[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":5602},["ShallowReactive",2],{"party-trueblue-vancouver":3,"platform-trueblue-vancouver-2026-platform":320,"platform-chapters-trueblue-vancouver-2026-platform-all":706,"party-roster-TrueBlue Vancouver":1438,"parties-all":2222,"platforms-all":5589},{"id":4,"aliases":5,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":7,"extension":12,"founded":13,"headline":17,"history":18,"leadership":28,"logo":29,"meta":30,"money":31,"name":46,"news":47,"overview":53,"palette":58,"platform":63,"questions":245,"record":281,"registeredName":287,"rosterLabel":46,"slug":288,"sources":289,"stem":317,"summary":318,"website":292,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":319},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json",[],"2026-09-26",{"hex":8,"note":9,"cites":10},"#1d4ed8","Read from the party website on September 22, 2026.",[11],"tb-home","json",{"year":14,"note":15,"cites":16},2023,"Stated on the party website. We have not checked this against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],"A small conservative slate, mostly contesting the School Board",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":22,"gaps":25,"entries":27},"unresearched",false,"2026-09-22",[23,24],"The party website","A web search for the party name with past Vancouver election results",[26],"Founding, past results and any name changes have not been checked for this party yet.",[],[],null,{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":33,"gaps":36,"searchUrl":38,"filings":39,"notes":40},"researched",[34,35],"The Elections BC local elections disclosure system","The Elections BC elector organization reporting rules",[37],"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",[],[41,42,43,44,45],"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.","TrueBlue Vancouver",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":48,"gaps":50,"entries":52},[49],"A web search for the party name, September 2026",[51],"No dated coverage index has been compiled for this party yet.",[],[54,55,56,57],"TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 people across 4 ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears on the ballot twice, for City Council at number 154 and for School Board at number 318.","It is the only party on this ballot with a candidate standing for two different offices.","The party site gives its founding year as 2023 and describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate, so we have recorded the official list.","Its published platform is broad and mostly without numbers. It sets a direction on ten subjects rather than making costed commitments.",{"accent":59,"onAccent":60,"tint":61,"ink":62},"#1D4ED8","#FFFFFF","#E3E8F7","#1F377A",[64,83,102,117,144,158,175,194,229,238],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":66,"proposals":68,"questions":74,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":76,"gaps":78,"headline":81,"summary":82},"housing",[67],"The party publishes a direction with no supply target, cost or timeline attached.",[69],{"title":70,"detail":71,"cites":72,"cost":73},"Make housing easier and less expensive to build","The party would reduce fees, red tape and permit delays while protecting neighbourhood character.",[11],"Not published",[],true,[77],"The TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform page",[79,80],"No housing supply target is published.","No affordability commitment is published.","Cheaper to build, with neighbourhood character protected","TrueBlue would make housing easier and less expensive to build by reducing fees, red tape and permit delays, while protecting neighbourhood character.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":85,"proposals":88,"questions":98,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":99,"gaps":100,"headline":90,"summary":101},"homelessness",[86,87],"This is the recovery-first end of the ballot. TrueBlue’s framing is the opposite of COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.","Detox and treatment services are provincial, so a city taking this direction would be pressing the province rather than delivering it.",[89,94],{"title":90,"detail":91,"cites":92,"authority":93},"Prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery","The party would focus on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",[11],"Detox and treatment services are provincial.",{"title":95,"detail":96,"cites":97},"Address encampments","The party would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks.",[11],[],[77],[],"TrueBlue focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":104,"proposals":106,"questions":112,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":113,"gaps":114,"headline":115,"summary":116},"public-safety",[105],"TrueBlue’s safety position sits with ABC and against COPE on the ballot’s clearest divide: whether to fund policing more or to fund other services instead. No budget figure is published.",[107],{"title":108,"detail":109,"cites":110,"cost":73,"authority":111},"Properly funded police","The party supports properly funded police and addressing repeat crime and public disorder. No budget figure is published.",[11],"Council approves the police budget. The Police Board directs the department.",[],[77],[],"Properly funded police and action on repeat crime","TrueBlue supports properly funded police and would address repeat crime and public disorder.",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":119,"proposals":121,"questions":139,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":140,"gaps":141,"headline":142,"summary":143},"transport",[120],"TrueBlue and TEAM are the two parties publishing a position against road pricing. TrueBlue adds a bike lane audit, which no other party publishes.",[122,126,130,135],{"title":123,"detail":124,"cites":125},"Oppose congestion pricing","The party opposes congestion pricing.",[11],{"title":127,"detail":128,"cites":129},"Audit bike lanes","The party would audit bike lanes.",[11],{"title":131,"detail":132,"cites":133,"authority":134},"Support transit based on ridership and need","The party would support transit based on ridership and need.",[11],"TransLink runs transit service.",{"title":136,"detail":137,"cites":138},"Protect commercial parking access","The party would cut red tape and protect commercial parking access.",[11],[],[77],[],"Oppose congestion pricing and audit bike lanes","TrueBlue opposes congestion pricing, would audit bike lanes, and would support transit based on ridership and need.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":146,"proposals":148,"questions":152,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":153,"gaps":154,"headline":156,"summary":157},"parks",[147],"The party is not contesting the Park Board race. Its published commitment touching parks is about maintenance and encampments and would be carried out through council.",[149],{"title":150,"detail":96,"cites":151},"Maintain parks and sidewalks",[11],[],[77],[155],"No position on the future of the elected Park Board is published.","Maintain parks and sidewalks, address encampments","TrueBlue would address encampments and maintain parks and sidewalks. It is not running Park Board candidates.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":160,"proposals":163,"questions":168,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":169,"gaps":170,"headline":173,"summary":174},"schools",[161,162],"The School Board is where TrueBlue is concentrating. Three of its four ballot entries are school trustee candidacies, which is the largest share of any party’s slate going to one race.","Its published school position is a direction rather than a set of commitments: safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[164],{"title":165,"detail":166,"cites":167},"Safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking","The party commits to promoting safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. No measurable outcome is published.",[11],[],[77],[171,172],"No measurable school outcome is published.","No position on school capacity, catchments or the budget is published.","Safe schools, parental involvement and critical thinking","TrueBlue promotes safe schools with parental involvement and critical thinking. Three of its four ballot entries are for School Board.",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":177,"proposals":179,"questions":188,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":189,"gaps":190,"headline":192,"summary":193},"taxes-and-budget",[178],"The party publishes a direction rather than a number. It would control property tax increases and audit spending, but no percentage target or timeline is published.",[180,184],{"title":181,"detail":182,"cites":183,"cost":73},"Control property tax increases","The party commits to controlling property tax increases and auditing spending to focus on essential services. No percentage target is published.",[11],{"title":185,"detail":186,"cites":187},"Publish spending information","The party commits to publishing spending information and holding officials accountable.",[11],[],[77],[191],"No property tax percentage target is published.","Control property tax increases and audit spending","TrueBlue would control property tax increases, audit spending to focus on essential services, and publish spending information.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":196,"proposals":199,"questions":221,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":222,"gaps":226,"headline":228},"climate",[197,198],"The party's climate chapter opposes existing City climate rules on buildings, and reframes flooding and heat as maintenance and infrastructure issues rather than emissions issues.","It also ties park cleanliness and encampment removal to its \"Green Space\" policy, and opposes road-pricing and paid-parking expansion under \"Private Vehicles and Parking.\"",[200,205,209,213,217],{"title":201,"detail":202,"cites":203},"Repeal green building mandates and retrofit rules","The party would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofits and gas-stove bans, and streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so builders and homeowners can choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources.",[204],"tb-platform-pdf",{"title":206,"detail":207,"cites":208},"Direct spending to drainage, dikes and seawalls","The party would focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs, upgrading storm sewers and coastal defences, rather than what it calls activist environmental projects.",[204],{"title":210,"detail":211,"cites":212},"Maintain tree canopy and green space, tied to park cleanliness","The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for recreation, while enforcing public space bylaws and clearing encampments it says make parks unsafe.",[204],{"title":214,"detail":215,"cites":216},"Maintain cooling infrastructure without new heat regulations","The party would keep community centre cooling, pools and ice rinks running through summer heat waves, without new heat-related regulations or taxes on private property owners.",[204],{"title":218,"detail":219,"cites":220},"Oppose road pricing and paid-parking expansion","The party would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and end paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods.",[204],[],[223,224,225],"The party's 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F","The City of Vancouver official candidate list",[227],"The platform states no dollar figure or date for any of these commitments.","Repeal green building rules, and focus climate spending on drainage and cooling infrastructure",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":231,"proposals":232,"questions":233,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":234,"gaps":236},"culture",[],[],[],[224,225,235],"A web search for the party name with the issue name, September 2026",[237],"This issue has not yet been researched for this party.",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":240,"proposals":241,"questions":242,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":243,"gaps":244},"child-care",[],[],[],[224,225,235],[237],[246,251,255,259,263,267,271,275],{"question":247,"answer":248,"cites":249},"How many candidates is TrueBlue running?","Three people across four ballot entries: 1 for City Council and 3 for School Board. Naomi Chocyk appears twice, for City Council at number 154 and School Board at number 318.",[250],"city-candidates",{"question":252,"answer":253,"cites":254},"Can a candidate run for two offices at once?","Naomi Chocyk is on the 2026 Vancouver ballot for both City Council and School Board. That is what the official candidate list shows, and she is the only person on this ballot in that position.",[250],{"question":256,"answer":257,"cites":258},"Is TrueBlue running a mayoral candidate?","No. Its own site describes it as contesting mayor, council and school board, but the official candidate list shows no TrueBlue mayoral candidate. We have recorded the official list.",[250,11],{"question":260,"answer":261,"cites":262},"When was TrueBlue founded?","Its website states 2023. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[11],{"question":264,"answer":265,"cites":266},"Where does TrueBlue stand on drugs?","It focuses on prevention, detox, treatment and long-term recovery rather than what it describes as normalizing drug use. That is the opposite framing to COPE’s safe supply and harm reduction position.",[11],{"question":268,"answer":269,"cites":270},"Does TrueBlue publish any numbers?","No. Its platform sets a direction on about ten subjects without dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines attached, checked September 22, 2026.",[11],{"question":272,"answer":273,"cites":274},"What does TrueBlue say about bike lanes?","It would audit them. It is the only party on this ballot publishing that commitment. It also opposes congestion pricing, which TEAM does too.",[11],{"question":276,"answer":277,"cites":278},"Where can I see its campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.",[279,280],"ebc-search","ebc-org",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":282,"gaps":284,"entries":286},[23,283],"The City of Vancouver council and board decision records",[285],"No decision, vote or funded-work record has been checked for this party yet.",[],"True Blue Vancouver","trueblue-vancouver",[290,294,299,302,305,309,312],{"id":11,"label":291,"url":292,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TrueBlue Vancouver home page and platform","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002F","subject",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Who is running: official 2026 candidate list","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fyour-government\u002F2026-candidate-information.aspx","City of Vancouver","government",{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Local elections disclosure statement search","Elections BC",{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Felector-organizations\u002F",{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"ebc-contrib","Making a campaign contribution","https:\u002F\u002Felections.bc.ca\u002Flocal-elections\u002Fmaking-a-campaign-contribution\u002F",{"id":204,"label":310,"url":311,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fplatform",{"id":313,"label":314,"url":315,"publisher":46,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"tb-platform-2026","TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF","https:\u002F\u002Ftruebluevancouver.com\u002Fdownloads\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver-2026-full-platform.pdf","2026-09-30","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","TrueBlue Vancouver is running 3 candidates: one for City Council and three for School Board, with one person on the ballot twice. Its published platform is built around lower taxes, funded police and recovery-focused drug policy.","odDz0QpNRH95psX90cqatAcQ3ljzSPIwNK0hPZF3ayg",{"id":321,"title":322,"checkedAt":316,"context":323,"corrections":324,"extension":12,"headline":325,"intro":326,"meta":330,"pageCount":331,"party":288,"pillars":332,"questions":677,"slug":699,"sourceId":313,"sourceIds":700,"stem":701,"summary":702,"tagline":703,"updatedAt":29,"url":315,"__hash__":705},"platforms\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver.json","2026 Full Election Platform",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform, section by section",[327,328,329],"TrueBlue Vancouver published its 2026 Full Election Platform as a 49-page PDF under the slogan \"Take Back Our Vancouver.\" It opens with the party's priorities, among them lower taxes, strong policing, treatment and recovery, roads and parking, and parental involvement in schools. The policies follow in sections, from climate and housing to schools and transit. The PDF gives no publication date.","Each policy in the PDF has three parts. \"Our commitment\" states what the party would do. \"What this means\" and \"Implementation\" follow with general steps that repeat from policy to policy, such as assessing cost before acting and publishing results. These pages list the \"Our commitment\" text as the party's commitments. We added one thing the PDF does not give: which government would have to act, and why.","Some policies are printed in more than one section with the same words. The zoning policy, for example, appears under climate, housing and public spaces. We list each repeated policy once, in the section where it fits best, and say on the other section's page where it went. The PDF says on page 2 that it takes the party's supplied policy commitments and presents them as a full election platform.",{},"49",[333,365,400,431,462,492,523,554,585,616,646],{"slug":334,"title":335,"race":336,"order":337,"pages":338,"aim":341,"headline":342,"summary":343,"intro":344,"questions":348,"context":364},"climate-change-heat-and-fires","Climate Change, Heat and Fires","City Council",1,{"from":339,"to":340},5,9,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to climate change, heat, & fires is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on climate: building rules, flooding and heat waves","Climate Change, Heat and Fires is the first section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform. The party would repeal municipal green building mandates and gas-stove bans, spend on drainage, dikes and seawalls, and keep pools and community centres open in heat waves.",[345,346,347],"TrueBlue Vancouver opens its 2026 platform with a section on climate change, heat and fires, on pages 5 to 9 of the PDF. The section lists policies on buildings, flooding, green space, cars and parking, urban heat, walking and cycling, and zoning. Several of those are printed again, word for word, in later sections, so this page shows the policies that appear only here, and points to the others.","The party's approach is to remove city climate rules on buildings and to spend on physical protection. TrueBlue would repeal municipal green building mandates, retrofit rules and gas-stove bans, let builders choose their own energy sources, and direct money to drainage, dikes, seawalls and storm sewers. For heat, it would keep pools, rinks and community centres working, without new rules or taxes on private owners. The section names no target, cost or date.","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the budget for sewers and drainage. The pools, rinks and community centres named in the heat policy belong to the separately elected Park Board. The green space policy is shown in the public spaces section, the cars, parking, walking and cycling policies in the transit section, and the zoning policy in the housing section.",[349,352,355,358,361],{"question":350,"answer":351},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's climate change platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's climate section would repeal municipal green building mandates, complex retrofit rules and gas-stove bans, and focus tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs. It would keep pools, community centres and rinks working in heat waves (platform, pages 6 to 8).",{"question":353,"answer":354},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver have an emissions target?","The climate section gives no emissions target, cost or date. Its policies focus on removing building rules and on spending for drainage, coastal defences and cooling at civic facilities (platform, pages 5 to 9).",{"question":356,"answer":357},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver keep the gas stove ban?","No. TrueBlue would repeal gas-stove bans along with what it calls costly municipal green building mandates and complex retrofits. It would let builders and homeowners choose their own heating, cooling and energy sources (platform, page 6).",{"question":359,"answer":360},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver's climate section say about cars and bike lanes?","The climate section includes the party's policies opposing road pricing and auditing bike lanes. The same text is repeated in the transit section, where this site lists it (platform, pages 7 to 8 and 43 to 44).",{"question":362,"answer":363},"Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's climate policies?","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the city's drainage and sewer budget. The pools, rinks and community centres in the heat policy are run by the separately elected Park Board (platform, pages 6 to 8).",[],{"slug":366,"title":367,"race":336,"order":368,"pages":369,"aim":372,"headline":373,"summary":374,"intro":375,"questions":379,"context":395},"housing-and-homelessness","Housing and Homelessness",2,{"from":370,"to":371},10,15,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to housing & homelessness is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on housing: faster permits, no Villages Plan, treatment first","TrueBlue Vancouver's housing section would cut fees and permit delays, encourage suites and rentals, oppose the Villages Plan and provincial density mandates, restrain property-tax increases, and pair enforcement against encampments with shelter, treatment and transitional housing.",[376,377,378],"The housing and homelessness section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 10 to page 15. It covers the cost of building, rentals, homes for people with disabilities and seniors, zoning and the Villages Plan, building safety, homelessness, supportive housing and property taxes. We split it into two pages: one on building and zoning, and one on homelessness, building safety and taxes.","The party's housing approach relies on private builders and on local control. TrueBlue would lower city fees, speed up permits that meet existing rules and make legal rental suites easier to create. It strongly opposes the Villages Plan, a City staff proposal to rezone 17 village areas, and would reject provincial blanket-densification mandates. On homelessness, it would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing.","Council sets zoning, permit fees and the property tax rate, and funds shelter sites and outreach. Tenancy law, rent limits, treatment and health services are provincial, and provincial housing laws apply in Vancouver whatever Council decides. The section's policy on Indigenous-led housing is printed again in the reconciliation section, where this site lists it.",[380,383,386,389,392],{"question":381,"answer":382},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's housing platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would reduce municipal fees, permit delays and regulations on home building, fast-track permits that meet existing rules, and encourage secondary suites and purpose-built rentals. It opposes the Villages Plan and provincial blanket-densification mandates (platform, pages 11 to 15).",{"question":384,"answer":385},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support more density in Vancouver?","The party would protect single-family and low-density neighbourhoods, give locals binding input on development proposals and require infrastructure before density is added. It strongly opposes the Villages Plan (platform, page 15).",{"question":387,"answer":388},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's homelessness policy?","TrueBlue would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. It would give supportive housing priority to people it calls genuinely in need (platform, pages 12 and 14).",{"question":390,"answer":391},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about property taxes?","The party would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review, and cut waste and bureaucracy. It names no percentage target (platform, page 13).",{"question":393,"answer":394},"Can Vancouver City Council deliver TrueBlue's housing plan?","Council sets zoning, permit fees and the property tax rate, and decides on City plans such as the Villages Plan. Provincial housing laws, tenancy law and treatment services are set by the Province, so on those the city could only ask (platform, pages 11 to 15).",[396],{"label":397,"url":398,"publisher":399,"checkedAt":316},"City staff propose the Villages plan, a rezoning of 17 village areas, for Council to decide at a public hearing","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fvancouver-villages-plan-neighbourhood-density","Daily Hive",{"slug":401,"title":402,"race":336,"order":403,"pages":404,"aim":407,"headline":408,"summary":409,"intro":410,"questions":414,"context":430},"human-rights","Human Rights",3,{"from":405,"to":406},16,18,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to human rights is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on human rights: access, immigration and single-sex spaces","TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights section would improve accessibility in city spaces, put existing residents first for housing and services, press senior governments to cut immigration, fight trafficking, and keep sports and washrooms separate for men and women.",[411,412,413],"The human rights section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 16 to 18. Its policies cover physical accessibility, recent immigrants, sex work, and what the party titles \"Trans Rights & Access to Public Services\".","The party would improve practical accessibility for people with disabilities in sidewalks, public buildings, parks and transit connections. It would give existing residents priority for housing and public services, and push senior governments to reduce immigration when, in its words, population growth exceeds capacity. It would work with police and community groups against trafficking and exploitation, keep male and female sports separate, and protect sex-based privacy in washrooms, change rooms and shelters.","Council controls city sidewalks, buildings and services, the Park Board runs parks and recreation sites, and the School Board runs school facilities. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police. The party itself names senior governments as the ones to act on immigration.",[415,418,421,424,427],{"question":416,"answer":417},"What is in TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights section covers physical accessibility, recent immigrants, sex work, and trans rights and access to public services. It would improve accessibility, prioritize existing residents, fight trafficking and keep sports and intimate spaces separate by sex (platform, pages 17 to 18).",{"question":419,"answer":420},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want separate sports for men and women?","Yes. TrueBlue would keep male and female sports separate and protect what it calls sex-based privacy in washrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms and shelters (platform, page 18).",{"question":422,"answer":423},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on immigration?","The party would push senior governments to reduce immigration when population growth exceeds housing, healthcare, infrastructure and community capacity. It would prioritize existing residents for housing and public services (platform, page 17).",{"question":425,"answer":426},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about human trafficking?","TrueBlue would work with police and community organizations to combat trafficking, exploitation, coercion and organized crime, and connect vulnerable people with support services (platform, page 18).",{"question":428,"answer":429},"Who would have to act on TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights policies?","Council controls city sidewalks, buildings and services. The Park Board and the School Board run their own facilities, the Police Board directs the police, and the party itself looks to senior governments on immigration (platform, pages 17 to 18).",[],{"slug":432,"title":433,"race":336,"order":434,"pages":435,"aim":438,"headline":439,"summary":440,"intro":441,"questions":445,"context":461},"local-government-and-democracy","Local Government and Democracy",4,{"from":436,"to":437},19,21,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to local government & democracy is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on City Hall: spending audit, transparency and public voice","TrueBlue Vancouver's local government section would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes, publish clear spending information, give residents a stronger voice before major decisions, and open ways for young people to speak to decision makers.",[442,443,444],"The local government and democracy section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 19 to 21. It covers budgeting, good governance, public engagement and youth engagement.","The party would audit city spending, cut what it calls wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus money on core services. It would publish clear spending information and hold elected officials and city departments accountable for results. It would give residents a stronger voice before decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning, and create ways for young people to speak to decision makers. On page 3, the party says programs should have clear goals, transparent costs and public reporting.","Each of these points is within City Council's power. Council approves the budget, decides what the city reports, and sets its own meeting rules and public consultation.",[446,449,452,455,458],{"question":447,"answer":448},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for City Hall?","TrueBlue Vancouver would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus money on core municipal services. It would publish clear spending information and hold officials accountable for results (platform, page 20).",{"question":450,"answer":451},"How does TrueBlue Vancouver say it would govern?","The party says it would put core services first, measure results, respect taxpayers, give residents a local voice and identify what the city can do directly and what needs other governments (platform, page 3).",{"question":453,"answer":454},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver hold more public consultation?","TrueBlue would give residents a stronger voice before major decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning are made (platform, page 21).",{"question":456,"answer":457},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver propose for young voters?","The party would create meaningful opportunities for young Vancouverites to speak directly to decision makers and take part in civic affairs (platform, page 21).",{"question":459,"answer":460},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's City Hall reforms?","Yes. Council approves the budget, decides what spending information the city publishes, and sets its own consultation and meeting rules. Any decision needs a majority of the 11 votes on Council (platform, pages 20 to 21).",[],{"slug":463,"title":464,"race":336,"order":339,"pages":465,"aim":468,"headline":469,"summary":470,"intro":471,"questions":475,"context":491},"mental-health-drugs-and-addiction","Mental Health, Drugs and Addiction",{"from":466,"to":467},22,24,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to mental health, drugs, & addiction is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on drugs and mental health: recovery, detox and crisis care","TrueBlue Vancouver's section on mental health, drugs and addiction opposes the normalization of hard drug use and would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against dealers. It would expand detox and recovery programs and crisis response.",[472,473,474],"The mental health, drugs and addiction section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 22 to 24. It covers crisis response, mental health in schools, overdoses and the contaminated drug supply, and treatment for addiction.","The party's stated goal is to help people become drug free and rebuild independent lives. It opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use, and would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers. It would expand detox, treatment and long-term recovery programs, expand crisis response for people in serious mental health crises, and focus school mental health resources on counselling, with parents kept informed.","Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal, so much of this section depends on the Province. Council directs city spending and outreach and approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police, and the School Board runs school counselling.",[476,479,482,485,488],{"question":477,"answer":478},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's drug policy?","TrueBlue Vancouver opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use. It would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers, and expand detox and long-term recovery programs (platform, page 24).",{"question":480,"answer":481},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support safe supply or harm reduction?","The platform does not use those terms. It opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use and puts prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement first (platform, page 24).",{"question":483,"answer":484},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about mental health crises on the street?","The party would expand crisis response and connect people in serious mental health crises with treatment, care and support (platform, page 23).",{"question":486,"answer":487},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver have a policy on mental health in schools?","Yes. TrueBlue would focus school mental health resources on practical counselling and student wellbeing, and keep parents informed and involved (platform, page 23).",{"question":489,"answer":490},"Who would have to act on TrueBlue Vancouver's addiction policies?","Detox, treatment beds and health services are provincial, so the city could only press the Province to expand them. Council directs city spending and outreach, and the Police Board directs enforcement (platform, pages 23 to 24).",[],{"slug":493,"title":494,"race":336,"order":495,"pages":496,"aim":499,"headline":500,"summary":501,"intro":502,"questions":506,"context":522},"public-safety-and-policing","Public Safety and Policing",6,{"from":497,"to":498},25,28,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to public safety & policing is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on policing: strong funding and consequences for repeat crime","TrueBlue Vancouver's public safety section rejects defunding the police, would keep strong police funding, staffing and training, support independent investigation of serious misconduct, back police liaison officers in schools, and keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders.",[503,504,505],"The public safety and policing section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 25 to 28. It covers community services that work alongside police, police funding, police misconduct, police in schools and what the party calls the upstream causes of crime.","TrueBlue rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric and would maintain strong police funding, staffing, training and resources. It would use community services for non-criminal issues and keep police in charge where there is violence, crime or serious disorder. It would support officers who serve lawfully and have serious misconduct allegations investigated independently. It would address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment and prevention while keeping consequences for repeat offenders. The police-in-schools policy is repeated in the schools section, where this site lists it.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. Sentencing is decided by the courts, and treatment services are provincial.",[507,510,513,516,519],{"question":508,"answer":509},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's policing platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric and would maintain strong police funding, staffing, training and resources. It would also keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders (platform, pages 26 and 28).",{"question":511,"answer":512},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver increase the police budget?","The party says it would maintain strong police funding and make sure officers have the staffing, training and resources needed. It gives no dollar figure (platform, page 26).",{"question":514,"answer":515},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support police in schools?","Yes. The party supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, pages 27 and 41).",{"question":517,"answer":518},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about the causes of crime?","TrueBlue would address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment, prevention and intervention, while keeping consequences for serious and repeat offenders (platform, page 28).",{"question":520,"answer":521},"Who decides how Vancouver's police are run under TrueBlue's plan?","Council approves the police budget, so it could keep funding strong. The Vancouver Police Board directs the department (platform, page 26).",[],{"slug":524,"title":525,"race":336,"order":526,"pages":527,"aim":530,"headline":531,"summary":532,"intro":533,"questions":537,"context":553},"public-spaces-and-services","Public Spaces and Services",7,{"from":528,"to":529},29,32,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to public spaces & services is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on public spaces: clean parks, recreation and washrooms","TrueBlue Vancouver's public spaces section would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, keep park tree canopy, and keep public washrooms separate for men and women.",[534,535,536],"The public spaces and services section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 29 to page 32. It lists policies on sports facilities, green space, public washrooms, sidewalks and bike paths, and zoning. The sidewalks and zoning policies repeat text from other sections, so this site lists them in the transit and housing sections.","The party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, with priority for core recreation and youth sports. It would enforce public space bylaws in parks, clear what it calls dangerous encampments, keep tree canopy and keep parks free of open-air drug use. It would keep separate male and female public washrooms.","TrueBlue presents these as city business. Parks, community centres, pools and rinks are controlled by the separately elected Park Board, which TrueBlue is not contesting, so its council candidate would need that board to act. Council funds shelter sites and street cleaning.",[538,541,544,547,550],{"question":539,"answer":540},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for public spaces?","TrueBlue Vancouver would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, and keep separate male and female public washrooms (platform, pages 30 to 31).",{"question":542,"answer":543},"Is TrueBlue Vancouver running for Park Board?","No. TrueBlue Vancouver has candidates for City Council and School Board only, so its park policies would need the separately elected Park Board to act.",{"question":545,"answer":546},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about youth sports?","The party would give priority to core recreation services and youth sports, and keep pools, rinks, fields and gyms safe, clean and affordable (platform, page 30).",{"question":548,"answer":549},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver enforce park bylaws?","Yes. TrueBlue would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments (platform, page 30).",{"question":551,"answer":552},"Who controls Vancouver's parks and pools under TrueBlue's plan?","The separately elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Council funds shelter sites and street cleaning, and the Police Board directs the police (platform, pages 30 to 31).",[],{"slug":555,"title":556,"race":336,"order":557,"pages":558,"aim":561,"headline":562,"summary":563,"intro":564,"questions":568,"context":584},"reconciliation-and-indigenous-nations","Reconciliation and Indigenous Nations",8,{"from":559,"to":560},33,37,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to reconciliation & indigenous nations is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on reconciliation: English names, no land transfers by ancestry","TrueBlue Vancouver's reconciliation section would keep English for city signs and place names, oppose renaming streets, end mandatory land acknowledgements, require evidence for burial site claims, oppose city land transfers based on ancestry, and reject what it calls race-based governance.",[565,566,567],"The reconciliation and Indigenous Nations section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform runs from page 33 to page 37. It covers Indigenous languages, schooling, housing, land title, place names, residential schools and a final \"Additional Policy\". We split it into two pages: one on language, names and history, and one on land, housing and governance.","The party would keep English as the standard language for city services, signs and place names, oppose what it calls ideological renaming, and end mandatory land acknowledgements. It would teach residential school history accurately and require evidence for burial site claims. It opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control based on ancestry or historical claims, would apply the same development rules to every project, and rejects what it calls race-based governance. The Indigenous schooling policy is repeated in the schools section, where this site lists it.","Council controls city signs, street names, city-owned land and its own meeting practices, so it could act on most of this section for the city. School teaching is run by the School Board. Agreements between First Nations and the provincial or federal governments are made by those governments.",[569,572,575,578,581],{"question":570,"answer":571},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on reconciliation?","TrueBlue Vancouver would end mandatory land acknowledgements, keep English for city signs and place names, and oppose city land transfers based on ancestry or historical claims. It rejects what it calls race-based governance and would defend equal citizenship (platform, pages 34 to 37).",{"question":573,"answer":574},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose renaming streets?","Yes. The party opposes what it calls the ideological renaming of established streets and places, and would keep English as the standard language for street and place names (platform, pages 34 and 36).",{"question":576,"answer":577},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver stop land acknowledgements?","TrueBlue would end mandatory land acknowledgements, according to both its reconciliation and schools sections (platform, pages 34, 36 and 39).",{"question":579,"answer":580},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about residential schools?","The party would teach residential school history accurately and require evidence for claims about proposed burial sites, separating suspected or radar-identified sites from confirmed human remains (platform, page 36).",{"question":582,"answer":583},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's reconciliation policies?","Council controls city signs, street names, city-owned land and its own meeting practices, so it could act on most of this section for the city. School teaching is run by the School Board (platform, pages 34 to 37).",[],{"slug":586,"title":587,"race":588,"order":340,"pages":589,"aim":592,"headline":593,"summary":594,"intro":595,"questions":599,"context":615},"schools-and-public-education","Schools and Public Education","School Board",{"from":590,"to":591},38,41,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to schools & public education is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on schools: anti-bullying rules, police liaison, accurate history","TrueBlue Vancouver's schools section would enforce strong anti-bullying rules, support police liaison programs, teach accurate history and critical thinking, end mandatory land acknowledgements, give practical supports to neurodivergent students and keep trustees accountable to parents.",[596,597,598],"The schools and public education section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 38 to 41, and it is aimed at the Vancouver Board of Education, where the party has candidates. It covers bullying, Indigenous schooling, media literacy, support for neurodivergent students, police in schools and student involvement. We split it into two pages: one on safety and student voice, and one on learning and support.","TrueBlue would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, applied equally to every student, and support police liaison programs in schools. It would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history, end mandatory land acknowledgements, and teach students to question sources and recognize misinformation. It would give neurodivergent students practical classroom supports based on their needs, and give students input on school issues while keeping trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the Province. A police liaison program would also need the Vancouver Police Board, which directs the officers.",[600,603,606,609,612],{"question":601,"answer":602},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would enforce strong anti-bullying rules, support police liaison programs, teach accurate history and critical thinking, end mandatory land acknowledgements and provide practical supports for neurodivergent students (platform, pages 39 to 41).",{"question":604,"answer":605},"Who is running for Vancouver School Board with TrueBlue?","Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk, who is the party's council candidate as well.",{"question":607,"answer":608},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want police back in Vancouver schools?","The party supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, page 41).",{"question":610,"answer":611},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about parents and schools?","TrueBlue would keep elected trustees accountable to parents and voters, and keep parents informed and involved in school mental health support (platform, pages 23 and 41).",{"question":613,"answer":614},"What can the Vancouver School Board do under TrueBlue's plan?","The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and approves the district budget, so trustees could act on conduct rules and classroom support. The Province sets teacher pay and the funding formula (platform, pages 39 to 41).",[],{"slug":617,"title":618,"race":336,"order":370,"pages":619,"aim":622,"headline":623,"summary":624,"intro":625,"questions":629,"context":645},"transit-and-getting-around","Transit and Getting Around",{"from":620,"to":621},42,45,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to transit & getting around is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on transport: no road pricing, bike lane audit, protect parking","TrueBlue Vancouver's transportation section would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, stop paid parking spreading into residential streets, audit bike lanes and remove those it says worsen traffic, and support transit projects only with transparent costs and proven need.",[626,627,628],"The transit and getting around section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform is on pages 42 to 45. It covers cars and parking, sidewalks and bike paths, transit projects, walking and cycling, and an \"Additional Policy\" on balancing ways of travel. The cars, parking, walking and cycling policies are also printed in the climate section.","The party would defend driver choice, oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, and protect road space and street parking. It would audit bike lanes and redesign or remove those that, in its view, worsen traffic or take needed parking, and stop removing traffic lanes for what it calls underused bike routes on commercial streets. It would support transit improvements based on ridership and need, with transparent costs.","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council could act on most of this section. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.",[630,633,636,639,642],{"question":631,"answer":632},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's transportation platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, protect road capacity and street parking, and audit existing bike lanes. It would support transit based on ridership and measurable need (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":634,"answer":635},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver remove bike lanes on commercial streets?","The party would redesign or remove lanes that it says worsen traffic or remove needed parking, and stop removing traffic lanes or parking for what it calls underused cycling routes on major commercial strips (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":637,"answer":638},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose paid parking?","TrueBlue would eliminate paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods and preserve neighbourhood parking for shoppers and workers (platform, page 43).",{"question":640,"answer":641},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on SkyTrain and transit projects?","The party would support transit improvements based on ridership, affordability and measurable need, and demand transparent costs before supporting major projects. It names no specific project (platform, page 44).",{"question":643,"answer":644},"Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's transport plan?","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes and parking rules, so Council could act on those. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control (platform, pages 43 to 45).",[],{"slug":647,"title":648,"race":336,"order":649,"pages":650,"aim":653,"headline":654,"summary":655,"intro":656,"questions":660,"context":676},"miscellaneous-topics","Miscellaneous Topics",11,{"from":651,"to":652},46,48,"TrueBlue Vancouver's approach to misc. topics is organized around the following commitments.","TrueBlue Vancouver on free expression, small business and City Hall priorities","The last section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform would defend lawful speech and peaceful protest in civic spaces, put existing residents first in spending decisions, cut red tape and protect parking for small businesses, and focus City Hall on core services.",[657,658,659],"The last section of TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform, which the party titles \"Misc. topics\", is on pages 46 to 48. It covers free expression, putting Canadians and Vancouverites first, small business, and what the party calls ideological city politics.","TrueBlue would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in public and civic spaces, and put existing residents first when the city decides on spending, services and infrastructure. It would cut red tape and protect commercial parking for local businesses, and focus City Hall on core services. The platform closes on page 49 by asking voters to judge the party on these commitments and repeating its slogan, \"Take Back Our Vancouver\".","Council could act on each of these points. It sets the rules for civic spaces, approves the budget, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees.",[661,664,667,670,673],{"question":662,"answer":663},"What else is in TrueBlue Vancouver's platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's last section would defend lawful speech and peaceful protest, put existing residents first in city spending decisions, cut red tape for small businesses and focus City Hall on core services (platform, pages 47 to 48).",{"question":665,"answer":666},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's small business policy?","TrueBlue would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape, protect commercial parking and make Vancouver easier and less expensive for local businesses (platform, page 48).",{"question":668,"answer":669},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support the right to protest?","Yes. The party would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in Vancouver's public and civic spaces (platform, page 47).",{"question":671,"answer":672},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver mean by \"Take Back Our Vancouver\"?","It is the party's slogan, on the cover and the last page of its platform. The closing page asks voters to judge the party on safer public spaces, disciplined spending, lower barriers to housing and business, practical transportation and accountability (platform, pages 1 and 49).",{"question":674,"answer":675},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out these TrueBlue policies?","Yes. Council sets the rules for civic spaces, approves the budget, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees and parking rules (platform, pages 47 to 48).",[],[678,681,684,687,690,693,696],{"question":679,"answer":680},"What is in TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 platform?","TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 Full Election Platform has sections on climate, housing and homelessness, human rights, local government, mental health and drugs, policing, public spaces, reconciliation, schools, transportation, and a last group of other topics. This site has a page for each section and its chapters.",{"question":682,"answer":683},"Who are TrueBlue Vancouver's candidates in the 2026 Vancouver election?","Naomi Chocyk is TrueBlue Vancouver's candidate for City Council. Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are running for School Board. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk as a School Board candidate, so she is on the ballot twice. The official candidate list shows no TrueBlue candidate for mayor or Park Board.",{"question":685,"answer":686},"What are TrueBlue Vancouver's top priorities?","The party lists its priorities as affordable homes and strong neighbourhoods, lower taxes and responsible spending, safe streets and strong policing, treatment, recovery and mental health, better roads, parking and transit, a city where business can thrive, clean and safe public spaces, better schools and parental involvement, an accountable City Hall, and equal treatment for every Vancouverite (platform, page 2).",{"question":688,"answer":689},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver's platform include costs or targets?","The commitments give no dollar figures, percentage targets or deadlines. Each policy says the party would assess cost and operational impact before acting, use measurable objectives where practical and publish outcomes (platform, page 6).",{"question":691,"answer":692},"Where can I read the TrueBlue Vancouver platform PDF?","The party publishes the PDF on its website, truebluevancouver.com, as its 2026 Full Election Platform. On this site, every commitment links to its page in that PDF, so you can read the party's own wording next to our summary.",{"question":694,"answer":695},"Could TrueBlue Vancouver carry out its platform if it wins?","TrueBlue is running one candidate for City Council, where a decision needs a majority of the 11 votes, and candidates for School Board. Many commitments sit with Council, but others need the Park Board, the Police Board, TransLink, the Province or the federal government. Each commitment on these pages is labelled with the body that would have to act.",{"question":697,"answer":698},"Who wrote these pages about the TrueBlue Vancouver platform?","voche.me, an independent guide to the 2026 Vancouver election, wrote these pages from the party's own PDF. TrueBlue Vancouver did not write or approve them. Every commitment is reported as something the party says it would do.","2026-platform",[],"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatforms\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver","Every commitment in TrueBlue Vancouver's 2026 Full Election Platform, sorted by the party's own sections, with the PDF page for each one and the government that would have to act. The party runs candidates for City Council and School Board.",{"text":704,"page":337},"Take Back Our Vancouver","ANMLr7dAnpOAy57OPjqOXco6D9fcfncTpAK7XYDcn0U",[707,760,821,877,931,982,1035,1087,1139,1189,1236,1284,1331,1378],{"id":708,"title":709,"checkedAt":316,"context":710,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":711,"headline":712,"issues":713,"meta":714,"order":715,"pages":716,"paragraphs":717,"party":288,"pillar":334,"proposals":722,"questions":737,"slug":756,"source":29,"stem":757,"summary":758,"__hash__":759},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fclimate-change-heat-and-fires--buildings-flooding-and-heat.json","Energy-Efficient Buildings, Flooding and Urban Heat",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on climate: repeal green building rules, fix drains and dikes",[195,176],{},"1",{"from":495,"to":557},[718,719,720,721],"TrueBlue Vancouver's climate section opens with buildings. The party says municipal green building mandates, complex retrofit rules and gas-stove bans raise the cost of housing and construction, and it would repeal them. It would also simplify the Vancouver Building By-law, the city's own building code, so that builders and homeowners could pick the heating, cooling and energy sources they find cheapest, with no civic mandate deciding for them.","On flooding, the party wants tax money spent on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs. It contrasts this with what it calls activist environmental projects. TrueBlue would send city engineering staff to upgrade storm sewers, clear drainage paths and strengthen coastal defences, with the stated goal of protecting homes, private property and local businesses from storm surges and heavy rain.","For hot summers, the platform says the city should keep the cooling equipment in community centres working and look after urban trees through ordinary budgeting. TrueBlue would keep civic pools, community centres and ice rinks open and working during heat waves, and says it would add no heat rules or taxes for private property owners. Four other policies printed in this section of the PDF, on green space, cars and parking, walking and cycling, and zoning, repeat word for word in later sections, so we list each of them once there.","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the city's sewer and drainage budget, so it could act on most of this chapter. Community centres, pools and rinks belong to the separately elected Park Board, which TrueBlue is not contesting. The flooding policy names drainage, dikes, seawalls and storm sewers, all paid for through the city's budget and capital plan. Each policy carries the PDF's general promise to assess cost before acting and to publish outcomes, and none gives a dollar figure.",[723,728,732],{"title":724,"detail":725,"page":495,"authority":726,"authorityNote":727},"Energy-efficient buildings","TrueBlue would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofits and gas-stove bans, which it says drive up housing and construction costs for local families. It would streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so builders and homeowners can choose the most cost-effective heating, cooling and energy sources without forced civic mandates.","city-council","Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can change the energy rules for buildings in the city.",{"title":729,"detail":730,"page":495,"authority":726,"authorityNote":731},"Flooding","The party would focus tax dollars on essential drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs rather than what it calls activist environmental projects. It would direct engineering resources to upgrade storm sewers, clear drainage pathways and reinforce coastal defences to protect private property, homes and local businesses from storm surges and heavy rainfall.","Council approves the operating budget and the capital plan that pay for the city's sewers, drainage and seawall work.",{"title":733,"detail":734,"page":557,"authority":735,"authorityNote":736},"Urban heat","TrueBlue would maintain community centre cooling equipment and urban trees through practical municipal budgeting. It would keep civic pools, community centres and ice rinks fully working and open during summer heat waves, without new heat-related rules or taxes on private property owners.","city-with-others","Council sets rules and taxes for private property, while pools, rinks and community centres are run by the separately elected Park Board.",[738,741,744,747,750,753],{"question":739,"answer":740},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want to repeal the gas stove ban?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver would repeal what it calls costly municipal green building mandates, complex retrofit rules and gas-stove bans. It says these rules drive up the cost of housing and construction for local families (platform, page 6).",{"question":742,"answer":743},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on the Vancouver Building By-law?","TrueBlue would streamline the Vancouver Building By-law so that builders and homeowners can choose the most cost-effective heating, cooling and energy sources. The party says these choices should be made without forced civic mandates (platform, page 6).",{"question":745,"answer":746},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about flooding?","The party would spend tax dollars on drainage, dike maintenance and seawall repairs. It would send city engineering staff to upgrade storm sewers, clear drainage paths and strengthen coastal defences against storm surges and heavy rain (platform, page 6).",{"question":748,"answer":749},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver handle heat waves?","TrueBlue would keep civic pools, community centres and ice rinks working and open during summer heat waves, and maintain community centre cooling equipment and urban trees. It says it would do this without heat-related rules or taxes on private property owners (platform, page 8).",{"question":751,"answer":752},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver's climate plan have targets?","The climate section gives no emissions target, dollar figure or date. Each policy says the party would assess cost and operational impact before acting and publish the results (platform, pages 6 to 8).",{"question":754,"answer":755},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's climate policies alone?","Council controls Vancouver's own building bylaw and the budget for sewers and drainage, so it could act on those parts alone. Pools, rinks and community centres are run by the separately elected Park Board, so the heat-wave policy would need that board (platform, pages 6 to 8).","buildings-flooding-and-heat","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fclimate-change-heat-and-fires--buildings-flooding-and-heat","TrueBlue Vancouver would repeal municipal green building mandates, retrofit rules and gas-stove bans, and let builders choose their own energy sources. It would spend on drainage, dikes, seawalls and storm sewers, and keep pools, rinks and community centre cooling running in heat waves.","szZRQHMgWZwyBImjIL-va2WFfNGWtcAad-lEIVXzQNc",{"id":761,"title":762,"checkedAt":316,"context":763,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":765,"headline":766,"issues":767,"meta":768,"order":715,"pages":769,"paragraphs":770,"party":288,"pillar":366,"proposals":775,"questions":798,"slug":817,"source":29,"stem":818,"summary":819,"__hash__":820},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-homelessness--affordability-rentals-and-zoning.json","Affordability, Rentals and Zoning",[764],{"label":397,"url":398,"publisher":399,"checkedAt":316},[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on housing: lower fees, faster permits, no Villages Plan",[65],{},{"from":649,"to":371},[771,772,773,774],"TrueBlue Vancouver says the cost of building a home is pushed up by city fees, slow permits and rules it calls unnecessary. Its answer is to cut those, fast-track any permit that already meets the rules, and encourage private builders. The same idea runs through its rental policy: the party wants it to be faster and cheaper for builders and owners to create legal rental units, including secondary suites and purpose-built rentals, while protecting the rights of tenants and landlords.","The chapter also covers homes for people with particular needs. TrueBlue would speed up permits for accessibility upgrades, secondary suites, seniors' housing and projects designed for people with disabilities. The party presents these as permit changes aimed at what it calls unnecessary approval delays. It gives no target for the number of homes and no time limit for a permit decision.","The second half of the chapter is about where density goes. The party strongly opposes the Villages Plan, a City staff proposal to rezone 17 village areas, which TrueBlue describes as sweeping density changes and top-down planning. It would reject provincial blanket-densification mandates, claim full local control over zoning, and give residents binding input on development proposals. It would also require infrastructure to be in place before density is added. The same zoning text is printed on pages 9 and 32 of the PDF.","Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and runs the permit process, so it controls most of this chapter. Provincial housing laws apply in Vancouver whatever Council decides, and only the Province can change them, so the party's rejection of provincial mandates would in practice mean asking the Province. The Villages Plan is a City staff proposal that Council decides on at a public hearing, so a council majority could reject it.",[776,780,785,790,794],{"title":777,"detail":778,"page":649,"authority":726,"authorityNote":779},"Affordability","TrueBlue would reduce municipal fees, permitting delays and what it calls unnecessary regulations that increase the cost of building homes. It would fast-track permits that meet existing rules and encourage private-sector housing construction.","Council sets the fees it charges on new building and controls the city permit process.",{"title":781,"detail":782,"page":783,"authority":726,"authorityNote":784},"Housing accessibility","The party would streamline permits for accessibility upgrades, secondary suites, seniors' housing and projects designed for residents with disabilities, and reduce what it calls unnecessary approval delays.",12,"Council controls the city's own permit process and the staff who run it.",{"title":786,"detail":787,"page":788,"authority":735,"authorityNote":789},"Rent and rental stock","TrueBlue would make it faster and cheaper for private builders and property owners to create legal rental units. It would encourage secondary suites and purpose-built rentals while protecting the rights of both tenants and landlords.",14,"Council controls zoning and permits for new rentals, while tenancy law and rent increase limits are set by the Province.",{"title":791,"detail":792,"page":371,"authority":726,"authorityNote":793},"The Villages Plan","The party strongly opposes the Villages Plan and what it calls its sweeping density changes. It would protect established neighbourhoods, parking, infrastructure and local decision-making from what it calls top-down planning.","The Villages Plan is a City staff proposal that Council decides on at a public hearing.",{"title":795,"detail":796,"page":371,"authority":735,"authorityNote":797},"Zoning","TrueBlue would enforce what it calls total local sovereignty over zoning decisions and reject provincial blanket-densification mandates. It would protect single-family and low-density neighbourhoods by giving locals binding input on development proposals, making sure infrastructure exists before density is added, and cutting municipal permit delays.","Council sets zoning and can give residents more say in its own process, but it cannot set aside provincial housing laws, which only the Province can change.",[799,802,805,808,811,814],{"question":800,"answer":801},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose the Villages Plan?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver says it strongly opposes the Villages Plan and its sweeping density changes. The party would protect established neighbourhoods, parking, infrastructure and local decision-making from what it calls top-down planning (platform, page 15).",{"question":803,"answer":804},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on zoning and density?","TrueBlue would reject provincial blanket-densification mandates and claim what it calls total local sovereignty over zoning. It would protect single-family and low-density neighbourhoods by giving locals binding input on development proposals and requiring infrastructure before density is added (platform, page 15).",{"question":806,"answer":807},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver make housing cheaper to build?","The party would reduce municipal fees, permit delays and regulations it calls unnecessary, and fast-track permits for projects that meet existing rules. It says it would encourage private-sector housing construction (platform, page 11).",{"question":809,"answer":810},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about rentals and secondary suites?","TrueBlue would make it faster and cheaper for private builders and owners to create legal rental units, and encourage secondary suites and purpose-built rentals. The party says it would protect the rights of both tenants and landlords (platform, page 14).",{"question":812,"answer":813},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver speed up permits for seniors and people with disabilities?","Yes. The party would streamline permits for accessibility upgrades, secondary suites, seniors' housing and projects designed for residents with disabilities, and reduce approval delays (platform, page 12).",{"question":815,"answer":816},"Can Vancouver City Council reject provincial density rules, as TrueBlue proposes?","Council sets Vancouver's zoning and runs its permit process, so it controls fees, permit speed and its own plans such as the Villages Plan. Provincial housing laws apply in Vancouver whatever Council decides, and only the Province can change them, so on those mandates the city could only press the Province (platform, page 15).","affordability-rentals-and-zoning","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-homelessness--affordability-rentals-and-zoning","TrueBlue Vancouver would cut municipal fees, permit delays and regulations on home building, fast-track permits that meet existing rules, and encourage secondary suites and rentals. It opposes the Villages Plan and provincial density mandates and wants binding local input on development.","Hjm_3Iwp4vHjVITW2wfa0f_MA3qXOmDim-2MEKj6Has",{"id":822,"title":823,"checkedAt":316,"context":824,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":825,"headline":826,"issues":827,"meta":828,"order":829,"pages":830,"paragraphs":831,"party":288,"pillar":366,"proposals":836,"questions":854,"slug":873,"source":29,"stem":874,"summary":875,"__hash__":876},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-homelessness--homelessness-building-safety-and-property-taxes.json","Homelessness, Building Safety and Property Taxes",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on homelessness: enforcement on encampments, treatment and shelter",[84,176,65],{},"2",{"from":649,"to":788},[832,833,834,835],"This part of TrueBlue Vancouver's housing section deals with people who have no home and with the costs that owners and renters carry. On homelessness, the party wants sidewalks, parks and public spaces kept usable for everyone. It would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. The platform presents this as a balance of enforcement and services.","For supportive housing, TrueBlue would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need. It would stress treatment, work, recovery and steps toward independent housing wherever possible. On building safety, the party would enforce basic health, fire and building standards, cut what it calls red tape for responsible owners, and aim enforcement at unsafe buildings.","The property tax policy sits in this section of the PDF. TrueBlue would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. The party says the aim is to protect homeowners, renters, seniors and small businesses from rising city costs. It gives no percentage target. Its budgeting policy, in the local government section, repeats the call for a spending audit.","Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, sets the property tax rate and enforces city building bylaws. Treatment, health services and most supportive housing money come from the Province, so the party's treatment-first approach would depend on provincial programs. The Park Board controls the parks where some encampments stand, so enforcement there would also involve that board. The platform gives no shelter target.",[837,841,845,850],{"title":838,"detail":839,"page":649,"authority":726,"authorityNote":840},"Building maintenance and occupant health","TrueBlue would enforce basic health, fire and building-safety standards while cutting what it calls unnecessary red tape for responsible property owners. It would focus enforcement on genuinely unsafe buildings.","Council makes the city building and property maintenance bylaws and directs the staff who enforce them.",{"title":842,"detail":843,"page":783,"authority":735,"authorityNote":844},"Homelessness","The party would keep sidewalks, parks and public spaces usable for everyone. It would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional-housing options.","Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and outreach, while treatment and health services are provincial and parks are run by the Park Board.",{"title":846,"detail":847,"page":848,"authority":726,"authorityNote":849},"Property taxes","TrueBlue would restrain property-tax increases, conduct a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. It says it would protect homeowners, renters, seniors and small businesses from continually rising municipal costs.",13,"Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget.",{"title":851,"detail":852,"page":788,"authority":735,"authorityNote":853},"Public and assistive housing","The party would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need, while stressing treatment, employment, recovery and pathways toward independent housing wherever possible.","Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while the treatment and health services the party stresses are provincial.",[855,858,861,864,867,870],{"question":856,"answer":857},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for homelessness?","TrueBlue Vancouver would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. The party says sidewalks, parks and public spaces should stay usable for everyone (platform, page 12).",{"question":859,"answer":860},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver remove encampments?","The party says it would use firm enforcement against permanent encampments and offer shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing at the same time. Its public spaces section also says it would clear what it calls dangerous encampments from parks (platform, pages 12 and 30).",{"question":862,"answer":863},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support supportive housing?","TrueBlue would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need. It would stress treatment, employment, recovery and steps toward independent housing wherever possible (platform, page 14).",{"question":865,"answer":866},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver lower property taxes?","TrueBlue says it would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. It gives no percentage target for the tax rate (platform, page 13).",{"question":868,"answer":869},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver enforce building safety?","The party would enforce basic health, fire and building-safety standards and focus enforcement on genuinely unsafe buildings. It would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape for responsible property owners (platform, page 11).",{"question":871,"answer":872},"Who would deliver TrueBlue Vancouver's treatment-first housing approach?","Council funds shelter sites and outreach, decides where supportive housing is approved and sets the property tax rate. Treatment, recovery and health services are provincial, so that part of TrueBlue's plan would depend on the Province (platform, pages 12 to 14).","homelessness-building-safety-and-property-taxes","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhousing-and-homelessness--homelessness-building-safety-and-property-taxes","TrueBlue Vancouver would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment and transitional housing, and give supportive housing to people genuinely in need. It would restrain property-tax increases, review city spending and focus building enforcement on unsafe buildings.","oPmDHA8dgqqVhYoX4EK7FxmNQy_VokDastjHayoyCT0",{"id":878,"title":879,"checkedAt":316,"context":880,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":881,"headline":882,"issues":883,"meta":885,"order":715,"pages":886,"paragraphs":888,"party":288,"pillar":401,"proposals":893,"questions":911,"slug":927,"source":29,"stem":928,"summary":929,"__hash__":930},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhuman-rights--accessibility-immigration-and-public-services.json","Accessibility, Immigration, Sex Work and Public Services",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on rights: accessibility, immigration limits, single-sex spaces",[884],"governance",{},{"from":887,"to":406},17,[889,890,891,892],"TrueBlue Vancouver's human rights section starts with physical access. The party would improve practical accessibility for people with disabilities in sidewalks, public buildings, parks, transit connections and other city services. Its housing section adds a related policy that would speed up permits for accessibility upgrades and for projects designed for residents with disabilities. Neither policy names a budget or a list of sites.","On recent immigrants, TrueBlue would give existing residents priority for housing and public services. It would push senior governments to reduce immigration when, in the party's words, population growth exceeds housing, healthcare, infrastructure and community capacity. On sex work, the platform proposes working with police and community groups against trafficking, exploitation, coercion and organized crime, and connecting vulnerable people with support services.","Under the heading \"Trans Rights & Access to Public Services\", the party would keep male and female sports separate. It would protect what it calls sex-based privacy in public washrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms, shelters and other intimate spaces. Its public washroom policy, in the public spaces section, says the same about washrooms. The platform does not say which facilities or programs it would change first.","Council controls city sidewalks, buildings and services. Parks, pools and rinks belong to the Park Board, and school facilities to the School Board. The Vancouver Police Board directs the police. The party itself names senior governments as the ones to act on immigration. No single body runs every washroom, change room and sports program in the city, so the single-sex policy would need more than one board to act.",[894,898,903,907],{"title":895,"detail":896,"page":887,"authority":735,"authorityNote":897},"Physical accessibility","TrueBlue would improve practical accessibility in sidewalks, public buildings, parks, transit connections and other city services for people with disabilities.","Council controls city sidewalks and buildings, while parks are run by the Park Board and transit by TransLink.",{"title":899,"detail":900,"page":887,"authority":901,"authorityNote":902},"Recent immigrants","The party would prioritize existing residents for housing and public services. It would push senior governments to reduce immigration when population growth exceeds housing, healthcare, infrastructure and community capacity.","federal","The party itself names senior governments as the ones to act on immigration, so the city could only ask.",{"title":904,"detail":905,"page":406,"authority":735,"authorityNote":906},"Sex work","TrueBlue would work with police and community organizations to combat trafficking, exploitation, coercion and organized crime, while connecting vulnerable people with support services.","The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department, so Council would need the police and community groups to act.",{"title":908,"detail":909,"page":406,"authority":735,"authorityNote":910},"Trans rights and access to public services","The party would keep male and female sports separate. It would protect what it calls sex-based privacy in public washrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms, shelters and other intimate spaces.","Washrooms, change rooms and sports programs are run by several bodies, including the city, the Park Board and the School Board, so no one body could act for all of them.",[912,915,918,921,924],{"question":913,"answer":914},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on trans people and washrooms?","Under its heading on trans rights and access to public services, TrueBlue Vancouver would keep male and female sports separate. It would protect what it calls sex-based privacy in public washrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms, shelters and other intimate spaces (platform, page 18).",{"question":916,"answer":917},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want to reduce immigration?","TrueBlue would push senior governments to reduce immigration when, in its words, population growth exceeds housing, healthcare, infrastructure and community capacity. It would also give existing residents priority for housing and public services (platform, page 17).",{"question":919,"answer":920},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about sex work?","The party would work with police and community organizations to combat trafficking, exploitation, coercion and organized crime. It would connect vulnerable people with support services (platform, page 18).",{"question":922,"answer":923},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do for people with disabilities?","TrueBlue would improve practical accessibility in sidewalks, public buildings, parks, transit connections and other city services. Its housing section would also speed up permits for projects designed for residents with disabilities (platform, pages 12 and 17).",{"question":925,"answer":926},"Can Vancouver City Council change immigration levels, as TrueBlue proposes?","The party's own text says it would push senior governments to act, so the city could only ask. Council could decide how its own services are given out, which is the other half of the policy (platform, page 17).","accessibility-immigration-and-public-services","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fhuman-rights--accessibility-immigration-and-public-services","TrueBlue Vancouver would improve accessibility in sidewalks, buildings, parks and transit links, put existing residents first for housing and services, and press senior governments to reduce immigration. It would keep male and female sports separate and protect sex-based privacy in washrooms and shelters.","Xvz8sG3lM1sdWoMfr7G6TX4FWJON4iXxw7xRDJ3YZ3o",{"id":932,"title":933,"checkedAt":316,"context":934,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":935,"headline":936,"issues":937,"meta":938,"order":715,"pages":939,"paragraphs":941,"party":288,"pillar":432,"proposals":945,"questions":962,"slug":978,"source":29,"stem":979,"summary":980,"__hash__":981},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Flocal-government-and-democracy--budgeting-governance-and-engagement.json","Budgeting, Good Governance and Engagement",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on City Hall: spending audit, published spending, more say for residents",[884,176],{},{"from":940,"to":437},20,[942,943,944],"TrueBlue Vancouver's section on local government starts with money. The party would audit city spending, cut programs and bureaucracy it calls wasteful, control taxes and put taxpayer dollars into core municipal services. It would also publish clear spending information and hold elected officials and city departments accountable for results. On page 3, the party says new spending should be justified against existing priorities.","The other two policies are about who gets heard. TrueBlue would give residents a stronger voice before major decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning are made. It would create opportunities for young Vancouverites to speak directly to decision makers and take part in civic affairs. The platform does not say what form these would take. The party's principles on page 3 say major changes to neighbourhoods, transportation and public spaces should include meaningful public engagement.","All of this is within City Council's power. Council approves the budget, decides what the city reports to the public, and sets its own meeting rules and public consultation. The Park Board and the School Board set their own rules for their own meetings. These policies concern how the city runs itself, so they need no other government. A council decision needs a majority of the 11 votes on Council.",[946,950,954,958],{"title":947,"detail":948,"page":940,"authority":726,"authorityNote":949},"Budgeting","TrueBlue would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus taxpayer dollars on core municipal services.","Council approves the operating budget and can order a review of city spending.",{"title":951,"detail":952,"page":940,"authority":726,"authorityNote":953},"Good governance","The party would increase transparency, publish clear spending information and hold elected officials and city departments accountable for results.","Council decides what financial information the city publishes and directs the city manager and staff.",{"title":955,"detail":956,"page":437,"authority":726,"authorityNote":957},"Public engagement","TrueBlue would give residents a stronger voice before major decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning are made.","Council sets its own public consultation process and meeting rules.",{"title":959,"detail":960,"page":437,"authority":726,"authorityNote":961},"Youth engagement","The party would create meaningful opportunities for young Vancouverites to speak directly to decision makers and take part in civic affairs.","Council can set up its own advisory bodies and ways for the public to speak to it.",[963,966,969,972,975],{"question":964,"answer":965},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver audit city spending?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus taxpayer dollars on core municipal services (platform, page 20).",{"question":967,"answer":968},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver promise on transparency at City Hall?","The party would increase transparency, publish clear spending information and hold elected officials and city departments accountable for results (platform, page 20).",{"question":970,"answer":971},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver involve residents in decisions?","TrueBlue would give residents a stronger voice before major decisions on development, taxes, transportation and neighbourhood planning are made. The platform does not describe the method (platform, page 21).",{"question":973,"answer":974},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver propose for young people in civic life?","The party would create opportunities for young Vancouverites to speak directly to decision makers and take part in civic affairs (platform, page 21).",{"question":976,"answer":977},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's governance plan on its own?","Yes. Council approves the budget, decides what spending information the city publishes, and sets its own public consultation and meeting rules. A council decision still needs a majority of the 11 votes on Council (platform, pages 20 to 21).","budgeting-governance-and-engagement","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Flocal-government-and-democracy--budgeting-governance-and-engagement","TrueBlue Vancouver would audit city spending, cut wasteful programs and bureaucracy, control taxes and focus money on core services. It would publish clear spending information, give residents a stronger voice before major decisions, and create ways for young people to speak to decision makers.","w-5H-Wnm9YISmQmwbhhT2q0UjqkFTQIqN0aSRsf8cRg",{"id":983,"title":984,"checkedAt":316,"context":985,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":986,"headline":987,"issues":988,"meta":989,"order":715,"pages":990,"paragraphs":992,"party":288,"pillar":463,"proposals":996,"questions":1015,"slug":1031,"source":29,"stem":1032,"summary":1033,"__hash__":1034},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fmental-health-drugs-and-addiction--crisis-response-overdoses-and-treatment.json","Crisis Response, Overdoses and Treatment",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on drugs: oppose normalizing use, expand detox and treatment",[84,103],{},{"from":991,"to":467},23,[993,994,995],"TrueBlue Vancouver's drug policy starts from its opposition to what it calls the normalization of hard drug use. Under the heading on overdoses and the contaminated drug supply, the party would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers. Its goal for addiction treatment is to help people become drug free and rebuild independent lives, and it would expand access to detox, treatment and long-term recovery programs.","For people in a serious mental health crisis, TrueBlue would expand crisis response and connect them with treatment, care and support, which the platform contrasts with leaving them on the streets. A separate policy covers schools: the party would focus school mental health resources on practical counselling and student wellbeing, and keep parents informed and involved. Neither policy gives a number of crisis workers or counsellors.","Most of this chapter depends on the Province. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal, and Vancouver's public schools are run by the elected School Board. Council can direct city spending and outreach, and approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police. The party's own principles on page 3 say the city should identify what it can do directly and what requires cooperation or advocacy.",[997,1001,1006,1010],{"title":998,"detail":999,"page":991,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1000},"Mental health crisis response","TrueBlue would expand crisis response and connect people in serious mental health crises with appropriate treatment, care and support instead of leaving them on the streets.","The city funds outreach and approves the police budget, while mental health care and treatment are provincial.",{"title":1002,"detail":1003,"page":991,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1005},"Mental health in schools","The party would focus school mental health resources on practical counselling and student wellbeing while keeping parents informed and involved.","school-board","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and decides how its counselling staff are used.",{"title":1007,"detail":1008,"page":467,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1009},"Overdoses and the contaminated drug supply","TrueBlue opposes the normalization of hard drug use. It would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers.","Council decides how city money is spent, while drug policy is provincial and federal and the Police Board directs police enforcement.",{"title":1011,"detail":1012,"page":467,"authority":1013,"authorityNote":1014},"Treatment for addiction","The party would expand access to detox, treatment and long-term recovery programs, and give priority to helping people become drug free and rebuild independent lives.","province","Detox, treatment beds and health services are provincial, so the city can only ask the Province to expand them.",[1016,1019,1022,1025,1028],{"question":1017,"answer":1018},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on drugs and overdoses?","TrueBlue Vancouver opposes what it calls the normalization of hard drug use. It would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against traffickers and dealers (platform, page 24).",{"question":1020,"answer":1021},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support detox and treatment?","Yes. The party would expand access to detox, treatment and long-term recovery programs. It says the priority is to help people become drug free and rebuild independent lives (platform, page 24).",{"question":1023,"answer":1024},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do for people in a mental health crisis?","TrueBlue would expand crisis response and connect people in serious mental health crises with treatment, care and support. The platform contrasts this with leaving them on the streets (platform, page 23).",{"question":1026,"answer":1027},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about mental health in schools?","The party would focus school mental health resources on practical counselling and student wellbeing, and keep parents informed and involved (platform, page 23).",{"question":1029,"answer":1030},"Who would have to act on TrueBlue Vancouver's addiction treatment plan?","Detox, treatment beds and health services are run and funded by the Province, so the city could only press for more. Council controls city spending and outreach, and the School Board runs school counselling (platform, pages 23 to 24).","crisis-response-overdoses-and-treatment","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fmental-health-drugs-and-addiction--crisis-response-overdoses-and-treatment","TrueBlue Vancouver opposes the normalization of hard drug use and would focus city resources on prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement against dealers. It would expand detox and long-term recovery programs, expand crisis response, and focus school mental health support on counselling.","EInAoyCBzWcl47qDl3Ax3ECQ8N9galYo0-K-WjTB75U",{"id":1036,"title":1037,"checkedAt":316,"context":1038,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1039,"headline":1040,"issues":1041,"meta":1043,"order":715,"pages":1044,"paragraphs":1046,"party":288,"pillar":647,"proposals":1050,"questions":1067,"slug":1083,"source":29,"stem":1084,"summary":1085,"__hash__":1086},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fmiscellaneous-topics--free-expression-residents-and-small-business.json","Free Expression, Residents First, Small Business and City Politics",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on free speech, small business and residents-first spending",[1042,884],"economy",{},{"from":1045,"to":652},47,[1047,1048,1049],"TrueBlue Vancouver's last section collects the policies the party lists under \"Misc. topics\". On free expression, it would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in Vancouver's public and civic spaces. Under the heading \"Canadians and Vancouverites First\", it would put the needs of existing residents first when the city decides on spending, services and infrastructure. The platform does not define who counts as an existing resident.","For small businesses, TrueBlue would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape, protect commercial parking and make Vancouver easier and cheaper for local businesses. Its final policy would focus City Hall on core municipal services, which the party contrasts with political activism and ideological campaigns. The small business policy repeats the priority the party lists on page 2, a city where business can thrive.","All four policies are within City Council's power. Council sets permits and rules for the use of civic spaces, approves the budget and the capital plan, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees. These policies concern the city's own rules, spending and staff, so Council could act without asking another government. The platform gives no cost or timeline for them.",[1051,1055,1059,1063],{"title":1052,"detail":1053,"page":1045,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1054},"Protect free expression","TrueBlue would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in Vancouver's public and civic spaces.","Council sets the permits and rules for using city streets, plazas and buildings.",{"title":1056,"detail":1057,"page":1045,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1058},"Canadians and Vancouverites first","The party would put the needs of existing residents first when making decisions about city spending, services and infrastructure.","Council approves the operating budget and the capital plan.",{"title":1060,"detail":1061,"page":652,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1062},"Support small businesses","TrueBlue would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape, protect commercial parking and make Vancouver easier and less expensive for local businesses.","Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees and sets parking rules on city streets.",{"title":1064,"detail":1065,"page":652,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1066},"End ideological city politics","The party would focus City Hall on core municipal services instead of what it calls political activism and ideological campaigns.","Council sets the city's priorities through its budget and its direction to staff.",[1068,1071,1074,1077,1080],{"question":1069,"answer":1070},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver promise small businesses?","TrueBlue Vancouver would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape, protect commercial parking and make Vancouver easier and less expensive for local businesses (platform, page 48).",{"question":1072,"answer":1073},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on free speech and protest?","The party would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in Vancouver's public and civic spaces (platform, page 47).",{"question":1075,"answer":1076},"What does \"Canadians and Vancouverites first\" mean in TrueBlue's platform?","Under that heading, TrueBlue would put the needs of existing residents first when the city decides on spending, services and infrastructure (platform, page 47).",{"question":1078,"answer":1079},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver mean by ending ideological city politics?","The party would focus City Hall on core municipal services. It contrasts this with what it calls political activism and ideological campaigns (platform, page 48).",{"question":1081,"answer":1082},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out these TrueBlue policies alone?","Yes. Council sets the rules for civic spaces, approves the budget, issues business licences and sets licence and permit fees and parking rules. A council decision needs a majority of the 11 votes on Council (platform, pages 47 to 48).","free-expression-residents-and-small-business","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fmiscellaneous-topics--free-expression-residents-and-small-business","TrueBlue Vancouver would defend lawful speech, peaceful protest and open debate in civic spaces, and put existing residents first in decisions on spending and services. It would cut red tape and protect commercial parking for small businesses, and focus City Hall on core services.","046--CEA__8MKLj1xQB-XOjupRWvaByodiYx2kG2OyU",{"id":1088,"title":1089,"checkedAt":316,"context":1090,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1091,"headline":1092,"issues":1093,"meta":1094,"order":715,"pages":1095,"paragraphs":1097,"party":288,"pillar":493,"proposals":1101,"questions":1119,"slug":1135,"source":29,"stem":1136,"summary":1137,"__hash__":1138},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety-and-policing--police-funding-and-accountability.json","Police Funding, Accountability and Upstream Causes of Crime",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on policing: strong funding, no defunding, consequences for repeat crime",[103],{},{"from":1096,"to":498},26,[1098,1099,1100],"TrueBlue Vancouver's policing section is built on what it calls strong police funding. The party rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric and would make sure officers have the staffing, training and resources it says they need to keep Vancouver safe. It would use community services for suitable non-criminal issues, and says these should never replace police where public safety, violence, crime or serious disorder is involved.","On police conduct, TrueBlue would support officers who serve lawfully and professionally, and it would make sure that credible allegations of serious misconduct are investigated independently. On the causes of crime, the party would deal with addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment, prevention and intervention, while keeping consequences for serious and repeat offenders. Its policy on police liaison officers in schools is listed in the schools section.","Council approves the police budget, but the Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. A council could fund more officers and still leave decisions on how they are deployed to the board. Courts, sentencing and criminal law are outside city control. The police-in-schools policy, listed in the schools section, would also need the School Board. The platform gives no figure for police staffing or the police budget.",[1102,1106,1110,1115],{"title":1103,"detail":1104,"page":1096,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1105},"Non-police-based public safety","TrueBlue would use community services for appropriate non-criminal issues, but says they should never replace police when public safety, violence, crime or serious disorder is involved.","Council funds city outreach and community services, while the Vancouver Police Board directs how police respond.",{"title":1107,"detail":1108,"page":1096,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1109},"Police funding","The party rejects what it calls defund-the-police rhetoric. It would maintain strong police funding and make sure officers have the staffing, training and resources needed to keep Vancouver safe.","Council approves the police budget each year, while the Police Board decides how it is spent on staffing and training.",{"title":1111,"detail":1112,"page":1113,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1114},"Police wrongdoing and accountability","TrueBlue would support officers who serve lawfully and professionally while making sure credible allegations of serious misconduct are independently investigated.",27,"The Vancouver Police Board directs the department, and the platform does not name the body that would investigate.",{"title":1116,"detail":1117,"page":498,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1118},"Upstream causes of crime","The party would address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment, prevention and intervention while maintaining consequences for serious and repeat offenders.","Treatment and health services are provincial and sentencing is for the courts, so the city can fund prevention and ask others for the rest.",[1120,1123,1126,1129,1132],{"question":1121,"answer":1122},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want to defund the police?","No. TrueBlue Vancouver says it rejects defund-the-police rhetoric. It would maintain strong police funding and make sure officers have the staffing, training and resources the party says are needed to keep Vancouver safe (platform, page 26).",{"question":1124,"answer":1125},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about police misconduct?","The party would support officers who serve lawfully and professionally, and make sure credible allegations of serious misconduct are independently investigated (platform, page 27).",{"question":1127,"answer":1128},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver send social workers instead of police?","TrueBlue would use community services for appropriate non-criminal issues. It says they should never replace police when public safety, violence, crime or serious disorder is involved (platform, page 26).",{"question":1130,"answer":1131},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver deal with repeat offenders?","The party would keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders. It would also address addiction, homelessness and youth crime through treatment, prevention and intervention (platform, page 28).",{"question":1133,"answer":1134},"Can Vancouver City Council control the police, as TrueBlue proposes?","Council approves the police budget, so it could keep police funding strong as TrueBlue wants. The Vancouver Police Board directs the department, and sentencing is decided by the courts (platform, pages 26 to 28).","police-funding-and-accountability","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fpublic-safety-and-policing--police-funding-and-accountability","TrueBlue Vancouver rejects calls to defund the police and would maintain strong police funding, staffing and training. It supports independent investigation of serious misconduct, would use community services only for non-criminal issues, and would keep consequences for serious and repeat offenders.","XB3aTlb5HJlcrQz5gH-lWk6nWBk2OQO7Py4ivO7LBXI",{"id":1140,"title":1141,"checkedAt":316,"context":1142,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1143,"headline":1144,"issues":1145,"meta":1146,"order":715,"pages":1147,"paragraphs":1150,"party":288,"pillar":524,"proposals":1155,"questions":1169,"slug":1185,"source":29,"stem":1186,"summary":1187,"__hash__":1188},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fpublic-spaces-and-services--recreation-green-space-and-washrooms.json","Fitness and Sports Facilities, Green Space and Public Washrooms",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on parks: clear encampments, clean facilities, single-sex washrooms",[145,84],{},{"from":1148,"to":1149},30,31,[1151,1152,1153,1154],"TrueBlue Vancouver's public spaces section deals with the places people share. For sport and recreation, the party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, and give priority to core recreation services and youth sports. Its focus is the upkeep, cleanliness and safety of facilities the city already has, and it names no new facility.","On parks and green space, TrueBlue would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments. It would keep park tree canopy and green space for recreation and family use, and keep parks free of illegal open-air drug use and encampments. The same green space text is printed on page 7 of the PDF, in the climate section.","For public washrooms, the party would improve cleanliness and safety and keep separate male and female facilities. This section of the PDF also repeats the party's policies on sidewalks and bike paths and on zoning. We list those in the transit and housing sections. The washroom policy repeats the position the party states in its human rights section on page 18.","Most of this chapter concerns the Park Board, which controls parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. TrueBlue has no Park Board candidates, so its council candidate would need that board to act. Council funds street cleaning and shelter sites and approves the police budget. Police enforcement in parks would be directed by the Vancouver Police Board. Council could fund shelter spaces for people who leave encampments.",[1156,1161,1165],{"title":1157,"detail":1158,"page":1148,"authority":1159,"authorityNote":1160},"Fitness and sports facilities","TrueBlue would maintain safe, clean and affordable pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres, and give priority to core recreation services and youth sports.","park-board","The separately elected Park Board controls Vancouver pools, rinks, fields and community centres.",{"title":1162,"detail":1163,"page":1148,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1164},"Green space","The party would clean up municipal parks and green spaces by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing dangerous encampments. It would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for neighbourhood recreation, family use and local appearance while keeping parks safe, clean and free of illegal open-air drug use or encampments.","The Park Board controls parks, while Council funds shelter sites and outreach and the Police Board directs police enforcement.",{"title":1166,"detail":1167,"page":1149,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1168},"Public washrooms","TrueBlue would improve the cleanliness and safety of public washrooms while maintaining separate male and female facilities.","Public washrooms are run by both the city and the Park Board, depending on where they are.",[1170,1173,1176,1179,1182],{"question":1171,"answer":1172},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do about encampments in parks?","TrueBlue Vancouver would clean up parks by enforcing public space bylaws and clearing what it calls dangerous encampments. It would keep parks free of illegal open-air drug use and encampments (platform, page 30).",{"question":1174,"answer":1175},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver promise for pools, rinks and community centres?","The party would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable. It would give priority to core recreation services and youth sports (platform, page 30).",{"question":1177,"answer":1178},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on public washrooms?","TrueBlue would improve the cleanliness and safety of public washrooms and keep separate male and female facilities (platform, page 31).",{"question":1180,"answer":1181},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver protect trees in parks?","The party would maintain park tree canopies and green spaces for neighbourhood recreation and family use. It ties this to keeping parks safe, clean and free of encampments (platform, page 30).",{"question":1183,"answer":1184},"Who would carry out TrueBlue Vancouver's park policies?","The separately elected Park Board controls parks, community centres, pools and rinks. TrueBlue is running no Park Board candidates, so its council candidate would need the board to act (platform, pages 30 to 31).","recreation-green-space-and-washrooms","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fpublic-spaces-and-services--recreation-green-space-and-washrooms","TrueBlue Vancouver would keep pools, rinks, fields, gyms and community centres safe, clean and affordable, and put youth sports first. It would enforce park bylaws, clear encampments and open-air drug use from parks, keep tree canopy, and keep public washrooms separate for men and women.","9Gy8GP1wjclJfoRewYF_6DuZwLZz2_ALzKRSNOhJHUg",{"id":1190,"title":1191,"checkedAt":316,"context":1192,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1193,"headline":1194,"issues":1195,"meta":1196,"order":829,"pages":1197,"paragraphs":1199,"party":288,"pillar":555,"proposals":1203,"questions":1216,"slug":1232,"source":29,"stem":1233,"summary":1234,"__hash__":1235},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Freconciliation-and-indigenous-nations--land-housing-and-governance.json","Land, Housing and Governance",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on Indigenous land: no transfers by ancestry, same rules for all",[884,65],{},{"from":1198,"to":560},35,[1200,1201,1202],"This chapter collects TrueBlue Vancouver's positions on land, housing and government in its reconciliation section. The party would apply the same transparent development and housing rules to every project regardless of race, ancestry or identity. The same text appears in its housing section on page 13, under the heading Indigenous-Led Housing. The party presents this as a rule of equal treatment.","On land title and governance, TrueBlue would protect private property and democratic local government. It opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control that are based on ancestry or historical claims. Under the heading \"Additional Policy\", the party rejects what it calls race-based governance and reconciliation policies that divide residents by ancestry, and says it would defend equal citizenship, property rights and democratic government.","Council controls city-owned land and assets, city zoning and the permit process, so it could decide these points for the city itself. Agreements between First Nations and the federal or provincial governments are made by those governments. The party's policy concerns voluntary transfers by the city, so it covers land and assets the city owns and could choose to give.",[1204,1208,1212],{"title":1205,"detail":1206,"page":1198,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1207},"Indigenous-led housing","TrueBlue would apply the same transparent development and housing rules to projects regardless of race, ancestry or identity.","Council sets the zoning and permit rules that apply to development in the city.",{"title":1209,"detail":1210,"page":1198,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1211},"Land title and governance","The party would protect private property and democratic local government. It opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control based on ancestry or historical claims.","Council decides whether the city transfers land or assets that it owns.",{"title":1213,"detail":1214,"page":560,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1215},"Additional policy: equal citizenship","TrueBlue rejects what it calls race-based governance and reconciliation policies that divide residents by ancestry. It would defend equal citizenship, property rights and democratic government.","Council sets the city's own policies, so it could change those the party describes.",[1217,1220,1223,1226,1229],{"question":1218,"answer":1219},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose transferring city land to First Nations?","TrueBlue Vancouver opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control based on ancestry or historical claims. It says it would protect private property and democratic local government (platform, page 35).",{"question":1221,"answer":1222},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's policy on Indigenous-led housing?","The party would apply the same transparent development and housing rules to projects regardless of race, ancestry or identity. This text appears in both its housing and reconciliation sections (platform, pages 13 and 35).",{"question":1224,"answer":1225},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver mean by rejecting race-based governance?","TrueBlue rejects what it calls race-based governance and reconciliation policies that divide residents by ancestry. It says it would defend equal citizenship, property rights and democratic government (platform, page 37).",{"question":1227,"answer":1228},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support reconciliation?","The party's reconciliation section opposes land transfers based on ancestry, rejects what it calls race-based governance, and would apply the same development rules to every project. It would also teach Canadian and Indigenous history accurately (platform, pages 35 to 39).",{"question":1230,"answer":1231},"Could Vancouver City Council do what TrueBlue proposes on land?","Council controls city-owned land and assets and the city's zoning and permit rules, so it could decide these points for the city. Agreements between First Nations and the provincial or federal governments are made by those governments (platform, pages 35 to 37).","land-housing-and-governance","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Freconciliation-and-indigenous-nations--land-housing-and-governance","TrueBlue Vancouver would apply the same development and housing rules to every project regardless of race, ancestry or identity. It opposes voluntary city transfers of land, assets or control based on ancestry or historical claims, and rejects what it calls race-based governance.","YYIED3JT6lDFoQWr_EHNkK_0rB-90tBDK_H6VxcGNIg",{"id":1237,"title":1238,"checkedAt":316,"context":1239,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1240,"headline":1241,"issues":1242,"meta":1243,"order":715,"pages":1244,"paragraphs":1247,"party":288,"pillar":555,"proposals":1251,"questions":1264,"slug":1280,"source":29,"stem":1281,"summary":1282,"__hash__":1283},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Freconciliation-and-indigenous-nations--languages-place-names-and-residential-schools.json","Languages, Place Names and Residential Schools",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on reconciliation: English signs, no renaming, evidence on burial claims",[884,230],{},{"from":1245,"to":1246},34,36,[1248,1249,1250],"TrueBlue Vancouver's reconciliation section takes positions on language, names and history. The party would keep English as the standard language for official city services, signs, street names and place names. It opposes what it calls the ideological renaming of established streets and places, and would keep Vancouver's civic and Canadian symbols. Its schools section repeats one part of this, the end of mandatory land acknowledgements, for schools.","The party would end mandatory land acknowledgements, the statements made at the start of public events that recognize the Indigenous Nations whose land the city is on. On residential schools, TrueBlue would teach the history accurately. It would require evidence for claims about proposed burial sites, and it would separate suspected or radar-identified sites from confirmed human remains. Its policy on teaching Canadian and Indigenous history in schools is listed in the schools section.","Council decides the city's own signs, street names and meeting practices, so it could act on names and land acknowledgements at City Hall. The platform does not say which body would teach residential school history or test burial claims. Vancouver's public schools are run by the School Board. Council could also end land acknowledgements at its own meetings. The party gives no list of names it would keep or restore.",[1252,1256,1260],{"title":1253,"detail":1254,"page":1245,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1255},"Indigenous languages","TrueBlue would keep English as the standard language for official city services, signage, street names and place names.","Council decides the language of the city's own services and signs, and the names of city streets and places.",{"title":1257,"detail":1258,"page":1246,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1259},"Place names and commemorations","The party opposes what it calls the ideological renaming of established streets and places. It would end mandatory land acknowledgements and maintain Vancouver's civic and Canadian symbols.","Council names city streets and places and sets the practices for its own meetings and events.",{"title":1261,"detail":1262,"page":1246,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1263},"Residential schools","TrueBlue would teach residential school history accurately. It would require evidence for claims about proposed burial sites and distinguish suspected or radar-identified sites from confirmed human remains.","The platform does not name the body that would act, and public school teaching in Vancouver is run by the separately elected School Board.",[1265,1268,1271,1274,1277],{"question":1266,"answer":1267},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want to end land acknowledgements?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver would end mandatory land acknowledgements, the statements that recognize the Indigenous Nations whose land the city is on. The party states this in both its reconciliation and schools sections (platform, pages 34 and 36).",{"question":1269,"answer":1270},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on Indigenous street names?","The party would keep English as the standard language for official city services, signs, street names and place names. It opposes what it calls the ideological renaming of established streets and places (platform, pages 34 and 36).",{"question":1272,"answer":1273},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about residential school burial sites?","TrueBlue would require evidence for claims about proposed burial sites. It would distinguish suspected or radar-identified sites from confirmed human remains, and teach residential school history accurately (platform, page 36).",{"question":1275,"answer":1276},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver keep Canadian symbols at City Hall?","The platform says the party would maintain Vancouver's civic and Canadian symbols, and oppose the renaming of established streets and places (platform, page 36).",{"question":1278,"answer":1279},"Could Vancouver City Council carry out TrueBlue's place name policy?","Council names city streets and places and controls the language of the city's own signs and services, so it could act on those points. The platform does not say which body would act on its residential school policy (platform, pages 34 to 36).","languages-place-names-and-residential-schools","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Freconciliation-and-indigenous-nations--languages-place-names-and-residential-schools","TrueBlue Vancouver would keep English as the standard language for city services, signs, street names and place names, oppose what it calls ideological renaming, and end mandatory land acknowledgements. It would teach residential school history accurately and require evidence for claims about burial sites.","cyLOPUWQFPPUZ7gGbX8rhyOVdap30EterYLZ9Mq7GLA",{"id":1285,"title":1286,"checkedAt":316,"context":1287,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1288,"headline":1289,"issues":1290,"meta":1291,"order":715,"pages":1292,"paragraphs":1294,"party":288,"pillar":586,"proposals":1298,"questions":1311,"slug":1327,"source":29,"stem":1328,"summary":1329,"__hash__":1330},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fschools-and-public-education--bullying-police-and-student-involvement.json","Bullying, Police in Schools and Student Involvement",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on school safety: anti-bullying rules, police liaison officers",[159,103],{},{"from":1293,"to":591},39,[1295,1296,1297],"TrueBlue Vancouver's schools section is aimed at the Vancouver Board of Education, where the party has candidates. On bullying and bigotry, the party would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way. The party has two School Board candidates of its own, plus its council candidate, who is also on the trustee ballot.","TrueBlue supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools, in which police officers are assigned to work with schools. The party says these programs improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats. The same text appears in its policing section on page 27. On student voice, the party would give students meaningful chances to give input on school issues, while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools, so trustees decide school conduct rules and whether to take part in a police program. The Vancouver Police Board directs the officers who would be assigned. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the Province. The platform does not say how the board would measure whether bullying or violence goes down.",[1299,1303,1307],{"title":1300,"detail":1301,"page":1293,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1302},"Bullying and bigotry","TrueBlue would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and sets their conduct rules.",{"title":1304,"detail":1305,"page":591,"authority":735,"authorityNote":1306},"Police in schools","The party would support police liaison programs in Vancouver schools to improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats.","The School Board decides what programs run in its schools, and the Vancouver Police Board directs the officers who would take part.",{"title":1308,"detail":1309,"page":591,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1310},"Student involvement and engagement","TrueBlue would give students meaningful opportunities to provide input on school issues while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters.","The Board of Education sets its own meeting rules, committees and consultation.",[1312,1315,1318,1321,1324],{"question":1313,"answer":1314},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support police officers in schools?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver supports police liaison programs in Vancouver schools. The party says they improve safety, build relationships and respond to violence, gangs, weapons and serious threats (platform, page 41).",{"question":1316,"answer":1317},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver trustees do about bullying?","The party would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, and apply the same standards to every student in a fair way (platform, page 39).",{"question":1319,"answer":1320},"How would TrueBlue Vancouver involve students in school decisions?","TrueBlue would give students meaningful opportunities to give input on school issues, while keeping elected trustees accountable to parents and voters (platform, page 41).",{"question":1322,"answer":1323},"Who are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates?","Blair Coleman and Travers Fenton are TrueBlue Vancouver's School Board candidates. The City's final school trustee list also carries Naomi Chocyk, the party's council candidate, as a School Board candidate, so she appears on the ballot twice.",{"question":1325,"answer":1326},"Can the Vancouver School Board bring back police in schools on its own?","The Board of Education decides what programs run in its schools, so it can choose to take part. The officers are directed by the Vancouver Police Board, so the program would also need the police (platform, page 41).","bullying-police-and-student-involvement","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fschools-and-public-education--bullying-police-and-student-involvement","TrueBlue Vancouver would enforce strong rules against bullying, threats and harassment, applied the same way to every student, and support police liaison programs in Vancouver schools. It would give students a say on school issues while keeping trustees accountable to parents and voters.","01WYgZS736bHYLJyb1nExdrf1iFeC7sXQjdvV9Snx2A",{"id":1332,"title":1333,"checkedAt":316,"context":1334,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1335,"headline":1336,"issues":1337,"meta":1338,"order":829,"pages":1339,"paragraphs":1341,"party":288,"pillar":586,"proposals":1345,"questions":1358,"slug":1374,"source":29,"stem":1375,"summary":1376,"__hash__":1377},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fschools-and-public-education--history-critical-thinking-and-student-support.json","History, Critical Thinking and Student Support",[],[],"TrueBlue Vancouver on learning: accurate history, media literacy, classroom supports",[159],{},{"from":1293,"to":1340},40,[1342,1343,1344],"The second part of TrueBlue Vancouver's schools section is about what students learn and how they are supported. On Indigenous schooling, the party would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history, end mandatory land acknowledgements and reject what it calls collective guilt. The same text appears in its reconciliation section on page 34. The platform gives no detail on which grades or courses this would affect.","Under the heading on media literacy and critical thinking, TrueBlue would teach students to question sources, examine evidence, recognize misinformation and debate different views with respect. For neurodivergent students, meaning students whose brains learn and process information differently, such as autistic students, the party would provide practical classroom supports and learning accommodations based on each student's individual needs. It gives no staffing figure.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and approves the district budget, which pays for classroom support staff. The provincial funding formula sets how much money the board receives. The platform does not say which body would decide what history is taught. Trustees could set the board's own practices, such as land acknowledgements at board meetings and in schools.",[1346,1350,1354],{"title":1347,"detail":1348,"page":1293,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1349},"Indigenous schooling","TrueBlue would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history. It would end mandatory land acknowledgements and reject what it calls collective guilt.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and sets school practices such as land acknowledgements.",{"title":1351,"detail":1352,"page":1340,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1353},"Media literacy and critical thinking","The party would teach students to question sources, examine evidence, recognize misinformation and debate different viewpoints respectfully.","The Board of Education runs Vancouver's public schools and their programs.",{"title":1355,"detail":1356,"page":1340,"authority":1004,"authorityNote":1357},"Neurodivergent students and support","TrueBlue would provide practical classroom supports and learning accommodations based on each student's individual educational needs.","The board approves the district budget that pays for classroom support, within funding set by the Province.",[1359,1362,1365,1368,1371],{"question":1360,"answer":1361},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver want to end land acknowledgements in schools?","Yes. In its schools section, TrueBlue Vancouver would end mandatory land acknowledgements, teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history and reject what it calls collective guilt (platform, page 39).",{"question":1363,"answer":1364},"What does TrueBlue Vancouver say about teaching Indigenous history?","The party would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history. The same policy appears in both its reconciliation and schools sections (platform, pages 34 and 39).",{"question":1366,"answer":1367},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support media literacy in schools?","Yes. TrueBlue would teach students to question sources, examine evidence, recognize misinformation and debate different viewpoints respectfully (platform, page 40).",{"question":1369,"answer":1370},"What would TrueBlue Vancouver do for neurodivergent students?","The party would provide practical classroom supports and learning accommodations based on each student's individual educational needs. It gives no staffing or funding figure (platform, page 40).",{"question":1372,"answer":1373},"Could the Vancouver School Board pay for TrueBlue's classroom supports?","The Board of Education approves the district budget that pays for classroom support staff. The Province sets the funding formula that decides how much money the board receives (platform, page 40).","history-critical-thinking-and-student-support","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Fschools-and-public-education--history-critical-thinking-and-student-support","TrueBlue Vancouver would teach accurate Canadian and Indigenous history, end mandatory land acknowledgements in schools and reject collective guilt. It would teach students to question sources and spot misinformation, and give practical classroom supports based on each student's needs.","TbsgU7EVh6lDW22PvckcIkrj0QrowO3V2KK61hjRegY",{"id":1379,"title":1380,"checkedAt":316,"context":1381,"document":699,"extension":12,"figures":1382,"headline":623,"issues":1383,"meta":1384,"order":715,"pages":1385,"paragraphs":1387,"party":288,"pillar":617,"proposals":1392,"questions":1415,"slug":1434,"source":29,"stem":1435,"summary":1436,"__hash__":1437},"platformChapters\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Ftransit-and-getting-around--driving-parking-bike-lanes-and-transit.json","Driving, Parking, Bike Lanes and Transit",[],[],[118],{},{"from":1386,"to":621},43,[1388,1389,1390,1391],"TrueBlue Vancouver's transportation section is built around drivers. The party would defend driver choice, end road-pricing proposals and keep neighbourhood parking for shoppers and workers. It opposes municipal mobility pricing and congestion taxes, which charge drivers for using roads, and would stop paid parking spreading into residential streets. It says road designs should not create traffic jams on purpose. The same text is printed on page 7 of the PDF.","On bike lanes, TrueBlue would audit the existing network to restore traffic flow and protect parking for small businesses. It would redesign or remove lanes that, in its view, worsen traffic or remove needed parking. It would stop removing core vehicle lanes or parking spaces for what it calls underused cycling routes on major commercial streets, and keep sidewalks safe and well maintained. The walking and cycling text also appears on page 8, and the sidewalks text on page 31.","For transit, the party would support improvements based on ridership, affordability and measurable need, and it would want transparent costs before it supports a major project. The platform names no transit project that it supports or opposes. Its \"Additional Policy\" on page 45 rejects what it calls ideological transportation policies that deliberately restrict drivers, and would balance cars, transit, cycling and walking by practical need.","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council could act on most of this chapter alone. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control. The party's transit policy is a test it would apply before giving the city's support. Parking rules on residential streets are set by the city.",[1393,1397,1401,1407,1411],{"title":1394,"detail":1395,"page":1386,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1396},"Private vehicles and parking","TrueBlue would defend driver choice, end road-pricing proposals and preserve neighbourhood parking for local shoppers and workers. It would oppose municipal mobility pricing and congestion taxes, eliminate paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods, and make sure road designs do not deliberately create traffic jams. It would protect road capacity and street parking, and oppose policies designed to make driving more difficult or expensive.","The city owns and designs its streets and sets its parking rules, so Council decides these points within the city.",{"title":1398,"detail":1399,"page":1386,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1400},"Sidewalks and bike paths","The party would maintain safe sidewalks and audit existing bike lanes. It would redesign or remove lanes that it says unnecessarily worsen traffic or remove needed parking.","Council controls the design of city streets, bike lanes and sidewalks.",{"title":1402,"detail":1403,"page":1404,"authority":1405,"authorityNote":1406},"Transit projects","TrueBlue would support transit improvements based on ridership, affordability and measurable need, and demand transparent costs before supporting major projects.",44,"regional","Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.",{"title":1408,"detail":1409,"page":1404,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1410},"Walking and cycling","The party would audit existing bike lane infrastructure to restore traffic flow and protect parking for small businesses. It would keep pedestrian sidewalks safe and well maintained, and halt the removal of core vehicle lanes or parking spaces for what it calls underused cycling routes on major commercial strips.","The city owns its streets and decides how road space is shared between cars, bikes and parking.",{"title":1412,"detail":1413,"page":621,"authority":726,"authorityNote":1414},"Additional policy: balanced transportation","TrueBlue would reject what it calls ideological transportation policies that deliberately restrict drivers, and balance cars, transit, cycling and walking based on practical needs.","Council sets the city's own transportation policy for its streets.",[1416,1419,1422,1425,1428,1431],{"question":1417,"answer":1418},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver oppose congestion pricing?","Yes. TrueBlue Vancouver would oppose municipal mobility pricing and congestion taxes and end road-pricing proposals. It would also stop paid parking spreading into residential neighbourhoods (platform, page 43).",{"question":1420,"answer":1421},"Would TrueBlue Vancouver remove bike lanes?","The party would audit existing bike lanes and redesign or remove lanes that it says unnecessarily worsen traffic or remove needed parking. It would stop removing core vehicle lanes or parking for what it calls underused cycling routes on major commercial strips (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":1423,"answer":1424},"What is TrueBlue Vancouver's position on parking?","TrueBlue would protect street parking and road capacity, preserve neighbourhood parking for shoppers and workers, and protect parking for small businesses. It opposes paid parking expansion in residential neighbourhoods (platform, pages 43 to 44).",{"question":1426,"answer":1427},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support new transit projects?","The party would support transit improvements based on ridership, affordability and measurable need. It says it would want transparent costs before supporting major projects (platform, page 44).",{"question":1429,"answer":1430},"Does TrueBlue Vancouver support walking and cycling?","TrueBlue would keep sidewalks safe and well maintained, and says it would balance cars, transit, cycling and walking based on practical needs. It rejects what it calls ideological policies that deliberately restrict drivers (platform, pages 44 to 45).",{"question":1432,"answer":1433},"Who controls the streets and transit in TrueBlue Vancouver's plan?","The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules, so Council could act on those points alone. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control (platform, pages 43 to 45).","driving-parking-bike-lanes-and-transit","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fplatform-chapters\u002Ftrueblue-vancouver\u002Ftransit-and-getting-around--driving-parking-bike-lanes-and-transit","TrueBlue Vancouver would oppose mobility pricing and congestion taxes, stop paid parking spreading into residential streets, and protect road space and parking. It would audit bike lanes and redesign or remove those it says worsen traffic, and back transit projects only with transparent costs.","xFhhq9Z6tIHrHnJy8M7B54G-AnEMAd0NLfYjtemqEy8",[1439,1448,1457,1465,1471,1479,1485,1493,1500,1506,1514,1520,1526,1532,1538,1544,1550,1556,1562,1570,1578,1584,1590,1596,1602,1610,1616,1622,1626,1632,1639,1645,1651,1657,1663,1669,1675,1683,1689,1695,1700,1706,1712,1718,1724,1730,1736,1742,1749,1755,1761,1766,1772,1778,1784,1789,1795,1801,1807,1813,1819,1825,1831,1838,1844,1850,1856,1863,1869,1876,1882,1888,1893,1899,1904,1910,1916,1922,1928,1934,1940,1946,1952,1958,1963,1969,1975,1982,1988,1994,1999,2005,2010,2016,2022,2027,2032,2038,2043,2049,2055,2060,2066,2072,2077,2082,2087,2092,2098,2104,2110,2116,2122,2128,2134,2140,2146,2152,2158,2163,2169,2175,2181,2186,2192,2198,2204,2210,2216],{"slug":1440,"name":1441,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1443,"currentRole":29,"headline":1444,"sample":20,"party":1445},"alex-tkach","Alex Tkach","Park Board","225","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 225.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002F",{"slug":1449,"name":1450,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1451,"currentRole":1452,"headline":1453,"sample":20,"party":1454},"alfred-chien","Alfred Chien (錢育廷)","305","Vancouver School Board trustee","Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},"ABC Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1458,"name":1459,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1460,"currentRole":29,"headline":1461,"sample":20,"party":1462},"alisha-masongsong","Alisha Masongsong","303","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 303.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},"Green Party of Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F",{"slug":1466,"name":1467,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1468,"currentRole":29,"headline":1469,"sample":20,"party":1470},"allan-fawley","Allan Fawley","201","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 201.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1472,"name":1473,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1474,"currentRole":29,"headline":1475,"sample":20,"party":1476},"amanda-bains","Amanda Bains","221","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 221.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},"Vancouver Liberals","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002F",{"slug":1480,"name":1481,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1482,"currentRole":29,"headline":1483,"sample":20,"party":1484},"amanda-boggan","Amanda Boggan","110","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 110.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1486,"name":1487,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1488,"currentRole":29,"headline":1489,"sample":20,"party":1490},"amarys-joseph","Amarys Joseph","319","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 319.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},"Vote Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1494,"name":1495,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":1497,"currentRole":1498,"headline":1499,"sample":20,"party":29},"amauri-caliman","Amauri Caliman","Mayor","55","Independent mayoral candidate","Independent candidate for mayor, ballot number 55.",{"slug":1501,"name":1502,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1503,"currentRole":29,"headline":1504,"sample":20,"party":1505},"amir-bajehkian","Amir Bajehkian","223","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 223.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1507,"name":1508,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1509,"currentRole":29,"headline":1510,"sample":20,"party":1511},"andy-lin","Andy Lin","140","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 140.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},"Bright Future Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1515,"name":1516,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1517,"currentRole":29,"headline":1518,"sample":20,"party":1519},"annette-reilly","Annette Reilly","102","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 102.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":1521,"name":1522,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1523,"currentRole":29,"headline":1524,"sample":20,"party":1525},"arezo-zarrabian","Arezo Zarrabian","126","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 126.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1527,"name":1528,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1529,"currentRole":29,"headline":1530,"sample":20,"party":1531},"armor-valor","Armor Valor","125","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 125.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1533,"name":1534,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1535,"currentRole":29,"headline":1536,"sample":20,"party":1537},"bhavna-solecki","Bhavna Solecki","115","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 115.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":1539,"name":1540,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1541,"currentRole":29,"headline":1542,"sample":20,"party":1543},"bilal-khan","Bilal Khan","122","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 122.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},{"slug":1545,"name":1546,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1547,"currentRole":29,"headline":1548,"sample":20,"party":1549},"blair-coleman","Blair Coleman","309","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 309.",{"name":46,"url":292},{"slug":1551,"name":1552,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1553,"currentRole":29,"headline":1554,"sample":20,"party":1555},"breanne-smart","Breanne Smart","216","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 216.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":1557,"name":1558,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1559,"currentRole":29,"headline":1560,"sample":20,"party":1561},"bridget-burns","Bridget Burns","141","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 141.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":1563,"name":1564,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1565,"currentRole":29,"headline":1566,"sample":20,"party":1567},"brynja-marshall","Brynja Marshall","224","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 224.",{"name":1568,"url":1569},"Independent Parks Party","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",{"slug":1571,"name":1572,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1573,"currentRole":29,"headline":1574,"sample":20,"party":1575},"caitlin-stockwell","Caitlin Stockwell","149","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 149.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},"OneCity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1579,"name":1580,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1581,"currentRole":29,"headline":1582,"sample":20,"party":1583},"cam-rothery","Cam Rothery","213","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 213.",{"name":1568,"url":1569},{"slug":1585,"name":1586,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1587,"currentRole":29,"headline":1588,"sample":20,"party":1589},"camil-dumont","Camil Dumont","119","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 119.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":1591,"name":1592,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1593,"currentRole":29,"headline":1594,"sample":20,"party":1595},"charles-kelly","Charles Kelly","117","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 117.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1597,"name":1598,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1599,"currentRole":29,"headline":1600,"sample":20,"party":1601},"cheryl-grant","Cheryl Grant","232","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 232.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1603,"name":1604,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1605,"currentRole":29,"headline":1606,"sample":20,"party":1607},"chloe-leslie","Chloe Leslie","124","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 124.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},"COPE","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",{"slug":1611,"name":1612,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1613,"currentRole":29,"headline":1614,"sample":20,"party":1615},"chris-qiu","Chris Qiu (仇云霞)","227","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 227.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1617,"name":1618,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1619,"currentRole":29,"headline":1620,"sample":20,"party":1621},"christian-kyle","Christian Kyle","218","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 218.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1623,"name":1624,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1625,"currentRole":1452,"headline":1453,"sample":20,"party":29},"christopher-jk-richardson","Christopher JK Richardson","317",{"slug":1627,"name":1628,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1629,"currentRole":29,"headline":1630,"sample":20,"party":1631},"christopher-lee","Christopher Lee (李基鵬)","325","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 325.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1633,"name":1634,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":1635,"currentRole":1636,"headline":1637,"sample":20,"party":1638},"colleen-hardwick","Colleen Hardwick","50","Former Vancouver city councillor","Former Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1640,"name":1641,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1642,"currentRole":29,"headline":1643,"sample":20,"party":1644},"darren-boidman","Darren Boidman","300","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 300.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1646,"name":1647,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1648,"currentRole":29,"headline":1649,"sample":20,"party":1650},"david-grewal","David Grewal","138","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 138.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1652,"name":1653,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1654,"currentRole":29,"headline":1655,"sample":20,"party":1656},"derrick-o-keefe","Derrick O'Keefe","323","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 323.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":1658,"name":1659,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1660,"currentRole":29,"headline":1661,"sample":20,"party":1662},"devin-clemens","Devin Clemens","128","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 128.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1664,"name":1665,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1666,"currentRole":29,"headline":1667,"sample":20,"party":1668},"devyani-singh","Devyani Singh","121","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 121.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":1670,"name":1671,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1672,"currentRole":29,"headline":1673,"sample":20,"party":1674},"dominic-denofrio","Dominic Denofrio","230","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 230.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1676,"name":1677,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1678,"currentRole":29,"headline":1679,"sample":20,"party":1680},"eric-redmond","Eric Redmond","136","Affordable Housing candidate for city council, ballot number 136.",{"name":1681,"url":1682},"Affordable Housing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F",{"slug":1684,"name":1685,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1686,"currentRole":29,"headline":1687,"sample":20,"party":1688},"frances-bula","Frances Bula","146","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 146.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1690,"name":1691,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1692,"currentRole":29,"headline":1693,"sample":20,"party":1694},"geoff-teoli","Geoff Teoli","105","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 105.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":1696,"name":1697,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1698,"currentRole":29,"headline":1699,"sample":20,"party":29},"guy-dube","Guy Dubé","151","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 151.",{"slug":1701,"name":1702,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1703,"currentRole":29,"headline":1704,"sample":20,"party":1705},"gwen-giesbrecht","Gwen Giesbrecht","324","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 324.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":1707,"name":1708,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1709,"currentRole":29,"headline":1710,"sample":20,"party":1711},"ibrahima-cisse","Ibrahima Cisse","148","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 148.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},{"slug":1713,"name":1714,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1715,"currentRole":29,"headline":1716,"sample":20,"party":1717},"iona-bonamis","Iona Bonamis (陶思穎)","113","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 113.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1719,"name":1720,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1721,"currentRole":29,"headline":1722,"sample":20,"party":1723},"isabel-ochoa-prieto","Isabel Ochoa Prieto","308","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 308.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1725,"name":1726,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1727,"currentRole":29,"headline":1728,"sample":20,"party":1729},"ishi-dinim","Ishi Dinim","326","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 326.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1731,"name":1732,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1733,"currentRole":29,"headline":1734,"sample":20,"party":1735},"jamie-han","Jamie Han","205","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 205.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":1737,"name":1738,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1739,"currentRole":29,"headline":1740,"sample":20,"party":1741},"jarrett-hagglund","Jarrett Hagglund","100","OneCity candidate for city council, ballot number 100.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1743,"name":1744,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1745,"currentRole":1746,"headline":1747,"sample":20,"party":1748},"jas-virdi","Jas Virdi","228","Vancouver Park Board commissioner","Seeking re-election as Vancouver Park Board commissioner.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1750,"name":1751,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1752,"currentRole":29,"headline":1753,"sample":20,"party":1754},"jay-bailey","Jay Bailey","234","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 234.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1756,"name":1757,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1758,"currentRole":29,"headline":1759,"sample":20,"party":1760},"jessica-walton","Jessica Walton","118","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 118.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1762,"name":1763,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1764,"currentRole":29,"headline":1765,"sample":20,"party":29},"job-zhao","Job Zhao","108","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 108.",{"slug":1767,"name":1768,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1769,"currentRole":29,"headline":1770,"sample":20,"party":1771},"john-boychuk","John Boychuk","132","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 132.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":1773,"name":1774,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1775,"currentRole":29,"headline":1776,"sample":20,"party":1777},"john-coupar","John Coupar","134","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 134.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1779,"name":1780,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1781,"currentRole":29,"headline":1782,"sample":20,"party":1783},"john-irwin","John Irwin","217","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 217.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1785,"name":1786,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1787,"currentRole":29,"headline":1788,"sample":20,"party":29},"john-jones","John Jones","104","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 104.",{"slug":1790,"name":1791,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1792,"currentRole":29,"headline":1793,"sample":20,"party":1794},"jon-girard","Jon Girard","204","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 204.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1796,"name":1797,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1798,"currentRole":29,"headline":1799,"sample":20,"party":1800},"jonathan-weisman","Jonathan Weisman","127","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 127.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1802,"name":1803,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1804,"currentRole":29,"headline":1805,"sample":20,"party":1806},"josh-gordon","Josh Gordon","150","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 150.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1808,"name":1809,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1810,"currentRole":29,"headline":1811,"sample":20,"party":1812},"joshua-cameron","Joshua Cameron","329","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 329.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1814,"name":1815,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1816,"currentRole":29,"headline":1817,"sample":20,"party":1818},"joyce-gillespie","Joyce Gillespie","101","ABC Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 101.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1820,"name":1821,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1822,"currentRole":29,"headline":1823,"sample":20,"party":1824},"judith-kasiama","Judith Kasiama","120","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 120.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},{"slug":1826,"name":1827,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1828,"currentRole":29,"headline":1829,"sample":20,"party":1830},"julie-strilesky","Julie Strilesky","330","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 330.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":1832,"name":1833,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":1834,"currentRole":1835,"headline":1836,"sample":20,"party":1837},"kareem-allam","Kareem Allam","56","Political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff","Vancouver Liberals candidate for mayor, ballot number 56.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1839,"name":1840,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1841,"currentRole":29,"headline":1842,"sample":20,"party":1843},"kat-nystedt","Kat Nystedt","322","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 322.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1845,"name":1846,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1847,"currentRole":29,"headline":1848,"sample":20,"party":1849},"kathleen-larsen","Kathleen Larsen","123","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 123.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1851,"name":1852,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1853,"currentRole":29,"headline":1854,"sample":20,"party":1855},"keerit-jutla","Keerit Jutla","106","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 106.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":1857,"name":1858,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":1859,"currentRole":1860,"headline":1861,"sample":20,"party":1862},"ken-sim","Ken Sim","54","Mayor of Vancouver","Seeking re-election as Mayor of Vancouver.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1864,"name":1865,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1866,"currentRole":29,"headline":1867,"sample":20,"party":1868},"krista-sigurdson","Krista Sigurdson","301","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 301.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":1870,"name":1871,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1872,"currentRole":1873,"headline":1874,"sample":20,"party":1875},"lenny-zhou","Lenny Zhou (周楠)","144","Vancouver city councillor","Seeking re-election as Vancouver city councillor.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1877,"name":1878,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1879,"currentRole":29,"headline":1880,"sample":20,"party":1881},"leonard-vanderstar","Leonard Vanderstar","202","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 202.",{"name":1568,"url":1569},{"slug":1883,"name":1884,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1885,"currentRole":29,"headline":1886,"sample":20,"party":1887},"lina-vargas","Lina Vargas","327","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 327.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1889,"name":1890,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1891,"currentRole":1873,"headline":1874,"sample":20,"party":1892},"lisa-dominato","Lisa 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311.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1917,"name":1918,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1919,"currentRole":29,"headline":1920,"sample":20,"party":1921},"marie-rogers","Marie Rogers","209","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 209.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1923,"name":1924,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1925,"currentRole":29,"headline":1926,"sample":20,"party":1927},"mark-halyk","Mark Halyk","208","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 208.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1929,"name":1930,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1931,"currentRole":29,"headline":1932,"sample":20,"party":1933},"matt-kroeker","Matt Kroeker","312","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 312.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":1935,"name":1936,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1937,"currentRole":29,"headline":1938,"sample":20,"party":1939},"mayeli-alvarez","Mayeli Alvarez","219","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 219.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":1941,"name":1942,"office":588,"ballotNumber":1943,"currentRole":29,"headline":1944,"sample":20,"party":1945},"melanie-cheng","Melanie Cheng","314","COPE candidate for the School Board, ballot number 314.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":1947,"name":1948,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1949,"currentRole":29,"headline":1950,"sample":20,"party":1951},"michael-robert-caditz","Michael Robert Caditz","226","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 226.",{"name":1568,"url":1569},{"slug":1953,"name":1954,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1955,"currentRole":29,"headline":1956,"sample":20,"party":1957},"michael-wu","Michael Wu","145","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 145.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1959,"name":1960,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1961,"currentRole":1873,"headline":1874,"sample":20,"party":1962},"mike-klassen","Mike 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Arasi","152","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 152.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},{"slug":1970,"name":1971,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1972,"currentRole":29,"headline":1973,"sample":20,"party":1974},"moira-stilwell","Moira Stilwell","139","Vancouver Liberals candidate for city council, ballot number 139.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":1976,"name":1977,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":1978,"currentRole":1979,"headline":1980,"sample":20,"party":1981},"muhammad-ahmad","Muhammad Ahmad","53","Communications professional and community advocate","Communications professional and community advocate running for mayor.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},{"slug":1983,"name":1984,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1985,"currentRole":29,"headline":1986,"sample":20,"party":1987},"naomi-chocyk","Naomi Chocyk","154","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 154.",{"name":46,"url":292},{"slug":1989,"name":1990,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":1991,"currentRole":29,"headline":1992,"sample":20,"party":1993},"niknaz-alemi","Niknaz Alemi","231","Independent Parks Party candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 231.",{"name":1568,"url":1569},{"slug":1995,"name":1996,"office":336,"ballotNumber":1997,"currentRole":29,"headline":1998,"sample":20,"party":29},"noi-soudarack","Noi Soudarack","153","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 153.",{"slug":2000,"name":2001,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2002,"currentRole":29,"headline":2003,"sample":20,"party":2004},"noosha-mehdian","Noosha Mehdian","313","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 313.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":2006,"name":2007,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2008,"currentRole":29,"headline":2009,"sample":20,"party":29},"parris-j-williams","Parris J. Williams","143","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 143.",{"slug":2011,"name":2012,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2013,"currentRole":29,"headline":2014,"sample":20,"party":2015},"patrick-sauriol","Patrick Sauriol","142","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 142.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":2017,"name":2018,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":2019,"currentRole":1873,"headline":2020,"sample":20,"party":2021},"pete-fry","Pete Fry","51","Vancouver city councillor running for mayor.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":2023,"name":2024,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2025,"currentRole":1873,"headline":1874,"sample":20,"party":2026},"peter-meiszner","Peter Meiszner","109",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":2028,"name":2029,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2030,"currentRole":1452,"headline":1453,"sample":20,"party":2031},"preeti-faridkot","Preeti Faridkot","320",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":2033,"name":2034,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2035,"currentRole":29,"headline":2036,"sample":20,"party":2037},"raj-mundra","Raj Mundra","130","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 130.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":2039,"name":2040,"office":1496,"ballotNumber":2041,"currentRole":1873,"headline":2020,"sample":20,"party":2042},"rebecca-bligh","Rebecca Bligh","52",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2044,"name":2045,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2046,"currentRole":29,"headline":2047,"sample":20,"party":2048},"rebecca-hasdell","Rebecca Hasdell","114","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 114.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2050,"name":2051,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2052,"currentRole":29,"headline":2053,"sample":20,"party":2054},"rob-nijjar","Rob Nijjar","316","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 316.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":2056,"name":2057,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2058,"currentRole":29,"headline":2059,"sample":20,"party":29},"rollergirl","ROLLERGIRL","133","Independent candidate for city council, ballot number 133.",{"slug":2061,"name":2062,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2063,"currentRole":29,"headline":2064,"sample":20,"party":2065},"rory-brown","Rory Brown","302","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 302.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":2067,"name":2068,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2069,"currentRole":29,"headline":2070,"sample":20,"party":2071},"sacia-burton","Sacia Burton","215","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 215.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":2073,"name":2074,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2075,"currentRole":1873,"headline":1874,"sample":20,"party":2076},"sarah-kirby-yung","Sarah 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Breshears","321","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 321.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":2105,"name":2106,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2107,"currentRole":29,"headline":2108,"sample":20,"party":2109},"shirley-sio","Shirley Sio (邵己凌)","310","ABC Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 310.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":2111,"name":2112,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2113,"currentRole":29,"headline":2114,"sample":20,"party":2115},"solomon-yi-kieran","Solomon Yi-Kieran","155","COPE candidate for city council, ballot number 155.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":2117,"name":2118,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2119,"currentRole":29,"headline":2120,"sample":20,"party":2121},"spencer-van-vloten","Spencer van Vloten","212","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 212.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":2123,"name":2124,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2125,"currentRole":29,"headline":2126,"sample":20,"party":2127},"stephanie-smith","Stephanie Smith","147","Green Party of Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 147.",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":2129,"name":2130,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2131,"currentRole":29,"headline":2132,"sample":20,"party":2133},"stephen-menon","Stephen Menon","200","Vote Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 200.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2135,"name":2136,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2137,"currentRole":29,"headline":2138,"sample":20,"party":2139},"stephen-molnar","Stephen Molnar","207","ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 207.",{"name":1455,"url":1456},{"slug":2141,"name":2142,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2143,"currentRole":29,"headline":2144,"sample":20,"party":2145},"steve-cardwell","Steve Cardwell","328","OneCity candidate for the School Board, ballot number 328.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":2147,"name":2148,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2149,"currentRole":29,"headline":2150,"sample":20,"party":2151},"steve-jedreicich","Steve Jedreicich","112","Vote Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 112.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2153,"name":2154,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2155,"currentRole":29,"headline":2156,"sample":20,"party":2157},"summit-wannamaker","Summit Wannamaker","210","Vote Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 210.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2159,"name":2160,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2161,"currentRole":1452,"headline":1453,"sample":20,"party":2162},"suzie-mah","Suzie Mah","304",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":2164,"name":2165,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2166,"currentRole":29,"headline":2167,"sample":20,"party":2168},"t-uy-t-tanat-cease-wyss","T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss","203","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 203.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":2170,"name":2171,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2172,"currentRole":29,"headline":2173,"sample":20,"party":2174},"tamiko-suzuki","Tamiko Suzuki","206","COPE candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 206.",{"name":1608,"url":1609},{"slug":2176,"name":2177,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2178,"currentRole":29,"headline":2179,"sample":20,"party":2180},"tasha-doucas","Tasha Doucas","306","Vote Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 306.",{"name":1491,"url":1492},{"slug":2182,"name":2183,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2184,"currentRole":1746,"headline":1747,"sample":20,"party":2185},"tom-digby","Tom Digby","222",{"name":1463,"url":1464},{"slug":2187,"name":2188,"office":588,"ballotNumber":2189,"currentRole":29,"headline":2190,"sample":20,"party":2191},"travers-fenton","Travers Fenton","307","TrueBlue Vancouver candidate for the School Board, ballot number 307.",{"name":46,"url":292},{"slug":2193,"name":2194,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2195,"currentRole":29,"headline":2196,"sample":20,"party":2197},"tricia-barker","Tricia Barker","229","Vancouver Liberals candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 229.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":2199,"name":2200,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2201,"currentRole":29,"headline":2202,"sample":20,"party":2203},"tyler-petersen","Tyler Petersen","214","OneCity candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 214.",{"name":1576,"url":1577},{"slug":2205,"name":2206,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2207,"currentRole":1452,"headline":2208,"sample":20,"party":2209},"victoria-jung","Victoria Jung","107","Vancouver School Board trustee running for city council.",{"name":1477,"url":1478},{"slug":2211,"name":2212,"office":1442,"ballotNumber":2213,"currentRole":29,"headline":2214,"sample":20,"party":2215},"wah-gee","Wah Gee","233","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 233.",{"name":1446,"url":1447},{"slug":2217,"name":2218,"office":336,"ballotNumber":2219,"currentRole":29,"headline":2220,"sample":20,"party":2221},"yadwinder-mangat","Yadwinder Mangat","116","Bright Future Vancouver candidate for city council, ballot number 116.",{"name":1512,"url":1513},[2223,2652,2794,3019,3361,3701,3953,4267,4824,4971,5262],{"id":2224,"aliases":2225,"checkedAt":21,"declaredColour":2226,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":2231,"history":2232,"leadership":2236,"logo":29,"meta":2240,"money":2241,"name":1455,"news":2246,"overview":2250,"palette":2254,"platform":2257,"questions":2525,"record":2562,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1455,"slug":2609,"sources":2610,"stem":2649,"summary":2650,"website":1456,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":2651},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":2227,"note":2228,"cites":2229},"#0D6068","Assigned by voche.me. No brand colour could be read from the party site.",[2230],"abc-home","The governing party, running the mayor and 23 more candidates",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2233,"gaps":2234,"entries":2235},[23,24],[26],[],[2237],{"role":2238,"name":1858,"cites":2239},"Mayor and mayoral candidate",[2230,250],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2242,"gaps":2243,"searchUrl":38,"filings":2244,"notes":2245},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2247,"gaps":2248,"entries":2249},[49],[51],[],[2251,2252,2253],"ABC Vancouver goes into the October 17, 2026 election as the governing party. Ken Sim has been mayor since 2022 and is running again at ballot number 54.","ABC is running 24 candidates, more than any other party: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board. It is one of only two parties running a full or near-full slate in all four races.","Its published platform is organised into five headings: public safety and street disorder, affordability and accountability at City Hall, jobs and economy, restoring Vancouver, and raising Vancouver. Several of its commitments carry a number attached, which is unusual on this ballot and makes them easier to check later.",{"accent":2227,"onAccent":60,"tint":2255,"ink":2256},"#E3F5F7","#1F727A",[2258,2280,2302,2347,2366,2410,2432,2473,2482,2501],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":2259,"proposals":2263,"questions":2270,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2271,"gaps":2275,"headline":2278,"summary":2279},[2260,2261,2262],"Housing does not have its own heading in ABC’s published platform. The one commitment that bears on it directly is a promise to make permitting faster and easier, which sits under \"Restoring Vancouver\".","We looked for a housing target, an affordable housing commitment and a rental protection policy on the party website on September 22, 2026 and found none published.","This is a finding about the published platform on that date, and it is not a statement about what ABC would do in office.",[2264],{"title":2265,"detail":2266,"cites":2267,"authority":2269},"Make City Hall permitting faster and easier","The platform commits to making permitting faster and easier and to continuing to streamline City Hall operations.",[2268],"abc-platform","Council and city staff control the permit process.",[],[2272,2273,2274],"The ABC Vancouver platform page","The ABC Vancouver home page","A web search for ABC Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[79,2276,2277],"No affordable or non-market housing commitment is published.","No rental or tenant protection policy is published.","Faster permits, and no published housing target","ABC’s published platform commits to making City Hall permitting faster and easier. It does not publish a housing supply target, an affordability target or a rental policy.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":2281,"proposals":2284,"questions":2294,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2295,"gaps":2296,"headline":2300,"summary":2301},[2282,2283],"ABC does not publish a separate homelessness section. Its commitments that touch the subject are the same ones that appear under public safety: more than 100 involuntary care beds, moving drug consumption sites away from schools and parks, and good neighbour agreements for public housing where there is street disorder.","We found no published commitment on shelter spaces, encampments or supportive housing supply on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2285,2290],{"title":2286,"detail":2287,"cites":2288,"authority":2289},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds","The same commitment that appears under public safety. ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds.",[2268,2230],"Provincial.",{"title":2291,"detail":2292,"cites":2293},"Non-profit oversight for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2268],[],[2272,2273],[2297,2298,2299],"No shelter space commitment is published.","No supportive housing supply commitment is published.","No encampment policy is published.","Treatment beds and drug sites, handled as a safety question","ABC addresses homelessness and drugs inside its public safety heading, through involuntary care beds, drug site locations and oversight of public housing.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":2303,"proposals":2307,"questions":2333,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2342,"gaps":2344,"headline":2345,"summary":2346},[2304,2305,2306],"Public safety is the first heading on ABC’s published platform, and it is the area where the party has put the most specific commitments in writing.","Two of these reach beyond what a city council can do on its own. Involuntary care beds and drug consumption site rules are provincial decisions. ABC’s own wording is that it will \"fight for\" the beds, which is a request to the province rather than a promise the city can keep by itself.","ABC also placed two questions on the October 17 ballot alongside the candidate races. One asks whether the city should strengthen its laws against open-air hard drug use. The other asks whether the city should formally request that the province convert part of the old St Paul’s Hospital, or a similar site, into a secure facility with voluntary and involuntary care beds.",[2308,2314,2319,2324,2329],{"title":2309,"detail":2310,"cites":2311,"authority":2313},"Ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces","ABC would change city bylaws to forbid using hard drugs in public. A plebiscite question on the same subject appears on the October 17 ballot.",[2268,2312],"plebiscite","City Council sets bylaws. Drug possession law is federal and provincial.",{"title":2315,"detail":2316,"cites":2317,"authority":2318},"Give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs","The platform commits to \"give police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs\". The wording of the tool is not published.",[2268],"The Vancouver Police Board directs the police department. Council approves its budget.",{"title":2320,"detail":2321,"cites":2322,"cost":73,"authority":2323},"Fight for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver","ABC would press the province to fund more than 100 involuntary care beds for people with severe substance use and mental health disorders.",[2268,2230],"Health care, including involuntary care, is a provincial responsibility.",{"title":2325,"detail":2326,"cites":2327,"authority":2328},"Move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks","The platform commits to \"mandate provincial drug consumption sites away from schools & parks\".",[2268],"These sites are approved and funded provincially.",{"title":2330,"detail":2331,"cites":2332},"Good neighbour agreements for public housing with street disorder","ABC would add non-profit oversight and require a good neighbour agreement for all public housing where street disorder is an issue.",[2268],[2334,2338],{"question":2335,"answer":2336,"cites":2337},"Can a city council ban drug use in public by itself?","A council can pass a bylaw about behaviour in public space, and it can direct city staff to enforce it. It cannot change the criminal law, and it cannot order the police, because the Vancouver Police Board directs the department. ABC also put the question to voters as a plebiscite on October 17, which does not by itself change any law.",[2268,2312],{"question":2339,"answer":2340,"cites":2341},"What are involuntary care beds?","These are hospital or facility beds where a person can be kept and treated without agreeing to it, under provincial mental health law. Vancouver city council does not run them, fund them or decide who goes into one. A city can ask the province for more of them, which is what ABC has committed to do.",[2268],[2272,2273,2343],"The City of Vancouver notice on the plebiscite questions",[],"Ban open-air hard drug use and give police a seizure tool","ABC would ban hard drug use in public spaces, push the province for more than 100 involuntary care beds, and move drug consumption sites away from schools and parks.",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":2348,"proposals":2350,"questions":2359,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2360,"gaps":2361,"headline":2364,"summary":2365},[2349],"ABC’s published transport commitments come from the affordability and infrastructure parts of its platform rather than a transport section.",[2351,2355],{"title":2352,"detail":2353,"cites":2354},"Prioritise road and sidewalk repair","The platform commits to prioritising investments in roads and sidewalk repairs and renewal.",[2268],{"title":2356,"detail":2357,"cites":2358},"A city-wide universal parking app","ABC would mandate a single city-wide parking app alongside removing pay parking at beaches and community centres.",[2268],[],[2272],[2362,2363],"No transit commitment is published.","No cycling or road safety commitment is published.","Parking fees removed, roads and sidewalks repaired","ABC’s transport commitments are about parking and road repair. It publishes no transit, cycling or road safety commitment.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":2367,"proposals":2371,"questions":2395,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2405,"gaps":2407,"headline":2408,"summary":2409},[2368,2369,2370],"ABC’s parks and recreation commitments sit under two platform headings, \"Jobs & Economy\" and \"Restoring Vancouver\", rather than under a parks heading.","This is the largest dollar figure any party has attached to a single commitment on this ballot. The platform does not say which five community centres, or over how many years the $400 million would be spent.","ABC also asked the province to abolish the elected Park Board during the last term. The mayor has since said he will not try to eliminate the board if re-elected. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates for them.",[2372,2378,2383,2387,2391],{"title":2373,"detail":2374,"cites":2375,"cost":2376,"authority":2377},"Rebuild or revamp 5 community centres","The platform commits to rebuilding or revamping five community centres for $400 million, and to starting a second phase of another five in the next capital plan.",[2268],"$400 million","Capital spending is approved by Council through the capital plan.",{"title":2379,"detail":2380,"cites":2381,"cost":2382},"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool","The commitment is worded \"Rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50M pool, at cost\".",[2268],"Stated as \"at cost\"",{"title":2384,"detail":2385,"cites":2386},"Deliver the River District Community Centre","The platform commits to delivering the River District Community Centre.",[2268],{"title":2388,"detail":2389,"cites":2390,"cost":73},"Create a playground improvement fund","ABC would create a fund for playground improvements. No amount is published.",[2268],{"title":2392,"detail":2393,"cites":2394},"More pools, rinks and ice time","The platform commits to revamping and investing in recreational facilities, naming more pools, rinks and ice time.",[2268],[2396,2400],{"question":2397,"answer":2398,"cites":2399},"Which five community centres would be rebuilt?","The platform does not name them. It commits $400 million to five, and a second group of five in the next capital plan. We checked the platform page on September 22, 2026 and no list was published.",[2268],{"question":2401,"answer":2402,"cites":2403},"Does ABC still want to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to change the Vancouver Charter to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. The board still exists and seven commissioners are being elected on October 17.",[2404],"cbc-parkboard",[2272,2406],"News coverage of the Park Board governance question",[],"$400 million to rebuild five community centres","ABC commits $400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with another five in the next capital plan, plus a rebuilt Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":2411,"proposals":2414,"questions":2428,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2429,"gaps":2430,"headline":2416,"summary":2431},[2412,2413],"ABC is running seven School Board candidates. Its school commitments appear under the \"Restoring Vancouver\" and \"Raising Vancouver\" headings of its platform rather than a schools heading.","The school tax commitment is a request to the province. School tax is collected on Vancouver properties and goes into provincial general revenue. A school board can ask for that to change; it cannot change it.",[2415,2420,2424],{"title":2416,"detail":2417,"cites":2418,"authority":2419},"Keep Vancouver school tax in Vancouver","The platform commits to \"fight to ensure provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools\".",[2268],"School tax and the funding formula are set by the province.",{"title":2421,"detail":2422,"cites":2423,"cost":73},"Increase teaching assistance in classrooms","ABC commits to \"increase teaching assistance by investing in our classrooms\".",[2268],{"title":2425,"detail":2426,"cites":2427},"A performance based action committee for families","The platform commits to creating \"a strict performance based action committee to set better metrics for families\".",[2268],[],[2272],[],"ABC would fight to keep provincial school tax collected in Vancouver in Vancouver schools, increase classroom teaching assistance, and bring swimming lessons into the school day.",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":2433,"proposals":2437,"questions":2460,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2469,"gaps":2470,"headline":2471,"summary":2472},[2434,2435,2436],"ABC has published a number here rather than a direction, which makes it one of the few commitments on this ballot that can be checked against a council vote later.","The two pages do not agree on the year. The platform page says \"0% property tax increase in 2027 for buyers & renters\". The party home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We have recorded the platform page wording, checked on September 22, 2026.","A property tax freeze holds the rate, not the bill. A household’s bill can still move if the assessed value of its property changes relative to other properties in the city.",[2438,2444,2448,2452,2456],{"title":2439,"detail":2440,"cites":2441,"cost":73,"authority":2442,"deadline":2443},"0% property tax increase in 2027","The platform commits to a zero percent property tax increase in 2027 for buyers and renters.",[2268],"Council sets the property tax rate each year.","2027 budget",{"title":2445,"detail":2446,"cites":2447},"Remove pay parking at beaches and community centres","ABC would end pay parking at beaches and community centres and require a single city-wide parking app.",[2268],{"title":2449,"detail":2450,"cites":2451},"End residential parking permit fees","The platform commits to ending the fee for a residential parking permit.",[2268],{"title":2453,"detail":2454,"cites":2455},"Expand VANSTAT to weekly check-ins","ABC would expand its department head meetings, which it calls VANSTAT, to a weekly check-in.",[2268],{"title":2457,"detail":2458,"cites":2459},"Spend only on municipal responsibilities","The platform commits to ensuring \"taxpayer dollars only go to municipal responsibilities\".",[2268],[2461,2465],{"question":2462,"answer":2463,"cites":2464},"Does a tax freeze mean my bill will not go up?","No. A freeze holds the overall rate the city collects. Your own bill depends on how your property is assessed compared with everyone else’s. If your assessment rises faster than the city average, your bill can rise in a year when the rate is frozen.",[2268],{"question":2466,"answer":2467,"cites":2468},"Which year does the freeze apply to?","ABC’s platform page says 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as 2026. Both were checked on September 22, 2026. We have not asked the party which is correct.",[2268,2230],[2272,2273],[],"A zero percent property tax increase, and parking fees removed","ABC’s published platform commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027, removing pay parking at beaches and community centres, and ending residential parking permit fees.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":2474,"proposals":2475,"questions":2476,"state":2477,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2478,"gaps":2480},[],[],[],"none-published",[2272,2273,2479],"A web search for ABC Vancouver climate policy, September 2026",[2481],"No climate or building emissions commitment appears in the published platform.",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":2483,"proposals":2485,"questions":2494,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2495,"gaps":2496,"headline":2499,"summary":2500},[2484],"ABC’s culture commitments sit under its \"Jobs & Economy\" heading and are framed around the street and the events calendar rather than around artists or venues.",[2486,2490],{"title":2487,"detail":2488,"cites":2489},"Revitalise Granville Street and its pedestrian zone","The platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone.",[2268],{"title":2491,"detail":2492,"cites":2493,"cost":73},"A new funding model for major events","ABC commits to \"a new era of cooperation between the City & major events, along with a new funding model\".",[2268],[],[2272],[2497,2498],"No commitment on affordable artist or rehearsal space is published.","No arts grant commitment is published.","Revitalise Granville Street and back major events","ABC commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone, and to a new funding model for major events.",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":2502,"proposals":2506,"questions":2521,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2522,"gaps":2523,"headline":2508,"summary":2524},[2503,2504,2505],"The platform wording is \"Doubling down on childcare (double our 2000 new spaces)\". Read plainly that is a commitment to a further 2,000 spaces.","The claim that 2,000 spaces were created in the last term is ABC’s own account of its record. We have not checked it against city records.","A city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and money collected from developers. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding come from the province, so a city can build a room but cannot on its own decide what a parent pays.",[2507,2512,2516],{"title":2508,"detail":2509,"cites":2510,"cost":73,"authority":2511},"Double the 2,000 new child care spaces","The platform commits to doubling what it describes as 2,000 new spaces created in the last term.",[2268],"The city creates spaces. The province licenses them and sets funding.",{"title":2513,"detail":2514,"cites":2515},"Expand after-school programming","ABC commits to expanding after-school programming and keeping extracurricular activities in Vancouver.",[2268],{"title":2517,"detail":2518,"cites":2519,"authority":2520},"Bring swimming lessons into the school day","The platform commits to bringing swimming lessons into the school day.",[2268],"Delivered with the Board of Education and the Park Board.",[],[2272],[],"ABC commits to \"doubling down on childcare\", which its platform defines as doubling the 2,000 new spaces it says it created.",[2526,2530,2534,2538,2542,2546,2550,2554,2558],{"question":2527,"answer":2528,"cites":2529},"Who leads ABC Vancouver?","Ken Sim is the mayor of Vancouver and ABC’s mayoral candidate. He appears at ballot number 54. Whether he is also the registered leader of the elector organisation is a separate question we have not checked.",[2230,250],{"question":2531,"answer":2532,"cites":2533},"How many candidates is ABC running?","24, the largest slate on the ballot: the mayor, 9 for City Council, 7 for Park Board and 7 for School Board.",[250],{"question":2535,"answer":2536,"cites":2537},"What is ABC’s biggest single spending commitment?","$400 million to rebuild or revamp five community centres, with a second group of five in the next capital plan. The platform does not name the five centres or give a timeline.",[2268],{"question":2539,"answer":2540,"cites":2541},"Does ABC promise to freeze property taxes?","Its platform page commits to a 0% property tax increase in 2027. Its home page describes the same commitment as applying to 2026. We recorded the platform page wording on September 22, 2026.",[2268,2230],{"question":2543,"answer":2544,"cites":2545},"What does ABC say about drugs in public?","It would ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces, give police a tool to seize hard drugs, and move provincial drug consumption sites away from schools and parks. A plebiscite question on the same subject is on the October 17 ballot.",[2268,2312],{"question":2547,"answer":2548,"cites":2549},"Does ABC have a published housing plan?","Not as a section of its platform. The one published commitment that bears on housing is to make permitting faster and easier. We found no supply target, affordability target or rental policy on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2268],{"question":2551,"answer":2552,"cites":2553},"Does ABC have a published climate policy?","We found none on the party website on September 22, 2026.",[2230,2268],{"question":2555,"answer":2556,"cites":2557},"Is ABC still trying to abolish the Park Board?","ABC-led council asked the province to remove the elected Park Board during the last term. Mayor Ken Sim has since said he will not try to eliminate it if re-elected. Seven commissioners are being elected on October 17 and ABC is running seven candidates.",[2404],{"question":2559,"answer":2560,"cites":2561},"Where can I see ABC’s campaign finances?","Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is not due until about mid-January 2027, so what is on the record now is the yearly reports and the 2022 election filings.",[279,280],{"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":2563,"searched":2564,"gaps":2568,"entries":2571},"2026-09-23",[2565,2566,2567],"The party website and platform pages","City of Vancouver council decision and budget-approval records","Independent news coverage of council votes (CBC, Daily Hive)",[2569,2570],"Police-hiring and mental-health-worker hiring figures were checked against multiple sources that disagreed on the exact current count; they are not included here until a single primary source (VPD Board or Vancouver Coastal Health reporting) can be confirmed directly.","Co-op housing and childcare-space completion figures from third-party coverage were not independently confirmed against a City or BC Housing primary source and are not included here.",[2572,2578,2584,2590,2596,2603],{"date":2573,"title":2574,"body":2575,"cites":2576},"2023-03-01","2023 property tax increase: 10.7%, the largest in over a decade","ABC Vancouver's council majority approved a 10.7% property tax increase for 2023, up from the 9.7% in the original draft budget after an amendment moved by Mayor Ken Sim. It was the largest single-year increase in more than ten years, following a mayoral campaign that had not proposed a tax increase of this size.",[2577],"cov-2023-budget",{"date":2579,"title":2580,"body":2581,"cites":2582},"2023-12-14","2024 property tax increase: 7.5%, passed 8 to 3","Council approved a 7.5% property tax increase for the 2024 operating budget, made up of 1% for infrastructure renewal, 3% for Vancouver Police Department funding and 3.5% for general City services. The budget motion passed 8 to 3, with Mayor Ken Sim and the ABC Vancouver council majority voting in favour.",[2583],"cov-2024-budget",{"date":2585,"title":2586,"body":2587,"cites":2588},"2024-12-10","2025 property tax increase: 3.9%","Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase for the 2025 budget, a smaller increase than either of the two prior years, made up of 2.9% for City services and 1% for infrastructure renewal.",[2589],"cov-2025-budget",{"date":2591,"title":2592,"body":2593,"cites":2594},"2025-11-25","2026 property tax increase: 0%, after three straight increases","Council approved a 0% property tax increase for 2026, following Mayor Ken Sim's 'zero means zero' motion passed in October 2025. The vote on the final budget was 7 to 4, with councillors Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney voting against. Over the full term, the combined increase across 2023 through 2025 was 10.7%, 7.5% and 3.9%, before the 2026 freeze.",[2595],"cov-2026-budget",{"date":2597,"title":2598,"body":2599,"cites":2600},"2025-02-10","Permit processing times improved but most targets remain unmet","The council-adopted 3-3-3-1 permitting targets set goals of 3 days for simple renovation permits, 3 weeks for single-family and townhouse permits, 3 months for mid-rise buildings on land already zoned, and 1 year for high-rises. By 2025, the City reported 92% of simple renovation permits issued within 3 days, meeting that target. Single-family home permits improved from 250 days in 2022 to 160 days in 2025, a 36% reduction, but remained well above the 21-day (3-week) target.",[2601,2602],"cov-permit-update","dh-93-promises",{"date":2604,"title":2605,"body":2606,"cites":2607},"2026-06-01","Multiplex permit approvals reported 50% faster","The City reported that multiplex permit approval times had improved by 50% as of June 2026, part of the same permitting-speed push behind the 3-3-3-1 targets adopted under the ABC-majority council.",[2608],"cov-multiplex-permits","abc-vancouver",[2611,2613,2616,2619,2624,2625,2626,2627,2628,2631,2634,2637,2640,2643,2646],{"id":2230,"label":2612,"url":1456,"publisher":1455,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"ABC Vancouver home page",{"id":2268,"label":2614,"url":2615,"publisher":1455,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"ABC Vancouver platform","https:\u002F\u002Fabcvancouver.ca\u002Fplatform",{"id":2312,"label":2617,"url":2618,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"Council adds plebiscite question to Vancouver election ballot","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-adds-plebiscite-question-to-vancouver-election-ballot-august-2026.aspx",{"id":2404,"label":2620,"url":2621,"publisher":2622,"kind":2623,"checkedAt":21},"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":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":2577,"label":2629,"url":2630,"publisher":2622,"kind":2623,"publishedAt":2573,"checkedAt":2563},"Vancouver passes new budget with 10.7% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fcanada\u002Fbritish-columbia\u002Fvancouver-budget-property-tax-increase-1.6763926",{"id":2583,"label":2632,"url":2633,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"publishedAt":2579,"checkedAt":2563},"Vancouver City Council approves 2024 Operating Budget","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2024-operating-budget-dec-2023.aspx",{"id":2589,"label":2635,"url":2636,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"publishedAt":2585,"checkedAt":2563},"Vancouver City Council approves 2025 operating and capital budget with 3.9% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-2025-operating-and-capital-budget-dec-2024.aspx",{"id":2595,"label":2638,"url":2639,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"publishedAt":2591,"checkedAt":2563},"Vancouver City Council approves 2026 Budget with 0% property tax increase","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fcouncil-approves-0-property-tax-nov-2025.aspx",{"id":2601,"label":2641,"url":2642,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"publishedAt":2597,"checkedAt":2563},"3-3-3-1 permitting program update, council memo","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Ffiles\u002Fcov\u002F2025-02-10-council-memo-3-3-3-1-permitting-program-update.pdf",{"id":2602,"label":2644,"url":2645,"publisher":399,"kind":2623,"checkedAt":2563},"Ken Sim made 93 campaign promises in 2022. How did he do?","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fken-sim-2022-campaign-promises",{"id":2608,"label":2647,"url":2648,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"publishedAt":2604,"checkedAt":2563},"Permitting is getting easier in Vancouver with multiplex approvals now 50% faster","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.ca\u002Fnews-calendar\u002Fpermitting-easier-multiplex-approvals-faster-june-2026.aspx","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fabc-vancouver","ABC Vancouver holds the mayor’s chair and is running 24 candidates in 2026, the largest slate on the ballot. Its published platform leads with a property tax freeze, a ban on open-air hard drug use, and $400 million for community centres.","e2_gb8RavKbZYTZ7c-cYUTGATk2dB7AENvR_ZN4syGc",{"id":2653,"aliases":2654,"checkedAt":21,"declaredColour":2655,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":2659,"history":2660,"leadership":2664,"logo":29,"meta":2665,"money":2666,"name":1681,"news":2671,"overview":2675,"palette":2679,"platform":2683,"questions":2748,"record":2779,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1681,"slug":2783,"sources":2784,"stem":2791,"summary":2792,"website":1682,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":2793},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing.json",[],{"hex":2656,"note":9,"cites":2657},"#3361a1",[2658],"ah-home","One candidate, for City Council",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2661,"gaps":2662,"entries":2663},[23,24],[26],[],[],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2667,"gaps":2668,"searchUrl":38,"filings":2669,"notes":2670},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2672,"gaps":2673,"entries":2674},[49],[51],[],[2676,2677,2678],"The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate, for City Council. It is the smallest party on this ballot.","We checked the party website on September 22, 2026. The page held a heading and no policy content. The name of the party is the clearest statement of its subject.","Every issue page for this party records what we searched and when. None of them asserts a position, because none has been published.",{"accent":2680,"onAccent":60,"tint":2681,"ink":2682},"#3361A1","#E4ECF6","#254674",[2684,2693,2700,2706,2712,2718,2724,2730,2736,2742],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":2685,"proposals":2686,"questions":2687,"state":2477,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2688,"gaps":2691},[],[],[],[2689,2690],"The party website at affordablehousingvancouver.ca","A web search for the party name with Vancouver housing policy, September 2026",[2692],"No housing policy is published on the party website, which is the subject the party is named after.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":2694,"proposals":2695,"questions":2696,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2697,"gaps":2699},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.affordablehousingvancouver.ca\u002F",[237],{"issue":103,"paragraphs":2701,"proposals":2702,"questions":2703,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2704,"gaps":2705},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":118,"paragraphs":2707,"proposals":2708,"questions":2709,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2710,"gaps":2711},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":145,"paragraphs":2713,"proposals":2714,"questions":2715,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2716,"gaps":2717},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":159,"paragraphs":2719,"proposals":2720,"questions":2721,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2722,"gaps":2723},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":176,"paragraphs":2725,"proposals":2726,"questions":2727,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2728,"gaps":2729},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":195,"paragraphs":2731,"proposals":2732,"questions":2733,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2734,"gaps":2735},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":230,"paragraphs":2737,"proposals":2738,"questions":2739,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2740,"gaps":2741},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],{"issue":239,"paragraphs":2743,"proposals":2744,"questions":2745,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2746,"gaps":2747},[],[],[],[2698,225,235],[237],[2749,2753,2757,2761,2765,2769,2773,2775],{"question":2750,"answer":2751,"cites":2752},"How many candidates does this party have?","One, for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 Vancouver ballot.",[250],{"question":2754,"answer":2755,"cites":2756},"What is its platform?","We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held a heading with no policy content.",[2658],{"question":2758,"answer":2759,"cites":2760},"Does the party name tell me its position?","It tells you the subject, not the policy. A party named Affordable Housing has said what it cares about. What it would actually do about it has not been published.",[2658],{"question":2762,"answer":2763,"cites":2764},"Who leads the party?","No leader is named on the website, checked September 22, 2026.",[2658],{"question":2766,"answer":2767,"cites":2768},"Can one councillor change anything?","Council has ten councillors and a mayor, and decisions need six votes. One councillor can put motions forward, speak in debates and vote, but cannot pass anything alone.",[250],{"question":2770,"answer":2771,"cites":2772},"Why does this party have the same pages as ABC?","Every party on this site gets the same page structure, so the shape of a page never suggests that one party matters more. What differs is how much each party has published. Pages with nothing sourced on them are kept out of search results.",[2658],{"question":276,"answer":277,"cites":2774},[279,280],{"question":2776,"answer":2777,"cites":2778},"How do I find out more before voting?","Read the candidate profile linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[2658,250],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2780,"gaps":2781,"entries":2782},[23,283],[285],[],"affordable-housing",[2785,2787,2788,2789,2790],{"id":2658,"label":2786,"url":1682,"publisher":1681,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Affordable Housing party website",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Faffordable-housing","The Affordable Housing party is running one candidate for City Council. It is the smallest party on the 2026 ballot. We found no published platform on its website.","BsoEy_-nId6kt0MWiTUydQQHTtBi7RuMgf1CqC8VSBc",{"id":2795,"aliases":2796,"checkedAt":21,"declaredColour":2797,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":2801,"history":2802,"leadership":2806,"logo":29,"meta":2810,"money":2811,"name":1512,"news":2816,"overview":2820,"palette":2825,"platform":2829,"questions":2965,"record":3000,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1512,"slug":3004,"sources":3005,"stem":3016,"summary":3017,"website":1513,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":3018},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":2798,"note":9,"cites":2799},"#12a5db",[2800],"bf-home","Free transit, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit rule",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2803,"gaps":2804,"entries":2805},[23,24],[26],[],[2807],{"role":2808,"name":1977,"cites":2809},"Mayoral candidate",[2800,250],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2812,"gaps":2813,"searchUrl":38,"filings":2814,"notes":2815},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2817,"gaps":2818,"entries":2819},[49],[51],[],[2821,2822,2823,2824],"Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor at ballot number 53, and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.","It is one of only two parties on this ballot running for mayor and council but neither of the two boards.","Its published commitments are unusually specific for a smaller party. Several carry a number: 20% rent-to-own equity, 100% free resident transit, a 24 hour child care vision, a 21 day permit rule and a 2% fair share surcharge.","The party calls its platform the Blueprint.",{"accent":2826,"onAccent":60,"tint":2827,"ink":2828},"#0E7EA7","#E3F2F7","#1F627A",[2830,2849,2863,2870,2894,2900,2906,2930,2943,2949],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":2831,"proposals":2834,"questions":2843,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2844,"gaps":2846,"headline":2836,"summary":2848},[2832,2833],"Rent-to-own means part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home, so that renting moves someone toward owning rather than only covering a landlord’s costs.","The party publishes the figure 20% but has not published how the scheme would be funded, who would run it or which homes it would apply to.",[2835,2839],{"title":2836,"detail":2837,"cites":2838,"cost":73},"20% rent-to-own equity","The party commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%.",[2800],{"title":2840,"detail":2841,"cites":2842},"Secure affordable rentals and local-first housing protections","The party commits to secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",[2800],[],[2845],"The Bright Future Vancouver home page",[2847],"No detail is published on how rent-to-own would be funded or administered.","Bright Future commits to rent-to-own equity of 20%, secured affordable rentals and local-first housing protections.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":2850,"proposals":2852,"questions":2858,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2859,"gaps":2860,"headline":2854,"summary":2862},[2851],"The party publishes the phrase \"treatment-first crisis response\" without further detail. Treatment services are provincial, so a city would be pressing the province rather than delivering this itself.",[2853],{"title":2854,"detail":2855,"cites":2856,"authority":2857},"Treatment-first crisis response","The party commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",[2800],"Treatment services are provincial.",[],[2845],[2861],"No detail is published on what a treatment-first response would involve.","Bright Future commits to a treatment-first crisis response.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":2864,"proposals":2865,"questions":2866,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2867,"gaps":2869},[],[],[],[2868,225,235],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brightfuturevancouver.ca\u002F",[237],{"issue":118,"paragraphs":2871,"proposals":2875,"questions":2886,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2891,"gaps":2892,"headline":2877,"summary":2893},[2872,2873,2874],"Free transit for every resident is the largest transport commitment published by any party in this election. COPE goes as far as free transit for under-18s; Bright Future publishes 100%.","Fares are set by TransLink, a regional body that Vancouver does not control. A city can contribute money toward a fare programme and can advocate through the Mayors’ Council, but it cannot make transit free by a council vote.","The party has not published what free transit would cost or who would pay for it.",[2876,2881],{"title":2877,"detail":2878,"cites":2879,"cost":73,"authority":2880},"100% free transit for residents","The party commits to free transit for Vancouver residents, alongside fare relief, safer stations and faster buses.",[2800],"TransLink sets fares. The city can contribute funding and advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":2882,"detail":2883,"cites":2884,"authority":2885},"A ready path for SkyTrain to UBC","The party commits to a ready path for the SkyTrain extension to UBC.",[2800],"TransLink and the province decide on rapid transit expansion.",[2887],{"question":2888,"answer":2889,"cites":2890},"Can a city make transit free?","Not on its own. TransLink sets fares across the region and Vancouver is one voice on its Mayors’ Council. A city can put its own money toward covering fares, which is how free-transit programmes usually work. Bright Future has not published a cost or a funding source.",[2800],[2845],[],"Bright Future commits to free transit for residents, safer stations, faster buses and a path for SkyTrain to UBC.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":2895,"proposals":2896,"questions":2897,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2898,"gaps":2899},[],[],[],[2868,225,235],[237],{"issue":159,"paragraphs":2901,"proposals":2902,"questions":2903,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2904,"gaps":2905},[],[],[],[2868,225,235],[237],{"issue":176,"paragraphs":2907,"proposals":2910,"questions":2925,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2926,"gaps":2927,"headline":2928,"summary":2929},[2908,2909],"Bright Future is one of the few parties that names both a spending programme and a tax to pay for it. The surcharge is published as 2%, though the party has not published what it applies to.","The 21 day permit rule is a deadline commitment: a decision within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties commit to faster permitting without saying how fast.",[2911,2916,2921],{"title":2912,"detail":2913,"cites":2914,"cost":2915},"A 2% fair share surcharge","The party commits to a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as a 2% fair share surcharge. What it applies to is not published.",[2800],"2%",{"title":2917,"detail":2918,"cites":2919,"authority":2269,"deadline":2920},"A 21 day permit rule","The party commits to a 21 day permit rule.",[2800],"21 days",{"title":2922,"detail":2923,"cites":2924},"Faster permits and lower building costs","Alongside the 21 day rule the party commits to affordable food access and modern worker training.",[2800],[],[2845],[],"A 2% fair share surcharge and a 21 day permit rule","Bright Future commits to a 2% fair share surcharge to fund its programme, and a 21 day deadline for permits.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":2931,"proposals":2933,"questions":2938,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2939,"gaps":2940,"headline":2935,"summary":2942},[2932],"The party’s published environment commitment is clean water and lead-free schools. It is not contesting the School Board race.",[2934],{"title":2935,"detail":2936,"cites":2937,"cost":73},"Clean water and lead-free schools","The party commits to clean water and lead free schools.",[2800],[],[2845],[2941],"No emissions or building energy commitment is published.","Bright Future commits to clean water and lead-free schools under its environment heading.",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":2944,"proposals":2945,"questions":2946,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2947,"gaps":2948},[],[],[],[2868,225,235],[237],{"issue":239,"paragraphs":2950,"proposals":2954,"questions":2960,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":2961,"gaps":2962,"headline":2963,"summary":2964},[2951,2952,2953],"No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on child care outside standard daytime hours.","It matters for shift workers: nurses, transit operators, hospitality and warehouse staff, who cannot use care that closes at six.","Licensing and operating funding for child care are provincial. A city can create the space and press for the licence.",[2955],{"title":2956,"detail":2957,"cites":2958,"cost":73,"authority":2959},"24 hour child care including night shifts","The party commits to night-shift child care and accessible care services, described as a 24 hour child care vision.",[2800],"The city creates spaces. Licensing and funding are provincial.",[],[2845],[],"A 24 hour child care vision, including night shifts","Bright Future commits to night-shift child care and a 24 hour child care vision.",[2966,2970,2974,2978,2982,2986,2990,2994,2998],{"question":2967,"answer":2968,"cites":2969},"Who leads Bright Future Vancouver?","Muhammad Ahmad is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 53.",[2800,250],{"question":2971,"answer":2972,"cites":2973},"How many candidates is it running?","7: Muhammad Ahmad for mayor and 6 for City Council. It is not contesting Park Board or School Board.",[250],{"question":2975,"answer":2976,"cites":2977},"What is the 21 day permit rule?","A commitment that a permit decision comes within 21 days. It is the only published permit deadline on this ballot. Other parties promise faster permitting without saying how fast.",[2800],{"question":2979,"answer":2980,"cites":2981},"Would transit really be free?","The party commits to 100% free resident transit. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city, so a council would have to fund it and negotiate rather than vote it in. No cost or funding source is published.",[2800],{"question":2983,"answer":2984,"cites":2985},"What is 20% rent-to-own equity?","Part of what a tenant pays in rent builds up as a stake in the home. The party publishes the figure 20% but not how the scheme would be funded or who would run it.",[2800],{"question":2987,"answer":2988,"cites":2989},"What is the 2% fair share surcharge?","A tax the party describes as a \"fair share tax to fund the future\", published as 2%. What it applies to is not published.",[2800],{"question":2991,"answer":2992,"cites":2993},"What is the 24 hour child care vision?","Child care available outside standard daytime hours, including night shifts. No other party on this ballot has published a commitment on care outside daytime hours.",[2800],{"question":2995,"answer":2996,"cites":2997},"Why does it publish nothing on parks or schools?","It is not running candidates for Park Board or School Board. Its slate covers mayor and council only.",[250],{"question":276,"answer":277,"cites":2999},[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3001,"gaps":3002,"entries":3003},[23,283],[285],[],"bright-future-vancouver",[3006,3008,3012,3013,3014,3015],{"id":2800,"label":3007,"url":1513,"publisher":1512,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Bright Future Vancouver home page",{"id":3009,"label":3010,"url":3011,"publisher":1512,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"bf-blueprint","Bright Future Vancouver Blueprint","https:\u002F\u002Fbrightfuturevancouver.ca\u002Fblueprint",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fbright-future-vancouver","Bright Future Vancouver is running 7 candidates behind mayoral candidate Muhammad Ahmad, all for mayor and council. Its published commitments include free transit for residents, 24 hour child care and a 21 day permit deadline.","Gs_MTO5N4kOCAnoVj44tof6Gd4ircGm7TpZLQzG9o6I",{"id":3020,"aliases":3021,"checkedAt":21,"declaredColour":3022,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":3027,"history":3028,"leadership":3032,"logo":29,"meta":3033,"money":3034,"name":1608,"news":3039,"overview":3043,"palette":3048,"platform":3052,"questions":3301,"record":3337,"registeredName":3341,"rosterLabel":1608,"slug":3342,"sources":3343,"stem":3358,"summary":3359,"website":1609,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":3360},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope.json",[],{"hex":3023,"note":3024,"cites":3025},"#f23d3d","Read from the party stylesheet on September 22, 2026.",[3026],"cope-home","The left slate, running no mayoral candidate",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3029,"gaps":3030,"entries":3031},[23,24],[26],[],[],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3035,"gaps":3036,"searchUrl":38,"filings":3037,"notes":3038},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3040,"gaps":3041,"entries":3042},[49],[51],[],[3044,3045,3046,3047],"COPE stands for the Coalition of Progressive Electors. It is running 12 candidates: 4 for City Council, 4 for Park Board and 4 for School Board. It is not running a mayoral candidate.","It is one of two parties on this ballot contesting three races but not the mayoralty; OneCity is the other.","The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform, not a 2026 platform. We have recorded it as such throughout, with its date attached, because the commitments in it were written for a different election.","COPE states that it rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and says it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022.",{"accent":3049,"onAccent":60,"tint":3050,"ink":3051},"#E71010","#F7E3E3","#7A1F1F",[3053,3108,3131,3154,3178,3199,3217,3243,3279,3286],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":3054,"proposals":3059,"questions":3093,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3102,"gaps":3105,"headline":3106,"summary":3107},[3055,3056,3057,3058],"These commitments come from COPE’s April 2025 by-election platform, which was still the platform published on its website on September 22, 2026.","The mansion tax is the most specific number on it: 1% on property values above $5 million, to pay for ending homelessness.","COPE would also have the city buy existing apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, naming Montreal as the model.","The vacancy loophole it names is the rule that lets a landlord raise rent without limit between tenants. Rent control between tenancies is provincial law, so a city cannot close that gap on its own.",[3060,3067,3071,3076,3080,3085,3089],{"title":3061,"detail":3062,"cites":3063,"cost":3065,"authority":3066},"A 1% tax on property values above $5 million","COPE would end homelessness with a tax on what it calls the mansions of the super-rich: a progressive property tax of 1% on values exceeding $5 million.",[3064],"cope-platform","1% above $5 million","Council sets property tax. A new tax class may need provincial approval.",{"title":3068,"detail":3069,"cites":3070},"Buy apartments and convert them to public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and turn them into permanently affordable public housing and co-ops, following Montreal’s municipal approach.",[3064],{"title":3072,"detail":3073,"cites":3074,"authority":3075},"Close the vacancy loophole","COPE would close the loophole that lets landlords raise rents without limit between tenants.",[3064],"Rent control between tenancies is set by provincial tenancy law.",{"title":3077,"detail":3078,"cites":3079},"Stop demovictions","COPE would stop demovictions and address city-owned vacant land and what it calls exclusionary mansion districts.",[3064],{"title":3081,"detail":3082,"cites":3083,"authority":3084},"Increase and tighten the Empty Homes Tax","COPE would keep increasing the tax, apply a partial vacancy tax to exempt new builds, increase enforcement and close loopholes.",[3064],"The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver tax.",{"title":3086,"detail":3087,"cites":3088},"Create a landlord registry","A registry would track rents and allow enforcement against landlords with patterns of violations.",[3064],{"title":3090,"detail":3091,"cites":3092},"Bring back the renters office with enforcement powers","COPE would restore the renters office and give it new enforcement powers.",[3064],[3094,3098],{"question":3095,"answer":3096,"cites":3097},"Is this COPE’s 2026 platform?","No. The platform published on the party website on September 22, 2026 is its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept its date attached to every commitment because it was written for a different election.",[3064],{"question":3099,"answer":3100,"cites":3101},"Can the city close the vacancy loophole?","No. The rule that lets a landlord raise the rent without limit when one tenant leaves and another arrives is provincial tenancy law. A city can ask the province to change it, and can act on the taxes and registries it does control.",[3064],[3103,3104],"The COPE platform page","The COPE home page",[],"A 1% tax on homes worth more than $5 million","COPE’s published platform would tax properties above $5 million at 1% to fund ending homelessness, buy apartments as permanent public housing, close the vacancy loophole and stop demovictions.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":3109,"proposals":3112,"questions":3126,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3127,"gaps":3128,"headline":3129,"summary":3130},[3110,3111],"COPE is the only party on this ballot that names both an end to homelessness and the tax that would pay for it in the same commitment.","On the drug crisis, COPE maintains support for safe supply and harm reduction, which is the opposite position to ABC’s ban on open-air use and TrueBlue’s recovery-first framing.",[3113,3117,3122],{"title":3114,"detail":3115,"cites":3116,"cost":3065},"End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax","A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.",[3064],{"title":3118,"detail":3119,"cites":3120,"authority":3121},"Maintain safe supply and harm reduction","COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.",[3064],"These are provincial and federal health programmes.",{"title":3123,"detail":3124,"cites":3125},"Buy apartments as permanent public housing","The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.",[3064],[],[3103],[],"End homelessness, funded by the mansion tax","COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":3132,"proposals":3136,"questions":3149,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3150,"gaps":3151,"headline":3152,"summary":3153},[3133,3134,3135],"COPE is the clearest counter-position to ABC and TEAM on this issue. Where they commit to more police tools and enforcement, COPE commits to funding other services instead.","Its platform states the Vancouver police budget increased by about $100 million under the current administration. That is COPE’s own figure and we have not checked it against city budget documents.","Peer-assisted care teams, which COPE calls PACTs, send trained peers rather than police to a mental health crisis.",[3137,3142,3146],{"title":3138,"detail":3139,"cites":3140,"authority":3141},"Fund public services rather than policing","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation facilities and social infrastructure over policing.",[3064],"Council approves the police budget but the Police Board directs the department.",{"title":3143,"detail":3144,"cites":3145},"Support peer-assisted care teams","COPE would support peer-assisted care teams to respond to mental health crises without involving police.",[3064],{"title":3118,"detail":3119,"cites":3147,"authority":3148},[3064],"Safe supply is a provincial and federal health programme.",[],[3103],[],"Fund peer crisis teams rather than police","COPE would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and support peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":3155,"proposals":3157,"questions":3173,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3174,"gaps":3175,"headline":3176,"summary":3177},[3156],"COPE publishes its transport commitments inside its climate section rather than separately.",[3158,3163,3168],{"title":3159,"detail":3160,"cites":3161,"authority":3162},"Work toward free public transit","COPE would expand free transit to under-18s and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system.",[3064],"TransLink sets fares.",{"title":3164,"detail":3165,"cites":3166,"authority":3167},"Restore bus routes 17 and 25","COPE would restore both routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3064],"TransLink runs bus routes.",{"title":3169,"detail":3170,"cites":3171,"authority":3172},"Support protected bike lanes","COPE would support protected bike lanes and cycling safety initiatives.",[3064],"The city designs its own streets.",[],[3103],[],"Free transit, restored bus routes and protected bike lanes","COPE would work toward fully funded free public transit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and support protected bike lanes.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":3179,"proposals":3181,"questions":3194,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3195,"gaps":3196,"headline":3197,"summary":3198},[3180],"COPE and TEAM both commit to keeping and strengthening the elected Park Board, and both would make temporary parks permanent. COPE publishes a number: more than 100.",[3182,3186,3190],{"title":3183,"detail":3184,"cites":3185},"Strengthen the elected Park Board","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected park board.",[3064],{"title":3187,"detail":3188,"cites":3189},"Make 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3064],{"title":3191,"detail":3192,"cites":3193},"Expand community gardens and food growing","COPE would expand community gardens, seed sharing and community kitchens and establish food sovereignty networks.",[3064],[],[3103],[],"Make the 100-plus temporary parks permanent","COPE would strengthen the independence of the elected Park Board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent ones.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":3200,"proposals":3202,"questions":3211,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3212,"gaps":3213,"headline":3215,"summary":3216},[3201],"COPE’s published platform addresses public education in general terms and does not set out school-specific commitments. Its related commitments are on libraries and food security.",[3203,3207],{"title":3204,"detail":3205,"cites":3206},"Increase library funding, hours and wages","COPE would increase funding, hours and wages and add worker representation to the Vancouver Public Library board.",[3064],{"title":3208,"detail":3209,"cites":3210},"Defend public education","COPE campaigns on fighting for public education.",[3026],[],[3103,3104],[3214],"No school capacity, catchment or budget commitment is published.","Public education, libraries and food programmes","COPE is running four School Board candidates and campaigns on defending public education, with library funding and food programmes alongside.",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":3218,"proposals":3221,"questions":3238,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3239,"gaps":3240,"headline":3241,"summary":3242},[3219,3220],"COPE and TEAM both commit to a lobbyist registry, from opposite ends of the political range. That makes it one of the few commitments with support across this ballot.","COPE’s donation position is a claim about its own conduct: it says it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are the place to check it.",[3222,3226,3230,3234],{"title":3223,"detail":3224,"cites":3225},"Establish a lobbyist registry","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry and push fossil fuel and big business lobbyists out.",[3064],{"title":3227,"detail":3228,"cites":3229},"Defend the Integrity Commissioner","COPE would defend and restore the independence and authority of the Integrity Commissioner.",[3064],{"title":3231,"detail":3232,"cites":3233},"Refuse developer and big business donations","COPE states it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. This is the party’s own account of its conduct.",[3064],{"title":3235,"detail":3236,"cites":3237},"Expand public participation at council","COPE would increase council comment time and follow-up questions and hold town halls throughout the city.",[3064],[],[3103],[],"A lobbyist registry, and no developer donations","COPE would establish a lobbyist registry, defend the Integrity Commissioner’s independence, and states it rejects donations from developers and big business.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":3244,"proposals":3248,"questions":3274,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3275,"gaps":3276,"headline":3277,"summary":3278},[3245,3246,3247],"COPE’s climate section is the longest part of its published platform and folds transport into it.","It refers to the 2021 heat dome, stating 99 people died in Vancouver, and frames its climate adaptation commitments around protecting people from extreme weather.","Rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit would have the city join other local governments suing fossil fuel companies for climate costs.",[3249,3254,3258,3261,3266,3270],{"title":3250,"detail":3251,"cites":3252,"authority":3253},"Free transit for everyone under 18","COPE would expand free public transit to youth under the age of 18, working toward fully funded free-to-ride public transit.",[3064],"TransLink sets fares. A city can advocate and can contribute funding.",{"title":3255,"detail":3256,"cites":3257},"Rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","The city would rejoin the lawsuit requiring polluters to fund climate crisis remediation.",[3064],{"title":3164,"detail":3259,"cites":3260,"authority":3167},"COPE would restore the two routes and reduce bunching and overcrowding.",[3064],{"title":3262,"detail":3263,"cites":3264,"authority":3265},"Block gas in new buildings","COPE would block what it describes as the next attempt to enable burning methane gas in new builds, and support electric heat pump retrofitting.",[3064],"Vancouver sets its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":3267,"detail":3268,"cites":3269},"Exceed IPCC emissions targets","COPE commits to exceeding IPCC greenhouse gas reduction targets and timelines.",[3064],{"title":3271,"detail":3272,"cites":3273},"A climate defence strategy for extreme weather","COPE would develop adaptation infrastructure for extreme weather, citing the 99 deaths in Vancouver during the 2021 heat dome.",[3064],[],[3103],[],"Free transit for under-18s and rejoining the Sue Big Oil lawsuit","COPE’s published platform would expand free transit to everyone under 18, rejoin the Sue Big Oil lawsuit, restore bus routes 17 and 25, and exceed IPCC emissions targets.",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":3280,"proposals":3281,"questions":3282,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3283,"gaps":3285},[],[],[],[3284,225,235],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002F",[237],{"issue":239,"paragraphs":3287,"proposals":3289,"questions":3296,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3297,"gaps":3298,"headline":3299,"summary":3300},[3288],"The $10 a day programme is a provincial scheme. A city can create the rooms and press for more spaces to be funded, but it does not set the fee.",[3290],{"title":3291,"detail":3292,"cites":3293,"cost":3294,"authority":3295},"Expand $10 a day child care spaces in Vancouver","COPE would expand affordable child care, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3064],"$10 per day per space","The $10 a day programme is funded and set by the province.",[],[3103],[],"Expand $10-a-day child care spaces","COPE would expand affordable child care in Vancouver, specifically $10 a day spaces.",[3302,3306,3310,3314,3318,3322,3326,3330,3334],{"question":3303,"answer":3304,"cites":3305},"Is COPE running a candidate for mayor?","No. COPE is running 12 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[250],{"question":3307,"answer":3308,"cites":3309},"What does COPE stand for?","The Coalition of Progressive Electors.",[3026],{"question":3311,"answer":3312,"cites":3313},"Is the platform on COPE’s website its 2026 platform?","No. On September 22, 2026 the platform page held its April 2025 by-election platform. We have kept that date attached to every commitment taken from it.",[3064],{"question":3315,"answer":3316,"cites":3317},"What is COPE’s mansion tax?","A property tax of 1% on the value of a home above $5 million, which COPE says would fund ending homelessness. A home assessed at $6 million would be taxed 1% on the $1 million above the threshold.",[3064],{"question":3319,"answer":3320,"cites":3321},"Where does COPE stand on policing?","It would prioritise pools, recreation and social infrastructure over policing, and fund peer-assisted care teams that respond to mental health crises without police.",[3064],{"question":3323,"answer":3324,"cites":3325},"Does COPE take developer donations?","It states that it always rejects donations and gifts from developers and big business, and that it returned three $1,000 cheques from Concord Pacific in 2022. That is the party’s own account. Elections BC filings are where to check it.",[3064,279],{"question":3327,"answer":3328,"cites":3329},"What does COPE say about the Park Board?","It would strengthen the independence of the elected board and make more than 100 parks it describes as temporary into permanent parks.",[3064],{"question":3331,"answer":3332,"cites":3333},"Does COPE support free transit?","Yes. It would expand free transit to everyone under 18 and work toward a fully funded, free-to-ride system. Fares are set by TransLink, not the city.",[3064],{"question":3335,"answer":277,"cites":3336},"Where can I see COPE’s campaign finances?",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3338,"gaps":3339,"entries":3340},[23,283],[285],[],"The Coalition of Progressive Electors","cope",[3344,3346,3350,3351,3352,3353,3354],{"id":3026,"label":3345,"url":1609,"publisher":1608,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"COPE home page",{"id":3064,"label":3347,"url":3348,"publisher":1608,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3349,"checkedAt":21},"COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fplatform","2025-04-05",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":3355,"label":3356,"url":3357,"publisher":1608,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"cope-platform-2026","Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 Platform (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votecope.ca\u002Fs\u002FFight-For-Vancouver-COPE-2026-Platform-t7yf.pdf","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fcope","COPE, the Coalition of Progressive Electors, is running 12 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and no mayoral candidate. Its published platform commits to a mansion tax, buying apartments as public housing, and free transit.","OHl8B5Jgx9XJP0Ej9FnoyIVCJp-rs_ulMHPTEKXYQx4",{"id":3362,"aliases":3363,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3364,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":3368,"history":3369,"leadership":3373,"logo":29,"meta":3376,"money":3377,"name":1463,"news":3382,"overview":3386,"palette":3391,"platform":3395,"questions":3630,"record":3662,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":3666,"slug":3667,"sources":3668,"stem":3698,"summary":3699,"website":1464,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":3700},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":3365,"note":9,"cites":3366},"#a9c94f",[3367],"green-home","Pete Fry for mayor, with a housing plan built on faster approvals",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3370,"gaps":3371,"entries":3372},[23,24],[26],[],[3374],{"role":2808,"name":2018,"cites":3375},[3367,250],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3378,"gaps":3379,"searchUrl":38,"filings":3380,"notes":3381},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3383,"gaps":3384,"entries":3385},[49],[51],[],[3387,3388,3389,3390],"The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates: Pete Fry for mayor at ballot number 51, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.","Pete Fry is a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor.","The party released a housing plan on September 16, 2026. It had not published a full platform document on its website when we checked on September 22, 2026.","Its housing position is notably close to parties on the other side of this ballot on approvals and prefabrication, and splits from them on keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw.",{"accent":3392,"onAccent":60,"tint":3393,"ink":3394},"#667D26","#F2F7E4","#607524",[3396,3451,3466,3488,3507,3536,3565,3577,3603,3615],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":3397,"proposals":3402,"questions":3435,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3445,"gaps":3448,"headline":3449,"summary":3450},[3398,3399,3400,3401],"Pete Fry released this plan on September 16, 2026. Its shape is faster approvals and cheaper construction methods rather than a supply target or a spending number.","Pre-approved designs mean the city approves a set of building plans in advance, so a builder using one skips much of the permit process.","The clearest difference from other parties is on the Vancouver Building By-law. Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia with its own building bylaw, under the Vancouver Charter. The Greens would keep it, arguing it allows climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber. The Vancouver Liberals would abolish it and adopt the provincial code instead.","No dollar figures, numerical targets or deadlines were stated in the plan as reported.",[3403,3409,3414,3418,3423,3427,3431],{"title":3404,"detail":3405,"cites":3406,"authority":3408},"Launch pre-approved housing designs","The party would launch pre-approved housing designs including prefabricated options, so qualifying projects skip much of the permit process.",[3407],"green-housing","The city controls its own permit process.",{"title":3410,"detail":3411,"cites":3412,"authority":3413},"Partner with Build Canada Homes","The Greens would partner with Build Canada Homes to attract investment and fast-track qualifying projects.",[3407],"Build Canada Homes is a federal programme.",{"title":3415,"detail":3416,"cites":3417},"Streamline permitting for low-rise construction","Permitting would be streamlined for low-rise apartments, row homes, townhomes, infill and wood-frame construction.",[3407],{"title":3419,"detail":3420,"cites":3421,"authority":3422},"Keep the Vancouver Building By-law","The Greens would support Vancouver’s own building bylaw and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[3407],"Vancouver holds this power under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":3424,"detail":3425,"cites":3426},"Champion Canadian procurement on major developments","The party would champion Canadian procurement and employment requirements for major developments.",[3407],{"title":3428,"detail":3429,"cites":3430},"Secure rental and non-market homes from new value","The Greens commit to ensuring some of the value created by new development comes back as secured rental and non-market homes.",[3407],{"title":3432,"detail":3433,"cites":3434},"Fund retrofits through federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator to fund climate-smart retrofits.",[3407],[3436,3441],{"question":3437,"answer":3438,"cites":3439},"What is the Vancouver Building By-law, and why does it matter?","Vancouver is the only city in British Columbia allowed to write its own building rules, under the Vancouver Charter. Every other city follows the provincial code. The Greens would keep this power. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code instead. It is one of the sharpest splits on this ballot.",[3407,3440],"liberals-home",{"question":3442,"answer":3443,"cites":3444},"What are pre-approved housing designs?","The city approves a set of building plans in advance. A builder who uses one of those plans skips most of the design review, which makes the project faster and cheaper. It works best for repeatable buildings such as townhomes and small apartment blocks.",[3407],[3446,3447],"The Green Party of Vancouver home page","News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan release",[],"Pre-approved designs, mass timber and Build Canada Homes","The Green housing plan would launch pre-approved and prefabricated housing designs, partner with Build Canada Homes, streamline permitting for low-rise construction, and keep the Vancouver Building By-law.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":3452,"proposals":3454,"questions":3460,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3461,"gaps":3463,"headline":3456,"summary":3465},[3453],"The party published a call for rapid shelters on its own website. We have recorded the call itself; the detail of how many shelters, where and at what cost has not been transcribed onto this page.",[3455],{"title":3456,"detail":3457,"cites":3458,"cost":73},"Rapid shelters ahead of the World Cup","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",[3459],"green-shelters",[],[3462],"The Green Party of Vancouver news page",[3464],"The number, locations and cost of the proposed shelters have not been transcribed onto this page.","Pete Fry has called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness in Vancouver ahead of the World Cup.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":3467,"proposals":3470,"questions":3481,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3482,"gaps":3485,"headline":3487},[3468,3469],"The party's clearest public-safety position is at the School Board: it opposed reinstating police liaison officers in Vancouver schools and calls for civilian oversight, training and clear rules for the program the Board did approve.","Its City Council priorities describe safety in terms of harm reduction for addiction and mental health, without naming a police budget position or a specific bylaw.",[3471,3476],{"title":3472,"detail":3473,"cites":3474},"Civilian oversight of the School Liaison Officer program","The party says it voted against reinstating School Liaison Officers, which the ABC-led Board approved, and calls for comprehensive SLO training and clear, enforced rules for the program, with civilian oversight as recommended by a provincial all-party police reform report.",[3475],"green-school-board",{"title":3477,"detail":3478,"cites":3479},"Harm reduction for addiction and mental health","The party commits to harm reduction strategies for addiction and mental health so community members feel safe and supported.",[3480],"green-city-council",[],[3483,3484,225],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002F","The party's Priorities page and its three linked sub-pages: city_council_priorities, park_board_priorities, school_board_priorities",[3486],"The priorities page states party positions with no candidate named as their author, and no dollar figure or date for any of them.","Civilian oversight of school liaison officers, and safe, supported neighbourhoods",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":3489,"proposals":3492,"questions":3503,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3504,"gaps":3505,"headline":3506},[3490,3491],"The party's clearest transport commitment is restoring the protected bike lane on Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.","For the city at large, it backs a mix of slower streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian infrastructure, without a route, a budget or a completion date.",[3493,3499],{"title":3494,"detail":3495,"cites":3496,"authority":3498},"Bring back the Stanley Park bike lane","The party would restore a protected active transportation lane on Stanley Park Drive and across the city's parks.",[3497],"green-park-board","The Park Board decides the roads and paths inside its own parks, including Stanley Park Drive.",{"title":3500,"detail":3501,"cites":3502},"A multimodal city transportation approach","The party backs slower, safer streets, more bike lanes, dedicated transit lanes and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure across the city.",[3480],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"A rebuilt Stanley Park bike lane, and a multimodal city",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":3508,"proposals":3511,"questions":3532,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3533,"gaps":3534,"headline":3535},[3509,3510],"The party's Park Board priorities cover coastal flooding, pollinator habitat, and keeping parks and community centres affordable and useful for children, families and seniors.","None of the six priorities on this page states a dollar figure or a date.",[3512,3516,3520,3524,3528],{"title":3513,"detail":3514,"cites":3515},"A 100-year plan for Vancouver's coastal parks","The party would develop a 100-year plan for the city's 28 kilometres of coastal parks to address sea-level rise and biodiversity loss, rather than repeatedly rebuilding the seawall after storms.",[3497],{"title":3517,"detail":3518,"cites":3519},"Protect pollinator corridors and bird migration pathways","The party would strengthen the urban tree canopy, community gardens and rainwater capture zones to protect pollinator corridors and migratory bird pathways.",[3497],{"title":3521,"detail":3522,"cites":3523},"Disclose the carbon cost of Park Board budgets","The party would require every Park Board operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction, with new staff tools to make the analysis and reporting simpler.",[3497],{"title":3525,"detail":3526,"cites":3527},"Expand community food gardens and Indigenous healing gardens","The party would expand community food gardens and forests and Indigenous healing gardens on Park Board land.",[3497],{"title":3529,"detail":3530,"cites":3531},"Keep parks and community centres affordable and accessible","Parks, facilities and services would stay available, accessible, affordable and welcoming, with programs prioritized for children, families and seniors.",[3497],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"A 100-year coastal plan, pollinator corridors, and parks that meet daily needs",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":3537,"proposals":3540,"questions":3561,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3562,"gaps":3563,"headline":3564},[3538,3539],"The party's School Board priorities track the Board's own Education Plan, push to expand child care on school property, and look for funding the province has not provided.","It repeats its opposition to reinstating police liaison officers here as a School Board matter, in addition to the public-safety area above.",[3541,3545,3549,3553,3557],{"title":3542,"detail":3543,"cites":3544},"Monitor the Education Plan and student achievement gaps","Green trustees would track the Education Plan using both system data and qualitative feedback, to assess student success and identify and close achievement gaps.",[3475],{"title":3546,"detail":3547,"cites":3548},"Expand child care on school sites","The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5, and monitor the district's Seamless Day child care pilot.",[3475],{"title":3550,"detail":3551,"cites":3552},"Find alternative funding for capital projects and operations","Facing what it calls inadequate provincial funding, the party would look for other ways to fund capital projects and school operations.",[3475],{"title":3554,"detail":3555,"cites":3556},"Expand Universal Design for Learning","The party would further develop Universal Design for Learning practices in every school and press the province for more support and funding for students with diverse learning needs.",[3475],{"title":3558,"detail":3559,"cites":3560},"Build a universal school food program","Green trustees would build on the district's Food Framework Vision and look for ways to bring food systems, and food and nutrition education, into every Vancouver school.",[3475],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"Monitor the Education Plan, expand child care on school sites, and creative capital funding",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":3566,"proposals":3568,"questions":3573,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3574,"gaps":3575,"headline":3576},[3567],"The party's one specific city-wide budget position is a disclosure rule, not a tax or spending figure.",[3569],{"title":3570,"detail":3571,"cites":3572},"Disclose the carbon cost of every city budget","The party would require every city operating and capital budget to disclose the carbon dioxide cost of city operations and construction projects, with new staff tools to make the reporting simpler.",[3480],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"Disclose the carbon cost of city budgets",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":3578,"proposals":3582,"questions":3595,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3596,"gaps":3598,"headline":3601,"summary":3602},[3579,3580,3581],"The Green climate position published so far runs through buildings rather than through a separate climate plan.","Keeping the Vancouver Building By-law is the mechanism: it is what lets the city set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, which no other BC city can do.","The party had not published a full climate platform when we checked on September 22, 2026.",[3583,3587,3591],{"title":3584,"detail":3585,"cites":3586,"authority":3422},"Keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw for climate rules","The Greens would support the Vancouver Building By-law and allow innovative climate, mechanical and built-form solutions including mass timber and decarbonisation.",[3407],{"title":3588,"detail":3589,"cites":3590},"Fund retrofits through the federal and provincial accelerators","The party would partner with the federal Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative and the BC Retrofit Accelerator.",[3407],{"title":3592,"detail":3593,"cites":3594},"Use mass timber and wood-frame construction","The party describes mass timber and wood-frame construction as faster and more cost-effective, and would use them.",[3407],[],[3446,3597],"News coverage of the September 16, 2026 housing plan",[3599,3600],"No emissions target is published.","No transport emissions commitment is published.","Keep the building bylaw, and fund retrofits","The Greens would keep Vancouver’s own building bylaw to allow decarbonisation measures, and partner with federal and provincial programmes to fund building retrofits.",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":3604,"proposals":3606,"questions":3611,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3612,"gaps":3613,"headline":3614},[3605],"The party's culture-adjacent position sits inside a broader \"complete communities\" priority about urban design, rather than a dedicated arts or nightlife policy.",[3607],{"title":3608,"detail":3609,"cites":3610},"Public amenities in every neighbourhood","The party backs urban design that includes green space and community-oriented streets, and wants public amenities such as parklets, plazas and libraries accessible in every neighbourhood, alongside active transportation infrastructure.",[3480],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"Public amenities as part of complete, livable communities",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":3616,"proposals":3618,"questions":3626,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3627,"gaps":3628,"headline":3629},[3617],"The party's child care position for the city appears inside its \"complete communities\" priority. Its clearer, more specific commitment is at the School Board, on child care sited at schools.",[3619,3623],{"title":3620,"detail":3621,"cites":3622},"Child care as a public amenity in every neighbourhood","The party lists childcare facilities among the public amenities it wants accessible in every neighbourhood.",[3480],{"title":3546,"detail":3624,"cites":3625},"The party would explore expanding child care spaces on school sites, including before and after school and ages 0 to 5.",[3475],[],[3483,3484,225],[3486],"Child care as part of complete communities, and on school sites",[3631,3635,3639,3643,3647,3651,3655,3659],{"question":3632,"answer":3633,"cites":3634},"Who is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate?","Pete Fry, a two-term sitting Vancouver city councillor, at ballot number 51.",[3367,250],{"question":3636,"answer":3637,"cites":3638},"How many candidates are the Greens running?","10: Pete Fry for mayor, 4 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 2 for School Board.",[250],{"question":3640,"answer":3641,"cites":3642},"What is in the Green housing plan?","Pre-approved and prefabricated designs, a partnership with the federal Build Canada Homes programme, streamlined permitting for low-rise buildings, mass timber construction, and keeping Vancouver’s own building bylaw. It was released on September 16, 2026.",[3407],{"question":3644,"answer":3645,"cites":3646},"Do the Greens publish a housing target?","No. The plan is about how homes get approved and built rather than how many. No dollar figures, targets or deadlines were stated.",[3407],{"question":3648,"answer":3649,"cites":3650},"What is the split over the Vancouver Building By-law?","Vancouver is the only BC city that writes its own building rules. The Greens would keep that power, arguing it allows mass timber and decarbonisation. The Vancouver Liberals would give it up and adopt the provincial code.",[3407,3440],{"question":3652,"answer":3653,"cites":3654},"Have the Greens published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. A housing plan had been released on September 16 and a call for rapid shelters was published on the party site.",[3367],{"question":3656,"answer":3657,"cites":3658},"What have the Greens said about homelessness?","Pete Fry called for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of the World Cup. The number, locations and cost were not published.",[3459],{"question":3660,"answer":277,"cites":3661},"Where can I see the Green Party’s campaign finances?",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3663,"gaps":3664,"entries":3665},[23,283],[285],[],"Green","green-party-of-vancouver",[3669,3671,3674,3678,3680,3681,3682,3683,3684,3687,3690,3693],{"id":3367,"label":3670,"url":1464,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Green Party of Vancouver home page",{"id":3459,"label":3672,"url":3673,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Pete Fry calls for rapid shelters to address rising homelessness ahead of World Cup","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpete_fry_calls_for_rapid_shelters_to_address_rising_homelessness_in_vancouver_ahead_of_world_cup",{"id":3407,"label":3675,"url":3676,"publisher":399,"kind":2623,"publishedAt":3677,"checkedAt":21},"Pete Fry unveils Green Party of Vancouver housing plan","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fpete-fry-green-party-vancouver-housing","2026-09-16",{"id":3440,"label":3679,"url":1478,"publisher":1477,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Vancouver Liberals home page",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":3480,"label":3685,"url":3686,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: City Council Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fcity_council_priorities",{"id":3497,"label":3688,"url":3689,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: Park Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fpark_board_priorities",{"id":3475,"label":3691,"url":3692,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Green Party of Vancouver: School Board Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vangreens.ca\u002Fschool_board_priorities",{"id":3694,"label":3695,"url":3696,"publisher":1463,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3697,"checkedAt":316},"green-platform-2026","Platform 2026, Green Party of Vancouver (72-page PDF, last updated September 29, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvangreens\u002Fpages\u002F6122\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1790718545\u002FPlatform_2026_-_Green_Party_of_Vancouver_%281%29.pdf?1790718545","2026-09-29","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fgreen-party-of-vancouver","The Green Party of Vancouver is running 10 candidates behind mayoral candidate Pete Fry, a sitting city councillor. Its published housing plan centres on faster approvals, prefabricated designs and Canadian-built construction.","23mzjAQTDXDak-5_dBNbVtM5j5UO08kexqHfz6FLHhw",{"id":3702,"aliases":3703,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3704,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":3708,"history":3709,"leadership":3713,"logo":29,"meta":3714,"money":3715,"name":1568,"news":3720,"overview":3724,"palette":3729,"platform":3733,"questions":3906,"record":3935,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1568,"slug":3939,"sources":3940,"stem":3950,"summary":3951,"website":1569,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":3952},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party.json",[],{"hex":3705,"note":9,"cites":3706},"#0b6a0b",[3707],"ipp-home","Five candidates, all for Park Board, running on one 33-point platform",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3710,"gaps":3711,"entries":3712},[23,24],[26],[],[],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3716,"gaps":3717,"searchUrl":38,"filings":3718,"notes":3719},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3721,"gaps":3722,"entries":3723},[49],[51],[],[3725,3726,3727,3728],"The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for the Board of Parks and Recreation. It is not contesting mayor, council or school board.","It is the only party on this ballot focused on one race. Seven Park Board seats are being filled on October 17, so a full slate of five means the party could take a majority of the board if all five won.","Its website identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit.","The party's home page carries no policy content, only navigation and a login prompt. A platform page at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions. voche.me found this page on September 26, 2026 and reads it below.",{"accent":3730,"onAccent":60,"tint":3731,"ink":3732},"#0B6A0B","#E3F7E3","#1F7A1F",[3734,3741,3747,3763,3779,3825,3831,3857,3894,3900],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":3735,"proposals":3736,"questions":3737,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3738,"gaps":3740},[],[],[],[3739,225,235],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002F",[237],{"issue":84,"paragraphs":3742,"proposals":3743,"questions":3744,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3745,"gaps":3746},[],[],[],[3739,225,235],[237],{"issue":103,"paragraphs":3748,"proposals":3750,"questions":3757,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3758,"gaps":3760,"headline":3762},[3749],"The platform's one position that fits this office's public-safety power, rather than its parks power more broadly, is a noise bylaw.",[3751],{"title":3752,"detail":3753,"cites":3754,"authority":3756},"Restrict late-night noise near Jericho Beach and other parks","The party would move to prohibit excessive late-night noise that it says affects residents near Jericho Beach and other parks.",[3755],"ipp-platform","The Park Board makes bylaws for parks and beaches.",[],[3739,3759,225],"The party's platform page at https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform, not linked from the home page but reachable directly",[3761],"The platform names no individual candidate as its author, so no page below credits one of the five personally.","One bylaw position, on late-night noise near parks",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":3764,"proposals":3766,"questions":3775,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3776,"gaps":3777,"headline":3778},[3765],"The platform's transport positions are both about Stanley Park Drive, a road the Park Board controls.",[3767,3771],{"title":3768,"detail":3769,"cites":3770,"authority":3498},"Reinstate a protected lane on Stanley Park Drive","The party would reinstate a protected lane for active transportation and recreation along Stanley Park Drive, and carry out a transportation safety review of other parks.",[3755],{"title":3772,"detail":3773,"cites":3774},"Commit to car-free days in Stanley Park","The party commits to holding car-free days in Stanley Park.",[3755],[],[3739,3759,225],[3761],"A protected lane on Stanley Park Drive and car-free days",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":3780,"proposals":3784,"questions":3821,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3822,"gaps":3823,"headline":3824},[3781,3782,3783],"The platform's largest group of positions concerns who runs parks and how. It opposes selling park names or transferring parks to the private sector, and it would reverse the outsourcing of park maintenance.","Several positions ask for a pause: on the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation, on Britannia Pool renovations, and on new commercial development inside parks, each until a review is done.","The platform names no cost or completion date for any of these.",[3785,3789,3793,3797,3801,3805,3809,3813,3817],{"title":3786,"detail":3787,"cites":3788},"Keep parks in public ownership","Parks would remain fully in the public domain, not transferred in whole or part to the private sector, and their names would not be sold to private corporations.",[3755],{"title":3790,"detail":3791,"cites":3792},"Reverse outsourcing of park maintenance","Park maintenance now outsourced to private companies would be brought back in-house.",[3755],{"title":3794,"detail":3795,"cites":3796},"Make temporary parks permanent","Every park now classified as temporary would be reclassified as permanent.",[3755],{"title":3798,"detail":3799,"cites":3800},"Freeze the Vancouver Aquatic Centre renovation pending a 50-metre pool review","Work on the Aquatic Centre renovation would stop until a full analysis of ways to keep the 50-metre pool is done.",[3755],{"title":3802,"detail":3803,"cites":3804},"Hold Britannia Pool renovations while the Aquatic Centre is out of service","Britannia Pool renovations would be paused while the Vancouver Aquatic Centre is unavailable, so the city keeps a working pool.",[3755],{"title":3806,"detail":3807,"cites":3808},"Decline new commercial development inside parks","The party would not approve new commercial developments in Stanley Park or other parks that reduce green space, encroach on forest, or degrade the visitor experience.",[3755],{"title":3810,"detail":3811,"cites":3812},"Overhaul Kitsilano Pool's booking system and hold a town hall on its future","Booking restrictions at Kitsilano Pool would be removed so the pool can be used at its historical capacity, with a town hall before any renovation or replacement.",[3755],{"title":3814,"detail":3815,"cites":3816},"Repair the David Lam Park playground and fix its reseeding downtime","The party would address underfunding at the David Lam Park playground and convene an expert panel on its long seasonal closures for grass reseeding.",[3755],{"title":3818,"detail":3819,"cites":3820},"Assess restoring the Stanley Park miniature train","An expert panel would advise on recovering from logging damage near the Stanley Park train, aiming to restore it.",[3755],[],[3739,3759,225],[3761],"Keep parks public, reverse outsourcing, and hold off major projects pending review",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":3826,"proposals":3827,"questions":3828,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3829,"gaps":3830},[],[],[],[3739,225,235],[237],{"issue":176,"paragraphs":3832,"proposals":3835,"questions":3853,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3854,"gaps":3855,"headline":3856},[3833,3834],"Two positions are about money the Park Board itself controls: a parking fee increase it would reverse, and a delegated authority to approve outsourcing contracts, which the platform says rose from $750,000 to $2 million and should be repealed.","A third position names a strategy, the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\", that it says has led to inappropriate commercialization, and would rescind it.",[3836,3840,3845,3849],{"title":3837,"detail":3838,"cites":3839},"Reverse the parking fee increases at Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre","The party would rescind what it calls exponential parking fee hikes on Park Board land, naming Spanish Banks and Hillcrest Community Centre.",[3755],{"title":3841,"detail":3842,"cites":3843,"authority":3844},"Repeal the increase in delegated outsourcing authority","The party would repeal a Park Board Procurement Policy amendment that it says raised the threshold for staff to approve outsourcing contracts without a Board vote from $750,000 to $2 million.",[3755],"This is the Board's own procurement policy, which the Board can amend by its own vote.",{"title":3846,"detail":3847,"cites":3848},"Rescind the \"Think Big Revenue Strategy\"","The party would rescind a named revenue strategy that it says has resulted in inappropriate commercialization of parks.",[3755],{"title":3850,"detail":3851,"cites":3852},"Reduce fees for farmers markets on Park Board land","Fees on farmers and shoppers who park at farmers markets on Park Board land, including Riley Park, would be reduced or removed.",[3755],[],[3739,3759,225],[3761],"Roll back a fee increase and a delegated spending authority, and drop a revenue-first approach",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":3858,"proposals":3861,"questions":3890,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":3891,"gaps":3892,"headline":3893},[3859,3860,3783],"Most of the platform's environmental positions concern trees on Park Board land: a moratorium on removals except imminently hazardous trees, a ban on glyphosate and similar herbicides, and a review of artificial turf fields.","Several positions are specific to Stanley Park's forest, including a dispute over how the Board is replanting it after storm damage and logging, and a demand to follow the terms of the federal lease and a historic-site designation that the platform says require keeping the native forest.",[3862,3866,3870,3874,3878,3882,3886],{"title":3863,"detail":3864,"cites":3865},"A moratorium on tree removals except imminently hazardous trees","The party would halt further tree removals on Park Board land, apart from trees judged imminently hazardous, until a full review of the reasons for removals is done.",[3755],{"title":3867,"detail":3868,"cites":3869},"Ban glyphosate and similar herbicides and pesticides","Glyphosate and other herbicides and pesticides judged environmentally hazardous would be banned on Park Board land, alongside a scientific inquiry into other ways to manage invasive species.",[3755],{"title":3871,"detail":3872,"cites":3873},"Halt replanting in Stanley Park pending a scientific inquiry","The party would stop replanting farmed, selectively bred trees in Stanley Park until an inquiry assesses the consequences.",[3755],{"title":3875,"detail":3876,"cites":3877},"Follow the Stanley Park federal lease and historic-site terms on the native forest","The party says the Stanley Park lease with the federal government, and the park's Commemorative Integrity Statement as a National Historic Site, both require preserving the native coastal western hemlock forest rather than replanting it as a different mix of trees.",[3755],{"title":3879,"detail":3880,"cites":3881},"Rescind the current tree inspection policy","The party would rescind and replace a recently passed tree inspection policy that it says does not require inspections by provincially certified arborists, which it says conflicts with provincial standards.",[3755],{"title":3883,"detail":3884,"cites":3885},"Review artificial turf sports fields for environmental harm","The party would commission a scientific and environmental review of every artificial turf sports field on Park Board land.",[3755],{"title":3887,"detail":3888,"cites":3889},"Stop Charleson Park and Memorial South Park ponds from drying up","The party would stop allowing these two ponds to dry out, which it says kills the animals that depend on them.",[3755],[],[3739,3759,225],[3761],"A moratorium on tree removals, a pesticide ban, and disputes over Stanley Park's forest",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":3895,"proposals":3896,"questions":3897,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3898,"gaps":3899},[],[],[],[3739,225,235],[237],{"issue":239,"paragraphs":3901,"proposals":3902,"questions":3903,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3904,"gaps":3905},[],[],[],[3739,225,235],[237],[3907,3911,3915,3918,3922,3926,3930,3932],{"question":3908,"answer":3909,"cites":3910},"What office is the Independent Parks Party contesting?","Park Board only. It is running 5 candidates for the Board of Parks and Recreation and none for mayor, council or school board.",[250],{"question":3912,"answer":3913,"cites":3914},"Could it win control of the Park Board?","Seven commissioners are elected on October 17. The party is running five candidates, so if all five won it would hold a majority of the board.",[250],{"question":2754,"answer":3916,"cites":3917},"We found none published. We checked the party website on September 22, 2026 and the page held navigation and a login prompt with no policy positions.",[3707],{"question":3919,"answer":3920,"cites":3921},"Who runs the party?","No leader is named on the website. The site identifies a parent organisation, the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, described as a British Columbia non-profit. We have not checked that organisation’s registration.",[3707],{"question":3923,"answer":3924,"cites":3925},"Why does this page have so little on it?","Because the party has published little. We record what we searched and when, rather than filling the space. If the party publishes a platform we will add it with its date.",[3707],{"question":3927,"answer":3928,"cites":3929},"What does the Park Board actually control?","Parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board, and it has seven commissioners.",[250],{"question":276,"answer":277,"cites":3931},[279,280],{"question":2776,"answer":3933,"cites":3934},"Read the five candidate profiles linked from this page, and check the party website for a platform closer to October 17. Advance voting runs October 3, 7, 10 and 13.",[3707,250],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3936,"gaps":3937,"entries":3938},[23,283],[285],[],"independent-parks-party",[3941,3943,3944,3945,3946,3947],{"id":3707,"label":3942,"url":1569,"publisher":1568,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Independent Parks Party website",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":3755,"label":3948,"url":3949,"publisher":1568,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Independent Parks Party platform, 33 numbered positions","https:\u002F\u002Fparksparty.vote\u002FPlatform","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Findependent-parks-party","The Independent Parks Party is running 5 candidates, all for Park Board. It is the only party on this ballot contesting a single race. Its home page shows no policy content, but a platform page reachable at a direct address, not linked from the home page, lists 33 numbered positions, all about parks.","xjDKcn2RXTa9jFOnwx-wi-mEN-23tpyXhgMwc7o4TeU",{"id":3954,"aliases":3955,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":3956,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":3960,"history":3961,"leadership":3965,"logo":29,"meta":3966,"money":3967,"name":1576,"news":3972,"overview":3976,"palette":3980,"platform":3984,"questions":4182,"record":4214,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1576,"slug":4218,"sources":4219,"stem":4264,"summary":4265,"website":1577,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":4266},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity.json",[],{"hex":3957,"note":9,"cites":3958},"#e24853",[3959],"onecity-home","4,000 homes on city land, and no mayoral candidate",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3962,"gaps":3963,"entries":3964},[23,24],[26],[],[],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3968,"gaps":3969,"searchUrl":38,"filings":3970,"notes":3971},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":3973,"gaps":3974,"entries":3975},[49],[51],[],[3977,3978,3979],"OneCity is running 13 candidates: 5 for City Council, 3 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Like COPE, it is not running a mayoral candidate.","Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\" when we checked on September 22, 2026, so what is recorded here comes from the commitments published on its home page.","The party publishes two figures about its own funding that are unusual to disclose: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. These are the party’s own figures.",{"accent":3981,"onAccent":60,"tint":3982,"ink":3983},"#DE2E3A","#F7E3E5","#7A1F25",[3985,4014,4044,4092,4111,4123,4130,4157,4163,4169],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":3986,"proposals":3990,"questions":4000,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4005,"gaps":4008,"headline":4012,"summary":4013},[3987,3988,3989],"This is the largest published housing number on the 2026 ballot. OneCity commits to 4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns.","Building on city land is the lever a council actually controls directly, because the city does not have to buy the land first.","OneCity’s site said a full platform was coming when we checked on September 22, 2026, so no timeline, cost or site list has been published alongside the 4,000 figure.",[3991,3996],{"title":3992,"detail":3993,"cites":3994,"cost":73,"authority":3995},"Build 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.",[3959],"The city owns the land and can direct its use.",{"title":3997,"detail":3998,"cites":3999},"Strengthen protections for low-income seniors and renters","OneCity commits to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",[3959],[4001],{"question":4002,"answer":4003,"cites":4004},"Is 4,000 homes a lot?","It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election. OneCity has not published a timeline, a cost or a list of sites alongside it, so there is no way yet to check whether it is achievable in one four-year term.",[3959],[4006,4007],"The OneCity home page","A web search for the OneCity 2026 platform, September 2026",[4009,4010,4011],"No timeline is published for the 4,000 homes.","No cost is published.","No list of city-owned sites is published.","4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land","OneCity commits to building 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns, and to strengthening protections for low-income seniors and renters.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":4015,"proposals":4018,"questions":4037,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4038,"gaps":4041,"headline":4043},[4016,4017],"The party's housing release, The Way Home & Housing for All, includes a section on homelessness and supportive housing alongside its wider housing plan.","It pairs ending a City ban on new supportive housing with a new public engagement process and a standard for city-funded shelters.",[4019,4025,4029,4033],{"title":4020,"detail":4021,"cites":4022,"authority":4024},"End the ban on new supportive housing","The party would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.",[4023],"onecity-housingforall","Approving supportive housing is a City land use and permitting decision.",{"title":4026,"detail":4027,"cites":4028},"A new public engagement process for supportive housing projects","A new Office of Community Engagement would run public engagement on supportive housing proposals, aimed at helping more of them succeed.",[4023],{"title":4030,"detail":4031,"cites":4032},"A Vancouver Shelter Standard","The party would create a standard for every city-funded shelter, so they are safe and welcoming.",[4023],{"title":4034,"detail":4035,"cites":4036},"A Community Land Trust Support Strategy","Non-profits would get the first right to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.",[4023],[],[4039,4040,225],"The party's News page at https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews","The party website home page",[4042],"No cost or date is published for the shelter standard or the community land trust strategy.","End the ban on new supportive housing, and add a shelter standard",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":4045,"proposals":4048,"questions":4087,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":4088,"gaps":4089,"headline":4091},[4046,4047],"OneCity published a 10-point plan on September 25, 2026, grouped under three headings: a coordinated crisis response that does not always involve police, safer physical spaces, and public accountability for the Vancouver Police Department.","The plan quotes Councillor Lucy Maloney and Council candidates Caitlin Stockwell and Iona Bonamis, each also quoted on their own candidate records where they restate these points in their own words.",[4049,4054,4058,4062,4066,4070,4074,4078,4082],{"title":4050,"detail":4051,"cites":4052},"A coordinated crisis response, so police are not the only response","Trained mental health professionals and peer responders would take calls that do not need police, freeing police for organized and major crime and first responders for fire and medical emergencies.",[4053],"onecity-safety",{"title":4055,"detail":4056,"cites":4057},"Community violence intervention","Trusted community messengers, similar to Community Response and Crisis teams, would step in before conflict escalates.",[4053],{"title":4059,"detail":4060,"cites":4061},"Expand restorative justice","The party would build on the Downtown Community Court and Indigenous-led community safety models to reduce repeat offending.",[4053],{"title":4063,"detail":4064,"cites":4065},"A Survivor Safety Fund and a Community Safety Table","Fast, low-barrier emergency money for survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, delivered by frontline organizations, alongside a table to coordinate neighbourhood response.",[4053],{"title":4067,"detail":4068,"cites":4069},"ReLight Vancouver","Better-lit streets, parks, pathways and bus stops in every neighbourhood, and a ban on hostile architecture (design meant to stop people using it, such as spiked benches) on city-owned benches and shelters.",[4053],{"title":4071,"detail":4072,"cites":4073},"Restore public garbage bins and expand recycling","The party would restore reliable public garbage bins, expand recycling beyond downtown, and publish a public map of bin locations.",[4053],{"title":4075,"detail":4076,"cites":4077},"Ban wearable recording devices in city facilities","Devices such as smart glasses that can record video would be banned in city-run change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces.",[4053],{"title":4079,"detail":4080,"cites":4081},"Regulate e-bike and e-scooter batteries","The city would regulate businesses selling unsafe e-bikes and batteries, work with the province on a battery trade-in program, and set safe operating standards for e-bikes and e-scooters.",[4053],{"title":4083,"detail":4084,"cites":4085,"authority":4086},"An independent, published review of the Vancouver Police Department","A public organizational review of the VPD, on the same standard as other public services, to find where to invest, find efficiencies, and identify calls other responders could handle.",[4053],"Council approves the police budget and can direct such a review.",[],[4039,4040,225],[4090],"Most items name no dollar figure or completion date. The plan does not say how many crisis-response workers would be hired or what the review would cost.","A 10-point plan built around non-police crisis response and public accountability for the VPD",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":4093,"proposals":4096,"questions":4106,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4107,"gaps":4108,"headline":4109,"summary":4110},[4094,4095],"Transit signal priority means traffic lights hold green or turn green early for an approaching bus. The city owns and controls its traffic signals, so this is squarely within council’s power even though TransLink runs the buses.","OneCity publishes a target of about a 20% reduction in travel times. It is one of the few measurable transport targets on this ballot.",[4097,4102],{"title":4098,"detail":4099,"cites":4100,"cost":73,"authority":4101},"City-wide transit signal priority","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, targeting around a 20% reduction in travel times.",[3959],"The city owns and controls its traffic signals.",{"title":4103,"detail":4104,"cites":4105},"Reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at crossings","OneCity commits to reducing pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at crossings.",[3959],[],[4006],[],"City-wide transit signal priority, targeting 20% faster trips","OneCity would adopt city-wide transit signal priority and modernise traffic signals, publishing a target of roughly 20% shorter travel times.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":4112,"proposals":4114,"questions":4119,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4120,"gaps":4121,"headline":4116,"summary":4117},[4113],"OneCity is running three Park Board candidates. Its published parks commitment is to renew community centres, pools and ice rinks. No cost or list of facilities is published.",[4115],{"title":4116,"detail":4117,"cites":4118,"cost":73},"Renew community centres, pools and ice rinks","OneCity commits to renewing community centres, pools and ice rinks.",[3959],[],[4006],[4122,4010],"No list of facilities is published.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":4124,"proposals":4125,"questions":4126,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4127,"gaps":4129},[],[],[],[4128,225,235],"The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002F",[237],{"issue":176,"paragraphs":4131,"proposals":4133,"questions":4151,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4152,"gaps":4153,"headline":4155,"summary":4156},[4132],"OneCity’s published economic commitments centre on small business and on what the city requires of the people it pays.",[4134,4139,4143,4147],{"title":4135,"detail":4136,"cites":4137,"authority":4138},"Ensure public dollars fund fair wages","OneCity commits to ensuring public dollars fund fair wages.",[3959],"Council sets its own procurement rules.",{"title":4140,"detail":4141,"cites":4142,"cost":73},"Launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office","OneCity would launch an office to help entrepreneurs deal with the city.",[3959],{"title":4144,"detail":4145,"cites":4146,"cost":73},"Small-business micro-grants","OneCity commits to providing small-business micro-grants.",[3959],{"title":4148,"detail":4149,"cites":4150},"Modernise home-based business rules","OneCity would modernise the rules for running a business from home.",[3959],[],[4006],[4154],"No property tax commitment is published.","Fair wages on public contracts, and small business support","OneCity would ensure public dollars fund fair wages, modernise home-based business rules, launch an Entrepreneur Liaison Office and provide small-business micro-grants.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":4158,"proposals":4159,"questions":4160,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4161,"gaps":4162},[],[],[],[4128,225,235],[237],{"issue":230,"paragraphs":4164,"proposals":4165,"questions":4166,"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4167,"gaps":4168},[],[],[],[4128,225,235],[237],{"issue":239,"paragraphs":4170,"proposals":4172,"questions":4177,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4178,"gaps":4179,"headline":4174,"summary":4181},[4171],"OneCity names child care among its published commitments but has not published a number of spaces, a cost or a timeline.",[4173],{"title":4174,"detail":4175,"cites":4176,"cost":73},"Create child care spaces across the city","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city.",[3959],[],[4006],[4180],"No number of spaces is published.","OneCity commits to creating child care spaces across the city. No number is published.",[4183,4187,4191,4195,4199,4203,4207,4211],{"question":4184,"answer":4185,"cites":4186},"Is OneCity running a candidate for mayor?","No. It is running 13 candidates for City Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor.",[250],{"question":4188,"answer":4189,"cites":4190},"What is OneCity’s main commitment?","4,000 affordable homes built on land the city already owns. It is the largest housing number published by any party in this election.",[3959],{"question":4192,"answer":4193,"cites":4194},"Has OneCity published a full platform?","Not when we checked on September 22, 2026. Its website said \"Full Platform coming soon\". Everything recorded here comes from commitments on its home page.",[3959],{"question":4196,"answer":4197,"cites":4198},"What is transit signal priority?","Traffic lights hold green, or turn green early, when a bus is coming. The city owns its traffic signals, so it can do this without TransLink. OneCity publishes a target of about 20% shorter travel times.",[3959],{"question":4200,"answer":4201,"cites":4202},"How is OneCity funded?","The party publishes its own figures: 7,534 donors at an average gift of $46.31, and more than 4,800 members. Those are the party’s own numbers. Elections BC filings are where to check them.",[3959,279],{"question":4204,"answer":4205,"cites":4206},"How many School Board candidates is OneCity running?","Five, tied with ABC for the largest school slate on this ballot.",[250],{"question":4208,"answer":4209,"cites":4210},"Does OneCity have a published climate policy?","We found none on its website on September 22, 2026. Its full platform had not been published.",[3959],{"question":4212,"answer":277,"cites":4213},"Where can I see OneCity’s campaign finances?",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4215,"gaps":4216,"entries":4217},[23,283],[285],[],"onecity",[4220,4222,4223,4224,4225,4226,4230,4234,4238,4243,4248,4252,4256,4260],{"id":3959,"label":4221,"url":1577,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"OneCity home page",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":4053,"label":4227,"url":4228,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":4229,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: Safe Streets & Public Spaces for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fprogressivepublicsafety","2026-09-25",{"id":4023,"label":4231,"url":4232,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":4233,"checkedAt":6},"OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All","https:\u002F\u002Fonecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fhousingforall","2026-09-24",{"id":4235,"label":4236,"url":4237,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-our-plans","Our Plans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Four-plans",{"id":4239,"label":4240,"url":4241,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":4242,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-leap","OneCity Announces the second part of our Local Economic Action Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fleap","2026-08-17",{"id":4244,"label":4245,"url":4246,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":4247,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-builttolast","OneCity Vancouver Announces Built to Last, a Climate Crisis Building, Adaptation, and Retrofit Plan","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilttolast","2026-08-07",{"id":4249,"label":4250,"url":4251,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3697,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-hot-fun-cool","OneCity Announces its Plan for a Vibrant City That's Hot, Fun, & Cool","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fvibrant-city",{"id":4253,"label":4254,"url":4255,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3697,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-parks-pipes-pools","OneCity's Park Board Team Announces Parks, Pipes, & Pools: Three New Community Centres, More Lifeguards, and a Plan to Fund the Park Board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fparks-pipes-pools",{"id":4257,"label":4258,"url":4259,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3697,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-better-schools","OneCity's School Board Team Announces Better Schools: A Plan to Harness the Power of the VSB to Build More Childcare, Community Centres, and Homes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbetter-schools",{"id":4261,"label":4262,"url":4263,"publisher":1576,"kind":293,"publishedAt":3697,"checkedAt":316},"onecity-budget-and-ballot","OneCity Announces its Plan to Fix the Budget & Make Your Vote Matter","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onecityvancouver.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fbudget-and-ballot","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fonecity","OneCity is running 13 candidates for Council, Park Board and School Board, and none for mayor. Its headline commitment is 4,000 affordable homes on city-owned land.","fzkgCdmMl1ao0FNnqVlBAKob25ZtjqytsGzF8xYxnnQ",{"id":4268,"aliases":4269,"checkedAt":21,"declaredColour":4270,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":4274,"history":4275,"leadership":4279,"logo":29,"meta":4287,"money":4288,"name":1446,"news":4293,"overview":4297,"palette":4302,"platform":4305,"questions":4694,"record":4732,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":4736,"slug":4737,"sources":4738,"stem":4821,"summary":4822,"website":1447,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":4823},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fteam-for-a-livable-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":4271,"note":9,"cites":4272},"#162b6f",[4273],"team-home","The most detailed published platform on the 2026 ballot",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4276,"gaps":4277,"entries":4278},[23,24],[26],[],[4280,4282],{"role":2808,"name":1634,"cites":4281},[4273,250],{"role":4283,"name":4284,"cites":4285},"Financial agent","Douglas Johnstone",[4286],"team-safety",{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4289,"gaps":4290,"searchUrl":38,"filings":4291,"notes":4292},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4294,"gaps":4295,"entries":4296},[49],[51],[],[4298,4299,4300,4301],"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":4303,"onAccent":60,"tint":61,"ink":4304},"#162B6F","#1F347A",[4306,4368,4393,4420,4453,4511,4563,4595,4639,4675],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":4307,"proposals":4312,"questions":4353,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4362,"gaps":4365,"headline":4366,"summary":4367},[4308,4309,4310,4311],"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.",[4313,4319,4323,4328,4332,4336,4340,4344,4348],{"title":4314,"detail":4315,"cites":4316,"authority":4318},"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.",[4317],"team-planning","Council adopts and can repeal an Official Development Plan.",{"title":4320,"detail":4321,"cites":4322},"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.",[4317],{"title":4324,"detail":4325,"cites":4326,"authority":4327},"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.",[4317],"These are provincial statutes. A city can lobby but cannot repeal them.",{"title":4329,"detail":4330,"cites":4331},"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.",[4317],{"title":4333,"detail":4334,"cites":4335},"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.",[4317],{"title":4337,"detail":4338,"cites":4339},"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.",[4317],{"title":4341,"detail":4342,"cites":4343},"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.",[4317],{"title":4345,"detail":4346,"cites":4347},"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.",[4317],{"title":4349,"detail":4350,"cites":4351},"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.",[4317,4352],"team-environment",[4354,4358],{"question":4355,"answer":4356,"cites":4357},"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.",[4317],{"question":4359,"answer":4360,"cites":4361},"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.",[4317],[4363,4364],"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":84,"paragraphs":4369,"proposals":4372,"questions":4386,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4387,"gaps":4389,"headline":4391,"summary":4392},[4370,4371],"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.",[4373,4377,4382],{"title":4374,"detail":4375,"cites":4376},"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.",[4317],{"title":4378,"detail":4379,"cites":4380,"authority":4381},"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.",[4317],"Supportive housing is funded provincially and federally.",{"title":4383,"detail":4384,"cites":4385},"A Downtown Eastside audit","The same audit commitment that appears under public safety.",[4286],[],[4364,4388],"The TEAM safety for all page",[4390,2299],"No shelter space target is published.","Handled through planning and safety, not a separate plan","TEAM addresses homelessness inside its planning and safety pages: protecting older rental stock from demolition, and working with the province on care beds and complex needs.",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":4394,"proposals":4398,"questions":4415,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4416,"gaps":4417,"headline":4418,"summary":4419},[4395,4396,4397],"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.",[4399,4402,4406,4410],{"title":4383,"detail":4400,"cites":4401},"TEAM would establish an audit to ensure the social issues affecting the community are addressed and resources reach those who need them.",[4286],{"title":4403,"detail":4404,"cites":4405},"Enforce bylaws against public disorder","TEAM would enforce bylaws to crack down on public disorder and keep parks accessible and family-friendly.",[4286],{"title":4407,"detail":4408,"cites":4409,"cost":73},"Support community policing such as Block Watch","TEAM would increase support for community policing initiatives, naming Block Watch.",[4286],{"title":4411,"detail":4412,"cites":4413,"authority":4414},"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.",[4286],"Health care is provincial.",[],[4388],[],"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":118,"paragraphs":4421,"proposals":4424,"questions":4447,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4448,"gaps":4450,"headline":4451,"summary":4452},[4422,4423],"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.",[4425,4430,4435,4439,4443],{"title":4426,"detail":4427,"cites":4428},"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.",[4429],"team-transport",{"title":4431,"detail":4432,"cites":4433,"authority":4434},"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.",[4429],"TransLink runs bus service. The city can advocate through the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":4436,"detail":4437,"cites":4438},"Restore off-street parking minimums","TEAM would reverse council’s decision and restore off-street parking minimums for all new construction.",[4429],{"title":4440,"detail":4441,"cites":4442},"Oppose road pricing","TEAM states it will not adopt punitive city-wide parking permits as previously proposed by council.",[4429],{"title":4444,"detail":4445,"cites":4446},"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.",[4429],[],[4449],"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":145,"paragraphs":4454,"proposals":4458,"questions":4496,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4506,"gaps":4508,"headline":4509,"summary":4510},[4455,4456,4457],"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.",[4459,4465,4469,4473,4477,4480,4484,4488,4492],{"title":4460,"detail":4461,"cites":4462,"authority":4464},"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.",[4463],"team-parks","Only the province can amend the Vancouver Charter. The city can withdraw its request.",{"title":4466,"detail":4467,"cites":4468},"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.",[4463],{"title":4470,"detail":4471,"cites":4472,"cost":73},"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.",[4463],{"title":4474,"detail":4475,"cites":4476},"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.",[4463],{"title":3794,"detail":4478,"cites":4479},"Existing temporary and de-facto parks would be designated as permanent parks.",[4463],{"title":4481,"detail":4482,"cites":4483},"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.",[4463],{"title":4485,"detail":4486,"cites":4487},"Restore pre-COVID access to Stanley Park and Beach Avenue","Access would be restored while providing new separate infrastructure for cycling and walking.",[4463],{"title":4489,"detail":4490,"cites":4491},"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.",[4463],{"title":4493,"detail":4494,"cites":4495,"cost":73},"More park rangers and lifeguards","TEAM would expand maintenance and garbage pickup, actively enforce bylaws, and increase the number of park rangers and lifeguards.",[4463],[4497,4502],{"question":4498,"answer":4499,"cites":4500},"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.",[4463,4501],"cbc-parkboard-team",{"question":4503,"answer":4504,"cites":4505},"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.",[4463],[4507],"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":159,"paragraphs":4512,"proposals":4517,"questions":4557,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4558,"gaps":4560,"headline":4561,"summary":4562},[4513,4514,4515,4516],"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.",[4518,4523,4527,4531,4535,4539,4543,4548,4553],{"title":4519,"detail":4520,"cites":4521},"End school enrolment lotteries","Long-range planning with the city would put schools where students need them, when they need them.",[4522],"team-schools",{"title":4524,"detail":4525,"cites":4526},"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.",[4522],{"title":4528,"detail":4529,"cites":4530},"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.",[4522],{"title":4532,"detail":4533,"cites":4534},"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.",[4522],{"title":4536,"detail":4537,"cites":4538,"cost":73},"Bring back elementary band and strings","Music programming would be included at every elementary school, restoring the Elementary Band and Strings programs.",[4522],{"title":4540,"detail":4541,"cites":4542},"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.",[4522],{"title":4544,"detail":4545,"cites":4546,"authority":4547},"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.",[4522],"The school tax formula is provincial.",{"title":4549,"detail":4550,"cites":4551,"authority":4552},"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.",[4522],"Seismic upgrade funding is provincial.",{"title":4554,"detail":4555,"cites":4556},"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.",[4522],[],[4559],"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":176,"paragraphs":4564,"proposals":4568,"questions":4589,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4590,"gaps":4592,"headline":4593,"summary":4594},[4565,4566,4567],"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.",[4569,4574,4578,4581,4585],{"title":4570,"detail":4571,"cites":4572},"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.",[4573],"team-finance",{"title":4575,"detail":4576,"cites":4577},"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.",[4573],{"title":3223,"detail":4579,"cites":4580},"A registry consistent with federal and provincial ones would let residents see who is trying to influence city decisions.",[4573],{"title":4582,"detail":4583,"cites":4584},"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.",[4573],{"title":4586,"detail":4587,"cites":4588},"Departmental service plans with performance benchmarks","Departments would develop annual service plans with benchmarks, and management would be held accountable for meeting them.",[4573],[],[4591],"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":195,"paragraphs":4596,"proposals":4601,"questions":4633,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4634,"gaps":4636,"headline":4637,"summary":4638},[4597,4598,4599,4600],"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.",[4602,4607,4611,4615,4619,4623,4628],{"title":4603,"detail":4604,"cites":4605,"authority":4606},"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.",[4352],"The city controls permitting and land use.",{"title":4608,"detail":4609,"cites":4610},"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.",[4352],{"title":4612,"detail":4613,"cites":4614},"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.",[4352,4429],{"title":4616,"detail":4617,"cites":4618},"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.",[4352],{"title":4620,"detail":4621,"cites":4622},"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.",[4352],{"title":4624,"detail":4625,"cites":4626,"authority":4627},"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.",[4352],"TransLink runs the buses. The city sits on the Mayors’ Council.",{"title":4629,"detail":4630,"cites":4631,"authority":4632},"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.",[4352],"BC Hydro rates are provincially regulated.",[],[4635],"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":230,"paragraphs":4640,"proposals":4643,"questions":4669,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4670,"gaps":4672,"headline":4673,"summary":4674},[4641,4642],"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.",[4644,4649,4653,4657,4661,4665],{"title":4645,"detail":4646,"cites":4647},"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.",[4648],"team-arts",{"title":4650,"detail":4651,"cites":4652},"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.",[4648],{"title":4654,"detail":4655,"cites":4656},"Incentives to retain creative space","TEAM would provide incentives for retaining and upgrading creative spaces and disincentives for demolishing them.",[4648],{"title":4658,"detail":4659,"cites":4660},"Support street festivals","TEAM would encourage and facilitate street festivals, naming Greek Day, Powell Street, Italian Day and Khatsalano.",[4648],{"title":4662,"detail":4663,"cites":4664},"Keep community centres affordable for the arts community","Community centres and other Park Board facilities would be kept affordable for arts use.",[4648],{"title":4666,"detail":4667,"cites":4668},"Review the civic theatres","TEAM would examine how Vancouver’s civic theatres could be made more suitable and affordable for the local arts community.",[4648],[],[4671],"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":239,"paragraphs":4676,"proposals":4678,"questions":4687,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4688,"gaps":4689,"headline":4692,"summary":4693},[4677],"TEAM does not publish a separate child care section. Its commitments appear inside the schools and planning pages.",[4679,4683],{"title":4554,"detail":4680,"cites":4681,"authority":4682},"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.",[4522],"Licensing and operating funding are provincial.",{"title":4684,"detail":4685,"cites":4686},"Use underused school buildings for child care","Space in underused school buildings would be used for child care, seniors care or community programs.",[4522],[],[4559,4364],[4690,4691],"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.",[4695,4699,4703,4707,4711,4715,4719,4723,4728],{"question":4696,"answer":4697,"cites":4698},"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.",[4273,250],{"question":4700,"answer":4701,"cites":4702},"How many candidates is TEAM running?","14: Colleen Hardwick for mayor, 7 for City Council, 5 for Park Board and 1 for School Board.",[250],{"question":4704,"answer":4705,"cites":4706},"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.",[4317],{"question":4708,"answer":4709,"cites":4710},"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.",[4463],{"question":4712,"answer":4713,"cites":4714},"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.",[4317],{"question":4716,"answer":4717,"cites":4718},"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.",[4352],{"question":4720,"answer":4721,"cites":4722},"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.",[4352],{"question":4724,"answer":4725,"cites":4726},"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.",[4727],"team-positions",{"question":4729,"answer":4730,"cites":4731},"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.",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4733,"gaps":4734,"entries":4735},[23,283],[285],[],"TEAM","team-for-a-livable-vancouver",[4739,4741,4744,4747,4750,4753,4756,4759,4762,4765,4768,4769,4770,4771,4772,4773,4777,4781,4785,4789,4793,4797,4801,4805,4809,4813,4817],{"id":4273,"label":4740,"url":1447,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM for a Livable Vancouver home page",{"id":4727,"label":4742,"url":4743,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM our positions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026",{"id":4317,"label":4745,"url":4746,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"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":4463,"label":4748,"url":4749,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM parks and recreation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026\u002Fparks-learn-more",{"id":4522,"label":4751,"url":4752,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM schools, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fschools-2026\u002Fschools-learn-more",{"id":4573,"label":4754,"url":4755,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM finance and administration, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026\u002Ffinance-learn-more",{"id":4352,"label":4757,"url":4758,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM our environment, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026\u002Fenvironment-learn-more",{"id":4648,"label":4760,"url":4761,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM arts and culture, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026\u002Farts-learn-more",{"id":4286,"label":4763,"url":4764,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM safety for all","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fsafety-for-all-2026",{"id":4429,"label":4766,"url":4767,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"TEAM transportation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026",{"id":4501,"label":2620,"url":2621,"publisher":2622,"kind":2623,"checkedAt":21},{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":4774,"label":4775,"url":4776,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-community-page","TEAM community representation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026",{"id":4778,"label":4779,"url":4780,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-community","TEAM community representation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fcommunity-representation-2026\u002Fcommunity-learn-more",{"id":4782,"label":4783,"url":4784,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-planning-page","TEAM planning for livability and affordability","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fplanning-for-livability-and-affordability",{"id":4786,"label":4787,"url":4788,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-environment-page","TEAM our environment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Four-environment-2026",{"id":4790,"label":4791,"url":4792,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-finance-page","TEAM finance and administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ffinance-and-administration-2026",{"id":4794,"label":4795,"url":4796,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"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":4798,"label":4799,"url":4800,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-transport-more","TEAM transportation, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Ftransportation-2026\u002Ftransportation-learn-more",{"id":4802,"label":4803,"url":4804,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-economy-page","TEAM economic development","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026",{"id":4806,"label":4807,"url":4808,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-economy","TEAM economic development, learn more","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Feconomic-development-2026\u002Flearn-more",{"id":4810,"label":4811,"url":4812,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-arts-page","TEAM arts and culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Farts-and-culture-2026",{"id":4814,"label":4815,"url":4816,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"team-parks-page","TEAM parks and recreation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.voteteam.ca\u002Four-positions-home-2026\u002Fparks-and-recreation-2026",{"id":4818,"label":4819,"url":4820,"publisher":1446,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"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 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party founded in 2025, running the second-largest slate",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4982,"gaps":4983,"entries":4984},[23,24],[26],[],[4986],{"role":2808,"name":1833,"cites":4987},[3440,250],{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4990,"gaps":4991,"searchUrl":38,"filings":4992,"notes":4993},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":4995,"gaps":4996,"entries":4997},[49],[51],[],[4999,5000,5001,5002],"The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates: Kareem Allam for mayor at ballot number 56, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. Only ABC is running more.","The party site gives its registered name as the Vancouver Liberal Electors Association and its founding year as 2025, which makes it the newest party running a large slate.","Kareem Allam is described in our candidate records as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.","Its most distinctive commitment is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead, which is the opposite of the Green Party position.",{"accent":5004,"onAccent":60,"tint":5005,"ink":5006},"#D43B2D","#F7E5E3","#7A261F",[5008,5031,5052,5071,5083,5126,5141,5162,5174,5193],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":5009,"proposals":5013,"questions":5019,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5025,"gaps":5027,"headline":5029,"summary":5030},[5010,5011,5012],"This is one of the sharpest single splits on the 2026 ballot, and it turns on a power only Vancouver has.","Under the Vancouver Charter, Vancouver writes its own building rules. Every other municipality in British Columbia follows the provincial code. The Liberals would give that power up.","The argument for giving it up is that one code across the province is simpler and cheaper for builders. The argument against, which the Green Party makes, is that the local code is what lets Vancouver set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings.",[5014],{"title":5015,"detail":5016,"cites":5017,"authority":5018},"Eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code","The party commits to \"eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and just adopt the BC Building Code\".",[3440],"Council holds this power under the Vancouver Charter and can choose to align with the provincial code.",[5020],{"question":5021,"answer":5022,"cites":5023},"What would change if Vancouver dropped its own building code?","Builders would follow the same rules here as in the rest of British Columbia, which is simpler for anyone building in more than one city. Vancouver would also lose the power to set its own energy and emissions rules for new buildings, because that power comes from having its own code.",[3440,5024],"green-housing-x",[5026],"The Vancouver Liberals home page",[79,5028],"No affordable or rental housing commitment is published.","Abolish the Vancouver Building Code","The Vancouver Liberals would eliminate the Vancouver Building Code and adopt the BC Building Code instead.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":5032,"proposals":5035,"questions":5045,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5046,"gaps":5049,"headline":5051},[5033,5034],"The party's homelessness position mirrors a citywide ban it opposes: it would reverse the prohibition on new supportive housing construction.","It ties this to a second, more specific commitment: requiring 24-hour public washrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project.",[5036,5041],{"title":5037,"detail":5038,"cites":5039,"authority":4024},"Reverse the ban on new supportive housing","On its first day, the party would reverse what it calls a ban on all new supportive housing construction in the city, to serve seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.",[5040],"vl-issues",{"title":5042,"detail":5043,"cites":5044},"Require public washrooms and showers in new supportive housing","Every new supportive housing project in the city would be required to include 24-hour public washrooms and showers for people who are unhoused.",[5040],[],[5047,5048,4040,225],"The party's Issues page at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues","The party's dedicated Parks and Recreation plan PDF, linked from that page",[5050],"No cost or date is given for either commitment beyond \"day one\" for the ban reversal.","Reverse the ban on new supportive housing, and require public washrooms in it",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":5053,"proposals":5056,"questions":5066,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5067,"gaps":5068,"headline":5069,"summary":5070},[5054,5055],"The Liberals are the only party on this ballot publishing a commitment on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs.","They would also create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board, which is a new body rather than a change to an existing one.",[5057,5062],{"title":5058,"detail":5059,"cites":5060,"authority":5061},"Crack down on Bitcoin ATMs and money laundering","The party commits to \"crack down on Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering, and other root causes of crime\".",[3440],"Money laundering enforcement is largely federal and provincial. The city licenses businesses.",{"title":5063,"detail":5064,"cites":5065,"cost":73},"Increase long-term firefighter funding","The party would increase long-term funding for firefighters and create a Firefighter Safety and Deployment Board.",[3440],[],[5026],[],"Crack down on money laundering and Bitcoin ATMs","The Vancouver Liberals would target Bitcoin ATMs, money laundering and what they call the root causes of crime, and increase long-term funding for firefighters.",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":5072,"proposals":5074,"questions":5079,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5080,"gaps":5081,"headline":5076,"summary":5082},[5073],"The party has published no transit, cycling or street design commitment. Road maintenance appears only inside the front-line hiring commitment.",[5075],{"title":5076,"detail":5077,"cites":5078},"Road maintenance through new front-line staff","Road maintenance is named as one of the services the 400 new front-line unionized staff would improve.",[3440],[],[5026],[2362,2363],"Road maintenance appears as one of the services the Vancouver Liberals’ 400 new front-line staff would improve. No transit or cycling commitment is published.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":5084,"proposals":5087,"questions":5120,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5121,"gaps":5122,"headline":5124,"summary":5125},[5085,5086],"The party publishes a dedicated Parks and Recreation plan, separate from its main issues page, that commits to keeping the Park Board elected and independent and gives it a bigger, steadier share of the City budget.","It also promises a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools, and specific facility positions: 50-metre pools at the Aquatic Centre, removing parking meters at beaches and community centres, and an auditor general review of the PNE.",[5088,5094,5099,5103,5108,5112,5116],{"title":5089,"detail":5090,"cites":5091,"authority":5093},"Keep the Park Board elected and reverse the move to abolish it","The party would fight efforts to remove the elected Park Board and repeal Council's motion calling for its abolition.",[5092],"vl-parkplan","Only the province can abolish the Park Board by amending the Vancouver Charter. Council can withdraw its own request to the province.",{"title":5095,"detail":5096,"cites":5097,"cost":5098},"Create a Joint Budget Advisory Committee and restore funding to 9% of the city budget","A committee of Park Board commissioners, city councillors and both bodies' senior finance staff would guide the annual budget cycle, aiming to restore Park Board funding from 7.9% to 9% of the total city budget within four years, with a three-year rolling budget framework.",[5092],"A four-year path from 7.9% to 9% of the city's total budget",{"title":5100,"detail":5101,"cites":5102},"Return facility management authority to the Park Board","The party would repeal the centralized facilities-management structure it says excludes the Park Board, restoring the Board's direct control of maintenance and capital planning for its own facilities.",[5092],{"title":5104,"detail":5105,"cites":5106,"cost":5107},"A capital renewal plan for community centres","Each capital cycle would aim to build one new community centre and renew three more, following the existing Community Centre Strategy, with a $1.35 billion investment across parks, recreation and pools.",[5040],"$1.35 billion",{"title":5109,"detail":5110,"cites":5111},"50-metre pools at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre","The party opposes replacing the Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool.",[5040],{"title":5113,"detail":5114,"cites":5115},"Remove parking meters at beaches and community centres","The party would remove parking meters recently added at beaches and community centres.",[5040],{"title":5117,"detail":5118,"cites":5119},"An auditor general investigation into the PNE","The party calls for an investigation into cost overruns and operating deficits at the Pacific National Exhibition.",[5040],[],[5047,5048,4040,225],[5123],"Most items name no specific dollar figure beyond the $1.35 billion total and the 7.9 to 9 percent target, and no completion date beyond the four-year budget goal.","Keep the elected Park Board, a Joint Budget Committee, and a capital renewal plan","Parks appear in the Vancouver Liberals’ published commitments as one of the services the 400 new front-line staff would improve.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":5127,"proposals":5130,"questions":5136,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5137,"gaps":5138,"headline":5139,"summary":5140},[5128,5129],"The School Liaison Officer programme places police officers in schools. It has been ended and restarted in Vancouver in recent years and is one of the clearest dividing lines in the School Board race.","The party is running five School Board candidates.",[5131],{"title":5132,"detail":5133,"cites":5134,"authority":5135},"Continue and evolve the School Liaison Officer programme","The party commits to supporting \"the continuance and evolution of the School Liaison Officer program\".",[3440],"The Board of Education decides whether the programme runs in Vancouver schools.",[],[5026],[],"Keep the School Liaison Officer programme","The Vancouver Liberals support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools.",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":5142,"proposals":5146,"questions":5157,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5158,"gaps":5159,"headline":5160,"summary":5161},[5143,5144,5145],"These two commitments sit together because one is a saving and the other is a cost, and the party has published a figure for the saving but not for the hiring.","The 400 staff would work on garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities. The party has not published what they would cost.","The $800 million figure and the name \"Second City Hall\" are the party’s own description of the project. We have not checked it against the city capital plan.",[5147,5153],{"title":5148,"detail":5149,"cites":5150,"cost":5151,"authority":5152},"Cancel the $800 million second city hall","The party commits to cancelling what it calls the \"$800-Million Second City Hall\" project.",[3440],"$800 million, as described by the party","Council approves capital projects.",{"title":5154,"detail":5155,"cites":5156,"cost":73},"Hire 400 new front-line unionized staff","The 400 staff would improve garbage pickup, road maintenance and parks and recreation facilities.",[3440],[],[5026],[],"Cancel the $800 million second city hall and hire 400 staff","The Vancouver Liberals would cancel an $800 million project they call the \"Second City Hall\" and hire 400 new front-line unionized staff.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":5163,"proposals":5165,"questions":5170,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5171,"gaps":5172,"headline":5167},[5164],"The party's one climate-specific position is about the shrinking tree canopy, stated as a problem with no measure yet attached.",[5166],{"title":5167,"detail":5168,"cites":5169},"A tree canopy strategy","The party says Vancouver's tree canopy is shrinking, driving up electricity use and worsening air quality and livability, and commits to a tree canopy strategy, without stating a canopy target or a date.",[5040],[],[5047,5048,4040,225],[5173],"No target percentage, cost or date is given for the strategy.",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":5175,"proposals":5178,"questions":5188,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5189,"gaps":5190,"headline":5192},[5176,5177],"The party's clearest culture commitment is a reserved-land program for artists, cutting their property taxes in half.","It also promises to lower festival organizers' policing fees, tying this to affordability for community events.",[5179,5184],{"title":5180,"detail":5181,"cites":5182,"cost":5183},"An Artist Land Reserve in four locations","The party would establish an Artist Land Reserve in four locations across the city, providing studio space and cutting property taxes in half for artists and creatives there.",[5040],"Property tax cut in half for participating artists; no total program cost published",{"title":5185,"detail":5186,"cites":5187},"Lower policing fees for festivals","The party would find a way to make policing more affordable for community events and festivals, after what it says have been rising fees under the current Council.",[5040],[],[5047,5048,4040,225],[5191],"No dollar figure is given for the tax cut's cost to the city, and no date is set for either commitment.","An Artist Land Reserve, and cheaper festival policing fees",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":5194,"proposals":5195,"questions":5196,"state":2477,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5197,"gaps":5198},[],[],[],[5047,5048,4040,225],[5199],"No child care commitment appears anywhere on the party's issues page or its linked plan documents.",[5201,5205,5209,5213,5217,5221,5225,5229,5233],{"question":5202,"answer":5203,"cites":5204},"Who leads the Vancouver Liberals?","Kareem Allam is the mayoral candidate, at ballot number 56. Our candidate records describe him as a political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff.",[3440,250],{"question":5206,"answer":5207,"cites":5208},"How many candidates are they running?","19: Kareem Allam for mayor, 7 for City Council, 6 for Park Board and 5 for School Board. That is the second-largest slate on the ballot after ABC.",[250],{"question":5210,"answer":5211,"cites":5212},"When was the party founded?","Its website states 2025. We have not checked that against the Elections BC register of elector organizations.",[3440],{"question":5214,"answer":5215,"cites":5216},"What is their most distinctive commitment?","Eliminating the Vancouver Building Code and adopting the provincial one instead. Vancouver is the only BC city with its own building code, and the Green Party would keep it. This is one of the sharpest splits on the ballot.",[3440,5024],{"question":5218,"answer":5219,"cites":5220},"What would the 400 new staff do?","Garbage pickup, road maintenance, and parks and recreation facilities. They would be unionized front-line staff. The party has not published what they would cost.",[3440],{"question":5222,"answer":5223,"cites":5224},"What is the \"Second City Hall\" they would cancel?","The party describes an $800 million project by that name and commits to cancelling it. The name and the figure are the party’s own description, and we have not checked them against the city capital plan.",[3440],{"question":5226,"answer":5227,"cites":5228},"Where do they stand on police in schools?","They support continuing and evolving the School Liaison Officer programme, which places police officers in schools. The Board of Education decides whether it runs.",[3440],{"question":5230,"answer":5231,"cites":5232},"Do they have a published housing supply plan?","No. The one published commitment touching housing is abolishing the Vancouver Building Code. We found no supply target, affordability commitment or rental policy on September 22, 2026.",[3440],{"question":5234,"answer":277,"cites":5235},"Where can I see their campaign finances?",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5237,"gaps":5238,"entries":5239},[23,283],[285],[],"Vancouver Liberal Electors Association","vancouver-liberals",[5243,5244,5245,5246,5247,5248,5249,5252,5255],{"id":3440,"label":3679,"url":1478,"publisher":1477,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},{"id":5024,"label":3675,"url":3676,"publisher":399,"kind":2623,"publishedAt":3677,"checkedAt":21},{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":5040,"label":5250,"url":5251,"publisher":1477,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vancouverliberals.com\u002Fissues",{"id":5092,"label":5253,"url":5254,"publisher":1477,"kind":293,"checkedAt":6},"Vancouver Liberals: Our Plan for Parks and Recreation Facilities (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1787255366\u002FVancouver_Liberals_Park_Plan.pdf?1787255366",{"id":5256,"label":5257,"url":5258,"publisher":1477,"kind":293,"checkedAt":316},"vl-ipv-policy","Vancouver Liberals: Intimate Partner Violence Policy (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fassets.nationbuilder.com\u002Fvancouverliberals\u002Fpages\u002F233\u002Fattachments\u002Foriginal\u002F1789599508\u002FVancouver_Liberals_IPV_Policy.pdf?1789599508","elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvancouver-liberals","The Vancouver Liberals are running 19 candidates behind mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the second-largest slate on the ballot. Their commitments include hiring 400 front-line staff and cancelling an $800 million city hall project.","LoE0qDMondKgLHT6NEJ0H2OwzNMRTCFMOYkf5qAkMts",{"id":5263,"aliases":5264,"checkedAt":6,"declaredColour":5265,"extension":12,"founded":29,"headline":5269,"history":5270,"leadership":5274,"logo":29,"meta":5279,"money":5280,"name":1491,"news":5285,"overview":5289,"palette":5294,"platform":5297,"questions":5535,"record":5571,"registeredName":29,"rosterLabel":1491,"slug":5575,"sources":5576,"stem":5586,"summary":5587,"website":1492,"wordmark":29,"__hash__":5588},"parties\u002Felections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver.json",[],{"hex":5266,"note":2228,"cites":5267},"#7A3D9E",[5268],"vv-home","A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document",{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5271,"gaps":5272,"entries":5273},[23,24],[26],[],[5275],{"role":5276,"name":2040,"cites":5277},"Mayoral candidate and founder",[5278,250],"vv-policy",{},{"state":32,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5281,"gaps":5282,"searchUrl":38,"filings":5283,"notes":5284},[34,35],[37],[],[41,42,43,44,45],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5286,"gaps":5287,"entries":5288},[49],[51],[],[5290,5291,5292,5293],"Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates: Rebecca Bligh for mayor at ballot number 52, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.","Rebecca Bligh is a sitting Vancouver city councillor and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The party site describes her as having created Vote Vancouver.","The party describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology.","Its published Policy Priorities document runs to roughly 6,400 words and is organised into four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.",{"accent":5266,"onAccent":60,"tint":5295,"ink":5296},"#EFE5F5","#552B6E",[5298,5355,5382,5407,5424,5438,5467,5483,5501,5522],{"issue":65,"paragraphs":5299,"proposals":5304,"questions":5342,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5351,"gaps":5353,"headline":5306,"summary":5354},[5300,5301,5302,5303],"This is the most time-bound commitment any party has published in this election. Five parcels of public land would be chosen, named and announced with a timeline within one month of entering City Hall.","The party also publishes an affordability definition rather than leaving the word undefined: new public housing would target no more than 30% of household income.","Its faith-based land policy is unusual. Vote Vancouver would introduce a right-of-first-refusal bylaw giving the city first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, and would help faith organisations that want to redevelop rather than sell.","The party would also reverse what it describes as a ban on new supportive housing, arguing it blocks replacing single room occupancy hotels with better options.",[5305,5310,5314,5317,5322,5326,5330,5334,5338],{"title":5306,"detail":5307,"cites":5308,"authority":3995,"deadline":5309},"Name five parcels of public land within one month","Five parcels of city-owned land will be chosen, named and announced with an associated timeline within one month of entering City Hall.",[5278],"One month after taking office",{"title":5311,"detail":5312,"cites":5313},"Target rents at no more than 30% of household income","New public housing will target no more than 30% of household income.",[5278],{"title":5037,"detail":5315,"cites":5316},"Vote Vancouver would reverse the ban so single room occupancy hotels can be replaced with safe, dignified, affordable options.",[5278],{"title":5318,"detail":5319,"cites":5320,"authority":5321},"A right-of-first-refusal bylaw for faith-based land","The city would get the first opportunity to buy qualifying faith-based properties when they come to market, for housing, child care and community services.",[5278],"Council can pass such a bylaw under the Vancouver Charter.",{"title":5323,"detail":5324,"cites":5325},"Use DASH to build faster","The city would use Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing, pre-approved models and sustainable materials, especially for modular housing.",[5278],{"title":5327,"detail":5328,"cites":5329},"Non-profits run the developments","Non-profit or community organisations would run the new developments, to reduce strain on City Hall and keep them connected to their communities.",[5278],{"title":5331,"detail":5332,"cites":5333},"Replace SROs with self-contained housing","Existing single room occupancy hotels would be replaced with dignified, self-contained, purpose-built housing, while existing facilities keep operating until alternatives are available.",[5278],{"title":5335,"detail":5336,"cites":5337},"Hold landlords to maintenance standards","The city would enforce its maintenance standards and act where buildings fall into serious disrepair that threatens residents’ ability to stay housed.",[5278],{"title":5339,"detail":5340,"cites":5341},"Work with community land trusts","Vote Vancouver would work with community land trusts and community groups to keep public land in community ownership and build co-operative housing, naming the Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust, the SRO Collaborative, the False Creek South Community Housing Trust and Hogan’s Alley.",[5278],[5343,5347],{"question":5344,"answer":5345,"cites":5346},"What does \"30% of household income\" mean?","It is a definition of affordable. A household earning $60,000 a year would pay no more than $18,000 a year, or $1,500 a month, for a home built under this policy. Most parties use the word affordable without saying what it means; Vote Vancouver puts a number on it.",[5278],{"question":5348,"answer":5349,"cites":5350},"What is a right-of-first-refusal bylaw?","It means that when a church, temple or other faith organisation decides to sell its land, the city gets the first chance to buy it before private buyers. The organisation still chooses to sell; the city just gets first offer.",[5278],[5352],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document, dated in its filename September 15, 2026",[],"Vote Vancouver would name five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing within one month of taking office, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, and reverse the ban on new supportive housing.",{"issue":84,"paragraphs":5356,"proposals":5359,"questions":5375,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5376,"gaps":5379,"headline":5381},[5357,5358],"The document's clearest homelessness position is reversing the City's ban on new supportive housing, which it credits to a motion by Rebecca Bligh.","Its addiction and mental health proposals include continuing to fund a specific existing program, St. Paul's Road to Recovery, and building new Recovery Community Centres.",[5360,5363,5367,5371],{"title":5037,"detail":5361,"cites":5362,"authority":4024},"The party would reverse a City ban on building new supportive housing, to allow replacing single-room-occupancy hotels with self-contained supportive homes connected to mental health, addiction, social work and job supports.",[5278],{"title":5364,"detail":5365,"cites":5366},"Support St. Paul's Road to Recovery program","The party would keep supporting the Road to Recovery program by building more supportive housing for people exiting it, and continuing to fund Vancouver Coastal Health.",[5278],{"title":5368,"detail":5369,"cites":5370},"Build more Recovery Community Centres","The party would build more Recovery Community Centres to connect people with peer support and wellness activities, bridging the gap to detox and treatment.",[5278],{"title":5372,"detail":5373,"cites":5374},"Better coordinate police, health and housing responses","The party would improve coordination between police, healthcare providers, housing providers and community organizations so police are not the only response to mental health and addiction crises.",[5278],[],[5377,5378,225],"The party's Policy Priorities PDF, already archived in research\u002Fvancouver-2026-09-22\u002Fparty-sources\u002F","The party website at https:\u002F\u002Fwww.votevancouver.ca\u002F",[5380],"Most items name no cost and no date. The document credits several of these to Rebecca Bligh personally, and those are also recorded on her own candidate record.","Reverse the supportive housing ban, and expand recovery programs",{"issue":103,"paragraphs":5383,"proposals":5386,"questions":5403,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5404,"gaps":5405,"headline":5406},[5384,5385],"The document sets out a multi-part public safety plan built around prevention and coordination rather than a police budget figure.","It also states a School Board position on School Liaison Officers, kept out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, which sits on the schools area of this page instead.",[5387,5391,5395,5399],{"title":5388,"detail":5389,"cites":5390},"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy","The party would develop this strategy with police, healthcare providers, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, businesses and community groups.",[5278],{"title":5392,"detail":5393,"cites":5394},"Rework Community Policing Centres into neighbourhood hubs","Community Policing Centres would become hubs for crime prevention, community referrals, youth mentorship and connecting residents to services, prioritizing prevention over criminalization.",[5278],{"title":5396,"detail":5397,"cites":5398},"Expand gender-based violence prevention work","The party would expand policies and working groups on gender-based violence, crediting a motion by Rebecca Bligh.",[5278],{"title":5400,"detail":5401,"cites":5402},"Become Canada's first Restorative City","The party would build a restorative justice system, training city staff with Peace of the Circle and applying what it calls the Vancouver Test to future policy decisions.",[5278],[],[5377,5378,225],[5380],"A Community Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, reworked policing centres, and a restorative justice system",{"issue":118,"paragraphs":5408,"proposals":5412,"questions":5417,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5418,"gaps":5420,"headline":5422,"summary":5423},[5409,5410,5411],"Transportation Choice is the second of four sections in the party’s Policy Priorities document, covering pages 13 to 19.","The section opens by describing Vancouver as a large city with a variety of transport options including walking and biking, framed around more choices and fewer barriers.","We archived the full document on September 22, 2026. The detailed commitments inside this section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[5413],{"title":5414,"detail":5415,"cites":5416},"Transportation Choice section of the Policy Priorities document","The party publishes a dedicated transport section under the heading \"More choices. Fewer barriers.\" The individual commitments in it are recorded in our archived copy and have not yet been transcribed here.",[5278],[],[5419],"The Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities document",[5421],"The individual commitments in the Transportation Choice section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Transportation Choice: one of four sections of the policy document","Vote Vancouver publishes a Transportation Choice section running from page 13 to page 19 of its Policy Priorities document.",{"issue":145,"paragraphs":5425,"proposals":5427,"questions":5432,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5433,"gaps":5434,"headline":5436,"summary":5437},[5426],"Parks and recreation appear in the party’s stated focus and in the Public Services section of its Policy Priorities document, which runs from page 20 to page 32. The individual commitments in that section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.",[5428],{"title":5429,"detail":5430,"cites":5431},"Improve access to parks, pools and recreation","The party names improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on.",[5278],[],[5419],[5435],"The individual commitments in the Public Services section have not yet been transcribed onto this page.","Improving access to parks, pools and recreation","Vote Vancouver lists improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on. Detailed commitments sit in the Public Services section of its policy document.",{"issue":159,"paragraphs":5439,"proposals":5442,"questions":5463,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5464,"gaps":5465,"headline":5466},[5440,5441],"The party's education proposals include a School Board position on School Liaison Officers distinct from its policing proposal: SLOs would stay but out of uniform, rebranded away from police, focused on early intervention.","It also lists school nutrition funding, technology and AI rules for classrooms, and a facilities-condition audit.",[5443,5447,5451,5455,5459],{"title":5444,"detail":5445,"cites":5446},"Establish School Liaison Officers as regular, rebranded support","SLOs would focus on early intervention and youth protection, work out of uniform and rebranded away from policing, and be paired with counsellors, youth workers and restorative justice programs, with regular independent equity-centred reviews.",[5278],{"title":5448,"detail":5449,"cites":5450},"Support student mental health and neurodivergence","The party would push for more school counsellors, faster neurodivergence assessments, and closing the gap between individual education plans and real classroom support.",[5278],{"title":5452,"detail":5453,"cites":5454},"Fund and expand school nutrition programs","Council would work with the school district to expand nutrition programs and reduce funding gaps between schools, developing a cost-sharing plan rather than relying on individual school budgets.",[5278],{"title":5456,"detail":5457,"cites":5458},"Set rules for AI tools and cellphones in classrooms","The party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools, give teachers clear rules on acceptable AI use, and restrict cellphones in younger grades.",[5278],{"title":5460,"detail":5461,"cites":5462},"Audit and upgrade school facilities","The party would audit elementary school grounds, keep seismic renewal on pace for the district's high seismic risk, and evaluate the Olympic Village School's development and 3 versus 4 storey options.",[5278],[],[5377,5378,225],[5380],"Neurodivergence supports, a rebranded School Liaison Officer role, and facility upgrades",{"issue":176,"paragraphs":5468,"proposals":5472,"questions":5477,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5478,"gaps":5479,"headline":5481,"summary":5482},[5469,5470,5471],"Rather than publishing a tax number, Vote Vancouver publishes a test. It says that a policy that does not meet all four questions will not be prioritised.","The fourth question, whether residents can measure if it worked, is the one that matters most for holding a council to account, because it commits the party to publishing something measurable.","The party describes its approach as fiscally responsible while expanding public services. It does not publish a property tax rate commitment.",[5473],{"title":5474,"detail":5475,"cites":5476},"Apply the Vancouver Test to every policy","Four questions: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen Vancouver’s long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails the test will not be prioritised.",[5278],[],[5419],[5480],"No property tax rate commitment is published.","The Vancouver Test: four questions applied to every policy","Vote Vancouver publishes a decision test it says it applies to every policy: does it improve service, strengthen the long-term future, build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked.",{"issue":195,"paragraphs":5484,"proposals":5486,"questions":5497,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5498,"gaps":5499,"headline":5500},[5485],"The document's clearest climate positions are both about buildings: restarting a paused emissions-reporting program, and keeping an existing heating rule rather than loosening it.",[5487,5492],{"title":5488,"detail":5489,"cites":5490,"authority":5491},"Restart the Energize Vancouver emissions-reporting program","The party would unpause this City program so it can measure where building emissions come from and track progress.",[5278],"The City's own reporting program.",{"title":5493,"detail":5494,"cites":5495,"authority":5496},"Keep the electric heating requirement for new buildings","The party would maintain the existing requirement for electric space and hot water heating in new buildings, rather than allowing gas.",[5278],"Vancouver's own building bylaw.",[],[5377,5378,225],[5380],"Restart emissions reporting, and keep electric heating rules for new buildings",{"issue":230,"paragraphs":5502,"proposals":5504,"questions":5518,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":6,"searched":5519,"gaps":5520,"headline":5521},[5503],"The document gives arts and culture its most detailed proposal of any issue on this page: a two-step plan to move City arts funding to an independent council.",[5505,5509,5514],{"title":5506,"detail":5507,"cites":5508,"cost":73},"Create an Arts, Culture and Creative City Navigator within six months","This service would help artists and cultural non-profits navigate permitting, liquor licensing and special-event approvals, and coordinate marketing for Vancouver's arts and culture.",[5278],{"title":5510,"detail":5511,"cites":5512,"cost":5513},"Establish an Independent Arts Council to administer City arts grants","The Council would take over grant decisions from Council votes, administer a dedicated annual City allocation with at least 90 percent going directly to the arts and creative sector, and advocate for the sector.",[5278],"A dedicated annual allocation from the City; no figure published",{"title":5515,"detail":5516,"cites":5517},"Work toward a Vancouver Arts Foundation for private funding","The party would work with business, philanthropic and creative communities to create a permanent vehicle for private donations and sponsorships in the arts.",[5278],[],[5377,5378,225],[5380],"An Independent Arts Council and a City Navigator for permits",{"issue":239,"paragraphs":5523,"proposals":5525,"questions":5530,"state":32,"indexable":75,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5531,"gaps":5532,"headline":5533,"summary":5534},[5524],"Child care appears inside the housing section of the policy document rather than on its own. The commitment is that new public housing developments include access to child care, schools and public spaces.",[5526],{"title":5527,"detail":5528,"cites":5529},"Child care in every new public housing development","New public housing developments will include access to child care, schools and public spaces. The party calls this building complete communities, not just buildings.",[5278],[],[5419],[4690,4691],"Child care built into every new public housing development","Vote Vancouver would include child care, schools and public spaces in new public housing developments, describing this as building complete communities rather than buildings.",[5536,5540,5544,5548,5552,5556,5560,5564,5568],{"question":5537,"answer":5538,"cites":5539},"Who leads Vote Vancouver?","Rebecca Bligh, a sitting Vancouver city councillor, is its mayoral candidate at ballot number 52. The party’s own document says she created Vote Vancouver.",[5278,250],{"question":5541,"answer":5542,"cites":5543},"How many candidates is Vote Vancouver running?","12: Rebecca Bligh for mayor, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.",[250],{"question":5545,"answer":5546,"cites":5547},"What is the Vancouver Test?","Four questions the party says it applies to every policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen the long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails is not prioritised.",[5278],{"question":5549,"answer":5550,"cites":5551},"What is Vote Vancouver’s fastest housing commitment?","Naming five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing, with a timeline, within one month of taking office. That is the tightest deadline any party has published in this election.",[5278],{"question":5553,"answer":5554,"cites":5555},"What does the party mean by affordable?","No more than 30% of household income for new public housing built under its policy. Most parties do not put a number on the word.",[5278],{"question":5557,"answer":5558,"cites":5559},"Where does Vote Vancouver sit politically?","It describes itself as \"proudly centrist and pragmatic\" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology or by political polarization.",[5278],{"question":5561,"answer":5562,"cites":5563},"Does the party have a position on supportive housing?","Yes. It would reverse what it describes as a ban on building new supportive housing, arguing the ban stops single room occupancy hotels being replaced with better options.",[5278],{"question":5565,"answer":5566,"cites":5567},"Does it publish a property tax commitment?","No. It publishes the Vancouver Test and describes itself as fiscally responsible, but we found no property tax rate commitment in the document, checked September 22, 2026.",[5278],{"question":5569,"answer":277,"cites":5570},"Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?",[279,280],{"state":19,"indexable":20,"checkedAt":21,"searched":5572,"gaps":5573,"entries":5574},[23,283],[285],[],"vote-vancouver",[5577,5579,5582,5583,5584,5585],{"id":5268,"label":5578,"url":1492,"publisher":1491,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Vote Vancouver home page",{"id":5278,"label":5580,"url":5581,"publisher":1491,"kind":293,"checkedAt":21},"Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities","https:\u002F\u002Fvotevancouver.ca\u002Fs\u002FVV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf",{"id":250,"label":295,"url":296,"publisher":297,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":279,"label":300,"url":38,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":280,"label":303,"url":304,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},{"id":306,"label":307,"url":308,"publisher":301,"kind":298,"checkedAt":21},"elections\u002Fbc-vancouver-2026\u002Fparties\u002Fvote-vancouver","Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates behind mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, a sitting city councillor. 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