[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1855},["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-school-board":895,"party-roster-TEAM for a Livable Vancouver":1073},{"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. Covers City Council, Park Board and School Board.","1yRcOrYIlqrg-FxNrurlmOz_q9SQnBBp3BIDLydkdx4",[896,995],{"id":897,"title":898,"checkedAt":576,"context":899,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":900,"headline":910,"issues":911,"meta":912,"order":913,"pages":13,"paragraphs":914,"party":519,"pillar":844,"proposals":919,"questions":972,"slug":991,"source":295,"stem":992,"summary":993,"__hash__":994},"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",[],[901,904,907],{"value":902,"label":903},"4","Annexes the party says remain at high risk in a seismic event",{"value":905,"label":906},"28","Elementary schools the party says remain at high risk in a seismic event",{"value":908,"label":909},"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],{},"1",[915,916,917,918],"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.",[920,924,928,932,936,941,944,948,952,956,960,964,968],{"title":292,"detail":921,"authority":922,"authorityNote":923},"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.","city-with-others","The School Board sets catchments and admissions, but planning schools for new housing needs the City, and new buildings need provincial funding.",{"title":925,"detail":926,"authority":844,"authorityNote":927},"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":929,"detail":930,"authority":844,"authorityNote":931},"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":933,"detail":934,"authority":922,"authorityNote":935},"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":937,"detail":938,"authority":939,"authorityNote":940},"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.","province","The Province funds new school buildings, so the board can only ask for them.",{"title":297,"detail":942,"authority":844,"authorityNote":943},"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":945,"detail":946,"authority":844,"authorityNote":947},"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":949,"detail":950,"authority":939,"authorityNote":951},"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":953,"detail":954,"authority":922,"authorityNote":955},"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":957,"detail":958,"authority":922,"authorityNote":959},"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":961,"detail":962,"authority":844,"authorityNote":963},"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":965,"detail":966,"authority":844,"authorityNote":967},"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":969,"detail":970,"authority":922,"authorityNote":971},"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.",[973,976,979,982,985,988],{"question":974,"answer":975},"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":977,"answer":978},"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":980,"answer":981},"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":983,"answer":984},"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":986,"answer":987},"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":989,"answer":990},"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":996,"title":997,"checkedAt":576,"context":998,"document":890,"extension":12,"figures":999,"headline":1006,"issues":1007,"meta":1008,"order":1009,"pages":13,"paragraphs":1010,"party":519,"pillar":844,"proposals":1015,"questions":1052,"slug":1069,"source":295,"stem":1070,"summary":1071,"__hash__":1072},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver\u002Fschool-board--classrooms-programs-and-budget.json","Classrooms, Programs and the Budget",[],[1000,1003],{"value":1001,"label":1002},"100%","Share of Vancouver children TEAM wants to learn to swim",{"value":1004,"label":1005},"50%","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],{},"2",[1011,1012,1013,1014],"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.",[1016,1020,1024,1028,1032,1036,1040,1044,1048],{"title":1017,"detail":1018,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1019},"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":1021,"detail":1022,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1023},"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":1025,"detail":1026,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1027},"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":1029,"detail":1030,"authority":939,"authorityNote":1031},"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":1033,"detail":1034,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1035},"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":1037,"detail":1038,"authority":922,"authorityNote":1039},"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":1041,"detail":1042,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1043},"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":1045,"detail":1046,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1047},"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":1049,"detail":1050,"authority":844,"authorityNote":1051},"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.",[1053,1055,1057,1060,1063,1066],{"question":1054,"answer":863},"Would TEAM for a Livable Vancouver bring back band and strings?",{"question":1056,"answer":866},"What does TEAM say about Microsoft Copilot in Vancouver schools?",{"question":1058,"answer":1059},"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":1061,"answer":1062},"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":1064,"answer":1065},"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":1067,"answer":1068},"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. 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