement on sidewalk cycling","The party would tackle conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists on public sidewalks through education and enforcement.","The city can run education and enforce its own street bylaws, while traffic enforcement is directed by the Vancouver Police Board.",{"title":2469,"detail":2470,"authority":813,"authorityNote":2471},"Clear bike markings in parks","TEAM would work with the Park Board to make sure pavement markings that regulate bicycles in parks are clearly visible and maintained.","Paths inside parks are run by the Park Board.",{"title":2473,"detail":2474,"authority":844,"authorityNote":2475},"Cycling rules training for elementary students","The party would work with the School Board so elementary students receive training on the rules for cyclists under the Motor Vehicle Act.","School programs are decided by the Board of Education.",[2477,2480,2483,2486,2489],{"question":2478,"answer":2479},"Would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver remove the Stanley Park bike lane?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would review the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, the Granville Bridge Connector and traffic lane closures, consulting with affected neighbourhoods, businesses and road users. The party describes this as a review with consultation (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2481,"answer":2482},"What kind of bike routes does TEAM support?","TEAM says it would prioritize safe, low-traffic, cost-effective cross-town routes that connect to each other, with better signs, lighting and pavement painting, and would promote them on the City website (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2484,"answer":2485},"What would TEAM do about bikes on sidewalks?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would tackle conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists on public sidewalks through education and enforcement (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2487,"answer":2488},"Does TEAM support bike and scooter share stations?","TEAM says it would review the removal of street parking for bike and scooter share depots that it calls under-used, together with traffic lane closures, and would consult local neighbourhoods and businesses (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2490,"answer":2491},"Who would TEAM work with on cycling?","TEAM says it would work with the Park Board on clear bike markings in parks, with the School Board on cycling rules training for elementary students, and would ask for secure bike storage at transit stops, bus loops and schools. Council controls city streets and bike routes (TEAM Transportation page).","cycling","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--cycling","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would build safe, low-traffic, cross-town bike routes, review the Granville Bridge Connector and the Stanley Park and Beach Avenue bike lanes, ask for secure bike storage at transit stops and schools, and enforce rules against cycling on sidewalks.","DNsVZPix9J5d207uWFdqGJGZVj_UzbWIKnK1vE7Ujzg",{"id":2497,"title":2498,"checkedAt":576,"context":2499,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2500,"headline":2501,"issues":2502,"meta":2503,"order":1266,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2504,"party":519,"pillar":757,"proposals":2508,"questions":2556,"slug":2575,"source":598,"stem":2576,"summary":2577,"__hash__":2578},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--personal-and-commercial-vehicles.json","Personal and Commercial Vehicles",[],[],"TEAM on driving: no road pricing, parking minimums back, synchronized traffic lights",[190,70],{},[2505,2506,2507],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says past councils treated private cars as a problem while transit was not planned well enough to replace them. Its \"all-of-the-above\" approach would invest in road upkeep and improvements so that people can get around whether they drive, take transit, cycle or walk. The party says cars and trucks will change how they are powered but will stay part of the city.","Two promises are firm refusals. TEAM says it would not bring in road pricing, a charge for driving on certain roads, because it says this hurts workers who must drive into the city, tracks people's movements against their civil rights and keeps customers away from local businesses. It also would not adopt the city-wide parking permits that it says an earlier council proposed. The party would also reverse a council decision and restore minimum off-street parking for all new buildings, with room for EV charging.","On traffic flow, TEAM would synchronize traffic lights, improve turn lanes and loading zones, give buses priority at signals, and improve flow on major roads so drivers stop cutting through residential streets. Where a separate bike route is nearby, it would keep non-vehicle traffic off major roads and bus routes. Streets, signals and parking rules all belong to the city, so Council could act on most of this alone.",[2509,2513,2517,2521,2525,2529,2533,2537,2540,2544,2548,2552],{"title":2510,"detail":2511,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2512},"An all-of-the-above strategy with road maintenance","TEAM's summary page says it would adopt an \"all-of-the-above\" transportation strategy, investing in needed improvements and maintenance of road networks so everyone can get around more easily, whether by personal vehicle, transit, bicycle or on foot.","The city owns and maintains its roads.",{"title":2514,"detail":2515,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2516},"Better flow on major roads to reduce shortcutting","The party would improve traffic flow on major arteries to reduce shortcutting through residential neighbourhoods.","The city designs its streets and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":2518,"detail":2519,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2520},"Keep non-vehicle traffic off major roads near bike routes","TEAM would prohibit non-vehicular traffic on major arteries and bus routes when there is a defined cycling or rolling route nearby.","Council sets the city's street and traffic bylaws.",{"title":2522,"detail":2523,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2524},"Consult on safer residential streets and goods movement","The party would consult neighbourhoods on ways to make residential streets safer, such as speed limits and roundabouts, and on strategies for moving commercial goods more smoothly.","The city designs its residential streets and consults on changes to them.",{"title":2526,"detail":2527,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2528},"Synchronized lights, turn lanes, loading zones and transit signal priority","TEAM would improve traffic flow by synchronizing traffic lights and designing roads for better flow, including improved turn lanes, commercial loading areas and signal priority for public transit.","The city controls its own traffic signals and street design.",{"title":2530,"detail":2531,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2532},"Restore minimum parking for all new construction","The party would reverse council's decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction, with adequate provision for electric vehicle charging, so residents have parking within their building. Its planning page says onsite parking minimums should stay in the Parking Bylaw to allow future EV charging.","Council sets parking requirements through the city's Parking Bylaw.",{"title":2534,"detail":2535,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2536},"Easier conversion of existing parking for EV charging","TEAM would make it easier to convert existing onsite parking for electric vehicle charging.","The city sets its own building and permit rules for chargers.",{"title":2538,"detail":2539,"authority":915,"authorityNote":1137},"Pre-wire new parking stalls for EV charging","The party would require newly built parking stalls to be pre-wired for electric charging.",{"title":2541,"detail":2542,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2543},"No road pricing","TEAM says it would not implement road pricing, which it says unfairly affects workers who must drive into the city, tracks individuals' movements against civil rights and discourages access to local businesses in the affected area.","Road pricing is a policy choice the city would have to pursue, so a Council majority can decline to pursue it.",{"title":2545,"detail":2546,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2547},"No city-wide parking permits","The party says it would not adopt the city-wide parking permits it says were previously proposed by Council.","Council sets the city's parking permit rules.",{"title":2549,"detail":2550,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2551},"Review tour bus, taxi and charter access","TEAM would review access, parking and stopping areas for tour buses, taxis and chartered services at popular locations, with input from the tourism and hospitality sectors.","The city controls curb space and stopping rules on its streets.",{"title":2553,"detail":2554,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2555},"Enough gas stations and EV charging","The party would make sure there is adequate access to gas stations as well as electric charging, since it says most vehicles are hybrid or gas powered, preferably with local Canadian gas.","Council controls zoning, which decides where gas stations and chargers can operate.",[2557,2560,2563,2566,2569,2572],{"question":2558,"answer":2559},"Does TEAM for a Livable Vancouver support road pricing?","No. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would not implement road pricing, which it says unfairly affects workers who must drive into the city, tracks people's movements against civil rights and discourages access to local businesses (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2561,"answer":2562},"Would TEAM bring back parking minimums in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM says it would reverse council's decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction, with adequate provision for electric vehicle charging (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2564,"answer":2565},"Would TEAM introduce city-wide parking permits?","No. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would not adopt the city-wide parking permits it says were previously proposed by Council (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2567,"answer":2568},"How would TEAM reduce traffic congestion in Vancouver?","TEAM says it would synchronize traffic lights, improve turn lanes and commercial loading areas, give transit priority at signals, and improve flow on major roads to reduce shortcutting through residential streets (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2570,"answer":2571},"What does TEAM say about gas stations?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would ensure adequate access to gas stations as well as electric charging, because it says most vehicles are hybrid or gas powered, preferably with local Canadian gas (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2573,"answer":2574},"Can Vancouver City Council decide parking and traffic rules on its own?","Yes. The city owns and designs its streets and sets parking rules, so a Council majority could act on TEAM's traffic signal, parking minimum and road pricing positions without another government (TEAM Transportation page).","personal-and-commercial-vehicles","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--personal-and-commercial-vehicles","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would not bring in road pricing or city-wide parking permits, would restore minimum parking for all new buildings with EV charging, synchronize traffic lights, keep through traffic off residential streets and make sure the city has enough gas stations.","620Dzg9hCmJyBC78_T0QhGInOxad8ny-9K6frFQxLQo",{"id":2580,"title":2581,"checkedAt":576,"context":2582,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2583,"headline":2590,"issues":2591,"meta":2592,"order":1014,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2593,"party":519,"pillar":757,"proposals":2597,"questions":2641,"slug":2660,"source":598,"stem":2661,"summary":2662,"__hash__":2663},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--transit.json","Transit",[],[2584,2587],{"value":2585,"label":2586},"5 minutes","Walking time to a local transit stop that TEAM would aim for for every resident",{"value":2588,"label":2589},"2019","Year of the City of Vancouver Streetcar Feasibility Study the party would review","TEAM on transit: a bus stop within a 5-minute walk and streetcars on arterials",[190],{},[2594,2595,2596],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says much of Vancouver is still hard to reach by transit and that the money should go into a better bus network for the whole city. On its Transportation pages, the party prefers electric buses running on many arterial streets over a few costly rapid transit corridors.","The bus promises are specific. TEAM would aim for every resident to live within a 5-minute walk of a local stop, add small community bus routes in parts of the city it calls neglected, restore neighbourhood and express routes that TransLink has cut, and keep fares affordable. Its summary page adds that it would stop the removal of bus stops and add new ones in neighbourhoods with poor service. Buses would move to electric, using both trolley buses and battery buses.","TEAM would also look at bringing back streetcars on a few arterial streets where enough people would ride them, and points to the City's 2019 Streetcar Feasibility Study. It would work with fast-growing neighbouring cities on stronger regional routes. Every one of these steps runs through TransLink, the regional body that plans and runs buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus. The city does not control TransLink, so a TEAM council could ask, negotiate and help with street space, but TransLink would decide.",[2598,2602,2606,2610,2614,2618,2622,2626,2630,2634,2637],{"title":2599,"detail":2600,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2601},"Equitable, affordable transit for every neighbourhood","TEAM would work with TransLink and local communities to develop more equitable, affordable and suitably scaled transit options to serve all Vancouver neighbourhoods.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses, so the city can only work with it.",{"title":2603,"detail":2604,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2605},"Restore and electrify cut bus routes with affordable fares","The party would work with TransLink on service improvements such as restoring and electrifying neighbourhood and express bus services on lines TransLink has cut in recent years, and keeping fares affordable.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and sets fares.",{"title":2607,"detail":2608,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2609},"A local transit stop within a 5-minute walk","TEAM would aim for a level of bus service that puts all residents within a 5-minute walk of a local transit stop.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and decides where stops and routes go.",{"title":2611,"detail":2612,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2613},"Small community bus routes","The party would add small community bus routes to neglected parts of the city.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and decides new routes.",{"title":2615,"detail":2616,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2617},"Electrify the bus system","TEAM would work with TransLink to electrify the bus system, using both trolley buses and battery buses, to reduce noise, greenhouse gases, particulates and diesel air pollution.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and buys the fleet.",{"title":2619,"detail":2620,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2621},"Electric transit across the arterial network","The party would focus on neighbourhood-based planning for complete, walkable communities served by electric transit that is affordable to build throughout the arterial network, in place of only a few expensive transit corridors. Its environment page also speaks of working with TransLink to expand frequent service on all arterials.","Council controls neighbourhood planning and city streets, while TransLink runs the transit service.",{"title":2623,"detail":2624,"authority":928,"authorityNote":2625},"Bring back streetcars on selected arterials","TEAM would restore neighbourhood-friendly streetcars on a few selected arterial streets where ridership justifies it, and would review the City of Vancouver's 2019 Streetcar Feasibility Study.","The city controls its streets, while transit service in the region is run by TransLink.",{"title":2627,"detail":2628,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2629},"Stronger regional transit routes","The party would cooperate with fast-growing neighbouring cities and TransLink to strengthen regional transit routes and reduce pressure on the existing road network.","Regional routes are planned and run by TransLink, which the city does not control.",{"title":2631,"detail":2632,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2633},"Stop removing bus stops","TEAM's summary page says it would stop the elimination of bus stops.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and decides where stops go.",{"title":2635,"detail":2636,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2633},"New stops in under-served neighbourhoods","The party's summary page says it would expand bus service and add new stops in under-served neighbourhoods to build an accessible, city-wide transit network.",{"title":2638,"detail":2639,"authority":1080,"authorityNote":2640},"More frequent service to meet demand","TEAM would work with TransLink to increase the frequency of service to meet demand and expand service so all areas of the city have convenient pedestrian access to transit.","TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, runs the buses and sets service levels.",[2642,2645,2648,2651,2654,2657],{"question":2643,"answer":2644},"What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's plan for buses?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would work with TransLink to restore cut neighbourhood and express routes, electrify buses, add small community routes, stop removing bus stops and aim for every resident to be within a 5-minute walk of a local stop (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2646,"answer":2647},"Does TEAM want streetcars in Vancouver?","Yes, on some streets. TEAM says it would restore neighbourhood-friendly streetcars on a few selected arterial streets where ridership justifies it, and would review the City's 2019 Streetcar Feasibility Study (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2649,"answer":2650},"Does TEAM support new SkyTrain lines?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it prefers electric transit on the whole arterial network over a few expensive transit corridors. Its planning page says it would reconsider the City's support for the SkyTrain extension to UBC (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2652,"answer":2653},"Would TEAM electrify Vancouver buses?","Yes. TEAM says it would work with TransLink to electrify the bus system with both trolley and battery buses, to reduce noise, greenhouse gases, particulates and diesel pollution (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2655,"answer":2656},"Can Vancouver City Council change bus routes?","No. TransLink, a regional body the city does not control, plans and runs buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus. A TEAM council could ask and negotiate, and could change city streets to help buses, but TransLink would decide routes, stops and fares (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2658,"answer":2659},"Would TEAM add bus stops in Vancouver?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would stop the elimination of bus stops and add new stops in under-served neighbourhoods. TransLink decides where stops go, so the city would have to work with it (TEAM Transportation page).","transit","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--transit","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would work with TransLink to restore cut bus routes, electrify the fleet, put every resident within a 5-minute walk of a stop, add small community bus routes, stop removing bus stops and bring back streetcars on selected arterial streets.","3XllgyvBrNGRxCv7nyksLaDlrxzePjlXthX_8_vLprw",{"id":2665,"title":2666,"checkedAt":576,"context":2667,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":2668,"headline":2669,"issues":2670,"meta":2671,"order":1319,"pages":13,"paragraphs":2672,"party":519,"pillar":757,"proposals":2676,"questions":2701,"slug":2717,"source":598,"stem":2718,"summary":2719,"__hash__":2720},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--walking-and-rolling.json","Walking and Rolling",[],[],"TEAM on sidewalks: repair lifted sections, add missing sidewalks and better lighting",[190],{},[2673,2674,2675],"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver puts pedestrian safety among its transportation solutions. The party says broken or lifted sections of sidewalk make travel dangerous for people using walkers and other mobility aids, which is the reason it gives for making repair its first focus. It would also add sidewalks in areas that lack them and widen sidewalks in all neighbourhoods.","Some promises ask for help from residents and businesses. TEAM would work with neighbourhood groups to encourage residents to trim low branches, bushes and hedges that block part of the sidewalk in front of their homes. It would work with Business Improvement Associations, the local business groups in shopping areas, to keep commercial sidewalks clear of leaves, snow and ice. Street and pedestrian lighting would be upgraded where needed.","Sidewalks and street lights are owned and maintained by the city, so all of these items sit with City Council and its budget.",[2677,2681,2685,2689,2693,2697],{"title":2678,"detail":2679,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2680},"Repair broken and lifted sidewalks","TEAM would focus on repairing broken or lifted sections of sidewalk that make travel dangerous for people using walkers or other mobility aids.","The city owns and maintains its sidewalks.",{"title":2682,"detail":2683,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2684},"Add sidewalks in underserved areas","The party would add sidewalks in underserved areas.","The city builds sidewalks through its own capital plan.",{"title":2686,"detail":2687,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2688},"Widen sidewalks in all neighbourhoods","TEAM would make walking safer by repairing and widening sidewalks in all neighbourhoods.","The city owns and designs its streets and sidewalks.",{"title":2690,"detail":2691,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2692},"Keep sidewalks clear of branches and hedges","The party would work with neighbourhood groups to encourage residents to keep the sidewalk in front of their homes clear of low branches and bushes and hedges that block part of its width.","The city can run outreach and enforce its own street bylaws.",{"title":2694,"detail":2695,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2696},"Clear commercial sidewalks with business associations","TEAM would work with Business Improvement Associations to make sure commercial sidewalks are unobstructed and cleared of leaves, snow and ice.","Council approves Business Improvement Associations and sets the city's street bylaws.",{"title":2698,"detail":2699,"authority":915,"authorityNote":2700},"Upgrade street and pedestrian lighting","The party would upgrade street and pedestrian lighting where needed.","The city owns and maintains its street lights.",[2702,2705,2708,2711,2714],{"question":2703,"answer":2704},"What would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver do about broken sidewalks?","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would focus on repairing broken or lifted sections of sidewalk that make travel dangerous for people using walkers or other mobility aids, and add sidewalks where they are missing (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2706,"answer":2707},"Would TEAM widen sidewalks in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM says it would make walking safer by repairing and widening sidewalks in all neighbourhoods (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2709,"answer":2710},"Does TEAM plan better street lighting in Vancouver?","Yes. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would upgrade street and pedestrian lighting where needed, as part of its plan to make walking safer (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2712,"answer":2713},"How would TEAM keep sidewalks clear of snow?","TEAM says it would work with Business Improvement Associations so commercial sidewalks are cleared of leaves, snow and ice, and with neighbourhood groups to encourage residents to trim hedges and branches that block sidewalks (TEAM Transportation page).",{"question":2715,"answer":2716},"Who is responsible for Vancouver sidewalks?","The City of Vancouver owns and designs its streets and sidewalks, so TEAM's sidewalk and lighting promises would be decided by City Council and paid for through the city budget (TEAM Transportation page).","walking-and-rolling","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Ftransportation--walking-and-rolling","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would repair broken and lifted sidewalks, add sidewalks where they are missing, widen sidewalks in all neighbourhoods, upgrade street lighting, and work with neighbourhood groups and business associations to keep sidewalks clear of hedges, leaves, snow and ice.","_Q2wX_C2J-G_3pAi3iLfiNFUgzEY0H1I6lNQVPb05eE",[2722,2728,2737,2745,2751,2759,2765,2773,2780,2786,2794,2800,2806,2812,2818,2824,2832,2838,2844,2852,2860,2866,2872,2878,2884,2892,2898,2904,2908,2914,2920,2926,2932,2938,2944,2950,2956,2964,2970,2976,2981,2987,2993,2999,3005,3011,3017,3023,3030,3036,3042,3047,3053,3059,3065,3070,3076,3082,3088,3094,3100,3106,3112,3119,3125,3131,3137,3144,3150,3157,3163,3169,3174,3180,3185,3191,3197,3203,3209,3215,3221,3227,3233,3239,3244,3250,3256,3263,3269,3275,3280,3286,3291,3297,3303,3308,3313,3319,3324,3330,3336,3341,3347,3353,3358,3363,3368,3373,3379,3385,3391,3397,3403,3409,3415,3421,3427,3433,3439,3444,3450,3456,3462,3467,3473,3479,3485,3491,3497],{"slug":2723,"name":2724,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2725,"currentRole":13,"headline":2726,"sample":17,"party":2727},"alex-tkach","Alex Tkach","225","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 225.",{"name":51,"url":523},{"slug":2729,"name":2730,"office":845,"ballotNumber":2731,"currentRole":2732,"headline":2733,"sample":17,"party":2734},"alfred-chien","Alfred Chien (錢育廷)","305","Vancouver School Board trustee","Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.",{"name":2735,"url":2736},"ABC Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2738,"name":2739,"office":845,"ballotNumber":2740,"currentRole":13,"headline":2741,"sample":17,"party":2742},"alisha-masongsong","Alisha Masongsong","303","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 303.",{"name":2743,"url":2744},"Green Party of Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F",{"slug":2746,"name":2747,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2748,"currentRole":13,"headline":2749,"sample":17,"party":2750},"allan-fawley","Allan Fawley","201","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 201.",{"name":51,"url":523},{"slug":2752,"name":2753,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2754,"currentRole":13,"headline":2755,"sample":17,"party":2756},"amanda-bains","Amanda Bains","221","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 221.",{"name":2757,"url":2758},"Vancouver Liberals","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F",{"slug":2760,"name":2761,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2762,"currentRole":13,"headline":2763,"sample":17,"party":2764},"amanda-boggan","Amanda Boggan","110","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 110.",{"name":51,"url":523},{"slug":2766,"name":2767,"office":845,"ballotNumber":2768,"currentRole":13,"headline":2769,"sample":17,"party":2770},"amarys-joseph","Amarys Joseph","319","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 319.",{"name":2771,"url":2772},"Vote Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2774,"name":2775,"office":2776,"ballotNumber":2777,"currentRole":2778,"headline":2779,"sample":17,"party":13},"amauri-caliman","Amauri Caliman","Mayor","55","Independent mayoral candidate","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 55.",{"slug":2781,"name":2782,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2783,"currentRole":13,"headline":2784,"sample":17,"party":2785},"amir-bajehkian","Amir Bajehkian","223","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 223.",{"name":2757,"url":2758},{"slug":2787,"name":2788,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2789,"currentRole":13,"headline":2790,"sample":17,"party":2791},"andy-lin","Andy Lin","140","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 140.",{"name":2792,"url":2793},"Bright Future Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2795,"name":2796,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2797,"currentRole":13,"headline":2798,"sample":17,"party":2799},"annette-reilly","Annette Reilly","102","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 102.",{"name":2743,"url":2744},{"slug":2801,"name":2802,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2803,"currentRole":13,"headline":2804,"sample":17,"party":2805},"arezo-zarrabian","Arezo Zarrabian","126","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 126.",{"name":2735,"url":2736},{"slug":2807,"name":2808,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2809,"currentRole":13,"headline":2810,"sample":17,"party":2811},"armor-valor","Armor Valor","125","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 125.",{"name":2757,"url":2758},{"slug":2813,"name":2814,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2815,"currentRole":13,"headline":2816,"sample":17,"party":2817},"bhavna-solecki","Bhavna Solecki","115","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 115.",{"name":2771,"url":2772},{"slug":2819,"name":2820,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2821,"currentRole":13,"headline":2822,"sample":17,"party":2823},"bilal-khan","Bilal Khan","122","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 122.",{"name":2792,"url":2793},{"slug":2825,"name":2826,"office":845,"ballotNumber":2827,"currentRole":13,"headline":2828,"sample":17,"party":2829},"blair-coleman","Blair Coleman","309","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 309.",{"name":2830,"url":2831},"TrueBlue Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F",{"slug":2833,"name":2834,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2835,"currentRole":13,"headline":2836,"sample":17,"party":2837},"breanne-smart","Breanne Smart","216","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 216.",{"name":2743,"url":2744},{"slug":2839,"name":2840,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2841,"currentRole":13,"headline":2842,"sample":17,"party":2843},"bridget-burns","Bridget Burns","141","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 141.",{"name":2743,"url":2744},{"slug":2845,"name":2846,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2847,"currentRole":13,"headline":2848,"sample":17,"party":2849},"brynja-marshall","Brynja Marshall","224","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 224.",{"name":2850,"url":2851},"Independent Parks Party","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",{"slug":2853,"name":2854,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2855,"currentRole":13,"headline":2856,"sample":17,"party":2857},"caitlin-stockwell","Caitlin Stockwell","149","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 149.",{"name":2858,"url":2859},"OneCity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":2861,"name":2862,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2863,"currentRole":13,"headline":2864,"sample":17,"party":2865},"cam-rothery","Cam Rothery","213","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 213.",{"name":2850,"url":2851},{"slug":2867,"name":2868,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2869,"currentRole":13,"headline":2870,"sample":17,"party":2871},"camil-dumont","Camil Dumont","119","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 119.",{"name":2743,"url":2744},{"slug":2873,"name":2874,"office":639,"ballotNumber":2875,"currentRole":13,"headline":2876,"sample":17,"party":2877},"charles-kelly","Charles Kelly","117","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 117.",{"name":51,"url":523},{"slug":2879,"name":2880,"office":814,"ballotNumber":2881,"currentRole":13,"headline":2882,"sample":17,"party":2883},"cheryl-grant","Cheryl 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307.",{"name":2830,"url":2831},{"slug":3474,"name":3475,"office":814,"ballotNumber":3476,"currentRole":13,"headline":3477,"sample":17,"party":3478},"tricia-barker","Tricia Barker","229","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 229.",{"name":2757,"url":2758},{"slug":3480,"name":3481,"office":814,"ballotNumber":3482,"currentRole":13,"headline":3483,"sample":17,"party":3484},"tyler-petersen","Tyler Petersen","214","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 214.",{"name":2858,"url":2859},{"slug":3486,"name":3487,"office":639,"ballotNumber":3488,"currentRole":2732,"headline":3489,"sample":17,"party":3490},"victoria-jung","Victoria Jung","107","Vancouver School Board trustee running for city council.",{"name":2757,"url":2758},{"slug":3492,"name":3493,"office":814,"ballotNumber":3494,"currentRole":13,"headline":3495,"sample":17,"party":3496},"wah-gee","Wah Gee","233","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 233.",{"name":51,"url":523},{"slug":3498,"name":3499,"office":639,"ballotNumber":3500,"currentRole":13,"headline":3501,"sample":17,"party":3502},"yadwinder-mangat","Yadwinder Mangat","116","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 116.",{"name":2792,"url":2793},[3504,3930,4077,4301,4642,4983,5234,5548,5811,6066,6357],{"id":3505,"aliases":3506,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3507,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3512,"history":3513,"leadership":3517,"logo":13,"meta":3521,"money":3522,"name":2735,"news":3527,"overview":3531,"palette":3535,"platform":3538,"questions":3806,"record":3843,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2735,"slug":3890,"sources":3891,"stem":3927,"summary":3928,"website":2736,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":3929},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3508,"note":3509,"cites":3510},"#0D6068","Assigned by voche.me. No brand colour could be read from the party site.",[3511],"abc-home","The governing party, running the mayor and 23 more candidates",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3514,"gaps":3515,"entries":3516},[19,20],[22],[],[3518],{"role":3519,"name":3139,"cites":3520},"Mayor and mayoral candidate",[3511,29],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3523,"gaps":3524,"searchUrl":43,"filings":3525,"notes":3526},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3528,"gaps":3529,"entries":3530},[54],[56],[],[3532,3533,3534],"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":3508,"onAccent":65,"tint":3536,"ink":3537},"#E3F5F7","#1F727A",[3539,3562,3583,3628,3647,3691,3713,3754,3763,3782],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":3540,"proposals":3544,"questions":3551,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3552,"gaps":3556,"headline":3560,"summary":3561},[3541,3542,3543],"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.",[3545],{"title":3546,"detail":3547,"cites":3548,"authority":3550},"Make City Hall permitting faster and easier","The platform commits to making permitting faster and easier and to continuing to streamline City Hall operations.",[3549],"abc-platform","Council and city staff control the permit process.",[],[3553,3554,3555],"The ABC Vancouver platform page","The ABC Vancouver home page","A web search for ABC Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[3557,3558,3559],"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":134,"paragraphs":3563,"proposals":3566,"questions":3576,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3577,"gaps":3578,"headline":3581,"summary":3582},[3564,3565],"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.",[3567,3572],{"title":3568,"detail":3569,"cites":3570,"authority":3571},"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.",[3549,3511],"Provincial.",{"title":3573,"detail":3574,"cites":3575},"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.",[3549],[],[3553,3554],[3579,3580,157],"No shelter space commitment is published.","No supportive housing supply commitment 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":161,"paragraphs":3584,"proposals":3588,"questions":3614,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3623,"gaps":3625,"headline":3626,"summary":3627},[3585,3586,3587],"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.",[3589,3595,3600,3605,3610],{"title":3590,"detail":3591,"cites":3592,"authority":3594},"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.",[3549,3593],"plebiscite","City Council sets bylaws. Drug possession law is federal and provincial.",{"title":3596,"detail":3597,"cites":3598,"authority":3599},"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.",[3549],"The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Council approves its budget.",{"title":3601,"detail":3602,"cites":3603,"cost":178,"authority":3604},"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.",[3549,3511],"Health care, including involuntary care, is a provincial responsibility.",{"title":3606,"detail":3607,"cites":3608,"authority":3609},"Move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks","The platform commits to \"mandate provincial drug consumption sites away from schools & parks\".",[3549],"These sites are approved and funded provincially.",{"title":3611,"detail":3612,"cites":3613},"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.",[3549],[3615,3619],{"question":3616,"answer":3617,"cites":3618},"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.",[3549,3593],{"question":3620,"answer":3621,"cites":3622},"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.",[3549],[3553,3554,3624],"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":190,"paragraphs":3629,"proposals":3631,"questions":3640,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3641,"gaps":3642,"headline":3645,"summary":3646},[3630],"ABC’s published transport commitments come from the affordability and infrastructure parts of its platform rather than a transport section.",[3632,3636],{"title":3633,"detail":3634,"cites":3635},"Prioritise road and sidewalk repair","The platform commits to prioritising investments in roads and sidewalk repairs and renewal.",[3549],{"title":3637,"detail":3638,"cites":3639},"A city-wide universal parking app","ABC would mandate a single city-wide parking app alongside removing pay parking at beaches and community centres.",[3549],[],[3553],[3643,3644],"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":224,"paragraphs":3648,"proposals":3652,"questions":3676,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3686,"gaps":3688,"headline":3689,"summary":3690},[3649,3650,3651],"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.",[3653,3659,3664,3668,3672],{"title":3654,"detail":3655,"cites":3656,"cost":3657,"authority":3658},"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.",[3549],"$400 million","Capital spending is approved by Council through the capital plan.",{"title":3660,"detail":3661,"cites":3662,"cost":3663},"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\".",[3549],"Stated as \"at cost\"",{"title":3665,"detail":3666,"cites":3667},"Deliver the River District Community Centre","The platform commits to delivering the River District Community Centre.",[3549],{"title":3669,"detail":3670,"cites":3671,"cost":178},"Create a playground improvement fund","ABC would create a fund for playground improvements. No amount is published.",[3549],{"title":3673,"detail":3674,"cites":3675},"More pools, rinks and ice time","The platform commits to revamping and investing in recreational facilities, naming more pools, rinks and ice time.",[3549],[3677,3681],{"question":3678,"answer":3679,"cites":3680},"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.",[3549],{"question":3682,"answer":3683,"cites":3684},"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.",[3685],"cbc-parkboard",[3553,3687],"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":284,"paragraphs":3692,"proposals":3695,"questions":3709,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3710,"gaps":3711,"headline":3697,"summary":3712},[3693,3694],"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.",[3696,3701,3705],{"title":3697,"detail":3698,"cites":3699,"authority":3700},"Keep Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","The platform commits to \"fight to ensure provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools\".",[3549],"School tax and the funding formula are set by the province.",{"title":3702,"detail":3703,"cites":3704,"cost":178},"Increase teaching assistance in classrooms","ABC commits to \"increase teaching assistance by investing in our classrooms\".",[3549],{"title":3706,"detail":3707,"cites":3708},"A performance based action committee for families","The platform commits to creating \"a strict performance based action committee to set better metrics for families\".",[3549],[],[3553],[],"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":337,"paragraphs":3714,"proposals":3718,"questions":3741,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3750,"gaps":3751,"headline":3752,"summary":3753},[3715,3716,3717],"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.",[3719,3725,3729,3733,3737],{"title":3720,"detail":3721,"cites":3722,"cost":178,"authority":3723,"deadline":3724},"0% property tax increase in 2027","The platform commits to a zero percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.",[3549],"Council sets the property tax rate each year.","2027 budget",{"title":3726,"detail":3727,"cites":3728},"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.",[3549],{"title":3730,"detail":3731,"cites":3732},"End residential parking permit fees","The platform commits to ending the fee for a residential parking permit.",[3549],{"title":3734,"detail":3735,"cites":3736},"Expand VANSTAT to weekly check-ins","ABC would expand its department head meetings, which it calls VANSTAT, to a weekly check-in.",[3549],{"title":3738,"detail":3739,"cites":3740},"Spend only on municipal responsibilities","The platform commits to ensuring \"taxpayer dollars only go to municipal responsibilities\".",[3549],[3742,3746],{"question":3743,"answer":3744,"cites":3745},"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.",[3549],{"question":3747,"answer":3748,"cites":3749},"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.",[3549,3511],[3553,3554],[],"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":371,"paragraphs":3755,"proposals":3756,"questions":3757,"state":3758,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3759,"gaps":3761},[],[],[],"none-published",[3553,3554,3760],"A web search for ABC Vancouver climate policy, September 2026",[3762],"No climate or building emissions commitment appears in the published platform.",{"issue":416,"paragraphs":3764,"proposals":3766,"questions":3775,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3776,"gaps":3777,"headline":3780,"summary":3781},[3765],"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.",[3767,3771],{"title":3768,"detail":3769,"cites":3770},"Revitalise Granville Street and its pedestrian zone","The platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone.",[3549],{"title":3772,"detail":3773,"cites":3774,"cost":178},"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\".",[3549],[],[3553],[3778,3779],"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":453,"paragraphs":3783,"proposals":3787,"questions":3802,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3803,"gaps":3804,"headline":3789,"summary":3805},[3784,3785,3786],"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.",[3788,3793,3797],{"title":3789,"detail":3790,"cites":3791,"cost":178,"authority":3792},"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.",[3549],"The city creates spaces. The province licenses them and sets funding.",{"title":3794,"detail":3795,"cites":3796},"Expand after-school programming","ABC commits to expanding after-school programming and keeping extracurricular activities in Vancouver.",[3549],{"title":3798,"detail":3799,"cites":3800,"authority":3801},"Bring swimming lessons into the school day","The platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day.",[3549],"Delivered with the Board of Education and the Park Board.",[],[3553],[],"ABC commits to \"doubling down on childcare\", which its platform defines as doubling the 2,000 new spaces it says it created.",[3807,3811,3815,3819,3823,3827,3831,3835,3839],{"question":3808,"answer":3809,"cites":3810},"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.",[3511,29],{"question":3812,"answer":3813,"cites":3814},"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.",[29],{"question":3816,"answer":3817,"cites":3818},"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.",[3549],{"question":3820,"answer":3821,"cites":3822},"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.",[3549,3511],{"question":3824,"answer":3825,"cites":3826},"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.",[3549,3593],{"question":3828,"answer":3829,"cites":3830},"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.",[3549],{"question":3832,"answer":3833,"cites":3834},"Does ABC have a published climate policy?","We found none on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[3511,3549],{"question":3836,"answer":3837,"cites":3838},"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.",[3685],{"question":3840,"answer":3841,"cites":3842},"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.",[510,511],{"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":3844,"searched":3845,"gaps":3849,"entries":3852},"2026-09-23",[3846,3847,3848],"The party website and platform pages","City of Vancouver council decision and budget-approval records","Independent news coverage of council votes (CBC, Daily Hive)",[3850,3851],"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.",[3853,3859,3865,3871,3877,3884],{"date":3854,"title":3855,"body":3856,"cites":3857},"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.",[3858],"cov-2023-budget",{"date":3860,"title":3861,"body":3862,"cites":3863},"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.",[3864],"cov-2024-budget",{"date":3866,"title":3867,"body":3868,"cites":3869},"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.",[3870],"cov-2025-budget",{"date":3872,"title":3873,"body":3874,"cites":3875},"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.",[3876],"cov-2026-budget",{"date":3878,"title":3879,"body":3880,"cites":3881},"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.",[3882,3883],"cov-permit-update","dh-93-promises",{"date":3885,"title":3886,"body":3887,"cites":3888},"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.",[3889],"cov-multiplex-permits","abc-vancouver",[3892,3894,3897,3900,3901,3902,3903,3904,3905,3908,3911,3914,3917,3920,3924],{"id":3511,"label":3893,"url":2736,"publisher":2735,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"ABC Vancouver home page",{"id":3549,"label":3895,"url":3896,"publisher":2735,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"ABC Vancouver platform","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":3593,"label":3898,"url":3899,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"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":3685,"label":553,"url":554,"publisher":555,"kind":556,"checkedAt":6},{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":3858,"label":3906,"url":3907,"publisher":555,"kind":556,"publishedAt":3854,"checkedAt":3844},"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":3864,"label":3909,"url":3910,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"publishedAt":3860,"checkedAt":3844},"Vancouver City Council approves 2024 Operating Budget","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2024-operating-budget-dec-2023.aspx",{"id":3870,"label":3912,"url":3913,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"publishedAt":3866,"checkedAt":3844},"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":3876,"label":3915,"url":3916,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"publishedAt":3872,"checkedAt":3844},"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":3882,"label":3918,"url":3919,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"publishedAt":3878,"checkedAt":3844},"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":3883,"label":3921,"url":3922,"publisher":3923,"kind":556,"checkedAt":3844},"Ken Sim made 93 campaign promises in 2022. How did he do?","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fken-sim-2022-campaign-promises","Daily Hive",{"id":3889,"label":3925,"url":3926,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"publishedAt":3885,"checkedAt":3844},"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":3931,"aliases":3932,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3933,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":3937,"history":3938,"leadership":3942,"logo":13,"meta":3943,"money":3944,"name":2962,"news":3949,"overview":3953,"palette":3957,"platform":3961,"questions":4029,"record":4062,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2962,"slug":4066,"sources":4067,"stem":4074,"summary":4075,"website":2963,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4076},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing.json",[],{"hex":3934,"note":9,"cites":3935},"#3361a1",[3936],"ah-home","One candidate, for City Council",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3939,"gaps":3940,"entries":3941},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3945,"gaps":3946,"searchUrl":43,"filings":3947,"notes":3948},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3950,"gaps":3951,"entries":3952},[54],[56],[],[3954,3955,3956],"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":3958,"onAccent":65,"tint":3959,"ink":3960},"#3361A1","#E4ECF6","#254674",[3962,3971,3981,3987,3993,3999,4005,4011,4017,4023],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":3963,"proposals":3964,"questions":3965,"state":3758,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3966,"gaps":3969},[],[],[],[3967,3968],"The party website at affordablehousingvancouver.ca","A web search for the party name with Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[3970],"No housing policy is published on the party website, which is the subject the party is named after.",{"issue":134,"paragraphs":3972,"proposals":3973,"questions":3974,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3975,"gaps":3979},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F","The City of Vancouver official candidate list","A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[3980],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":161,"paragraphs":3982,"proposals":3983,"questions":3984,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3985,"gaps":3986},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":190,"paragraphs":3988,"proposals":3989,"questions":3990,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3991,"gaps":3992},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":224,"paragraphs":3994,"proposals":3995,"questions":3996,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3997,"gaps":3998},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":284,"paragraphs":4000,"proposals":4001,"questions":4002,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4003,"gaps":4004},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":337,"paragraphs":4006,"proposals":4007,"questions":4008,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4009,"gaps":4010},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":371,"paragraphs":4012,"proposals":4013,"questions":4014,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4015,"gaps":4016},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":416,"paragraphs":4018,"proposals":4019,"questions":4020,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4021,"gaps":4022},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":453,"paragraphs":4024,"proposals":4025,"questions":4026,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4027,"gaps":4028},[],[],[],[3976,3977,3978],[3980],[4030,4034,4038,4042,4046,4050,4054,4058],{"question":4031,"answer":4032,"cites":4033},"How many candidates does this party have?","One, for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 Vancouver ballot.",[29],{"question":4035,"answer":4036,"cites":4037},"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.",[3936],{"question":4039,"answer":4040,"cites":4041},"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.",[3936],{"question":4043,"answer":4044,"cites":4045},"Who leads the party?","No leader is named on the website, checked September 22, 2026.",[3936],{"question":4047,"answer":4048,"cites":4049},"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.",[29],{"question":4051,"answer":4052,"cites":4053},"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.",[3936],{"question":4055,"answer":4056,"cites":4057},"Where can I see its campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[510,511],{"question":4059,"answer":4060,"cites":4061},"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.",[3936,29],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4063,"gaps":4064,"entries":4065},[19,514],[516],[],"affordable-housing",[4068,4070,4071,4072,4073],{"id":3936,"label":4069,"url":2963,"publisher":2962,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Affordable Housing party website",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"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":4078,"aliases":4079,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4080,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4084,"history":4085,"leadership":4089,"logo":13,"meta":4092,"money":4093,"name":2792,"news":4098,"overview":4102,"palette":4107,"platform":4111,"questions":4247,"record":4282,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2792,"slug":4286,"sources":4287,"stem":4298,"summary":4299,"website":2793,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4300},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":4081,"note":9,"cites":4082},"#12a5db",[4083],"bf-home","Free transit, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit rule",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4086,"gaps":4087,"entries":4088},[19,20],[22],[],[4090],{"role":26,"name":3258,"cites":4091},[4083,29],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4094,"gaps":4095,"searchUrl":43,"filings":4096,"notes":4097},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4099,"gaps":4100,"entries":4101},[54],[56],[],[4103,4104,4105,4106],"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":4108,"onAccent":65,"tint":4109,"ink":4110},"#0E7EA7","#E3F2F7","#1F627A",[4112,4131,4145,4152,4176,4182,4188,4212,4225,4231],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":4113,"proposals":4116,"questions":4125,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4126,"gaps":4128,"headline":4118,"summary":4130},[4114,4115],"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.",[4117,4121],{"title":4118,"detail":4119,"cites":4120,"cost":178},"20% rent-to-own equity","The party commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%.",[4083],{"title":4122,"detail":4123,"cites":4124},"Secure affordable rentals and local-first housing protections","The party commits to secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",[4083],[],[4127],"The Bright Future Vancouver home page",[4129],"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":134,"paragraphs":4132,"proposals":4134,"questions":4140,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4141,"gaps":4142,"headline":4136,"summary":4144},[4133],"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.",[4135],{"title":4136,"detail":4137,"cites":4138,"authority":4139},"Treatment-first crisis response","The party commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",[4083],"Treatment services are provincial.",[],[4127],[4143],"No detail is published on what a treatment-first response would involve.","Bright Future commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",{"issue":161,"paragraphs":4146,"proposals":4147,"questions":4148,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4149,"gaps":4151},[],[],[],[4150,3977,3978],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",[3980],{"issue":190,"paragraphs":4153,"proposals":4157,"questions":4168,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4173,"gaps":4174,"headline":4159,"summary":4175},[4154,4155,4156],"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.",[4158,4163],{"title":4159,"detail":4160,"cites":4161,"cost":178,"authority":4162},"100% free transit for residents","The party commits to free transit for Vancouver residents, alongside fare relief, safer stations and faster buses.",[4083],"TransLink sets fares. The city can contribute funding and advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":4164,"detail":4165,"cites":4166,"authority":4167},"A ready path for SkyTrain to UBC","The party commits to a ready path for the SkyTrain extension to UBC.",[4083],"TransLink and the province decide on rapid transit expansion.",[4169],{"question":4170,"answer":4171,"cites":4172},"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.",[4083],[4127],[],"Bright Future commits to free transit for residents, safer stations, faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC.",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":4177,"proposals":4178,"questions":4179,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4180,"gaps":4181},[],[],[],[4150,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":284,"paragraphs":4183,"proposals":4184,"questions":4185,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4186,"gaps":4187},[],[],[],[4150,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":337,"paragraphs":4189,"proposals":4192,"questions":4207,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4208,"gaps":4209,"headline":4210,"summary":4211},[4190,4191],"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.",[4193,4198,4203],{"title":4194,"detail":4195,"cites":4196,"cost":4197},"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.",[4083],"2%",{"title":4199,"detail":4200,"cites":4201,"authority":3550,"deadline":4202},"A 21 day permit rule","The party commits to a 21 day permit rule.",[4083],"21 days",{"title":4204,"detail":4205,"cites":4206},"Faster permits and lower building costs","Alongside the 21 day rule the party commits to affordable food access and modern worker training.",[4083],[],[4127],[],"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":371,"paragraphs":4213,"proposals":4215,"questions":4220,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4221,"gaps":4222,"headline":4217,"summary":4224},[4214],"The party’s published environment commitment is clean water and lead-free schools. It is not contesting the School Board race.",[4216],{"title":4217,"detail":4218,"cites":4219,"cost":178},"Clean water and lead-free schools","The party commits to clean water and lead free schools.",[4083],[],[4127],[4223],"No emissions or building energy commitment is published.","Bright Future commits to clean water and lead-free schools under its environment heading.",{"issue":416,"paragraphs":4226,"proposals":4227,"questions":4228,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4229,"gaps":4230},[],[],[],[4150,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":453,"paragraphs":4232,"proposals":4236,"questions":4242,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4243,"gaps":4244,"headline":4245,"summary":4246},[4233,4234,4235],"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.",[4237],{"title":4238,"detail":4239,"cites":4240,"cost":178,"authority":4241},"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.",[4083],"The city creates spaces. Licensing and funding are provincial.",[],[4127],[],"A 24 hour child care vision, including night shifts","Bright Future commits to night-shift child care and a 24 hour child care vision.",[4248,4252,4256,4260,4264,4268,4272,4276,4280],{"question":4249,"answer":4250,"cites":4251},"Who leads Bright Future Vancouver?","Muhammad Ahmad is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 53.",[4083,29],{"question":4253,"answer":4254,"cites":4255},"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.",[29],{"question":4257,"answer":4258,"cites":4259},"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.",[4083],{"question":4261,"answer":4262,"cites":4263},"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.",[4083],{"question":4265,"answer":4266,"cites":4267},"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.",[4083],{"question":4269,"answer":4270,"cites":4271},"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.",[4083],{"question":4273,"answer":4274,"cites":4275},"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.",[4083],{"question":4277,"answer":4278,"cites":4279},"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.",[29],{"question":4055,"answer":4056,"cites":4281},[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4283,"gaps":4284,"entries":4285},[19,514],[516],[],"bright-future-vancouver",[4288,4290,4294,4295,4296,4297],{"id":4083,"label":4289,"url":2793,"publisher":2792,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Bright Future Vancouver home page",{"id":4291,"label":4292,"url":4293,"publisher":2792,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"bf-blueprint","Bright Future Vancouver Blueprint","https:\u002F\u002Fbrightfuturevancouver.ca\u002Fblueprint",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"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":4302,"aliases":4303,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":4304,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4309,"history":4310,"leadership":4314,"logo":13,"meta":4315,"money":4316,"name":2890,"news":4321,"overview":4325,"palette":4330,"platform":4334,"questions":4582,"record":4618,"registeredName":4622,"rosterLabel":2890,"slug":4623,"sources":4624,"stem":4639,"summary":4640,"website":2891,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4641},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope.json",[],{"hex":4305,"note":4306,"cites":4307},"#f23d3d","Read from the party stylesheet on September 22, 2026.",[4308],"cope-home","The left slate, running no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4311,"gaps":4312,"entries":4313},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4317,"gaps":4318,"searchUrl":43,"filings":4319,"notes":4320},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4322,"gaps":4323,"entries":4324},[54],[56],[],[4326,4327,4328,4329],"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":4331,"onAccent":65,"tint":4332,"ink":4333},"#E71010","#F7E3E3","#7A1F1F",[4335,4390,4413,4436,4460,4481,4499,4524,4560,4567],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":4336,"proposals":4341,"questions":4375,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4384,"gaps":4387,"headline":4388,"summary":4389},[4337,4338,4339,4340],"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.",[4342,4349,4353,4358,4362,4367,4371],{"title":4343,"detail":4344,"cites":4345,"cost":4347,"authority":4348},"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.",[4346],"cope-platform","1% above $5 million","Council sets property tax. A new tax class may need provincial approval.",{"title":4350,"detail":4351,"cites":4352},"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.",[4346],{"title":4354,"detail":4355,"cites":4356,"authority":4357},"Close the vacancy loophole","COPE would close the loophole that lets landlords raise rents without limit between tenants.",[4346],"Rent control between tenancies is set by provincial tenancy law.",{"title":4359,"detail":4360,"cites":4361},"Stop demovictions","COPE would stop demovictions and address city-owned vacant land and what it calls exclusionary mansion districts.",[4346],{"title":4363,"detail":4364,"cites":4365,"authority":4366},"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.",[4346],"The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver tax.",{"title":4368,"detail":4369,"cites":4370},"Create a landlord registry","A registry would track rents and allow enforcement against landlords with patterns of violations.",[4346],{"title":4372,"detail":4373,"cites":4374},"Bring back the renters office with enforcement powers","COPE would restore the renters office and give it new enforcement powers.",[4346],[4376,4380],{"question":4377,"answer":4378,"cites":4379},"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.",[4346],{"question":4381,"answer":4382,"cites":4383},"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.",[4346],[4385,4386],"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":134,"paragraphs":4391,"proposals":4394,"questions":4408,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4409,"gaps":4410,"headline":4411,"summary":4412},[4392,4393],"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.",[4395,4399,4404],{"title":4396,"detail":4397,"cites":4398,"cost":4347},"End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax","A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.",[4346],{"title":4400,"detail":4401,"cites":4402,"authority":4403},"Maintain safe supply and harm reduction","COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.",[4346],"These are provincial and federal health programmes.",{"title":4405,"detail":4406,"cites":4407},"Buy apartments as permanent public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.",[4346],[],[4385],[],"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":161,"paragraphs":4414,"proposals":4418,"questions":4431,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4432,"gaps":4433,"headline":4434,"summary":4435},[4415,4416,4417],"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.",[4419,4424,4428],{"title":4420,"detail":4421,"cites":4422,"authority":4423},"Fund public services rather than policing","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation facilities and social infrastructure over policing.",[4346],"Council approves the police budget but the Police Board directs the department.",{"title":4425,"detail":4426,"cites":4427},"Support peer-assisted care teams","COPE would support peer-assisted care teams to respond to mental health crises without involving police.",[4346],{"title":4400,"detail":4401,"cites":4429,"authority":4430},[4346],"Safe supply is a provincial and federal health programme.",[],[4385],[],"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":190,"paragraphs":4437,"proposals":4439,"questions":4455,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4456,"gaps":4457,"headline":4458,"summary":4459},[4438],"COPE publishes its transport commitments inside its climate section rather than separately.",[4440,4445,4450],{"title":4441,"detail":4442,"cites":4443,"authority":4444},"Work toward free public transit","COPE would expand free transit to under-18s and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system.",[4346],"TransLink sets fares.",{"title":4446,"detail":4447,"cites":4448,"authority":4449},"Restore bus routes 17 and 25","COPE would restore both routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[4346],"TransLink runs bus routes.",{"title":4451,"detail":4452,"cites":4453,"authority":4454},"Support protected bike lanes","COPE would support protected bike lanes and cycling safety initiatives.",[4346],"The city designs its own streets.",[],[4385],[],"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":224,"paragraphs":4461,"proposals":4463,"questions":4476,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4477,"gaps":4478,"headline":4479,"summary":4480},[4462],"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.",[4464,4468,4472],{"title":4465,"detail":4466,"cites":4467},"Strengthen the elected Park Board","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected park board.",[4346],{"title":4469,"detail":4470,"cites":4471},"Make 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[4346],{"title":4473,"detail":4474,"cites":4475},"Expand community gardens and food growing","COPE would expand community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchens and establish food sovereignty networks.",[4346],[],[4385],[],"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":284,"paragraphs":4482,"proposals":4484,"questions":4493,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4494,"gaps":4495,"headline":4497,"summary":4498},[4483],"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.",[4485,4489],{"title":4486,"detail":4487,"cites":4488},"Increase library funding, hours and wages","COPE would increase funding, hours and wages and add worker representation to the Vancouver Public Library board.",[4346],{"title":4490,"detail":4491,"cites":4492},"Defend public education","COPE campaigns on fighting for public education.",[4308],[],[4385,4386],[4496],"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":337,"paragraphs":4500,"proposals":4503,"questions":4519,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4520,"gaps":4521,"headline":4522,"summary":4523},[4501,4502],"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.",[4504,4507,4511,4515],{"title":353,"detail":4505,"cites":4506},"COPE would establish a lobbyist registry and push fossil fuel and big business lobbyists out.",[4346],{"title":4508,"detail":4509,"cites":4510},"Defend the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would defend and restore the independence and authority of the Integrity Commissioner.",[4346],{"title":4512,"detail":4513,"cites":4514},"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.",[4346],{"title":4516,"detail":4517,"cites":4518},"Expand public participation at council","COPE would increase council comment time and follow-up questions and hold town halls throughout the city.",[4346],[],[4385],[],"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":371,"paragraphs":4525,"proposals":4529,"questions":4555,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4556,"gaps":4557,"headline":4558,"summary":4559},[4526,4527,4528],"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.",[4530,4535,4539,4542,4547,4551],{"title":4531,"detail":4532,"cites":4533,"authority":4534},"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.",[4346],"TransLink sets fares. A city can advocate and can contribute funding.",{"title":4536,"detail":4537,"cites":4538},"Rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","The city would rejoin the lawsuit requiring polluters to fund climate crisis remediation.",[4346],{"title":4446,"detail":4540,"cites":4541,"authority":4449},"COPE would restore the two routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[4346],{"title":4543,"detail":4544,"cites":4545,"authority":4546},"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.",[4346],"Vancouver sets its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":4548,"detail":4549,"cites":4550},"Exceed IPCC emissions targets","COPE commits to exceeding IPCC greenhouse gas reduction targets and timelines.",[4346],{"title":4552,"detail":4553,"cites":4554},"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.",[4346],[],[4385],[],"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":416,"paragraphs":4561,"proposals":4562,"questions":4563,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4564,"gaps":4566},[],[],[],[4565,3977,3978],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",[3980],{"issue":453,"paragraphs":4568,"proposals":4570,"questions":4577,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4578,"gaps":4579,"headline":4580,"summary":4581},[4569],"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.",[4571],{"title":4572,"detail":4573,"cites":4574,"cost":4575,"authority":4576},"Expand $10 a day child care spaces in Vancouver","COPE would expand affordable child care, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[4346],"$10 per day per space","The $10 a day programme is funded and set by the province.",[],[4385],[],"Expand $10-a-day child care spaces","COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[4583,4587,4591,4595,4599,4603,4607,4611,4615],{"question":4584,"answer":4585,"cites":4586},"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.",[29],{"question":4588,"answer":4589,"cites":4590},"What does COPE stand for?","The Coalition of Progressive Electors.",[4308],{"question":4592,"answer":4593,"cites":4594},"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.",[4346],{"question":4596,"answer":4597,"cites":4598},"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.",[4346],{"question":4600,"answer":4601,"cites":4602},"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.",[4346],{"question":4604,"answer":4605,"cites":4606},"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.",[4346,510],{"question":4608,"answer":4609,"cites":4610},"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.",[4346],{"question":4612,"answer":4613,"cites":4614},"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.",[4346],{"question":4616,"answer":4056,"cites":4617},"Where can I see COPE’s campaign finances?",[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4619,"gaps":4620,"entries":4621},[19,514],[516],[],"The Coalition of Progressive Electors","cope",[4625,4627,4631,4632,4633,4634,4635],{"id":4308,"label":4626,"url":2891,"publisher":2890,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"COPE home page",{"id":4346,"label":4628,"url":4629,"publisher":2890,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4630,"checkedAt":6},"COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fplatform","2025-04-05",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":4636,"label":4637,"url":4638,"publisher":2890,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"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":4643,"aliases":4644,"checkedAt":4645,"declaredColour":4646,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4650,"history":4651,"leadership":4655,"logo":13,"meta":4658,"money":4659,"name":2743,"news":4664,"overview":4668,"palette":4673,"platform":4677,"questions":4912,"record":4944,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":4948,"slug":4949,"sources":4950,"stem":4980,"summary":4981,"website":2744,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":4982},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":4647,"note":9,"cites":4648},"#a9c94f",[4649],"green-home","Pete Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4652,"gaps":4653,"entries":4654},[19,20],[22],[],[4656],{"role":26,"name":3299,"cites":4657},[4649,29],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4660,"gaps":4661,"searchUrl":43,"filings":4662,"notes":4663},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4665,"gaps":4666,"entries":4667},[54],[56],[],[4669,4670,4671,4672],"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":4674,"onAccent":65,"tint":4675,"ink":4676},"#667D26","#F2F7E4","#607524",[4678,4733,4748,4770,4789,4818,4847,4859,4885,4897],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":4679,"proposals":4684,"questions":4717,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4727,"gaps":4730,"headline":4731,"summary":4732},[4680,4681,4682,4683],"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.",[4685,4691,4696,4700,4705,4709,4713],{"title":4686,"detail":4687,"cites":4688,"authority":4690},"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.",[4689],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":4692,"detail":4693,"cites":4694,"authority":4695},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[4689],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":4697,"detail":4698,"cites":4699},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[4689],{"title":4701,"detail":4702,"cites":4703,"authority":4704},"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.",[4689],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":4706,"detail":4707,"cites":4708},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[4689],{"title":4710,"detail":4711,"cites":4712},"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.",[4689],{"title":4714,"detail":4715,"cites":4716},"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.",[4689],[4718,4723],{"question":4719,"answer":4720,"cites":4721},"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.",[4689,4722],"liberals-home",{"question":4724,"answer":4725,"cites":4726},"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.",[4689],[4728,4729],"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":134,"paragraphs":4734,"proposals":4736,"questions":4742,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4743,"gaps":4745,"headline":4738,"summary":4747},[4735],"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.",[4737],{"title":4738,"detail":4739,"cites":4740,"cost":178},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[4741],"green-shelters",[],[4744],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[4746],"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":161,"paragraphs":4749,"proposals":4752,"questions":4763,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4764,"gaps":4767,"headline":4769},[4750,4751],"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.",[4753,4758],{"title":4754,"detail":4755,"cites":4756},"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.",[4757],"green-school-board",{"title":4759,"detail":4760,"cites":4761},"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.",[4762],"green-city-council",[],[4765,4766,3977],"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",[4768],"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":190,"paragraphs":4771,"proposals":4774,"questions":4785,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4786,"gaps":4787,"headline":4788},[4772,4773],"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.",[4775,4781],{"title":4776,"detail":4777,"cites":4778,"authority":4780},"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.",[4779],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":4782,"detail":4783,"cites":4784},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[4762],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":4790,"proposals":4793,"questions":4814,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4815,"gaps":4816,"headline":4817},[4791,4792],"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.",[4794,4798,4802,4806,4810],{"title":4795,"detail":4796,"cites":4797},"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.",[4779],{"title":4799,"detail":4800,"cites":4801},"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.",[4779],{"title":4803,"detail":4804,"cites":4805},"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.",[4779],{"title":4807,"detail":4808,"cites":4809},"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.",[4779],{"title":4811,"detail":4812,"cites":4813},"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.",[4779],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":284,"paragraphs":4819,"proposals":4822,"questions":4843,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4844,"gaps":4845,"headline":4846},[4820,4821],"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.",[4823,4827,4831,4835,4839],{"title":4824,"detail":4825,"cites":4826},"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.",[4757],{"title":4828,"detail":4829,"cites":4830},"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.",[4757],{"title":4832,"detail":4833,"cites":4834},"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.",[4757],{"title":4836,"detail":4837,"cites":4838},"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.",[4757],{"title":4840,"detail":4841,"cites":4842},"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.",[4757],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":337,"paragraphs":4848,"proposals":4850,"questions":4855,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4856,"gaps":4857,"headline":4858},[4849],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[4851],{"title":4852,"detail":4853,"cites":4854},"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.",[4762],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":371,"paragraphs":4860,"proposals":4864,"questions":4877,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4878,"gaps":4880,"headline":4883,"summary":4884},[4861,4862,4863],"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.",[4865,4869,4873],{"title":4866,"detail":4867,"cites":4868,"authority":4704},"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.",[4689],{"title":4870,"detail":4871,"cites":4872},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[4689],{"title":4874,"detail":4875,"cites":4876},"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.",[4689],[],[4728,4879],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[4881,4882],"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":416,"paragraphs":4886,"proposals":4888,"questions":4893,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4894,"gaps":4895,"headline":4896},[4887],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[4889],{"title":4890,"detail":4891,"cites":4892},"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.",[4762],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":453,"paragraphs":4898,"proposals":4900,"questions":4908,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":4909,"gaps":4910,"headline":4911},[4899],"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.",[4901,4905],{"title":4902,"detail":4903,"cites":4904},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[4762],{"title":4828,"detail":4906,"cites":4907},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[4757],[],[4765,4766,3977],[4768],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[4913,4917,4921,4925,4929,4933,4937,4941],{"question":4914,"answer":4915,"cites":4916},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[4649,29],{"question":4918,"answer":4919,"cites":4920},"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.",[29],{"question":4922,"answer":4923,"cites":4924},"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.",[4689],{"question":4926,"answer":4927,"cites":4928},"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.",[4689],{"question":4930,"answer":4931,"cites":4932},"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.",[4689,4722],{"question":4934,"answer":4935,"cites":4936},"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.",[4649],{"question":4938,"answer":4939,"cites":4940},"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.",[4741],{"question":4942,"answer":4056,"cites":4943},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?",[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4945,"gaps":4946,"entries":4947},[19,514],[516],[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[4951,4953,4956,4960,4962,4963,4964,4965,4966,4969,4972,4975],{"id":4649,"label":4952,"url":2744,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver home page",{"id":4741,"label":4954,"url":4955,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"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":4689,"label":4957,"url":4958,"publisher":3923,"kind":556,"publishedAt":4959,"checkedAt":6},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","2026-09-16",{"id":4722,"label":4961,"url":2758,"publisher":2757,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver Liberals home page",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":4762,"label":4967,"url":4968,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":4779,"label":4970,"url":4971,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":4757,"label":4973,"url":4974,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":4976,"label":4977,"url":4978,"publisher":2743,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4979,"checkedAt":576},"green-platform-2026","Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvangreens\u002Fpages\u002F6122\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1790718545\u002FPlatform_2026_-_Green_Party_of_Vancouver_%281%29.pdf?1790718545","2026-09-29","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":4984,"aliases":4985,"checkedAt":4645,"declaredColour":4986,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":4990,"history":4991,"leadership":4995,"logo":13,"meta":4996,"money":4997,"name":2850,"news":5002,"overview":5006,"palette":5011,"platform":5015,"questions":5187,"record":5216,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2850,"slug":5220,"sources":5221,"stem":5231,"summary":5232,"website":2851,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5233},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party.json",[],{"hex":4987,"note":9,"cites":4988},"#0b6a0b",[4989],"ipp-home","Five candidates, all for Park Board, running on one 33-point platform",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4992,"gaps":4993,"entries":4994},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4998,"gaps":4999,"searchUrl":43,"filings":5000,"notes":5001},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5003,"gaps":5004,"entries":5005},[54],[56],[],[5007,5008,5009,5010],"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":5012,"onAccent":65,"tint":5013,"ink":5014},"#0B6A0B","#E3F7E3","#1F7A1F",[5016,5023,5029,5045,5061,5106,5112,5138,5175,5181],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":5017,"proposals":5018,"questions":5019,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5020,"gaps":5022},[],[],[],[5021,3977,3978],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",[3980],{"issue":134,"paragraphs":5024,"proposals":5025,"questions":5026,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5027,"gaps":5028},[],[],[],[5021,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":161,"paragraphs":5030,"proposals":5032,"questions":5039,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5040,"gaps":5042,"headline":5044},[5031],"The platform's one position that fits this office's public-safety power, rather than its parks power more broadly, is a noise bylaw.",[5033],{"title":5034,"detail":5035,"cites":5036,"authority":5038},"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.",[5037],"ipp-platform","The Park Board makes bylaws for parks and beaches.",[],[5021,5041,3977],"The party's platform page at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform, not linked from the home page but reachable directly",[5043],"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":190,"paragraphs":5046,"proposals":5048,"questions":5057,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5058,"gaps":5059,"headline":5060},[5047],"The platform's transport positions are both about Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.",[5049,5053],{"title":5050,"detail":5051,"cites":5052,"authority":4780},"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.",[5037],{"title":5054,"detail":5055,"cites":5056},"Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park","The party commits to holding car-free days in Stanley Park.",[5037],[],[5021,5041,3977],[5043],"A protected lane on Stanley Park Drive and car-free days",{"issue":224,"paragraphs":5062,"proposals":5066,"questions":5102,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5103,"gaps":5104,"headline":5105},[5063,5064,5065],"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.",[5067,5071,5075,5078,5082,5086,5090,5094,5098],{"title":5068,"detail":5069,"cites":5070},"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.",[5037],{"title":5072,"detail":5073,"cites":5074},"Reverse outsourcing of park maintenance","Park maintenance now outsourced to private companies would be brought back in-house.",[5037],{"title":249,"detail":5076,"cites":5077},"Every park now classified as temporary would be reclassified as permanent.",[5037],{"title":5079,"detail":5080,"cites":5081},"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.",[5037],{"title":5083,"detail":5084,"cites":5085},"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.",[5037],{"title":5087,"detail":5088,"cites":5089},"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.",[5037],{"title":5091,"detail":5092,"cites":5093},"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.",[5037],{"title":5095,"detail":5096,"cites":5097},"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.",[5037],{"title":5099,"detail":5100,"cites":5101},"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.",[5037],[],[5021,5041,3977],[5043],"Keep parks public, reverse outsourcing, and hold off major projects pending review",{"issue":284,"paragraphs":5107,"proposals":5108,"questions":5109,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5110,"gaps":5111},[],[],[],[5021,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":337,"paragraphs":5113,"proposals":5116,"questions":5134,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5135,"gaps":5136,"headline":5137},[5114,5115],"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.",[5117,5121,5126,5130],{"title":5118,"detail":5119,"cites":5120},"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.",[5037],{"title":5122,"detail":5123,"cites":5124,"authority":5125},"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.",[5037],"This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.",{"title":5127,"detail":5128,"cites":5129},"Rescind the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\"","The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.",[5037],{"title":5131,"detail":5132,"cites":5133},"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.",[5037],[],[5021,5041,3977],[5043],"Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach",{"issue":371,"paragraphs":5139,"proposals":5142,"questions":5171,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5172,"gaps":5173,"headline":5174},[5140,5141,5065],"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.",[5143,5147,5151,5155,5159,5163,5167],{"title":5144,"detail":5145,"cites":5146},"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.",[5037],{"title":5148,"detail":5149,"cites":5150},"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.",[5037],{"title":5152,"detail":5153,"cites":5154},"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.",[5037],{"title":5156,"detail":5157,"cites":5158},"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.",[5037],{"title":5160,"detail":5161,"cites":5162},"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.",[5037],{"title":5164,"detail":5165,"cites":5166},"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.",[5037],{"title":5168,"detail":5169,"cites":5170},"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.",[5037],[],[5021,5041,3977],[5043],"A moratorium on tree removals, a pesticide ban, and disputes over Stanley Park's forest",{"issue":416,"paragraphs":5176,"proposals":5177,"questions":5178,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5179,"gaps":5180},[],[],[],[5021,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":453,"paragraphs":5182,"proposals":5183,"questions":5184,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5185,"gaps":5186},[],[],[],[5021,3977,3978],[3980],[5188,5192,5196,5199,5203,5207,5211,5213],{"question":5189,"answer":5190,"cites":5191},"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.",[29],{"question":5193,"answer":5194,"cites":5195},"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.",[29],{"question":4035,"answer":5197,"cites":5198},"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.",[4989],{"question":5200,"answer":5201,"cites":5202},"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.",[4989],{"question":5204,"answer":5205,"cites":5206},"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.",[4989],{"question":5208,"answer":5209,"cites":5210},"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.",[29],{"question":4055,"answer":4056,"cites":5212},[510,511],{"question":4059,"answer":5214,"cites":5215},"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.",[4989,29],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5217,"gaps":5218,"entries":5219},[19,514],[516],[],"independent-parks-party",[5222,5224,5225,5226,5227,5228],{"id":4989,"label":5223,"url":2851,"publisher":2850,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Independent Parks Party website",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5037,"label":5229,"url":5230,"publisher":2850,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"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 parks.","xjDKcn2RXTa9jFOnwx-wi-mEN-23tpyXhgMwc7o4TeU",{"id":5235,"aliases":5236,"checkedAt":4645,"declaredColour":5237,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":5241,"history":5242,"leadership":5246,"logo":13,"meta":5247,"money":5248,"name":2858,"news":5253,"overview":5257,"palette":5261,"platform":5265,"questions":5463,"record":5495,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2858,"slug":5499,"sources":5500,"stem":5545,"summary":5546,"website":2859,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":5547},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity.json",[],{"hex":5238,"note":9,"cites":5239},"#e24853",[5240],"onecity-home","4,000 homes on city land, and no mayoral candidate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5243,"gaps":5244,"entries":5245},[19,20],[22],[],[],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5249,"gaps":5250,"searchUrl":43,"filings":5251,"notes":5252},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5254,"gaps":5255,"entries":5256},[54],[56],[],[5258,5259,5260],"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":5262,"onAccent":65,"tint":5263,"ink":5264},"#DE2E3A","#F7E3E5","#7A1F25",[5266,5295,5325,5373,5392,5404,5411,5438,5444,5450],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":5267,"proposals":5271,"questions":5281,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5286,"gaps":5289,"headline":5293,"summary":5294},[5268,5269,5270],"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.",[5272,5277],{"title":5273,"detail":5274,"cites":5275,"cost":178,"authority":5276},"Build 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.",[5240],"The city owns the land and can direct its use.",{"title":5278,"detail":5279,"cites":5280},"Strengthen protections for low-income seniors and renters","OneCity commits to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",[5240],[5282],{"question":5283,"answer":5284,"cites":5285},"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.",[5240],[5287,5288],"The OneCity home page","A web search for the OneCity 2026 platform, September 2026",[5290,5291,5292],"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":134,"paragraphs":5296,"proposals":5299,"questions":5318,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5319,"gaps":5322,"headline":5324},[5297,5298],"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.",[5300,5306,5310,5314],{"title":5301,"detail":5302,"cites":5303,"authority":5305},"End the ban on new supportive housing","The party would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.",[5304],"onecity-housingforall","Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":5307,"detail":5308,"cites":5309},"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.",[5304],{"title":5311,"detail":5312,"cites":5313},"A Vancouver Shelter Standard","The party would create a standard for every city-funded shelter, so they are safe and welcoming.",[5304],{"title":5315,"detail":5316,"cites":5317},"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.",[5304],[],[5320,5321,3977],"The party's News page at https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews","The party website home page",[5323],"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":161,"paragraphs":5326,"proposals":5329,"questions":5368,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":5369,"gaps":5370,"headline":5372},[5327,5328],"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 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frontline organizations, alongside a table to coordinate neighbourhood response.",[5334],{"title":5348,"detail":5349,"cites":5350},"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.",[5334],{"title":5352,"detail":5353,"cites":5354},"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.",[5334],{"title":5356,"detail":5357,"cites":5358},"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.",[5334],{"title":5360,"detail":5361,"cites":5362},"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.",[5334],{"title":5364,"detail":5365,"cites":5366,"authority":5367},"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.",[5334],"Council approves the police budget and can direct such a review.",[],[5320,5321,3977],[5371],"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":190,"paragraphs":5374,"proposals":5377,"questions":5387,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5388,"gaps":5389,"headline":5390,"summary":5391},[5375,5376],"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.",[5378,5383],{"title":5379,"detail":5380,"cites":5381,"cost":178,"authority":5382},"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.",[5240],"The city owns and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":5384,"detail":5385,"cites":5386},"Reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at crossings","OneCity commits to reducing pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at crossings.",[5240],[],[5287],[],"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":224,"paragraphs":5393,"proposals":5395,"questions":5400,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5401,"gaps":5402,"headline":5397,"summary":5398},[5394],"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.",[5396],{"title":5397,"detail":5398,"cites":5399,"cost":178},"Renew community centres, pools and ice rinks","OneCity commits to renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks.",[5240],[],[5287],[5403,5291],"No list of facilities is published.",{"issue":284,"paragraphs":5405,"proposals":5406,"questions":5407,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5408,"gaps":5410},[],[],[],[5409,3977,3978],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",[3980],{"issue":337,"paragraphs":5412,"proposals":5414,"questions":5432,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5433,"gaps":5434,"headline":5436,"summary":5437},[5413],"OneCity’s published economic commitments centre on small business and on what the city requires of the people it pays.",[5415,5420,5424,5428],{"title":5416,"detail":5417,"cites":5418,"authority":5419},"Ensure public dollars fund fair wages","OneCity commits to ensuring public dollars fund fair wages.",[5240],"Council sets its own procurement rules.",{"title":5421,"detail":5422,"cites":5423,"cost":178},"Launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office","OneCity would launch an office to help entrepreneurs deal with the city.",[5240],{"title":5425,"detail":5426,"cites":5427,"cost":178},"Small-business micro-grants","OneCity commits to providing small-business micro-grants.",[5240],{"title":5429,"detail":5430,"cites":5431},"Modernise home-based business rules","OneCity would modernise the rules for running a business from home.",[5240],[],[5287],[5435],"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":371,"paragraphs":5439,"proposals":5440,"questions":5441,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5442,"gaps":5443},[],[],[],[5409,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":416,"paragraphs":5445,"proposals":5446,"questions":5447,"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5448,"gaps":5449},[],[],[],[5409,3977,3978],[3980],{"issue":453,"paragraphs":5451,"proposals":5453,"questions":5458,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5459,"gaps":5460,"headline":5455,"summary":5462},[5452],"OneCity names child care among its published commitments but has not published a number of spaces, a cost or a timeline.",[5454],{"title":5455,"detail":5456,"cites":5457,"cost":178},"Create child care spaces across the city","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city.",[5240],[],[5287],[5461],"No number of spaces is published.","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city. No number is published.",[5464,5468,5472,5476,5480,5484,5488,5492],{"question":5465,"answer":5466,"cites":5467},"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.",[29],{"question":5469,"answer":5470,"cites":5471},"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.",[5240],{"question":5473,"answer":5474,"cites":5475},"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.",[5240],{"question":5477,"answer":5478,"cites":5479},"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.",[5240],{"question":5481,"answer":5482,"cites":5483},"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.",[5240,510],{"question":5485,"answer":5486,"cites":5487},"How many School Board candidates is OneCity running?","Five, tied with ABC for the largest school slate on this ballot.",[29],{"question":5489,"answer":5490,"cites":5491},"Does OneCity have a published climate policy?","We found none on its website on September 22, 2026. Its full platform had not been published.",[5240],{"question":5493,"answer":4056,"cites":5494},"Where can I see OneCity’s campaign finances?",[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5496,"gaps":5497,"entries":5498},[19,514],[516],[],"onecity",[5501,5503,5504,5505,5506,5507,5511,5515,5519,5524,5529,5533,5537,5541],{"id":5240,"label":5502,"url":2859,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity home page",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5334,"label":5508,"url":5509,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":5510,"checkedAt":4645},"OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fprogressivepublicsafety","2026-09-25",{"id":5304,"label":5512,"url":5513,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":5514,"checkedAt":4645},"OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fhousingforall","2026-09-24",{"id":5516,"label":5517,"url":5518,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"onecity-our-plans","Our Plans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Four-plans",{"id":5520,"label":5521,"url":5522,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":5523,"checkedAt":576},"onecity-leap","OneCity Announces the second part of our Local Economic Action Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fleap","2026-08-17",{"id":5525,"label":5526,"url":5527,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":5528,"checkedAt":576},"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":5530,"label":5531,"url":5532,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4979,"checkedAt":576},"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",{"id":5534,"label":5535,"url":5536,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4979,"checkedAt":576},"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":5538,"label":5539,"url":5540,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4979,"checkedAt":576},"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":5542,"label":5543,"url":5544,"publisher":2858,"kind":524,"publishedAt":4979,"checkedAt":576},"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. 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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. 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It also opposes congestion pricing, which TEAM does too.",[5817],{"question":4055,"answer":4056,"cites":6042},[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6044,"gaps":6045,"entries":6046},[19,514],[516],[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[6050,6052,6053,6054,6055,6056,6059],{"id":5817,"label":6051,"url":2831,"publisher":2830,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":5976,"label":6057,"url":6058,"publisher":2830,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":6060,"label":6061,"url":6062,"publisher":2830,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"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":6067,"aliases":6068,"checkedAt":4645,"declaredColour":6069,"extension":12,"founded":6072,"headline":6075,"history":6076,"leadership":6080,"logo":13,"meta":6083,"money":6084,"name":2757,"news":6089,"overview":6093,"palette":6098,"platform":6102,"questions":6295,"record":6331,"registeredName":6335,"rosterLabel":2757,"slug":6336,"sources":6337,"stem":6354,"summary":6355,"website":2758,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":6356},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals.json",[],{"hex":6070,"note":9,"cites":6071},"#d53f31",[4722],{"year":6073,"note":5820,"cites":6074},2025,[4722],"A party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6077,"gaps":6078,"entries":6079},[19,20],[22],[],[6081],{"role":26,"name":3114,"cites":6082},[4722,29],{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6085,"gaps":6086,"searchUrl":43,"filings":6087,"notes":6088},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6090,"gaps":6091,"entries":6092},[54],[56],[],[6094,6095,6096,6097],"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":6099,"onAccent":65,"tint":6100,"ink":6101},"#D43B2D","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[6103,6126,6147,6166,6178,6221,6236,6257,6269,6288],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":6104,"proposals":6108,"questions":6114,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6120,"gaps":6122,"headline":6124,"summary":6125},[6105,6106,6107],"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.",[6109],{"title":6110,"detail":6111,"cites":6112,"authority":6113},"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\".",[4722],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[6115],{"question":6116,"answer":6117,"cites":6118},"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.",[4722,6119],"green-housing-x",[6121],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[3557,6123],"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":134,"paragraphs":6127,"proposals":6130,"questions":6140,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6141,"gaps":6144,"headline":6146},[6128,6129],"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.",[6131,6136],{"title":6132,"detail":6133,"cites":6134,"authority":5305},"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.",[6135],"vl-issues",{"title":6137,"detail":6138,"cites":6139},"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.",[6135],[],[6142,6143,5321,3977],"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",[6145],"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":161,"paragraphs":6148,"proposals":6151,"questions":6161,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6162,"gaps":6163,"headline":6164,"summary":6165},[6149,6150],"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.",[6152,6157],{"title":6153,"detail":6154,"cites":6155,"authority":6156},"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\".",[4722],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":6158,"detail":6159,"cites":6160,"cost":178},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[4722],[],[6121],[],"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":190,"paragraphs":6167,"proposals":6169,"questions":6174,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6175,"gaps":6176,"headline":6171,"summary":6177},[6168],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[6170],{"title":6171,"detail":6172,"cites":6173},"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.",[4722],[],[6121],[3643,3644],"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":224,"paragraphs":6179,"proposals":6182,"questions":6215,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6216,"gaps":6217,"headline":6219,"summary":6220},[6180,6181],"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.",[6183,6189,6194,6198,6203,6207,6211],{"title":6184,"detail":6185,"cites":6186,"authority":6188},"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.",[6187],"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":6190,"detail":6191,"cites":6192,"cost":6193},"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.",[6187],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":6195,"detail":6196,"cites":6197},"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.",[6187],{"title":6199,"detail":6200,"cites":6201,"cost":6202},"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.",[6135],"$1.35 billion",{"title":6204,"detail":6205,"cites":6206},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[6135],{"title":6208,"detail":6209,"cites":6210},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[6135],{"title":6212,"detail":6213,"cites":6214},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[6135],[],[6142,6143,5321,3977],[6218],"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":284,"paragraphs":6222,"proposals":6225,"questions":6231,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6232,"gaps":6233,"headline":6234,"summary":6235},[6223,6224],"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.",[6226],{"title":6227,"detail":6228,"cites":6229,"authority":6230},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[4722],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[6121],[],"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":337,"paragraphs":6237,"proposals":6241,"questions":6252,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6253,"gaps":6254,"headline":6255,"summary":6256},[6238,6239,6240],"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.",[6242,6248],{"title":6243,"detail":6244,"cites":6245,"cost":6246,"authority":6247},"Cancel the $800 million second city hall","The party commits to cancelling what it calls the \"$800-Million Second City Hall\" project.",[4722],"$800 million, as described by the party","Council approves capital projects.",{"title":6249,"detail":6250,"cites":6251,"cost":178},"Hire 400 new front-line unionized staff","The 400 staff would improve garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities.",[4722],[],[6121],[],"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":371,"paragraphs":6258,"proposals":6260,"questions":6265,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6266,"gaps":6267,"headline":6262},[6259],"The party's one climate-specific position is about the shrinking tree canopy, stated as a problem with no measure yet attached.",[6261],{"title":6262,"detail":6263,"cites":6264},"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.",[6135],[],[6142,6143,5321,3977],[6268],"No target percentage, cost or date is given for the strategy.",{"issue":416,"paragraphs":6270,"proposals":6273,"questions":6283,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6284,"gaps":6285,"headline":6287},[6271,6272],"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.",[6274,6279],{"title":6275,"detail":6276,"cites":6277,"cost":6278},"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.",[6135],"Property tax cut in half for participating artists; no total program cost published",{"title":6280,"detail":6281,"cites":6282},"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.",[6135],[],[6142,6143,5321,3977],[6286],"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":453,"paragraphs":6289,"proposals":6290,"questions":6291,"state":3758,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6292,"gaps":6293},[],[],[],[6142,6143,5321,3977],[6294],"No child care commitment appears anywhere on the party's issues page or its linked plan documents.",[6296,6300,6304,6308,6312,6316,6320,6324,6328],{"question":6297,"answer":6298,"cites":6299},"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.",[4722,29],{"question":6301,"answer":6302,"cites":6303},"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.",[29],{"question":6305,"answer":6306,"cites":6307},"When was the party founded?","Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[4722],{"question":6309,"answer":6310,"cites":6311},"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.",[4722,6119],{"question":6313,"answer":6314,"cites":6315},"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.",[4722],{"question":6317,"answer":6318,"cites":6319},"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.",[4722],{"question":6321,"answer":6322,"cites":6323},"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.",[4722],{"question":6325,"answer":6326,"cites":6327},"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.",[4722],{"question":6329,"answer":4056,"cites":6330},"Where can I see their campaign finances?",[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6332,"gaps":6333,"entries":6334},[19,514],[516],[],"Vancouver Liberal Electors Association","vancouver-liberals",[6338,6339,6340,6341,6342,6343,6344,6347,6350],{"id":4722,"label":4961,"url":2758,"publisher":2757,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},{"id":6119,"label":4957,"url":4958,"publisher":3923,"kind":556,"publishedAt":4959,"checkedAt":6},{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":6135,"label":6345,"url":6346,"publisher":2757,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues",{"id":6187,"label":6348,"url":6349,"publisher":2757,"kind":524,"checkedAt":4645},"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":6351,"label":6352,"url":6353,"publisher":2757,"kind":524,"checkedAt":576},"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":6358,"aliases":6359,"checkedAt":4645,"declaredColour":6360,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":6364,"history":6365,"leadership":6369,"logo":13,"meta":6374,"money":6375,"name":2771,"news":6380,"overview":6384,"palette":6389,"platform":6392,"questions":6630,"record":6666,"registeredName":13,"rosterLabel":2771,"slug":6670,"sources":6671,"stem":6681,"summary":6682,"website":2772,"wordmark":13,"__hash__":6683},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":6361,"note":3509,"cites":6362},"#7A3D9E",[6363],"vv-home","A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document",{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6366,"gaps":6367,"entries":6368},[19,20],[22],[],[6370],{"role":6371,"name":3321,"cites":6372},"Mayoral candidate and founder",[6373,29],"vv-policy",{},{"state":37,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6376,"gaps":6377,"searchUrl":43,"filings":6378,"notes":6379},[39,40],[42],[],[46,47,48,49,50],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6381,"gaps":6382,"entries":6383},[54],[56],[],[6385,6386,6387,6388],"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":6361,"onAccent":65,"tint":6390,"ink":6391},"#EFE5F5","#552B6E",[6393,6450,6477,6502,6519,6533,6562,6578,6596,6617],{"issue":70,"paragraphs":6394,"proposals":6399,"questions":6437,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6446,"gaps":6448,"headline":6401,"summary":6449},[6395,6396,6397,6398],"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.",[6400,6405,6409,6412,6417,6421,6425,6429,6433],{"title":6401,"detail":6402,"cites":6403,"authority":5276,"deadline":6404},"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.",[6373],"One month after taking office",{"title":6406,"detail":6407,"cites":6408},"Target rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.",[6373],{"title":6132,"detail":6410,"cites":6411},"Vote Vancouver would reverse the ban so single room occupancy hotels can be replaced with safe, dignified, affordable options.",[6373],{"title":6413,"detail":6414,"cites":6415,"authority":6416},"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.",[6373],"Council can pass such a bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":6418,"detail":6419,"cites":6420},"Use DASH to build faster","The city would use Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing, pre-approved models and sustainable materials, especially for modular housing.",[6373],{"title":6422,"detail":6423,"cites":6424},"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.",[6373],{"title":6426,"detail":6427,"cites":6428},"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.",[6373],{"title":6430,"detail":6431,"cites":6432},"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.",[6373],{"title":6434,"detail":6435,"cites":6436},"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.",[6373],[6438,6442],{"question":6439,"answer":6440,"cites":6441},"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.",[6373],{"question":6443,"answer":6444,"cites":6445},"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.",[6373],[6447],"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":134,"paragraphs":6451,"proposals":6454,"questions":6470,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6471,"gaps":6474,"headline":6476},[6452,6453],"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.",[6455,6458,6462,6466],{"title":6132,"detail":6456,"cites":6457,"authority":5305},"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.",[6373],{"title":6459,"detail":6460,"cites":6461},"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.",[6373],{"title":6463,"detail":6464,"cites":6465},"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.",[6373],{"title":6467,"detail":6468,"cites":6469},"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.",[6373],[],[6472,6473,3977],"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",[6475],"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":161,"paragraphs":6478,"proposals":6481,"questions":6498,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6499,"gaps":6500,"headline":6501},[6479,6480],"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.",[6482,6486,6490,6494],{"title":6483,"detail":6484,"cites":6485},"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","The party would develop this strategy with police, healthcare providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.",[6373],{"title":6487,"detail":6488,"cites":6489},"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.",[6373],{"title":6491,"detail":6492,"cites":6493},"Expand gender-based violence prevention work","The party would expand policies and working groups on gender-based violence, crediting a motion by Rebecca Bligh.",[6373],{"title":6495,"detail":6496,"cites":6497},"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.",[6373],[],[6472,6473,3977],[6475],"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reworked policing centres, and a restorative justice system",{"issue":190,"paragraphs":6503,"proposals":6507,"questions":6512,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6513,"gaps":6515,"headline":6517,"summary":6518},[6504,6505,6506],"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.",[6508],{"title":6509,"detail":6510,"cites":6511},"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.",[6373],[],[6514],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document",[6516],"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":224,"paragraphs":6520,"proposals":6522,"questions":6527,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6528,"gaps":6529,"headline":6531,"summary":6532},[6521],"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.",[6523],{"title":6524,"detail":6525,"cites":6526},"Improve access to parks, pools and recreation","The party names improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on.",[6373],[],[6514],[6530],"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":284,"paragraphs":6534,"proposals":6537,"questions":6558,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6559,"gaps":6560,"headline":6561},[6535,6536],"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.",[6538,6542,6546,6550,6554],{"title":6539,"detail":6540,"cites":6541},"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.",[6373],{"title":6543,"detail":6544,"cites":6545},"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.",[6373],{"title":6547,"detail":6548,"cites":6549},"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.",[6373],{"title":6551,"detail":6552,"cites":6553},"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.",[6373],{"title":6555,"detail":6556,"cites":6557},"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.",[6373],[],[6472,6473,3977],[6475],"Neurodivergence supports, a rebranded School Liaison Officer role, and facility upgrades",{"issue":337,"paragraphs":6563,"proposals":6567,"questions":6572,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6573,"gaps":6574,"headline":6576,"summary":6577},[6564,6565,6566],"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.",[6568],{"title":6569,"detail":6570,"cites":6571},"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.",[6373],[],[6514],[6575],"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":371,"paragraphs":6579,"proposals":6581,"questions":6592,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6593,"gaps":6594,"headline":6595},[6580],"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.",[6582,6587],{"title":6583,"detail":6584,"cites":6585,"authority":6586},"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.",[6373],"The City's own reporting program.",{"title":6588,"detail":6589,"cites":6590,"authority":6591},"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.",[6373],"Vancouver's own building bylaw.",[],[6472,6473,3977],[6475],"Restart emissions reporting, and keep electric heating rules for new buildings",{"issue":416,"paragraphs":6597,"proposals":6599,"questions":6613,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":4645,"searched":6614,"gaps":6615,"headline":6616},[6598],"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.",[6600,6604,6609],{"title":6601,"detail":6602,"cites":6603,"cost":178},"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.",[6373],{"title":6605,"detail":6606,"cites":6607,"cost":6608},"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.",[6373],"A dedicated annual allocation from the City; no figure published",{"title":6610,"detail":6611,"cites":6612},"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.",[6373],[],[6472,6473,3977],[6475],"An Independent Arts Council and a City Navigator for permits",{"issue":453,"paragraphs":6618,"proposals":6620,"questions":6625,"state":37,"indexable":126,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6626,"gaps":6627,"headline":6628,"summary":6629},[6619],"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.",[6621],{"title":6622,"detail":6623,"cites":6624},"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.",[6373],[],[6514],[468,469],"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.",[6631,6635,6639,6643,6647,6651,6655,6659,6663],{"question":6632,"answer":6633,"cites":6634},"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.",[6373,29],{"question":6636,"answer":6637,"cites":6638},"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.",[29],{"question":6640,"answer":6641,"cites":6642},"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.",[6373],{"question":6644,"answer":6645,"cites":6646},"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.",[6373],{"question":6648,"answer":6649,"cites":6650},"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.",[6373],{"question":6652,"answer":6653,"cites":6654},"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.",[6373],{"question":6656,"answer":6657,"cites":6658},"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.",[6373],{"question":6660,"answer":6661,"cites":6662},"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.",[6373],{"question":6664,"answer":4056,"cites":6665},"Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?",[510,511],{"state":16,"indexable":17,"checkedAt":6,"searched":6667,"gaps":6668,"entries":6669},[19,514],[516],[],"vote-vancouver",[6672,6674,6677,6678,6679,6680],{"id":6363,"label":6673,"url":2772,"publisher":2771,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Vote Vancouver home page",{"id":6373,"label":6675,"url":6676,"publisher":2771,"kind":524,"checkedAt":6},"Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fvotevancouver.ca\u002Fs\u002FVV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf",{"id":29,"label":558,"url":559,"publisher":560,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":510,"label":563,"url":43,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":511,"label":566,"url":567,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},{"id":569,"label":570,"url":571,"publisher":564,"kind":561,"checkedAt":6},"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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