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.
CITY TAXES AND THE CAPITAL PLAN
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on taxes and budget
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.
5 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
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.
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.
Establish a lobbyist registry
A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.
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.
Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks
Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.
IN THE FULL PLATFORM
More on taxes and budget in the Our Positions
The party's full platform document covers this issue in 3 chapters. Each chapter page lists every commitment with its PDF page and says which government would have to act.
Economic Development
TEAM on business: protect industrial land, lower parking rates and local procurement
Finance and Administration
TEAM on city finances: tax increases held to inflation and a full budget review
Classrooms, Programs and the Budget
TEAM on classrooms: music in every school, swimming for all and a Copilot pause
Sources
A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true.
- TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM our positions SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM planning for livability and affordability, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM parks and recreation, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM schools, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM finance and administration, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM our environment, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM arts and culture, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM safety for all SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM transportation SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- Vancouver mayor says he will not try to eliminate the park board if re-elected CBC News · checked
- Who is running: official 2026 candidate list City of Vancouver · checked
- Local elections disclosure statement search Elections BC · checked
- Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties Elections BC · checked
- Making a campaign contribution Elections BC · checked
- TEAM community representation SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM community representation, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM planning for livability and affordability SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM our environment SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM finance and administration SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM safety for all, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM transportation, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM economic development SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM economic development, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM arts and culture SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM parks and recreation SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- TEAM schools SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked